I shared this message in church recently and I think it will encourage my readers:

PERSUASION

Sometimes we sit down and wonder why some people gets divine lifting and others don’t, though they are both Christians and believers. We tend to ask questions and we may even want to ask if God is not partial. But I want us to examine this: If they are both believers: do they both have the same conviction on the truth i.e. the word of God? Yes they are both believers but with different level of persuasion in the word of God.

What I am practically telling us is that, truly what you believe determine where you are going in life. But your persuasion or conviction on your believe determine how far you can go in life. Rom. 14:14, Peter tells us of his persuasion. Persuasion is our conviction against all odds on what we believe. Persuasion will help you to hold on, even in a very tough and difficult situation. The widow woman in the book of 1Kings 17:10-16. She was persuaded in her believe on what the man of God said to her.

But if we only believe and refuse to be convinced/persuaded about the WORD we believe, doubt sets in, and we sure cannot have God promises of Divine increase, lifting, health etc in that way. Many a time, people hear the word of God and they study and believe, but when trouble or trials of life comes, they fail, because their believe is not with conviction. If we are persuaded about the truth whatever happens, the word of God, which we believe will keep us going until we achieve God purpose for us. This is because our persuasion helps us to hold firm to the truth at all time.

In conclusion, I say one of the greatest, if not the greatest motivation to live for God and have divine increase in life, is how firm we hold on to whatever we believe and persuaded about. As a believer, that should be the truth which can only originate from our faith (our cure foundation) in Christ Jesus.
P E A C E.