Faithful In Times of Adversity. Part [6] 09/13/2025 (Evening thought)

Hebrews 10:35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. 36 For you have need of patience, that, after you have done the will of God, you might receive the promise.

It’s important for us to understand that the tensile strength of the Christian’s faith is tested and certified mostly in times of adversity. In former days of wine and roses when things were going very smoothly, your faith might not have been ruggedly tested. But as adversity looms on the horizon, and as the new abnormal is taking hold, we may find ourselves having to regroup, and do things differently, so as to be faithful in returning that which is due, through the financial covenants made to God.

An example of what is being spoken of took place in the days of Elijah, when, on account of the king and queen leading the people deep into idolatry, famine with all of its accompanying difficulties, shook the faith of some to the core. The situation on the ground got so bad that persons were forced to adopt a bare-bones approach to life, in which the nonessentials had to be stripped away, and instead, survival mode set in.

The Christian living in our day will have to learn to eat some humble pie where necessary, for come what may, the tithe and offering which acknowledge God as The Giver and Sustainer of all, must remain intact, even if persons may go into survival mode. This is what took place with the widow woman of Shunem, who was on her last meal, with nothing to expect for the future. Indeed, she was between a rock and a hard place, for she had her son to take care of, and with unemployment at record levels, it seems as if there was no recourse for her.

Micah 6:8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!

Faithful In Times of Adversity. Part [5] 09/12/2025 (Morning thought)

2nd Timothy 3:This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy.

And according to current and foreseeable trends we haven’t seen anything yet, for when the truth of the matter starts to put a firm grip on your expendable income, some hard, and some very difficult choices may have to be made. In fact, the new word for what is currently taking place is “Sneak-flation” where businesses, and your local grocery and hardware stores are finding some ingenious and innovative ways to hike their prices, since they could only absorb so much of the sticker shock increases for so long.

Again, persons are now finding it necessary to dip into their savings and their 401k, in order to make ends meet, and the credit card ghost is stalking a lot of well-intentioned people, in so much that in some instances, folks are being sucked into the vacuum of spiraling debt. Thus, if you are a person on a fixed income, certain things may have to be on the chopping block, and things you once took for granted might have to be put on hold, to deal with the emerging situation.

But again, as was stated earlier, God expects us to be faithful in the good times as well as in the times of adversity, because the instructions on tithes and offerings were not designed or meant to be subject to changes in the economy, which tend to fluctuate ever so often.

Proverbs 4:18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!