“Great Successful Ship Captains are made on Difficult & Rough Seas not easy smooth waters!”
No matter the Storm, KEEP sailing with Faith, Hope & Love in Christ. Keep your eyes & bearing upon the Son of Victory on the horizon. Don’t give up, keep sailing, success is in the process & in the making!
Ps 34:19 Passion Bible “Even when bad things happen to the good and godly ones, the Lord will save them and not let them be defeated by what they face.”
Heb 10:35-36 AMP “Do not, therefore, fling away your fearless confidence, for it carries a great and glorious compensation of reward. For you have need of steadfast patience and endurance, so that you may perform and fully accomplish the will of God, and thus receive and carry away [and enjoy to the full] what is promised!”
Heb 12:2 AMP “Looking away [from all that will distract] to Jesus, Who is the Leader and the Source of our faith [giving the first incentive for our belief] and is also its Finisher [bringing it to maturity and perfection]. He, for the joy [of obtaining the prize] that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising and ignoring the shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God.”
Acts 16:25-26 Passion Bible “Paul and Silas, undaunted, prayed in the middle of the night and sang songs of praise to God, while all the other prisoners listened to their worship.
Suddenly, a great earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. All at once every prison door flung open and the chains of all the prisoners came loose.”
So, what do we learn from scripture:
1- Life brings challenges, disappointments, setbacks, adversity, hurts, letdowns and storms. We live in a fallen, sinful death-filled world with an adversary who wants us to give up. We haven’t reached the end yet, but the best is yet to come.
2- Keep going, running with patience. We must not give up, let go or stop moving forward, but allow patience (endurance) to carry us through.
3- Keep our eyes on the Goal, Christ Jesus. Don’t take them off Him, the Author and Finisher of our Faith.
4- Let Praise flow from your lips regardless of circumstances. The power of Praise brings the One you are praising into your storm & circumstances with His Power & Grace!
Remember, He is the start (gave birth to) our faith and finisher (perfecter, completion) of our faith, or you can say He’s the one who got us started & He’s the only one who will get us to the finish.
Our Faith and Praise is not just to be fixed on the promise but on He who gave the Promise!
So, we keep our eyes fixed on Him. The Shepard, Healer, Prince of Peace, Everlasting Life, Lover of our soul, Everlasting Joy, Grave robber, Miracle worker, King of kings & Lord of lords. He is the Resurrection and the Life, the Anchor of our Soul. Don’t let your eyes be distracted by the Storms. Keep them fixed on Jesus, our Eternal Hope. Let’s Not Give Up!