Moving Forward

Ezra4:4-5 "Then the local residents tried to discourage and frighten the people of Judah to keep them from their work. They bribed agents to work against them and to frustrate their plans." the enemy never stops, and his weapons of discouragement and fear are still bombarding the body of Christ. Not only did their enemies use discouragement and fear, but they also bribed agents to work against them and frustrate their plans. Satan doesn't have any new tricks, but he does a real good job of working the ones that he does have. As Christian's we need to recognize the works of the enemy, and allow his attacks to become encouragement to us, realizing that if Satan is coming against what we are doing, then it must be of God. To many Christians and churches stop moving forward because them meet resistance, reasoning that "if God was in this it wouldn't be this hard" well I propose that the fact that it is "hard" is proof that it is a God thing, because all hell is breaking loose against it. If you had a word from God that got you moving, let it be a word from God that makes you stop. Don't allow circumstances, resistance, frustration or fear cause you to stop moving toward what God has called you to do.