Fear of Storms VS Faith for Promise

Do you have a promise that God has spoken over your life and sometimes wonder if it will ever become a reality? Truthfully, I sometimes find myself with this question on my mind, especially when I am experiencing one of life's many storms.

Storms come to make you see and feel things that are in opposition to the things that God has promised you. The agenda here is to replace the faith you have about God's promises with fear and doubt.

You see once God has spoken, nothing can change it. The devil knows this too, so he brings situations into our lives that would make us doubt the goodness and the presence of God and even the things that He has said.

Numbers 23:19 says God is not a man, that He should lie, nor the son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?

Since God's promises will often require us to wait before it becomes a reality, what we do while we wait, is very important. During the waiting season, we continue to have faith that we will receive that which God has promised.

Note that faith is the compulsory component that allows us to receive anything from God. (See Hebrews 11:6).

Haven said this, I have found that the storms of life are the attempt of the enemy to make us shake and stumble in our faith.

The storms that come in the season of waiting on God aim to strip us from the very thing that allows us to receive from God.

Since God's word can never be shaken or moved, the storms are simply what the devil uses to distracts you. Think of them as being like an illusion since they are impossible to stop the word of God.

The storms are an artificial orchestration of the devil to make us think and feel that what he is doing our lives at the time has more power than what God has spoken.

However, I also believe that storms have an even greater purpose, which is to stop us from moving in faith in the thing that God has called us to.

My encouragement to you is that even if things are happening in your life today that makes it seem as though the enemy is having its way or making it seem as if things would not go as you have hoped, don’t stop having faith in God.

Remember that faith is not an absence of fear but rather a choice to hold on to the promises that God has made over your life. Also, live today like the thing you hope for in faith has already happened.

Look at the circumstances of your life and believe that God will work it out for your good. God wants you to have joy today instead of worrying.

Know that the storms are mere distractions to keep you stuck in fear and anxiety. Instead, trust God and wait patiently for Him to fulfil all His promises towards you.