By Kayla Kennada
The Question That Changed Everything
I’ll never forget the moment I almost hit my breaking point.
For months, I’d been standing in faith by praying in the Spirit, declaring the Word over my situation, battling to keep my thoughts aligned with God’s promises. I was doing everything I knew to do. But nothing was changing. The circumstances weren’t improving. In fact, at times they seemed to escalate. I was exhausted. Done. Ready to throw in the towel.
That’s when the Holy Spirit asked me a question that changed everything:
“If you stop now, then what will you have?”
When Disciples Walk Away
This divine interruption reminded me of a pivotal moment in Jesus’ ministry recorded in John 6:60-69. Jesus had been teaching His disciples, and many of them found His message too difficult to receive. The Bible tells us that from that time, many of His disciples turned back and no longer followed Him.
Jesus turned to the twelve whom He had chosen and asked a question that still echoes through the ages: “Do you also want to go away?” Peter’s response is one of the most profound declarations of faith in Scripture:
“Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.”
The Weariness of Waiting
Peter understood something crucial in that moment, something I was about to rediscover in my own crisis of faith. When you’re truly following Christ, there’s nowhere else to go. No other source of hope. No other fountain of truth. No other way to life.
But let me be honest with you: knowing this truth and living it out when you’re weary from the battle are two very different things. I had been standing strong, but week after week, month after month of:
- Praying without seeing results
- Speaking faith when circumstances screamed otherwise
- Wrestling my thoughts into submission to God’s Word
- Believing for breakthrough that seemed to never come
It wore me down. Prayer felt like it wasn’t producing results. The Word seemed like empty promises. Have you ever been there?
The Holy Spirit’s Wake-Up Call
When the Holy Spirit asked me, “If you stop now, then what will you have?” it was like a stimulant that boosted and refreshed my weary soul.
I instantly replied, “You’re right!” My spirit swelled with renewed strength. It wasn’t that my circumstances suddenly changed in that moment. The problems were still there. But my perspective shifted dramatically.
I realized that giving up wouldn’t solve anything; it would only leave me with nothing.
James knew this truth as he declared in 1:6-8:
But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
Like Peter, I had to come face to face with the reality: there is nowhere else to go. I had to continue to walk by faith not by sight. I had to keep fighting the good fight of faith.
My breakthrough came just a few weeks later. Not years. Weeks. I had been so close to quitting right before my victory.
Your Help Comes From the Lord
My experience took me back to Psalm 121, written by David as he reflected on all he had endured; especially those terrifying days when he was literally running for his life from King Saul. Witnessing the Lord deliver him from his trouble inspired him to write these powerful words:
“I will lift up my eyes to the hills—From whence comes my help? My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is your keeper; The Lord is your shade at your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, Nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul. The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in From this time forth, and even forevermore.”
Let that sink in.
Your Keeper doesn’t slumber. He doesn’t sleep. While you’re exhausted from the battle, He remains alert and watchful. While you’re struggling to stand, He won’t allow your foot to be moved. He is preserving you, your going out and your coming in, from this time forth and forevermore.
A Word for the Weary
Maybe you’re reading this right now from that exhausted place I was in. You’ve been standing in faith, but you’re running on empty. You’ve been praying, but you’re not seeing progress. You’ve been believing, but you’re starting to waiver.
Let me speak directly to your weary soul: Don’t quit. Your breakthrough is closer than you think.
The enemy wants you to give up right before your victory. He wants you to walk away right before your miracle manifests. He wants you to stop believing right before your answer arrives. But I’m here to ask you Peter’s question: “To whom shall you go?”
Where else will you find hope? Who else died for you and rose again? Who else has conquered death, hell, and the grave? Who else has promised never to leave you or forsake you?
Keep Going
These trials come to test our faith. But, we will reap if we faint not. In the meanwhile we are being made stronger and spiritually mature.
So lift up your eyes. Remember where your help comes from. Renew your strength in the Lord. And keep going. Don’t let weariness steal your breakthrough or exhaustion rob you of your miracle. Stand strong. Keep praying. Keep believing. Keep speaking the Word over your situation.
I will leave you with 1 Corinthians 10:13 The Mirror Bible:
“Your situation is not unique! Every human life faces contradictions! Here is the Good News: God believes in your freedom! He has made it possible for you to triumph in every situation that you will ever encounter!”
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