Just Hold On
I have experienced a week of depression and sadness; afterwards, I asked myself, “Have I learned anything?”, “Did I chase the wind?”, “Can I survive this battlefield?”. Actually, I almost lose hope until the Father moved in my life and He said to me, “I have divine appointments for you… just trust Me for I will not leave you and I have set good things for you.”
Certainly, God has not given us trials that we cannot overcome. We just need to endure and make prayers to the Father God. The Father just wants us to trust in Him.
For we need to endure these things. Soon enough, we will get through this with a smile and say, “Father, thanks… for You have not left me when I needed You, You have saved me when I was in the depth of my sin. Father, thank You for You are really good and Your mercy endures forever! I have endured to pass this battlefield.”
I was able to pass a week of hardship and now, it’s a new day. We need to forget yesterday’s junks and proceed to face this new battlefield ahead of us.
“Everyone who wants to live a godly life in union with Christ Jesus will be persecuted…” 2 Timothy 3:12
But remember:
“Be glad about this, even though it may now be necessary for you to be sad for a while because of the many kinds of trials you suffer…” 1 Peter 1:6
Battlefield
“I’m in a battlefield, and it looks like the enemy is winning. I am wounded and I am on my knees. I have bruises and I can feel my own blood running through my dirty face; this blood covers up my eyes. I can’t see!
I’m in a dilemma. I am confused. How will I be able to win? Do I need to get up, take my sword and trust my own senses to win this battle that I have been fighting for all this time? Or should I trust the voice that’s been convincing me to trust and listen to Him ever since this battle began?
It seems that every battle is really a do or die one. I want to believe that I am not afraid to die. Whether I live or die, one thing is on my mind: that I have fought a good fight, that I have finished this race, and I have kept my faith. Yes, surely I’ll die but my death is just a beginning of something better. This is just a beginning of something greater.”
Whatever kind of battlefields you’re undergoing right now, never forget their purpose: to test, to toughen, and to teach. Many times, a true victor is pronounced not on how much strength he has showed in public but how much courage he has exerted in private.
Yesterday’s Junks
But if I let these dreams die,
If I lay down all my wounded pride,
If I let these dreams die,
Will I find that letting go lets me come alive?
So empty my hands, fill up my heart
Capture my mind with You (Tenth Avenue North, Empty My Hands)
Life is a game. We find joy in every triumph thus will make us pursue more victories. The more victories we have, the more pride we achieve. However, alongside, we can also learn sadness in every lost battle and whether we accept it or not, we hate to lose. Who wants it, by the way? That’s why people are trying so hard to win over their yesterday’s junks.
Nevertheless, we cannot hold on to these “junks” forever for once in our life, we have to let go of these so that we can hold another opportunity to win. But what can we do if all the people around tell us to give up or to stand up and push us to take revenge? One thing I’ve learned from this life: we cannot allow people dictate the course of our life. But what we can do is to fix our eyes on Jesus who leads us and makes our faith complete (Hebrews 12:2).
In this game of life, one thing is necessary that is, we should know whose voice we’re listening to.
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