Can You Still Trust Me?

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What are you going to do when the frustration continues?
What are you going to do when the disappointment mounts?
What are you going to do when the discouragement gets bigger?
What are you going to do when the crying out increases yet no response?
What are you going to do when there's a lack of understanding of your circumstance?
What are you going to do when you've been quick to obey and yet the struggle continues?

I hear God asking today, in the middle of disappointment, in the thick of discouragement, in the frustration, in the hurt, even in the shame, in the embarrassment, in the middle of all these emotions He is saying to His children today, in the middle of blow after blow after blow, "I am asking you to still trust me." Yes, that simple and yet so very hard!

What if we can stand and believe God at His word when the waiting and standing go beyond our time frame? When the clock has ticked past our acceptable length of waiting and standing and believing?

Have you ever said or heard "this has gone on long enough"?!?!

We cannot get things confused. In John 10:10 and I'm paraphrasing, it tells us the enemy is the one who comes to steal, to kill, to destroy BUT Jesus himself came only to pour out life and life MORE abundantly. So, if it's not life giving, if it is not more abundant then it is not from God, allowed by God but not from Him. We must understand nothing comes to and through our door without God's knowledge and permission. He's not the cause of but He does allow. Ask Job (Job 1), ask Peter (Luke 22) and it all has purpose if we let it complete that purpose (James 1).

The enemy wants to rob us of two things, our faith, and our worship, that is what  he is after. He cannot stand our adoration of and belief in God, especially when it's storming all around us.

The enemy is saying "I bet I can get them to curse you" and God is saying "no way, their faith will remain, their trust in me is greater than any circumstance".

We are the ones who prove out who is right! When the clock strikes midnight and we thought God would have already showed up will we shake our fist in frustration and doubt giving victory to the devil or will we rise up with worship on our lips giving victory to God?


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