Luke 22:31-32
And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
Many struggles do not proceed from calamity or circumstances and the same are sustained not by how deep we have fallen but how much we have despaired.
There are some that have deep incisions in their fragile heart that they can nolonger hold anything precious.
Bad decision yield bad results, bad results sustain bad decisions.
Some will self insulate both awares and unawares stemming from traumatic experiences, eg…I can never trust ‘Men’ yet all you know is one Man…eg Preachers are fake yet you have not read the scriptures and internalized them…I can never do that kind of business, yet you are not really a business person…I can never forgive, simply spelling a cry for attention
Matthew 17:19-21
¹⁹Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? ²⁰And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. ²¹Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
At this point if Jesus’ disciples were the last example we have, we would have no hope, I mean they walked with Jesus and couldn’t cast out the said problem, however the real problem was little or no belief…whose result is depair.
Mark 9:19
He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
Another will now pray and fast for long days and even months to gain power to cast out devils only but in vain, the context of Jesus is discipline to hold on to each word God has declared, prayer and fasting is submission, humility that forms part of our life style. Faith is a thing of the heart just as pride is, some are full of pride and think it is faith presenting as a false humility that no man can see but God, …have you silently uttered, these people must see me…let me show them…
Do not be shocked when the results reflect exactly what you have sown.
Mark 9:29
And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
Some of our unbelief comes with standards we set, especially relationships or situationships, eg the thing that attracted you to each other was fake, and soon enough it is exposed as the fruit will be exactly fake, then the real story begins, these are both victims of their own’fakeness’.
Many people have failed to get into proper relationships because they are still sustaining fakeness, the only real victim of the fakeness is the fake one.
Many are waiting for the perfect one, news flash, there are no perfect people’ only Jesus is, find Jesus in a person and you’ll have found perfection.
I pray that your faith fails not, humble yourself before the mighty hand of God and in due time He will exalt You.
Prophetic Utterance:
My Faith stands in the Lord, my heart is yielded to the Lord, I am taught of the Lord and I obey in faith knowing that in Jesus is no error.
I am fortified in victory, everything i touch prospers in Jesus name.
I am granted great understanding so I falter not, I am a vessel of understanding unto they in despair.
Guiding text:
Psalms 34:19-20
¹⁹Many are the afflictions of the righteous:
but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
²⁰He keepeth all his bones:
not one of them is broken.