Challenges

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Challenges

Daily. Weekly. Monthly. Seemingly ongoing, yes?

Life has challenges so we look to another other than ourself. So we understand our dependence on the Lord and not in our own abilities and strength.

Having been to several foreign countries, coming from America, I have witnessed the daily pressures others have to live under. Though many in these nations see “you American” as rich and proud, and can despise us, His heart, and mine, is to encourage them where they are at.

Having just spent two hours on a Zoom call with a friend in Pakistan, I truly cannot fathom the pressure he endures as a believer in a Muslim country. And then as one who stands strong for Israel and the Jews makes it even more challenging for him.

John 17:14-16,  “ I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.”

I often say that the Lord never promised us a rose garden, but He did promise to never leave us nor forsake us, and to walk beside us with His Holy Spirit to encourage us.

We know challenges and trials are just part of life. Knowing Jesus (Yeshua) has overcome them gives us the foundation on which to stand and do the same.

Ahava and shalom,

Steve Martin