We all have had, will have and are having some sort of battle in our lives.

We have all have situations where we have come up against another person and a battle has come about. We can remove battles from our lives by being forgiving and apologizing for any mistakes that we made, if the other person is wrong trying to understand them and their sufferings too. We should be fast to seek answers to the situation, and to be honest with ourself.

Psalm 34, verse 14: Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

Are we tired of waiting and waiting, and being abused, treated like trash, abused by those who so called love me, even though I see your work all around me, miracles, everything, in the end its just the same things over and over again, still no results, still no success, still more tears, still fighting away the fear, seems like nobody cares, just tired, tired, tired. The bad guys seemed to be winning. The good guys still soldiering forever onwards. But time passes, over and over again a new day. On and on it goes, when it ends, nobody knows. And on and on it goes.

On and on is ever so tiring. The promises , they never seem to come, on and on the waiting. On and on the hoping. The hoping keeps drying up. The tears keep rolling, and nothing happens, just on and on it goes. Depression creeps in. More tears. Sadness and fears, does anybody care? Just to have somebody near to talk to. Oh God, I pray, I pray each day. And on goes the never-ending struggle. The wait, how I come to hate that word, “Wait!”. Torture while waiting, on and on it goes, on my knees. Try to help people. Happy to do so. And still on and on the waiting for answered prayer goes.

The never ending roller coaster, over hills, around bends, ups and downs, but never makes it. The promise still there. Faith struggles with humans. And fear of the promise becoming a reality because then I must act in a different manner. How can I be strong when I feel so defeated and so much like a toy being dangled between good an evil.

From my own personal experiences, and what is available in the Bible and books of many peoples lives is that when we wait, wait upon the Lord, and wait patiently, live day by day without stopping, doing what God requires of me to do and then finally success will come – but we must stay with God. We must not turn from God. We must keep our goal for success in God’s ways and not turn back to the ways of evil. We must have the courage to stand up and follow God even if the path looks scary, even if it look live certain failure – God has shown us again and again that in our own life, like with David, that God has protected us if we follow Him and have faith.

Stand by God publicly. Stand in faith. Tell others. Stand with God in His design of your life. God points you in the right direction then we must discard the ways of the past and follow Him. For where God sends you will be the place of truth, your truth, God’s truth.

Now remember that God is our shepherd.

Matthew Chapter 6, verse 14/15: For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

2 Corinthians Chapter 5, verse 7: (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

Deueronomy Chapter 6, verse 18: And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,

Psalm 1, verse 1: Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Written by James M Sandbrook.
First Published – 14th August, 2022.