We face challenges every day. The very definition of "challenge" carries the idea of confontation, competition, and difficulty. Our faith is challenged by all sorts of forces all the time.
Most of these forces come from what the world has to throw our way. The world working as an agent of Satan is putting temption and pressure upon us to get us to cease having a good relationship with God. If our faith is strong, we are able to meet the challenge, always realizing that we are doing so by the help of God.
1 Corinthians 10:13: "No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, that you may be able to endure it."
So we have God's protection and assurance that everything that comes our way is something that we have control over. Thus when we sin, we have no one to blame but ourselves.
The challenges mentioned already are external challenges. The other challenges we face are internal. This is where and when we begin to question our own faith. When we forget God is helping us, and we look to ourselves to fix our problems rather than turn our problems over to God. We are to cast all our cares upon Him, because He cares for us (1 Peter 5:7). When we let God have control over us, our day goes by much easier and life is more tolerable.
By Carey Scott 10/30/2010
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