Sabbath Jollof with Pastor Taheri Monday (July 8)

Every Saturday, there is a word of assurance from an Adventist pastor in Nigeria with the theme SABBATH JOLLOF

Sabbath Jollof with Pastor Monday (July 8)

There are times when difficulties come our way or we are face with challenges, many are times our responses to these challenges are negative, sometimes some Christians will make some comments why me or am I the only one on planet earth, why am I going true this suffering but often times we forget that the Christians in the Bible also face some of these challenges. Now the question is how did the Christians in the Bible respond to their challenges. The answer is that they responded positively to the negative challenges that came their way. When
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Job wealth was taken away and his children died just in a single day, yet he did not complain why me nor am I the only one suffering on planet earth, but responded positively by saying, the Lord has given and the Lord taken away blessed be the name of the Lord (Job 1: 21). Job praise God in the midst of his difficulties. In the same vein, Paul echoes in 2 Corinthians 4:17 "For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory".

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Job, Paul and other faithful christians in the Bible saw affliction not as stumbling block but they saw their trials, difficulties, pains, etc as stepping stone and an opportunity to praise God. My prayer for everyone is to rejoice and praise God in the midst of our challenges and trials.