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Persevere and look towards God

You chose who is bigger God or your problem

01/11/2017

By: Apostle Valdemiro Santiago

The passage of Ecclesiastes 11:4 is not only to plant and harvest seeds but also about the quality of life that we seek, the welfare. None of us want to be defeated; we were called by God to win, just that the recipe for winning in life is in God's Word, the Holy Bible. The wind mentioned in verse represents the adversity, tribulation. This wind and these clouds are the adversities, the daily battles that you and I caught and, sometimes, we want to stop, to give up. It occurs to me, with the bishops, with the pastors, with the workers, with you. We're in a world where we are all subject to it, and even Jesus faced headwinds and was on a boat whipped by the wind. The difference is that Jesus used the authority, which made the wind chill. Our lives will not always be a lull, a bed of roses, but when the wind blows and clouds become loaded, and the storm hits, we have to continue sowing, believing, seeking, persevering. This sow is perseverance. Those who know about harvest are aware that in the rain we can't plant because seeds wreck, but in the spiritual field, the battle, the sowing, and the harvest are daily. God made us sow and harvest daily, be winners, victorious every day of our lives not to give up. Watch the bad news, listen and give credit to something that shakes your faith means to observe the wind. They are severe subjects to your business life, your faith. Life will always show two targets, Jesus, and the wind. When the wind disturbed the boat, Pedro saw Jesus and walked on water, but when he looked at the wind, he began to sink. The big problem, the concern of someone who was on the boat was the wind. The one who looks at the issues is not able to live well, just who looks towards Jesus. When we see humanly, we see, and we think there's no way out and it`s as if we limited the power of God. It`s our habit.

When Jesus walked on water, He was flesh and blood and tried to say that just as there were no impossible for him, also there`s no impossible condition for us, when we are with God.

Our people recognize God by watching the power of God manifesting in this work, and they believe that miracle will come through faith and through lessons that we have. We can notice the power of God, but many prefer to look at the wind. What kept and supported Peter on water was looking towards Jesus. God gave us the privilege of choosing between looking at the strength of the wind or the power of God. Ephesians tells us in 6:10 to strengthen ourselves in the Lord and the concentration of His power. We try to convince God that sometimes there's no way out for our problem when our hope is beginning to cool down. But God says: there`s a way. Your problem seems to have no solution while you look at it, but when you look at God, your question will seem to be over because whoever looks at God does not see the clouds because God is Almighty.