Blog With Ron Shaw

S.O.S. (Success Out of Struggles)

As a Christian, it may be a challenge to think that even in a day when everything seems to be tough and everyone seems to be struggling to survive, that success is closer to you now that ever before. The thought that you’re closer to your place of blessing is a struggle for some maybe even most.  Nevertheless, tough times always produce more success stories than times of when things are running smooth. 

It’s during the tough times that we force ourselves to think creatively and we make what we have produce more than what we would normally think it can.  Our talents surface.  Our skills are sharpened.  We make ourselves get lean and mean  relative to  our real potential.  Usually when times are smooth, we are at ease and lazy and settle into our comfort zones.  We are less likely to push ourselves to have faith and to trust in our God.  David became King after being promoted through his fight with Goliath.  Joseph got promoted only after he was sold by his brothers, was falsely accused and wrongfully imprisoned. Daniel and his three friends were promoted after they were taken into captivity in Babylon.  It may seem like you’re in a tough situation.  It may seem like things are impossible.  Nevertheless, your success is actually closer now than before.  Tough times reveal what’s really in us.  It is faith or fear that prevails.  If it’s faith then well.  If it’s fear then we can now confront it and conquer it.  To live successfully in the Kingdom, faith is a must.                       What sayest thou?