I listened to a podcast interview of a wonderful Christian lady who had been through a great many hardships in life. From childhood traumas to difficult pregnancies and debilitating illnesses for much of her life, her faith was surely tested to its limit but not without purpose.
Once she cried out to God for help in prayer and received in her heart an insight that “the storms reveal the lies we believe and the truths we need”. From here she asked what lies did she believe and it was revealed to her that although she was a solid, long standing believer, she believed that God would not or had not come through for her; that the devil could attack her anytime without hindrance. And Perhaps God did not love her much. How many of us have felt as she did?
As the Holy Spirit ministered to her broken heart she received that ‘she had no idea just how many times He had come through for her, how many disasters, attacks or hardships He had prevented in her life or how much He had provided for her and how much He loved her’. Against a backdrop of so much suffering a further consolation was that “I will not let you lose, but I must let you fight.”
Our lives are a process, a journey, and to fulfil our mission we must be trained, like soldiers training for battle: to suffer and endure, to be transformed into His likeness and to be a light to others. Her witness now as a bestselling author, public speaker and radio show host is a powerful testimony of the grace of God and her trust in Him reflects His faithfulness and the intimacy between them.
“The storms that rise against us do not come to destroy, but to shape our course; let us not fear the winds, for they obey the voice of the Lord.” — St. Brendan the Navigator
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