When you’re going through something and you’re trusting God to see you through it, it can be hard to have faith. It can be hard to believe and hope for something that seems like it’s not happening.
 

There may be moments when everything that can go wrong does, or moments when you feel like the weight of the world is on your shoulders. It’s these moments that can make you question why are you choosing to believe, that can make you feel like you’re crazy to have faith, or that can make you feel like you’re wasting your time praying.
 

Maybe you are in a situation right now in which you’re praying and praying, yet not receiving an answer or some form of encouragement. Or maybe you’re in a situation when you are trying to have faith in God, but those around you are making you feel otherwise. I can understand how all of these can make it even harder for you to have faith and to believe that God is truly working in your favor. Trust me, I’ve been there. But I’ve realized that maybe that’s what it means to have faith.
 

Having faith, even when you feel like you can’t, means that you believe that God is working behind the scenes to help you. The Bible says in Hebrews 11:1, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Faith consists on having hope in that the things that you are seeking will eventually come to pass. Having faith means that you are believing that God is guiding you, encouraging you, and answering your prayer, even if you don’t see it or feel it happening. It means depending on God, trusting that He hears you, and believing that He is already working to help you.
 

(Image courtesy of Daily Hope from Pastor Rick Warren)

But I know that this can be easier said than to believe, especially during life’s most terrible moments. And that’s why it’s so important to talk to God, to surround yourself with people who lift you higher, and to especially read your Bible.
 

From reading your Bible, you will come to understand that there are often things happening behind the scenes that might be causing a delay in your prayer getting answered or things that could be happening to make you feel like it’s hard to have faith. As Bible says (in Ephesians 6:12 and Daniel 10:12-13) and as renowned pastor Rick Warren said in his email sermon, called The Unseen Battle Over Our Prayers: “There is an unseen battle going on in a realm that we don’t even understand. We don’t see it. We don’t feel it. But there is a spiritual war in other dimensions between good and evil.” Warren goes on to say that anytime an answer to a prayer is delayed, it doesn’t mean it’s not going to be answered. It just means God is in the process of working it out and helping you gain faith in Him.
 

I know you might be thinking, well if He is God, then why does he have to “work it out.” Well, His ways are not our ways and His timing is perfect timing. He can choose to do whatever He wants. He may be working it out so that your answer could come to pass tomorrow or later today. Anything is possible with him, but in the meantime, your trusting Him is enriching your faith, giving you a greater testimony and greater awareness of all that is possible with God.
 

When you are trying to have faith and you feel like you can’t, the miraculous thing is that you can. You can. God will give you the strength to have faith when you seek Him. He will give you the strength to believe, even when you feel like you can’t. God is for you and wants to fight your battles for you to help you through everything that you go through in life. You just have to choose to trust Him, to keep praying, and to keep knowing that God is the greatest force in the universe who like a parent, loves you and will do anything for you.
 

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