The Means of Gaining God's Approval

The life of faith will include spiritual victories as well as suffering. The testimony of the Old Testament saints confirms that God gives the strength and abilities for such a time as each faced and to what end God ordained. Living by faith as always required God's people to be courageous and be willing to trust His power and purposes to endure through the circumstances at hand as much each believer today. The final outcome of each circumstance is ultimately determined by God, the issue at hand for the believer is to maintain as the goal to do what is pleasing to God and thereby gain His approval.