8 But I will stay on at Ephesus until Pentecost, 9 because a great door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many who oppose me. -1 Corinthians 16:8-9
Has it been kind of tough to pursue your faith? Have there been obstacles or barriers preventing you from growing in God? Check out what the Apostle Paul’s sentence here tells us about what you’re going through.
I love this sentence because Paul is reminding us of something super important whenever we try to follow God or serve God. He mentions that God has opened a door for him to do ministry at Ephesus, and the reason why he knows that is because he’s facing a lot of opposition. Doing God’s work and facing opposition go together. That’s what Paul is remind us of!
So if you’re struggling through something and your faith feels more like a crawl than a walk, it’s probably because you’re on the right path and Satan and other demonic spiritual forces at work are trying to hinder you and stop you from growing. Opposition is one of the signs that you’re probably on the right track.
How do you get through that opposition though? You fall back on the good spiritual habits that you’ve developed during the easy times of faith. If during the easy times you’ve been developing a habit of reading God’s Word and of praying, the habit will just kick in during the difficult times, even when you don’t feel like doing any of those things.
Are you in a spiritually easy time or a spiritually difficult time? If you’re in an easy time, keep building up those spiritual disciplines, you will need them in the tough times. If you’re in that difficult time right now, depend on that good habit that you’ve developed and keep engaging in spiritual activities that help you to think about God.
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