"Faith not alone for miracle but misery"
Evidently, so many Christians define faith in God as something that will always deliver them from disease, deformity, debilitation, danger, distress, discouragement, destruction, darkness, dejection, dungeon, death; in short faith will release us from all sorts of sufferings.
Sadly when these doesn't seem to happened or miracle doesn't take place in long run many a believers tend to loose faith in God or withdraw themselves from Christianity.
But the question comes to us is; is this portrayal of faith is the full truth or there is something more to it ?
A closer look at scriptures opens our eye to the flip side of the story and helps us answer this question.
Hebrews chapter 11 is one of the most powerful at the same time very popular chapters of the Bible. It talks about the heroes of faith in its two third of the whole chapter. Interestingly enough, the unpopular part is the last portion of the same chapter; the rarely read and rarely preached portion (verse 36-40).
Someone said that 'the truth is bitter' and here it is;
Hebrews 11:35-40 KJV
...and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection [36] And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: [37] They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; [38] (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. [39] And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: [40] God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
An embodiment of this experiences are Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, Stephen, James, Paul, Peter and even till today this list goes on with you and me.
We don't always receive by faith but give, not only get delivered but bounded, not only taken care of but tortured, not only freed but fenced, not only calmed but disturbed, not only healed but diseased, not only at rest but restless, not only housed but wander, not only plenty but poverty, not only prosperity but persecution.
All by faith and faith alone.
You may have been going through some physical, personal or family problems you have no answer to. But if your faith has not decreased over the time you are a Hero of faith. There may be some reasons for this problem to be in your life, however, none is known to any men, therefore, whether we fall on any side of these aspects of faith let's come out as heroes. Its God who does choose human agents for to perfect His purposes for His glory.
I pray that God will provide you ample strength to endure such pain yet remain persistent in faith towards God.
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