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Thursday, August 20, 2009. We are talking about challenges of faith. Today we want to talk about difficult situations of life. Personal difficulties can be a challenge to our faith.

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We might face personal difficulties on various levels. Some people are hit by some illness. That is a classical challenge. Others have problems with other people - without being responsible for it by bad behavior. There are many problems in the current economic climate - economic problems have always been a problem we face occasionally. The economic system of every nation has strengths and weaknesses, and sometimes we are affected by it personally. If you try to sell a house which you bought some years ago, but prices have fallen sharply, then you are in trouble. All the personal trouble can be a challenge for our faith. The futile search for employment can be a huge challenge. What is the purpose for my life? What am I good for? Why does no one want me to work for them?

Faith in the light of personal challenges is one of the main topics of the Old Testament. People like David, Josef, Moses and many more had similar problems. Between strong heights and deep valleys of life they had to find their path of faith. This is not limited to the Old Testament. The young Christian church was persecuted and scattered. The apostles have been put into prison. Christians and people of faith had to deal with difficult personal situations ever since.

It is not the purpose of faith to generate an easy life for us. God has much better ideas for our life. He wants us to get to know what “mercy” means. He wants us to explore “love”. He wants us to learn “patience”. He has the goal that we get to know “forgiveness” in a very deep and far reaching sense. All this takes place in the middle of a big mess, between conflicting forces, in a world where many do not know God's truth, reliability and dedication. Again, as for all other challenges, the challenges of personal difficulties can strengthen and deepen our faith. Our faith needs to be more than faith for the sunny days. It should be strong also when the rain and storm comes. It cannot be called sincere if it is not tested in a selection of the difficulties which all our fathers in faith had to encounter. [R.W.E.P., jesusnetwork.eu]

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