Hebrews 11 is the Faith Hall of Fame chapter in the Bible. It truly is the “who’s who” in the Bible! Everyone listed was victorious in the face of great difficulties because of their faith in God. They were not relieved of difficulties but victorious in spite of them.

Jesus told us, promised us really, that we would have difficulties…He did not sugar coat our faith in Him by making false promises that “life would be great if we just believe”. Instead, He said you may have even worse problems because of your faith in Me. If He was rejected, beaten, and killed why should we expect to be given a life lived in bubble wrap?

So, if Jesus told us we would have problems, why do we still get so bent when major trials happen? Do we really think that bad things should not ever happen to us?

The crux is if there was no pain, suffering, illness, or death then there would have been no reason for Jesus to come and live among us. It is for those reasons that JESUS CAME. He came to conquer those things that scare us the most! He came to give us a hope for something BIGGER than our pain…a hope for an END to our fear, pain, anguish, hurts, hang ups, habits, illness, weak bodies… a hope for MORE than what this life has to offer and meaning into this life we live in spite of our struggles.

Cling to what you believe! There is so much more to gain when we keep our faith…something more like VICTORY!