Hope Through Herpes Outbreaks

You ever feel like the devil just won't leave you alone? As soon you come out of one battle, here goes another one. Especially, when it comes to your hope and trusting and believing God. Perhaps, you've been reading Hope Letters, praying to God for healing, trusting that He's able to do it, and your mind is in a good place of hope. Then boom, you get a herpes outbreak and it seems like you're thrusted into another battle of discouragement and hopelessness. I know that's how I felt when I was praying and believing God for healing.

God's hope is one of the most powerful things a human being can ever experience in this life. The bible says in Romans 8:24 that we are literally SAVED by hope. That's what God gave me when I got saved in 2012. As I listened to this stranger's herpes healing testimony on Youtube and heard how much Jesus loved me in the midst of my mess, I believed and I experienced God's hope for the first time. I believed and hoped in His promise that my soul would indeed live after death and I would spend eternity with Him. I also believed and hoped that while I lived on earth He had the ability to heal me from the demonic spirit of herpes. God's hope brought my mind a level of mental freedom that nothing else could. I would pray everyday believing God could heal me, wondering if I was healed, wondering how it would happen. Only to have my hope stomped on when I would get an outbreak and realized I wasn't healed. With every outbreak, it felt like the enemy came to steal the little hope and mental freedom I had.

I imagine this is how the children of Israel felt throughout the whole Old Testament of the Bible. They we were one of the smallest nations among their neighbors and they were CONSTANTLY in battle, especially with the nation of Philistine. Over the course of generations, this one enemy never let up. They were way stronger than Israel, had larger armies and more weapons, yet every time they went to war with Israel, God would show up and give Israel the victory! However, it was like a never ending cycle. Philistine would come to fight, Israel would go to battle, God gave them the victory, then shortly after Philistine was back again to fight.

We see this in 2 Samuel 23 where King David reflects on a few of the mighty warriors in past battles with Philistine and then in verse 13, present day, it says the Philistines were camped out close by (mostly likely preparing to attack Israel again). As I read this, I saw that the ONLY way the children of Israel could face the huge nation of Philistine in war again is if they REMEMBERED what God did for them before. They had to draw on the hope that God could do it again. Rather than looking at the enemy's relentless return, they had to place their eyes on God's consistent track record!

When I prayed for healing and would experience outbreaks, I was then faced with a choice. I would either look at the enemy coming to fight me again and dwell on it and allow that hopelessness to kill my faith OR look at and remember God's track record. That meant remembering the herpes healing testimonies I heard, the healing testimonies I was learning in the Bible, and that with God nothing is impossible (Luke 1:37).

If I didn't look at God's track record (as hard as it was) and rebuild myself in God's hope through the outbreaks, I would've never seen my healing in 2013 because I would've given up. If the children of Israel gave into the fear of Philistines, they would've never seen the victory of God time and time again. I encourage you to look at and remember God's track record when the enemy comes to attack. Whether it's through an outbreak, or a mental attack or some other part of your life. Don't look at the attacker and his return. Look at your Savior and the victory he's already won for you!


May your hope be in Jesus Christ,

Anreka


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