Your circumstances cannot stop God from using you.

Sometimes the enemy whispers our failures or defeats to us to make us believe that we can't talk about God:

"Because of what you are going through, you are not a credible witness; no one will listen to you..."

The truth is that it is not your circumstances that make your testimony effective, but the Holy Spirit who convicts hearts and bears witness to the truth of God's word.

Remember the story of the young slave girl who testified to the Syrian general Naaman to be healed of leprosy in 2 Kings chapter 5. This slave had everything to discredit her testimony, so that she would not be heard or believed. She was a child and she had to talk to a general. She was a little girl, a future adult woman who would have no value as an adult in the society at the time. As a slave, she was reduced to the status of an object. She was a captive of Israel, the enemy nation of the Syrians, defeated by the general Naaman. If her God was so powerful, why did he not protect her?

Perhaps your husband/spouse is unconverted, your loved one is ill, or you are ill yourself. These painful circumstances should not prevent you from declaring the power of God. You can pray for the sick while you are sick; you can announce salvation while your loved ones are not yet saved. Remember that when you pray for the person, you are not talking about your health or your holiness, but what Jesus accomplished at the cross.

I invite you to say this prayer:

Lord Jesus, I decide to fix my eyes on you and not on my own circumstances. You are the Almighty, and you have not changed; you are the same yesterday, today, and forever. I decide to be a witness to your strength even if my circumstances are painful. May my life serve for the glory of your name. In Jesus' name, amen.

Declare out loud: Jesus accomplished everything at the cross; my prayers serve to bring what is available in heaven to earth.

See you tomorrow,

David Théry
Practical teachings to experience God