" Do not be surprised at the fiery trails that have beset you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed” 1 Peter 4:12-13.

 ARE YOU GOING THROUGH HELL? 
YOU’D BETTER NOT STOP!

You’re looking around at what you are going through and you are wondering “ God where are you?”.  You can’t understand why things seem to be getting worse instead of better. You can’t understand what is taking God so long. You feel as though you are the only one going through this storm. Well, believe me you are not the only one… there are others, feeling what you are feeling, going through what you are going through, crying the same tears, tossing and turning at night.  Look around you, oh yes, you see them smiling all the time, but late at night, when no one is around, they are going through hell.

You are not alone.  This is another phase in your walk with the Lord. This is another journey, another level that you must go through, so don’t stop now. You’ve come too far to turn around; you’re almost there. Your faith is on trial, and yes, you are going through hell, so you had better not stop.  You don’t want to stop, no not here, not in the middle of hell; if you do you will surely perish.  You must, you have to keep going.

I know all hell has broken loose, so it’s supposed to.  You are a child of the King.  If not, you wouldn’t be going through anything.  The enemy doesn’t bother his own, why would he? He already has you.  But a child of the King, oh yes, he is coming after you.  So what are you just going to do? Just stand there? Are you going to allow the enemy to dictate to you whether or not you continue your walk with the Lord? Are you going to allow him to tell you that Jesus has forgotten His promises to you, and all that you are doing is in vain? Are you going to allow you to tell you that all those prophecies spoken by His servants aren’t true, or are you going to keep on praying, keep on fasting, keep on believing that your blessing is on the way? In other words are you going to give up and die in hell, or are you going to keep moving to receive your promises from God?

If God brought you to it, He will see you through it. If God closed the door, wait He has another one has been opened.  If God asks you to lift it, He will give you the grace to carry it.  He will make a way for you to come out what you are going through… you must keep moving.

You want to know why some of you are having hard times?  Why some of you are having heartaches and pain? Why some of you are having tribulations on every hand? Why some of you are feeling your enemies gathering around you to bring you down? Why Lord, why?    There can be many reasons why you are going through hell.  And you must ask the Lord to search you, and if there is anything not pleasing to Him to purge you of it. Some of you may not want to do that, because you like what you are doing and you don’t want God to take it away.  Well, then I am not talking to you.  I am talking to the ones that are going through hell, and want to make it out. 

Let’s talk about a couple of them reasons you may be going through hell.  One reason could be to humble you.  When things are going right our lives, we sometimes forget who brought us out.   We tend to get beside ourselves, and think that we have accomplished so much without the Lord.   We get a little boastful, and pride comes alive in us. We don’t need the Lord then. Sometimes the Lord has to humble us in order to use us.  He has to purge us of anything that will not bring glory to His Kingdom.  He can’t use us if we are thinking more highly of ourselves than we ought to.

Another reason, (and I like this one) for your testing could be to teach Satan a lesson.  Oh yes, you know he needs to be taught a lesson. 

Remember the story of the children of Israel and how the Lord delivered them” God could have easily breathed on the situation to deliver the children of Israel, but He chose to give the Egyptians something to remember.  He wanted them to know beyond a shadow of a doubt that He was God, and He was and still is in control!

Exodus 7:3-5 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.  But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.  AND THE EGYPTIANS SHALL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.

He wanted Pharaoh to know, He wanted the task masters to know, He wanted their magicians to know, He wanted their priests to know, He wanted the chariots to know, He wanted their horses to know.  He wanted them to know that He could have freed His people anytime He wanted to. He wanted everyone in Egypt to know whom He was and that He was in control… not them!  God knows when to say ENOUGH, so Keep moving!

You see no matter what type of hell you are going through, Satan can only do what the Lord allows him to do. “Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord” God is still in charge!  Wickedness will only last for a while; evil has a temporary throne that is quickly wasting away… so keep moving

The hell you are going through will soon be behind you.  God is teaching Satan a lesson, you don’t have to worry, but you must keep moving.  Don’t worry whether or not the enemy is gaining on you….just keep moving.

God will turn your defeat into victory, your tears into joy, your cries into hallelujah!  All you have to do is keep moving and praise him.  Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.  You must walk through, you must keep moving, you must not stop! 

You can’t stop!  If you stop it’s not just your life here that you are giving up on, but God’s Word says your stopping, your giving up, and your turning back means you are not fit for His Kingdom.   I didn’t say it, God did!

And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. Luke 9:62 

So if you are not fit for His Kingdom where does that leave you?  Think about it.  There is only one person that will want you then, there is only one place left for you then.

So let me ask you this question, and it’s going to shock you. “What in hell do you want?”  Close your mouth! I told you that it would shock you, but you needed to be shocked.  It is a question that you should be asking yourself.  Why? Have you read anything good about hell? Have you heard anything good about hell? You’d better ask somebody! 

 I don’t know about you, but that is nothing in hell for me. I don’t like what I have read about concerning hell.  I have read what the enemy has in store for those that follow him and keep his promises.  His fringe benefits will always have me seeking employment in the Kingdom of God.  To quote a phrase from the Rock: Have you smelled what the enemy is cooking? Look at what Satan is offering his children in his kingdom:

Rev 2:7 To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

Rev 2:11 He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.

Rev 2:17 To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

Rev 2:26 - 29 To him  that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:  And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.   And I will give him the morning star. 

Rev 3:5 -6 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

Rev 3:12-13 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name. 

 Rev 3:21 -22 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. 

Now we have all had to seek employment at one time or another in our lives, compare the two organizations, which would you rather work for? 

So next time all hell breaks loose in your life, the next time you feel yourself going through hell, you’d better not don’t stop, keep moving, HEAVEN IS WAITING FOR YOU!