“What confuses the enemy is when you keep worshiping with a broken heart, keep praying when you feel empty, and keep trusting God even when nothing makes sense.

That kind of faith moves mountains and makes hell tremble” (Nii A Okromansah, Jr).

I think it comes down to a determination to worship no matter what. It’s about choosing to believe even when believing doesn’t make sense. It’s about following even if it means following alone.

Even when falling away seems like a good option, we can declare with Peter, ““Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life. We believe, and we know you are the Holy One of God” (John 6:68-69, NLT).

The best kind of testimony is to have your world falling apart and still be able to worship. To have no visible signs of God’s presence and still keep praying. To look at the total chaos of the world and your world and keep trusting.

I think you can’t wait until the crisis comes to decide you want that kind of faith. You have to build up the disciplines while the days are good before life gets too hard. You have to surrender and learn to die you yourself daily before the storm comes.

Most of all, no matter what kind of faith you have or discipline you’ve developed, the only way truly to survive is to fall on the grace of God and into the waiting open arms of Jesus. That’s the only way.