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Fun revelation for the day: God will never put you in a position where you will not have to use your faith. Think of whatever difficulty there is in your life. What would be necessary to make it all go away? If God were to miraculously make all of your life's struggles suddenly vanish, I assure you that you would still be in a position to use your faith. For anyone out there praying, "Lord, please talk all the problems away from me forever" I recommend you stop. The only way you will ever get to that point is to die.

Now, do not mis-understand me; life is not meant to be a series of difficulties meant to "strengthen" you. It is quite the contrary: Jesus came so that we might be saved. The word "salvation" comes from the greek word soteria, which means, "wholeness, deliverance, victory, prosperity, health and welfare." The Hebrew word, yshuwah, found in the Old Testament echos that: "deliverance, victory, prosperity, health, and welfare." That is what Jesus bought for all of us. That is what it means to be saved. But, if we were suddenly free from everything, with the ability to simply say the "magic words" to get anything we wanted instantly, then we would no longer need faith. God will never allow that. There is always another level with God; a level that can only be reached through faith in God.

In 1Corinthians 10:13, we see that we will never go through anything that we cannot overcome. Many translations use the word "temptation" in this verse. The greek word used here implies adversity. Simply put, you will never go through adverse conditions that God does not know about and has not already planned escape from for you. You have to remain faithful. You have to put your faith to work. He planned the escape, you have to execute the plan. In Philippians 1:6, we see that God will never stop working on us in some area of our lives. There is never a place where you will not have to use your faith.

I have dreams of very large sums of money coming into my hands, so that I can do grand things in the kingdom of God and for the ones I love. And yet, even if god were to drop millions in my lap at this very moment, there would still be areas for me to use my faith. the devil would still be out there watching me; this world would still be broken; there would still be more work for me to do. God will never put anybody in a position where they would not have to continue to press in to Him and use there faith. It is a ridiculous notion to believe God is sending trials in our lives in order to work something in us. James 1:13 outright refutes it. Yet, Scripture also says that faith is tried as gold is by fire (1Peter 1:6-7). What a fun balance we all get to work out. In order to have victory you have to fight something. God gave us the devil to practice on...