And now I know to some degree what Paul was meaning... the "road to the kingdom" is one marked with struggles and attacks. Yet it still is one that is completely worth the journey!
In Acts 14:22, Paul was encouraging the disciples in some of the cities he had established churches, and he says, "we must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God." I noticed when I read this that he wasn't speaking merely to pastors or spiritual leaders, but to the disciples as a whole. He was saying the road of the believer, is one filled with hardship.
Hardship because we have an enemy of our soul. Hardship because we are living in a hostile world. Hardship because the spiritual enemy we face is not always understood or even seen in the natural. It's a road that brings about hardship, yet it's worth the journey.
I don't know what your hardships consist of. They might be relational dissension, financial struggle, physical ailment... or a combination of these, and you might not know how to battle these things... well right after Paul tells the church they will endure hardship, he appointed elders, they prayed and fasted and they continued to commit themsleves to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust. What a fantastic piece of advice for us... prayer, fasting and recommitting ourselves to the Lord!
God is great, and He is on our side!
Have a blessed day, pray, fast and recommitt yourselves to Him.
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