Life Won’t Be Easier As A Christian, But You Can Prepare For It
By: Isaac Breese
Tags: Christianity, Religion, Perseverance, Bible, Church

Being a Christian isn’t all peaches and cream like it’s cracked up to be. In fact, it’s a lot more difficult than you’d think.

This walk with Christ is not easy nor should it be. It is a hard journey. There will be ups and downs, speed bumps and potholes. There will be times when you want to ask God why and there will be sometimes when you feel like giving up.

Yet, we must stay prepared for whatever life brings us. We must be prepared to persevere through whatever adversity comes in our path.

It won’t be easy but it will be possible. Because where there are hardships there is a way out.

One Guarantee: You Will Have Hardships

“We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God” — Acts 14:22

While it is true that we must go through trials and tribulations on our way to heaven, this verse should not be interpreted as hardship is a prerequisite to heaven.

Everyone goes through hardship. For Christians however, these hardships are testing our faith. These hardships are there to see just how strong we are held in God’s holy word. However, these tests will never be too hard to bear.

“…And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, we will also provide a way out so that you can endure it” — 1 Corinthians 10: 13

God leads is through hardships not to them. Wherever there is hardship there is a way out because God is with us to pass life’s fiercest tests.

However in order to pass them, we must show perseverance, we must show tenacity, we must show grit. Most importantly we must show faith.

There is no way through trials and tribulations without faith and perseverance. If we believe we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Nonetheless, if we don’t have the will to go on we will never make it.

Yet how does one prepare themselves for these trials in order to persevere?

Always Prepare for Disaster

It’s hard to be ready for everything. In fact, we aren’t ready for most things that happen to us. At the same time that doesn’t mean we can’t be prepared for those things.

Hardship seems to come our way when we least expect them. We never see them coming. They blindside us with a blow so vicious we think we may never get up.

Though, with the full armor of God, you stand firm from any blow that comes to knock you down.

Why?

Because with His armor, you have buckled your waist with the belt of truth so that you stay true to who you are and true to God. Fitted on your chest is the powerful breastplate of righteousness so that you can do what is right even in the face of adversity and temptation.

Your shoes are tightly laced with the gospel of peace so that you can stand firm not shaken with worry.

Your strong shield of faith keeps hardships from overtaking you enabling you to persevere. And God’s awesome salvation guards your mind saving it from falling victim to the tricks of the devil.

But protection isn’t all you need. You must be able to strike back and ward off any trouble that comes toward you by unleashing the sword of the spirit which is the word of God.

Hardships will come and you may not be ready. However, you can be prepared. Strap yourself with the full armor of God. Defend yourself from life’s troubles and persevere through this Christian battle.

Takeaway

“Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted” — 2 Timothy 3:12

Fact. There will be hardships in your Christian journey. There is no way around it, under it or over it, you must go through it.

These hardships are a testing of our faith. They exist to make us stronger; to produce perseverance.

Yet, in order to persevere, one must be prepared to fight to the end. And to make it, in the end, one must wear the proper garments. For us, that garment is the armor of God.

To stand firm and withstand life’s difficulties we must equip ourselves with the tools that God has provided us with.

With this armor and God on our side, we can handle and hardship that may come our way.