Persecution has been around since a very long time ago. It has had different shapes and forms. The persecution today might not be as aggressive but there is always persecution if one looks intently. The major persecution comes from Satan himself using all of his demons against everyone. There was the great persecution against Jews since the beginning because they were God's chosen people. There was the Roman-Christian Persecution, persecution of early Christian, the Holocaust and the not so mentioned, the one from our own brothers and sisters persecution which is among different denominations and all over our nation.
The early Jewish persecution in Russia ( Holocaust)
Us as Christians are also persecuted in so many ways. Up to this day, persecution keeps at all rise in many nations.
The most common is the incidental persecution. These are done by people who have really no concrete base to do it but does it because it follows a majority of group. These can be within families, employers and any individual we encounter daily.
Be alert and of sober mind. our enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 1 Peter 5:8
So, Who is persecuting you? Would it be in the form of your spouse, your children, your friends?
Satan uses all that we hold close to our hearts and will begin with making us compromise our faith. Once you compromise your faith, that is not enough for him. You will live in a constant spiritual battle against his demons and your own beliefs. Making it hard for you to make a clear choice. No matter how many times you go around it, it will not get better. You either have to give up to his demons to keep those you love in your life or stand firm in the faith and let those you love go. Hard decision to make but at the end there are the promises of God who will never fail you because he is an unfailing and just God.
"Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west. I will say to the north, 'Give them up!' and to the south, "Do not hold them back.' Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth - everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made."
