“Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.” Ephesians 6:13

Have you ever found yourself asking, “But I have had faith for this, prayed, even fasted and nothing seems to be coming out of it. Is God there? Can He not see that I’m suffering? Can He not hear my prayers? Why me? ” Or maybe something “tragic” happened in your life and there you are trying to think of what sin you could have committed that could have infuriated God to punish you like that.

The story in Mark 8:14-21 opened my eyes pertaining to reasoning with God’s Word and the situations we face. The Disciples had forgotten to bring bread on their journey and when Jesus made a statement about bread they tried to reason things out and assumed that maybe Jesus spoke about bread because they had forgotten to bring some. Jesus knew what they were thinking, so He asked, “ Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? Perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened? Having eyes, see ye not? And having ears, hear ye not? And do ye not remember? When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up?” Mark 8:17-19

That is the same thing with you today. Maybe you are going through some challenging situations, and you are trying to reason things out. Do you not remember how God delivered you out of similar challenges in the past? You might be thinking, but Fungai you don’t understand what I’m going through, this is too much. I am saying to you today, NO, how is it that YOU don’t understand. (Ref Mark 8:21)

The opening scripture (Ephesians 6:13) lets us know that we ought to remain standing in the evil day. Part of the armour is the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. Read the Bible to acquaint yourself with who God is and what He can do. That way, when trouble comes, you know that you will not be consumed.

Remember these challenges are for the trying of your faith as explained in 1Peter 1: 7 : That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ. When trouble comes, meditate on the scripture above. Do not give up. Hold on to that dream.

Stay Blessed