1 Peter 1:7 ‘That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:’

DAILY READING • Matthew 1; Exodus 20:1-21:36; Proverbs 9

During Idi Amins reign of terror in Uganda, one of the people that were visited by Amin’s secret police was an Anglican pastor named Reverend George Lukwiya. Amidst Idi Amin’s plot to destroy Christians in Uganda, this pastor refused to bow to his tyranny.
One day, Amin’s secret police picked him up, saying that he had made an attempt to assassinate the President.
It was a ridiculous charge. There was no basis to it, yet they took him to their headquarters where they began beating him, demanding for a confession. Though the Pastor had nothing to confess, they tortured him and threw him into a room with 60 other prisoners. For three months the Pastor languished in this horror chamber. Every day, one of the men in the room would either die or be murdered.
They were barley given water or food and would starve for days. Reverend George Lukwiya, in his distress continued to cry out to God for deliverance. Eventually, Idi Amin’s government was toppled and he and his army fled the country.
Reverend George was one of the few survivors who emerged alive from Idi Amin’s torture chamber. After many months of suffering, he was finally released and returned back home where he continued serving God.

We may never be faced with such extreme life threatening choices, but as believers in these last days we need to be prepared to stand for our faith no matter the pressures.
No matter what comes your way, through Christ, you can always overcome.
As a Christian, your decision to serve God will attract attacks from the forces of hell, the enemy will often bring fiery trials and temptations as a way of discouraging you or making you give up. But in every situation, always be sure that God is able to fight for you and deliver you.

Psalm 34:19-20 says ‘Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken..’

In every temptation, God will surely make a way of escape for you.
When Peter was locked up in prison to be killed the following day, guarded by soldiers there seemed to be no way of escape. Yet, despite the tight security, an angel came right into the prison and brought him out.

Indeed there’s no situation too tight for God to bring you out from. God can break open prison doors and break you out of any captivity. God can close the mouth of lions, move mountains and cause walls of Jericho to fall for your sake.
Therefore anytime you are faced with impossible battles, never give in to fear, just keep your eyes on the Lord. Fill your heart with faith through study of God’s Word and keep praising God in the face of the raging storm.
As you continue to stand in faith, God will arise and cause your enemies to scatter. They will come through one way but flee seven ways before you.

If perhaps today, you are passing through a ‘trial of fire’, God has promised in Isaiah 43, that when we go through the fire He will be with us. When God is with you, the fire isn’t going to consume you; rather it’s going to refine you and make you better.
Indeed though we walk through the valley of the shadow of death, we shall fear no evil, when God is with us.
Certainly, as we committedly serve God in this season, He will fight our battles and deliver us from every evil plot and gang-up of the wicked in Jesus Name.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank You for always being my ever present help in every time of need. No matter what I may face in life, I know indeed that You will always give me the victory in Jesus Name.

QUOTE;
When God is on your side anything is possible. WORDBITE 222.