Luke 1:45 ‘And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.’

DAILY READING ; Jude 1; Ezra 9-10; Psalm 95

Adoniram Judson is remembered as America’s first significant missionary in Burma, as well as one of the first missionaries from America to travel overseas.
He was a man of purpose and perseverance who through faith overcame monumental challenges in his ministry.
In 1812 Adoniram Judson and his new wife sailed from England to India to preach the Gospel. But when they arrived, they were prevented from preaching to the Hindus and driven out from the region. Refusing to quit, they then sailed to the French island of Madras. Again they were deported from the region.
Undefeated, they headed for Burma, where finally they were able to embark on their missionary work.
But in Burma, they suffered hardship after hardship. They were plagued by illness, and miserable living conditions. They had no friends, and among Burma’s population of millions, they found not one Christian. Rather they were surrounded by the various fetish practices of the people who were mainly idol worshippers.
For five years they laboured preaching the Gospel, but had not a single convert. After 6 years, their mission board wrote, asking what the prospects were of seeing any results from their mission work. Judson responded with faith and wrote back saying: “The prospects are as bright as the promises of God.”
Soon afterwards, Judson finally had his first concert who was baptized on June 27, 1819.
This marked the beginning of other conversions, as souls were won in increasing numbers.
Though there were no Christians when the Judsons first arrived in Burma, yet,, by the end of thirty eight years of their missionary work, there were hundreds of thousands of Christians in Burma.
Today, many Christians in Burma and Thailand trace their spiritual roots to the work of AdoniramJudson who firmly stood in faith and believed in the promises of God.

Truly, our prospects in life are as bright as the promises of God. In times of trials, it is important that we hold fast to God’s promises because whatever God says, will always come to pass.
One strategy the enemy often uses against believers is to try to wear them down with delayed manifestations of desired results.. When you are working hard but not seeing the immediate effect, the tendency is to become weary. If a battle is taking longer than we thought, we often tend to become battle fatigued. However, in Galatians 6:9, God said “Don’t be weary in well doing”. Though some battles may seem long and tough, but as we peservere in faith, surely in due season we shall reap our reward.
As long as we believe, we will see the performance of God’s Word in our lives.

Luke 1:45 says ‘And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.’

Persistence means not giving up, not quitting, not giving in and not becoming discouraged no matter how contrary things may seem.
Numbers 23:19 says ‘God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?’
Though we may sometimes encounter giants on the road to our Canaan, God is committed to causing us to triumph always through Christ. (2 Corinthians 2:14).
It’s true battles are real to life, but more real is our victory.
No matter the trial or temptation one thing is always certain; God is forever faithful.
God will never allow you to face a battle that you cannot handle.
Faith is the victory that overcomes the world. As long as you keep faith alive, through diligent meditation in God’s Word, you will always emerge victorious.
If you refuse to quit or give up, surely in the end you will win.
And though it may sometimes seem as if you have been waiting too long for your breakthrough, divine healing, or miraculous answers to prayers; if you refuse to be weary, you will surely reap at last. Indeed, if you will persist in God’s Word, stand strong in faith and refuse to give up, you will certainly see a performance of God’s promises in your life..

PRAYER: Lord, I know indeed that You are able to handle any challenge I may face today. I therefore ask You for the grace to always diligently study Your Word so that I can have the faith to see great manifestations of Your power in my life in Jesus Name.

QUOTE :
Your present frustrations are God’s opportunities for manifestations. – WORDBITE 222.