IT’S OUR JOB TO PRESS THROUGH….

I’m amazed at what God will do if we simply refuse to give up and quit.

The most important part of never giving up is making the right choices while you’re hurting, confused, discouraged, feeling rotten, frustrated, or under immense pressure. (Galatians 6:9)And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

You can best believe that the right choice is often the harder choice to make, and pressing through is one of them because pressing through takes action on your part. This scripture here is a true act of pressing through(Mark 2:3‭-‬5)four men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They couldn’t bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, so they dug a hole through the roof above his head. Then they lowered the man on his mat, right down in front of Jesus. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “My child, your sins are forgiven.”

Most people want to get to the other side of their issues but they just don’t want to have to get there by doing anything, and that’s the problem.

When you’re in the middle of great stress your natural instant is to take the path of least resistance.

The best results stem from doing right when you don’t feel like it.

It’s called pressing in, on, and through to get to the other side of victory.

Being a person who never gives up will always cost you.

You’ll never get where you want to be in this life without sacrificing, trusting, and pushing through the obstacles and adversities that are standing in your way of victory.

The obstacle might be an attitude or issues from the past, from a relationship, a set of circumstances, your mindset, feelings, or bad habits.

Whatever it is you’re the only one who can press through it, no one else can do that for you.

This is where you stand on your own, with no one but you and God. No outside voices or influences to persuade you one way or the other. (Psalms 32:8)The Lord says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.

If you’ve tried to overcome your issues in the past by yourself and with no input from God, no wonder the issues came back.(John 15:5)“Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.

Perhaps you’ve tried, and tried, to the point where you grew tired, exhausted, or discouraged. If so, then you are at a precise point where you have to ask God for His strength so you can press on and through to get to the other side. (Psalm 27:14)Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

You’ll always grow tired and you may even falter in your determination if you don’t continue to lean on God and His promises for your situation. (Proverbs 3:5‭-‬6)Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

You have got to decide to press through until you see the light on the other end of that situation.

The reason for that is that if you don’t, you’ll never experience success in anything you do unless you rely and lean on God to help you.

The word of God does say that when we wait on Him our strength will be renewed like the eagle’s (Isa.40:31)But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Waiting on God means that you expect Him to do what you need to be done in that situation.

This is called relying on Him, the One you know who will see you through.

If you just keep in mind that every rough mountain you’ll have to cross over is not always a test or a trial, but a trust issue, an issue you may not even think you have when it comes to God.

Remember that God knows your heart even when you are silent and He can hear you loud and clear, crying out for help, peace, and deliverance. (Psalm 40:1)I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

Just stand, depend and listen to that still small voice that He uses and, is often undetected because of all the noise in one’s life. (1 Kings 19:11‭-‬12)And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord. And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

In life, we all have to push back against the pressure that’s pressing against us trying to get us to give up, cave in and quit.

When something is pressing against you, you have to be determined with everything in you to press back against it with the greater force that resides on the inside of you.

You have to press through your circumstances to overcome the hurdles, obstacles, and peaks that stand in the way of deliverance. Don’t you know it’s our job to press!! (Philippians 3:14)I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

It has to come to a point in one’s life where you speak to that issue and say, “look, you can’t have my peace, you can’t have my joy, and you surely can’t have my life!”

You have to be the one to make that conscious decision to say no, no more! “I have got to press through to the other side, that side that is awaiting me with happiness, joy, love, peace, and rest.”

You, as a person of Christ, should never allow anyone to steal what should be so precious to you, and that is your peace and your rest.

Why? because those are the two things in life that keep you centered and balanced no matter what is going on around you.

God has not called us to walk, and live in defeat; to be discouraged, to give up, and become negative about life generally. Jesus came to give us life and life more abundantly;(John 10:10)The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Sometimes our problem is that we give in too quickly. If things don’t work out right the first time we give up and don’t give it a second thought, thinking that it was not God’s will for us or that the devil is trying to deceive us. It’s our faith that causes us to press on, in, and through until we see the results that we want to see.

We must have the Word of the Lord in our hearts to know when it is Him speaking to us, we can’t be looking for physical or outward evidence because what will you do when you see none?

Will you just throw in the towel? no!!

This is where your faith has to come in and say, “ok Lord I know your voice and I know your ways and I surely know your Word, So, I will stand and I will trust, no matter what!

Know that faith comes with the voice of the Lord and when we choose to press on through regardless of what our mind tells us, what other people tell us, what circumstances tell us etc, we will then find that His promises are ours, and His Word is real.

We have to understand that delays are not bad, God uses delays to work something precious into our spirits so that we are prepared and equipped for even greater things ahead.

We have to be refined for His purpose.

It is easy to give up but giving up does not accomplish anything for God

When is the last time you cried out to God, asking Him, “ what do you want me to do?” Or, “if you just show me what to do I’ll do it?”

Maybe it’s time for you to do that, Just ask, and as His Word says you will receive, you have to believe that (Mark. 11:24) Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Be Blessed….

P.S. (sorry for the delay)