When my husband and I first got married I rode in a semi truck with him while he drove his truck for a living. We lived, and slept in that cab traveling the countryside. During that time I really got to see, up close and personal, what my inner struggles were. These issues I had dealt with my entire life but in my stubbornness I chose not to accept them as truly things that I needed to change or allow God to.
We lived in a semi with a cab measuring approximately 61 inches high by 42 inches deep by 75 inches wide. We traveled the country for anywhere from 2-3 weeks at a time. When I began to really hear how I spoke to my new husband, how it broke his heart it was then that it broke my heart as well. That’s when the Lord spoke to me about getting serious in fighting the battle with my mouth. This really challenged my faith in the Bible and showed me that it truly was my sword I needed to use to cut out of me those unruly thought patterns that led me speak out those nasty words.
God led me to search His Word to find Scriptures that could change my attitudes, words and behaviors. I found verses that literally changed the words coming out of my mouth. It was then God made Himself very real to me and I saw the way to fight any battle in my life and be successful at it was to throw God’s Word at it. It was truly taking God at His Word and applying it like medicine in order to experience healing.
Since then there have been so many opportunities in my life, as well as in my marriage, to apply the Word in medicinal ways and I have been more than a conqueror, not through myself and my strength, but through Christ’s strength.
Take your time today to apply God’s Word to whatever struggles you have and see how He makes a way where there is no way. God is our ever present help in times of trouble (Ps 46:1) “My strength is sufficient for my power is made perfect in your weakness.” (2 Cor 12:9) Experience that in your life so that you can genuinely teach that to someone else.
Today be strong in the Lord and the power of His might. Blessings to you this day in the mighty name of Yeshua My Savior and Lord.
When you’re young you tend to think about what you want to do when you grow up. Then when you get older and enter into those years, you may be taught to believe that someone who has no plans to chase after a career is idle. Our world teaches you that to be busy is what is expected of every person and that if you’re not then something is wrong.
However, busyness can be the enemy of peace. Many think of being busy as productive and to some extent it can be. But busyness is also something that takes most of us away from the stillness of God’s voice and seeking Him. As we fill ourselves with the mental cares or worries of this world, and physical responsibilities, we can find less of a need or even less time to fill ourselves with God on a daily basis.
We were not built to be robots that have an infinite amount of might or energy on our own; our value is not based upon meeting a quota. Yes as believers we should be walking in supernatural strength that will give us endurance but it’s also more important to take times of rest mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually daily.
I believe that starting your day with God and ending your day with Him can be such a burden lifter. Reminding us of who we are in Christ and not in and of ourselves; leaning into receiving that power that is offered to every believer by grace through the Spirit that is sufficient for every day is so powerful.
Just a word of encouragement not to be too busy to lean into Him and experience His strength in your day. Make a plan just like you do for ordering your day and your routine, to make God your first and last stop everyday. Don’t beat yourself up if and when you’re getting started but miss your time. Just get up and do it again no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
No matter your schedule or responsibilities God’s grace is sufficient. Take hold of that promise in God’s Word to help you to plan your day around Him instead of planning Him around your day. I can attest that this one discipline has helped me tremendously over the years. As seasons have changed in my life, I still have that precious time in the morning with Him and at night as I may be praying myself to sleep or listening in my ear to Scriptures as I fall asleep.
The mindset necessary for spending time with God to profit your life depends upon you. If you have an expectation to receive what you need from God and you put your time into cultivating that relationship with Him, your perspective will shift and your life will change. You will be transformed as God reveals Himself to you in the Secret Place spoken of in Psalm 91. And as it’s been said, “Don’t try but do.” Suddenly, it will become something you need to do daily without hesitation.
Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD shines over you…Then you will see and be radiant, and your heart will tremble and rejoice, because the riches of the sea will become yours and the wealth of the nations will come to you. (Is 60:1, 5)
I once fell into the category of failure. I believed that my life was what it was and there was nothing I could do about it. My health was destroying my mind day by day. I would get caught up in thoughts of “what if”? I would imagine if I passed away who my husband might marry instead. I just kept going round and round in a loop with my thoughts. They led me to thoughts of detrimental fears not hope or peace.
And then I got the revelation of who I am in Christ. My healings didn’t happen overnight. As a matter of fact, in my mind and spirit I felt the tug of war taking place within me by demonic powers using recurring seizures to try to steal my mind, my memory, and my peace from me. In that war I was fighting against forces of evil in this dark world, not Epilepsy as my Dr’s kept telling me. I had one Dr in particular tell me I would never be healed from that disease. Instantly I rebuked his words and I stopped seeing him after that.
For a time I sought more Natural Physicians for answers. I was led to undergo Oxygen Therapy for the healing of my brain. I did this on a regular basis at least twice per week for an entire year. I saw a nutritionist there who gave me vitamins to take and suggestions for kinds of foods that may have been linked to the seizures. And then very quickly the nutritionist was gone. At my final appointment for oxygen I experienced a seizure inside the oxygen tunnel during the treatment. I never went back after that. I had spent much time pursuing what I thought may have been the answer. NOTHING WORKED.
Then I began seeking revelation of God even more and I spent lots of time in His Word learning about who I am in Christ and realizing what authority I could walk in if I chose to do so by His grace. I went after healing listening to ministries that taught about this. And basked in these truths.
After confessing the Word over myself for an extended period of time eventually I saw fruit from that. After the first time I experienced healing I laughed out loud and the light finally came on concerning this. I was thinking about how I’d lived under Satan’s hand for so long, many years, and it all was a lie. God exposed him to me. He showed me the power I have to fight even for my physical health and well-being. I had to mature in my understanding of using God’s Word so I just continued to seek more of God regularly by FAITH.
He is my answer. God is faithful to do according to what His Word says He will do and it may not look like how others think it should but God’s Word is clear, that He has good plans for me . Plans to prosper me not to harm me. Plans to give me a hope and a future.
While I was waging war with that battle in my body I changed fellowship, I renewed my mind with God’s Word, I did what the Holy Spirit led me to and now I walk in freedom.
The Word of God is planted in me and now I understand more. I am not satisfied but I have grown tremendously because of that battle and I continue to draw on the grace of God to teach me. I imagine good things for myself not bad. I have dreams and aspirations to fulfill in my lifetime. I have a great desire to help people who are stuck. Not for any other reason except that I was there and I found THE ANSWER.
I pray that if you’re reading this you aren’t turned off or fall into the lies of the enemy and resist the truth. Greater is He that is in the believer than He that is in the world. Go after what Christ died for you to have before it’s too late.
My posts when I’m scripting them in my mind, usually begin with a thought and then I have a going back and forth with my thoughts and connections I make; it’s like I’m writing the posts internally before I get them down on paper. Sometimes I hear them, sometimes I jot little notes down for later or other times I let them go and dismiss them. Today I grabbed a hold of the thoughts and began meditating upon them and this is what came forth:
Comparing yourself to someone else isn’t usually healthy or helpful. However, when you’re a believer in Christ, this can be a useful gauge to track the progression of your faith; using other fellow believers in Christ in your vacinity. If we are to sharpen one another as the Bible says, how is this possible if your brother or sister is struggling with either the same things you are or they’re living in a state of defeat; being overcome with wrong thoughts, wrong actions, and wrong circumstances?
It’s true to say that if someone remains in the same spot for long enough, it can be relatively easy to fall into the trap of thinking that there becomes no need, no urge, no push to get out of the pit and if that’s us we need to recognize that. If someone is in the same boat as everyone else in their sphere of influence, it could be said that there may be something wrong; not just physically but spiritually. It may be happening in fellowshipping with the wrong people or listening to wrong teaching or not listening to the right teaching.
If there’s not a check in your spirit and you’ve remained in the same spot for many years, that’s a good sign you’re living comfortably. I believe this is the number one enemy of our success in Christ. I’ve heard it said that the place you can find the people with the most potential is in a graveyard.
Now, I realize that we as believers become a family with church members or friends, so some choose to remain in the same place for fear of change. But what if you stepped out in faith and started following God’s leading to be an overcomer through Christ? What if you were challenged and strengthened in a new atmosphere with new people who are further along in their faith walks, so you could become a tool, a special utensil for honorable use?
You don’t want to sit idle and waste your life floundering around in the dark, especially if as a believer you have the Spirit of God living in you. You are to be enlightening and rejoicing the hearts of others because of the light you carry within you.
I took a step back a little over a year ago as I was pursuing healing, health, and wholeness in my brain physically, in my heart spiritually, in my soul emotionally and seeking change in my life overall. I had to question a lack in my own life. I have served the Lord for many years on my own in public as well as in the church. Where I was residing, I had not been serving in the church and I got comfortable there. There was no need. No growth, just comfort.
However, I had felt a pull for a long time to teach people how to grasp freedom in Christ, using His Word as their Source through meditating upon it. I really didn’t know how I was to do that. I knew what I had experienced without truly understanding it or even how to explain it. I almost stepped into starting a ministry in my own power but in the end I backed away from that. I sensed it the wasn’t the time.
My family relocated into a different church. I couldn’t explain it to the leadership of the prior church but somehow, I got confirmation and the Holy Spirit led us to go where we were supposed to be fellowshipping. I can say, in this amount of time I have noticed a substantial change in myself, my thoughts and my words; as well as in my husband. Like many, we don’t depend upon our church to be the only spiritual food we receive throughout the week. We both have plugged into some great teachers and spiritual mentors to help us along in our journeys, as well as being in the Word consistently. I really feel like something is ahead and I’m praying Scriptures regarding this in faith for both of us.
I guess the point I wanted to get across to my reader is just to encourage you that if you’re comfortable but not growing or being challenged in your faith where you are, you may want to consider if you’re in need of a change. In the Bible there were followers of God who stepped out and attempted impossible situations, and did amazing acts, as they were led to by the Spirit of God to move locations; even packing everything they owned and moving into new countries. Often times these people were loners or steppedout of the normal temple crowd or churchy flow in order to bow the knee, spend time with the Lord getting to know Him personally, or getting refreshment from His Spirit to prepare them for His call.
Just really pray on this and listen for answers. Write your thoughts down. God is always speaking to us, but we aren’t always aware. Get alone, take time away from life in the fast lane and enjoy growth and prosperity in your relationship with the Lord. As the Word of God says, those who humble themselves will be exalted.
A Life Redone 