Often, we recognize our calling and understand what God wants us to do. However, what we sometimes fail to recognize is that in that calling there will be many trials before we see the end result. There will be spiritual resistance, attacks and sometimes persecution. While it's never pleasant, it's part of the "breaking through" we must endure to see the gospel reach every soul and for the church to move forward.

Jesus warned his disciples to "beware of the leaven of the Pharisees which is hypocrisy".