When you learn that Jesus is faithful in both the battle in the victory, you take away the enemy’s power to destroy you with the battle.

When you learn to rely on the goodness of God, which is unchanging, instead of the ease of your circumstances around you, which change day by day, you find a steady rock that is always strong enough to carry you through.

A life lived for Jesus is not meant to be easy but it’s also not meant to be done in your own strength.

You’re going to fight battles with giants much bigger than you. You’re going to face storms with waves so big that you wonder how you’re not drowning. You’re going to walk through fires that should destroy but don’t.

And you can trust that Jesus is faithful in every moment of these trials.

He is just as faithful when the giant stands in front of you, as when he lays defeated at your feet.

Whether the waves toss your boat back and forth or the waters are calm, through the fire, and on the other side, He is faithful and He is working.

In the battle, He is teaching you that He is more powerful than the giant. In the storm, He proves that He is peace, even in chaos. In the fire, He shows that He is your protector and defender.

The battle doesn’t mean He’s forgotten you. He’s with you in it and He is faithful.