“…It is upon the platform of pressure that our Lord does His best work … those times when tragedy joins hands with calamity… when satan and a host of demons prompt us to doubt God’s goodness and deny His justice. At such times Christ unsheathes His sword of truth, silencing the doubts and offering grace to accept, hope to continue.

Hear Him well:

For whatever is born of God ovecomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world – our faith.

Not a reluctant hunch. Not some fairy-tale dream… but an accomplished fact as solid as granite and twice as sure – overcoming vicgtory claimed by faith!

Is it for everyone? No. The majority? No. Read it again. It’s only for those who are ‘born of God’ … only God’s born-ones are the overcomers.

Does it mean, then, that we won’t have sorrow? No. It means we’ll be able to overcome it…. live in His victory in spite of it. How? By Faith, just as He promised. By staking my hope on the absolute assurance that He is aware of my situation, He is in charge of it … and He will give all the grace I need to sail through it, rough seas and all, one stormy day at a time.

Sorrow and her grim family of sighs may drop by for a visit, but they wont stay long when they realize faith got there first … and doesn’t plan to leave.”

-Chuck Swindoll Come Before Winter p 338