Topic:
YOUR STRUGGLE IS NOT A WASTE!
( ROMANS 8:31-39).
Years ago, in a wooden beach area, my little daughter screamed in admiration at the incredible beauty of a nosy butterfly and today’s devotional was born within my soul. I quickly remembered that before butterfly can emerge out of its chrysalis ( a shell enclosing that pupa of a butterfly), it has to go through a lot of struggle. Yes, struggle! Through the struggling process, as it attempts to escape from the shell, acids are being removed from its wings. That means, the struggle of the butterfly serves a great purpose in her destiny. If someone was to come along and break the chrysalis for it, the butterfly would die from those acids. In essence, the struggle is necessary for the butterfly to survive. Then in the stillness, when the struggle is over, the butterfly can come out and share its beauty with the world.
All that my daughter and I saw was the beauty and not the struggle of the butterfly! We as humans are not any different. There are times when we need to struggle. It is only at this time when we are exhausted and still, that we begin to hear the Universe whisper to us. No wonder Thomas Paine wrote: “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, and gather strength from distress.” No matter how your life, family and ministry has been, always remember that every problem is an opportunity to discover an invaluable lesson of life.
Romans 8:35 asked: “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?” Of course the answer is NO! A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. It does not matter how slowly you are going in life; as long as you do not stop, you will get there. Note that the words: “STRUGGLE “ and “STRIFE” always come before the word “SUCCESS” even in the dictionary.
Stop crying! Stop that depression! Stop blaming others! Stop self-pity/self-blame! Be courageous! At last like that butterfly, your beauty shall be celebrated in the land of the living in this year of EVIDENCE. Hold on! Hold out! Your STRUGGLE is not a waste! This is your year!
The MANNA INETRNATIONAL MINISTRIES FIRE CONFERENCE STARTS TODAY FRIDAY 24TH – SUNDAY MARCH 26TH AT LAGOS –OGUDU PRAYER MOUNTAIN, OGUDU- ORIOKE. TIME: FRIDAY 6-8 P.M; SATURDAY 8 A.M-12 P.M, 4 P.M – 6 P.M & SUNDAY 8 A.M ( impartation and departure).
PRAYER POINTS:
Take Song 5: What a friend we have……
1. Thank God for the word today and pray about it as led.
2. My STRUGGLE is not a waste. O Lord, turn my struggle into my baton success.
3. LORD, GIVE ME AN EVIDENCE that will cancel every DEBATE and QUESTION in my life in Jesus Chris name.
BY BISHOP (DR) CHRIS E. KWAKPOVWE (CEK)
PUBLISHER/WRITER OF ODM AND
REV (MRS) FLORA E. KWAKPOVWE (FEK)
CO-PUBLISHER/WRITER OF ODM.
© Prince E. Onyedika
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