Don't become discouraged

When we have obstacles and challenges in life it is easy to start to focus more on the challenges then we are focusing on our God or the solution.  It is exactly at times like this that we can become discouraged.  There is a danger when discouragement finds a place in our heart.  Because it potentially positions us to go back to harmful and inappropriate behavior that we have changed from.  Simply because we have become discouraged.  But discouragement has to yield to the joy of the Lord.  Be assured that if we will not give up and continue to press into what God has called us, the joy of the Lord will sustain us and the Lord will grant us success.