II Corinthians 1:8 NKJV
“For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of our trouble which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life.”
II Corinthians 1:8 NKJV
Paul wanted the believers in Corinthians to know that believers in Christ do face trials and tribulations.
Paul said that their life was at stake BUT the Lord delivered them.
The Lord brought them through those storms and they just became stronger in Christ.
This is an important point that Paul wanted to highlight in this letter to the Corinthians. We don’t let our guard down or give up because of storms that come our way.
Today, we have believers offended because someone in the church did not acknowledge them.
We have moved so far from being a true follower of Christ. Christ was persecuted, despised, and rejected.
Jesus did not walk away from His mission, knowing the very people He came to give His life for would be the people who demanded Him to be crucified.
Challenges are there to test us where we are in regard to our faith.
The apostle James tells us that we should consider ourselves fortunate when all kinds of trials come our way.
For the unbeliever, that is something they want to avoid but to the believer, when it comes, it is graduation day.
When trials come our way, we are confident that we have on the inside of us to overcome those things.
It is a matter of us taking what God has put in us and putting those things into practice.
No temptation will come to us if we can’t overcome it. If it has come, it means we have what it takes to overcome it.
Let us not walk away when we are hard-pressed on every side or persecuted but walk boldly in Christ who has overcome all powers.
Blessings
Ps Ambrose