The Struggle is Real

James tells us to count it all joy, this includes our struggles. Our struggles don't disqualify us from being accepted in the Beloved, it qualifies us. The struggles tell us that God is working on our hearts. Though we may struggle, God knows how to salvage us and bring us out of it. We must not let anyone make us feel ashamed for struggling instead let us wear our struggle as a badge of honor, not because of us, but because it brings honor to the Creator. He saw us in our struggle in our blood and said live! (Ezekiel 16:6)

Here are 3 points to consider when we are struggling.

1. It's better to struggle than to be a slave: Being a slave implies that we are overpowered or overwhelmed by something or someone else.

2. The struggle bears witness that the Holy Spirit is working in us: It's because we are struggling at all tells us the Holy Spirit is working in our lives because before we weren't struggling.

3. Just because we are struggling doesn't mean we are losing: The only way we lose is if we quit.