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Keep yourself before the fire

The evidences are for glorifying the Lord`s name in your life

11/01/2018

By: Apostle Valdemiro Santiago

1 Peter 4: 12 says that suffering for Christ is glorious, it`s something the world will never understand. The word starts talking about struggles and difficulties and all of us go through them. The expression “struggles and difficulties” suggests that they are temporary and will come to the end. God set in our unconsciousness that problems are temporary, even those who don`t know God use this expression. Difficulty is compared to burning fire for being so terrible and adverse, overwhelming like those which your faith seems not to resist, your prayer is not heard and God will not answer. But the word of God says that those situations arise for us to be tested. If you don't give up, don't swoon, you will receive a medal, but if you stop in the middle of the race, there's no prize for you. Victory depends basically on God participating in our life and in order to win it, we can't give up; we have to go on without being scared at what we see. When someone tells you that Christians have no problem lie. God allows the fire because we are like gold and the fire refines gold. What I can tell you is that every trial, you will come out of it more refined, more valuable due to my experience. We who were tested in the name of Christ will be rewarded. The only thing that never fails in our life is God's Word. You can see the fire, the flames, the fear, but if there's one thing that never fails is the word of God. You can see any flame, but at the right time, we become purified. We don't have to seek out or refuge anywhere; God is our refuge and strength. Satan must have already offered you doubt about your victory, questioned if you are from God. The Word recommends that you shouldn`t be surprised because those who question will applaud your life.

Biblical recommendation, never stop, don't give in, don't shoot, but continue straight ahead and don't be surprised the blazing fire, because he's just so that God may be glorified through your life.

However, you should not suffer as who did bad things if you did not do evil. Its difficulty will result in great joy in your life, your victory will be striking, extraordinarily, if you know that you suffer as a Christian. If we, who are Christians, have been through hardship, figure out who does not have God, with the difference that these do not have guaranteed victory. Therefore, the recommendation is to do good things, even if the doors are closed, because the reward is coming and is already prepared.