Acts 14:22 (AMP) “Establishing and strengthening the souls and the hearts of the disciples, urging and warning and encouraging them to stand firm in the faith, and [telling them] that it is through many hardships and tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.”
Beloved as your Sovereign God, Lord and King today I am urging you to stick with what you have begun; to believe and not to quit. By My Word and example I have made it clear to you that it wouldn't be easy because anyone signing up for the kingdom of God has to go through plenty of hard times. Now is the time that you must see through Kingdom eyes. You must see every trial, every difficulty and every tribulation as a doorway that is giving you access to My eternal Kingdom. In-fact if you will allow Me to, I will reveal to you how the greatness of your victory is measured by the greatest of your trials. Your wilderness season is creating in you a victory mentality so that when you enter into the promised land you will have put-off the slave mentality of your Egypt. What Am I saying to you today? I Am saying to you that you must consider it all joy when you encounter various trials for this is a place of true maturity of faith. As you fully embrace every trial as an opportunity to grow in faith you will begin to walk in great victory. I Am calling you to a higher level of trust in My Word. Have I not told you that in the world you have tribulation? And have I not told you to be of good courage and good cheer because I have overcome the world? If you will receive My Word, you can have perfect peace, unspeakable joy and unending hope even in the midst of the shaking all around you. Beloved abide in Me and I will abide in you. Be of great courage and be confident because all things always work together for the good of those who love Me and are called according to My purpose. In other words, it is I who will lead you into victory and always cause you to triumph. I Am your Victory, therefore, you never lose. Rest assured that every challenge to your faith will only make your faith grow if you do not become faint and lose heart but instead be tenacious and full of faith. In your humanity I know that you will have times where you will feel doubt, hopelessness and fear but you must be persuaded that these feelings cannot control you or render you stagnate or wavering in your faith. Instead dear one, commit to being well-ordered and disciplined only by the Love of God and the power of Holy Spirit. You have come a mighty long way and there is much I have entrusted to you and ordained for you just ahead because you are among My chosen. There are many things that happen in your life and in the world that you may not understand but as I have told you; Trust in the Lord with all of your hearts, lean not to your own understanding but acknowledge Me in all of your ways and I will direct your paths. Therefore, let everything that you do be done with the skill and discipline of faith in My Word of Promise which far surpasses your human understanding. There is a new way of faith that has been released to whosoever will take a hold of it. And, as you do you will see your thinking realigned to grasp the new thing that I AM doing, says the Lord.