"In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, 7 that the genuine-ness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honour and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ..." 1 Peter 6-7 NKJV
If you have been going through many trials just lately, then praise God because He has been testing the genuine-ness of your faith in Jesus and, you're a winner!
It's never easy when trials come along. We get to wondering why God is allowing this and others appear to be doing ok. The devil becomes involved then and torments us into believing that it is our fault - we have let God down so much, He is punishing us. DO NOT BELIEVE THIS LIE, because that is what it is; he is the father of lies and knows no different.
Peter tells us, 'Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, 4 to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you...' 1 Peter 1:3-4. Jesus gives us a hope but this hope will not fade away like wishful thinking type of hope does; no, this hope is eternal. Jesus gives us the hope that we have eternal life and nothing can take that away from us, it is reserved for us in heaven.
However, just because we have this hope, does not mean that we will avoid trials and temptations. Remember, Jesus allows trials; they are to test us; temptation is what the devil puts in our way to derail us and take us as far away as possible from the truth. We are not alone when we are suffering trials, we just need to ask God to take us through them to the other side, praising Him. It is the same with temptation. We know when this is happening to us but the devil always catches us when we are weak. To give an example, if we fantasise about things we know we shouldn't, pretty soon the devil is going to realise that we have a weak spot and will attack this area and make it a stronghold. We need to prevent this by, knowing our weaknesses and asking God to help us be free from such things. We don't give Satan a foothold.
In fact, we don't give the devil anything, except to resist him in every way. Overcome all things and learn to walk in the Holy Spirit, with our armour on (Remember?)
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