When Our Faith is Weak.

Sometimes our faith gets tested in life but we don’t have to see these tests as being evil. How we respond to the test is very important because if we feel our faith isn’t strong enough, we might want to give up. The Bible teaches us that God doesn’t give us more than we can handle, 1 Corinthians 10:13 says “There hath no temptation taken hold of you but such as is common to man. But God is faithful; He will not suffer you to be tempted beyond that which ye are able to bear, but with the temptation will also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” Although this is referring to temptation, it can also refer to the tests and trials that we all face in life!

With God’s help through our faith, we can face whatever life sends our way. When we don’t know the answer to something, we don’t need to close our eyes in shame, we need to learn to trust God by faith. The Bible actually teaches that we are justified by our faith, Romans 5:1 says, “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,” this is why it’s important to walk by faith.

When we have a problem we should rely on our faith to solve it. Nothing is too hard for God to overcome and He will give us the grace to continue if we walk by faith. We can’t prepare for everything that we face in life, if we could we wouldn’t need our faith to live by! Faith helps us to persevere through the trial, it doesn’t take it away. Faith doesn’t leave us empty handed because our faith grows when it is tested. The righteous will live by their faith (Romans 1:17) means that our Faith directs the course of our lives. We don’t need to see the final outcome of our choices because that is in God’s hands, but we do need to trust God, no matter how big the problem is! Sometimes God takes us completely out of a certain situation, but sometimes it is our faith that we need to trust! This is Mike.

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