Apostolic Faith saints around the world are thanking God for many spiritual victories that have been won at our camp meetings this summer. At the Portland camp meeting in July, we were thrilled with testimonies of souls saved, sanctified, filled with the Holy Spirit, re-anointed, healed, and delivered. Following it, my family was privileged to attend portions of our camp meetings in Missouri and Florida, where we witnessed the wave of revival continue. At the same time, we began receiving wonderful reports of God moving and working at other camp meetings in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean (read more about these events in the World Report). God has been good!

At the closing service of the camp meeting in Florida, as everyone was preparing to leave, I could not help but think of those who may be returning without the experience or answer from God that they had been seeking. The Lord reminded me of the account in Luke 5 when Peter had been fishing all night but had caught nothing. Jesus entered his boat and then told him, “Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught,” to which Peter replied, “Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net” (verses 4-5). When Peter obeyed the Lord’s instructions, a miracle happened: he caught more fish than his nets could hold!

A key word from the account in Luke 5 is: nevertheless. That word changes the course of a sentence, and in Scripture, it sometimes changes the course of a life. It often signals a moment of divine reversal, when human limitations give way to God’s power. For Peter, it meant that despite feeling tired and disappointed, and with little evidence to suggest that he would have success, he chose to trust the Lord anyway and obey His instructions.

Like Peter, some today may be feeling tired or discouraged. Some might be living in truly challenging circumstances and wondering how deliverance could even be possible. Nevertheless, at His Word we will seek Him first. At His Word, we will forgive and ask for forgiveness. At His Word, we will make restitution. At His Word, we will testify of what God has done for us. At His Word, we will press on in this good Gospel way, and we will see the goodness of the Lord.

If you are still seeking something from the Lord, there is good news for you: the best is yet to come! Your blessing is not lost or forgotten; it is yet to come. For anyone who feels they have been toiling without success, nevertheless can be the bridge from discouragement to deliverance. God’s Word is powerful, and there is great power when we obey it because Jesus will show up every time to give us victory. As you read this magazine, may the testimonies of others encourage you to keep trusting the Lord until He accomplishes all His good purposes in your life.