This week has been a week of spiritual battles against a sense of uncertainty and discouragement. I find myself wondering where every needs would come from. However, these time of trials is an opportunity to learn how to "live by faith, not by sight" (2 Corinthians 5:7). Not that I have master this already, but it is only a part of a lifetime of the faith journey. I know that the Lord promises that he "works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose", and "the Lord your God...led you all the way in the desert...to humble you and to test you in order to know what was in your heart" (Romans 8:28; Deuteronomy 8:2). Hence, he uses these time of challenges to equip his servant , to draw his people closer to him.
There are lessons of faith throughout, as the Lord reminds me of what is faith, and what it takes to live by faith. I am once again reminded of "faith is sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see" (Hebrews 11:1). God also lead me to look to him and put my hope in him with 2 Cortithians 4:16-18, it said, " therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseed is eternal."
Desert Song by Hillsong, this song is a powerful reminder that God can use trials to refine us, and he is God of all season
