HOW WE ARE ENABLED BY YEHOVAH'S GRACE TO BECOME VICTORIOUS

Whenever opposition arises, our God and Father Yehovah's grace thrives in us. Think about what happens to a tree when a great storm beats violently against it. The wind threatens to uproot the tree and carry it away. It breaks off branches and blows away its leaves. It loosens its roots and blows off its buds. When the storm is over, things look hopeless.

Yet, look closer; the same storm that opened crevices in the earth around the trunk of the tree has helped the roots go deeper. The tree has access to new, deeper sources of nutrition and water. It has been purged of all its dead branches. The buds may be gone, but others will grow back more fully. That tree is now stronger, growing in unseen ways. Just wait till harvest because it’s going to bear much fruit.

John 15:4-8:

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except you abide in me. I am the vine, you are the branches: He that abides in me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing.

If a man abides not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, you shall ask what you will, and it shall be done unto you. Herein is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit; so shall you be my disciples.

Maybe you are in a storm right now. The wind is blowing hard, shaking you violently, and you think you’re going to be uprooted. Brothers and sisters, don’t panic! You have to got to know that when the tempest -trial, tribulations subside, you will have been enabled by the Spirit of Yehovah to put down deep spiritual roots. Yehovah is developing in you a deepening humility, greater mourning, and sorrow for sin, a heightened hunger for His righteousness, all that you have need of to enter into His glorious soon-coming Kingdom.

Paul says, “.... we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance - steadfastness” (Romans 5:3, NKJV).

In 2 Corinthians 4:16-17, we read, “... we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.”

The word ‘working’ in this verse is the same as ‘produces’ in Romans 5:3.

Yehovah is enabling you by His Spirit to become a seasoned Messianic soldier, battle-scarred but battle-smart and courageous.

You may get discouraged at times, but your God and Father Yehovah will always lift you up! The fact is that He can act sovereignly at any time to pluck you out of your struggles, but most of the time He does not because He is using them to rely on Him to enable you to live out your life victorious over all that comes your way.

It never ceases to amaze me how awesome our God and Father Yehovah takes care of all of us, His sons and daughters. He knows us better than we know ourselves and is always working out all that is best for us, short-term and long-term that will lead to entry into His soon-coming Kingdom, as glorified men and women. All we have physically and spiritually comes from His hand. Amazing Grace indeed!