I got sick this week. I was really sick and worn down from the daily challenges of life. When you carry something for God that is VALUABLE to him? When he has trusted you with his oil? Trust me.
We have an enemy and his goal is to beat us down or wear us out at best. Many times we are own worst enemy too. We wear ourself out with overthinking or having the wrong mental space in a situation. On some of these occasions we are faced with experiences that create a sensory overload leaving us completely overwhelmed. This is especially true for situations and paths we have not mastered or even faced in the past. There are some occasions where we have faced similar situations and had a very bad experience so our nervous system still houses the trauma from that experience. We tend to over respond according to the past trauma creating more stress for ourself.
These situations make me so GRATEFUL that I am a spirit being having a human experience. I have been empowered by and am being guided by a power higher than myself. My daddy GOD is always there to help me navigate. He doesn't criticise, judge or put me down for being human. He is the God of victory and advanced strategy. He is life giver, lover of my soul, always leading me to higher ground even when I don't deserve him. He empowers and had empowered me with his very essence and power so that I can be victorious and you too! Zech 4:6, Phil 4:13
I believe in guarding your PEACE. I believe it’s a KEY TO YOUR HEALTH. I believe in staying silent when needed to keep the peace. I also believe there is a need to confront and SPEAK UP to create a greater level of peace. Wisdom shows us when and how to use our words and energy. Wisdom is one of the greatest gifts from God.
There is a diff between a peace maker and a peace keeper. One enables control and selfishness and the other creates a wave that brings CHANGE and a greater level of PEACE for all involved. We are told to guard our heart and protect our peace but then there is a time that you need to stand up and go to battle!! We are called to be strong and courageous. We are not weak doormats HOWEVER our silence is sometimes the greatest gift of power. Fools talk all the time and tell you all their business. I have been that fool before. One of the greatest blessings God has given me is the gift of discipline. It is WISE to know when to speak and when to just listen.
We are soldiers. The Lord shared this message with me based on Phil 4:13.
He said “You are MY SOLDIER therefore you are a MASTER of all things ESPECIALLY the things in front of you now. My power is working within you.”
If you question this. If you aren’t sure you are his soldier, then just ASK. Just say in your own way. ”Jesus I need you to come in and be Lord of my life.”
Most of us are very aware we are sinners in fact sometimes we are suffocating in it. We don’t always realize is it was never his intention we do it alone. Our job is to come before him wiling. Our job is to ask for his empowerment to accomplish his will. Just to let you know if you are thinking it, desiring it, it's the good path not destruction, the path of life not death then its God.
If you are that person that thinks oh I am ok. God is too busy to care about the color of my shirt, how I decorated my home, my health status or my relationship to my family. You are missing out on a huge blessing!
He is not the God of you have to be perfect to be worthy. He is the God that LOVES YOU. He cares about EVERY DETAIL. These little details is where he shows you he is present and working and builds your faith. These details matter. I am Praying for you that he begin moving in your heart, life and mind in ways only you understand! I am praying you have a very personal encounter with him.He has in fact numbered the hairs on your head and kept every tear in a bottle. Psalm 46:8, Luke 12:7
Who exactly do we think we are determining in our tiny mind or experience what or WHO is or isn’t important to GOD? HIS WAYS are NOT our ways.
Sometimes we protect our Peace and sometimes it’s time to get up and FIGHT. We do this in word AND action. Wisdom teaches us the when, the where, the how and many times it’s our DECLARATION with our mouth that predetermines our victory. PRAISE HIM in your mess for only he can truly turn it around. For me I was being knocked down with sickness and discouragement so I woke up Thurs and said THIS. IS. CHANGING. I. AM. CHANGING. A friend taught me years ago that when we praise him and thank him in the midst of our troubles he turns it around. This is the truth. We aren't saying we love the tough situation. We are declaring our love and appreciation of Father GOD in the midst of our battle. This act of adoration and devotion unlocks his power in ways we didn't see possible. Do it softly if you have to. Do it on your face if you can't get off the floor or crawling if you have to. Praise him in a whisper or shout it out. Just DO IT.
I have spent most of my life trying to care for others or just wanting them to approve of me out of my own brokenness or my feeling of not being enough. I have judged myself and my own worth harshly because I wasn’t the image I held in my head and I didn’t have the carbon copy perfect life I imagined in my head. How many times do we feel we have fallen short because we had some kind of image in our head of who we were supposed to be or what life is supposed to look like instead of loving our life, being grateful for what is and seeing the blessings in front of us. This is where the thief comes in to kill, steal and destroy. He knows he can't take us from GOD. We are sealed in him so the enemy tries to confuse and scatter with business , envy, strife, weariness, division. This is how you weaken an army. This is also how you break the heart of a father destroying his children. Be alert and wise to these tactics. I am praying you are alert and wise in these tactics. I am praying for m to be alert and wise in these tactics.
God hasn’t called us to live a carbon copy life!! We are called to a very personal experience with him every day.
We are called to live by FAITH!! 💥✝️
This is how he gets us to FREEDOM!!💥 ✝️
When you get it. When you really get it? Watch out 🌏!
Sometimes the things we THINK we want aren’t the best thing for us. Omg. In a world so untrustworthy. HE IS TRUSTWORTHY!!! 💃
He takes us down paths facing our worst fears (giants)so we can find out they hold no power over us when we are HIS!! He has got us covered!! 2 Timothy 1:7
HE is the builder of our faith so to apply this stuff we have to live it! Walk it out! Our fight will never be with flesh and blood but we win it on our knees and inspiring others and by ALLOWING HIM TO LEAD US. We need each other. We have to choose KINDNESS. People can be petty, mean, hurtful , inconsiderate and just toxic at times but you know why? Because THE KINGDOM OF GOD SUFFERS VIOLENCE so the Violent have to take it by force. People are broken out there and they need to see the people of God taking ground, seeing the soul behind the brokenness, bringing his redeeming healing love to one another. Our freedom brings others to freedom. Matthew 11:12
Jesus’ statement that “the kingdom of heaven suffers violence” is a graphic picture of the enthusiasm and excitement generated by John the Baptist’s and Jesus’ teaching. People were hungry for the truth and would not be kept away. For centuries, God’s prophets had predicted the Messiah’s coming, and now that the Messiah was here, nothing could hold back the flood of people pressing into the kingdom.
The things of God seem "crazy" to the world which is actually a stupid word used to make people feel small who don’t understand their circumstances or the battles they are facing and are surrounded by others that beat them up instead of going to the throne room on their behalf. If the Lords army could learn to ALIGN and stop attacking one another we would truly start to SEE the church ARISE and Enemies be scattered. March on saints! Let your light from within shine BRIGHT!
Sending you HUGS.
CHEERING YOU ON!!!
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