Rom 4:19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb:
Rom 4:20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
I will never forget the statement which that great man of faith
George Mueller once made to a gentleman who had asked him
the best way to have strong faith: “The only way to know strong faith is to endure great trials. I have learned my faith by standing firm through severe testings.”
How true this is! You must trust when all else fails.
Dear soul, you may scarcely realize the value of your present
situation. If you are enduring great afflictions right now,
you are at the source of the strongest faith.
God will teach you during these dark hours to have the most powerful bond to His throne you could ever know, if you will only submit.
Don’t be afraid; just believe” (Mark 5:36). But if you ever are afraid, simply look up and say,“When I am afraid, I will trust in you” (Ps. 56:3).Then you will be able to thank God for His school of sorrow that became for you the school of faith.
~A. B. Simpson~
Great faith must first endure great trials. God’s greatest gifts come through great pain. Can we find anything of value in the spiritual or the natural realm that has come about without tremendous toil and tears?
Has there ever been any great reform, any discovery benefiting humankind, or any soul-awakening revival, without the diligence and the shedding of blood of those whose sufferings were actually the pangs of its birth?
For the temple of God to be built, David had to bear intense
afflictions. And for the gospel of grace to be extricated
from Jewish tradition,Paul’s life had to be one long agony.
Take heart, O weary, burdened one, bowed down Beneath your cross; Remember that your greatest gain may come through greatest loss.
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