1Timothy 6:12 ‘Fight the good fight of faith lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.’
DAILY READING; 1 Thessalonians 2:1-16; Isaiah 14-16; Psalm 113
Love Oyedepo Oga is the first daughter of Bishop David Oyedepo. She got married on March 23rd 2013 and about seven months later she became pregnant. But shortly after that she lost the pregnancy. After different tests, doctors said she would not be able to carry pregnancy to full-term because of certain medical conditions.
This was heartbreaking news for the young couple. At that point they knew they had to fight spiritually and so diligently began studying the Word to get the needed faith for victory.
During this time God arrested fear in Love Oyedepo through revealing to her that He is Alpha and Omega and whatever He starts He will finish. Whatever He “Alphas”, He will “Omega”.
During the 2014 Shiloh program they sowed sacrificial seeds. Then on the last day of the 21 days of prayer and fasting in 2015, after praising God, she decided to take a pregnancy test and it came out positive. The test showed the pregnancy was three weeks plus. Tears rolled down her face in gratitude to God.
Doctors still remained doubtful of her ability to carry the pregnancy to full-term but she held on to faith in God. She consistently listened to the Word to ensure that faith overwhelmed the negative facts coming from the doctors. She continued to use the Word of God to attack the Goliath of miscarriage.
All through the season of her pregnancy, God saw her through till the time of delivery.
Surprisingly she carried her baby to full term, and despite all the health challenges along the way, God intervened in every case and miraculously she delivered her baby safely. Despite the medical verdict that said she could not carry a pregnancy to full term, she gave birth to her first daughter in September 2015 and another daughter was born in 2017.
Love Oyedepo Ogah has shared on various media platforms her testimony, tagged “My Testimony: Our Fertility Journey”
Though she was the daughter of a great man of God, yet Love Oyedepo Ogah had to fight her own fight of faith .There are some battles no one else can fight for you. Others may assist but basically you have to be the one at the forefront to confront the enemy. Through applying the spiritual weapons of warfare, she got her victory.
Everyone will be faced with their own fight of faith. Victory in this battle will be determined by our readiness to accept spiritual responsibility.
Faith is hard work and we must be prepared to labour in the Word and spiritual exercises to see our desired results.
Hebrews 4:11 says, “Let us therefore labor to enter that rest..”.
Yes, there is a labor required for us to enter into our rest. The labour is to constantly grow our faith through holding on to the promises in God’s Word. We must focus on Scriptures until our actions are dominated and controlled only by what God says.
As long as you keep holding on to God’s promises you will have the victory at last. Surely, God is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him Therefore never be discouraged by current challenges.
If situations appear insurmountable or overwhelming, be assured that through God, all things are possible. God can do inexplicable miracles that beats sense and logic. He has a way of sweeping aside the obvious facts, to do what only He as God can do. He knows how to bring down the Goliaths and those stubborn obstacles that seem to defy solution.
Regardless of what comes your way, with God, there can be no closed case. Those that put their trust in Him never end up ashamed.
As you keep pressing forward in faith, it is only a matter of time before you experience your own amazing testimony of miracles, signs and wonders..
PRAYER: Lord, help me to fight the good fight of faith. Please enable me to avoid discouragements, but rather to hold on steadfastly to Your Word until I see my own miracle in Jesus’ Name.
QUOTE;
When we fight by God’s help we are sure of victory. WORDBITE 222