Are You Letting What Someone Else Is Trying To Do Too Destroy Your Peace In God?

Are you letting what others do destroy God's peace in you? God is still God! Why are you fretting over what others are trying to do to you? What others try to do does not negate what God has already said and what God has already done. You have to remember, your faith is in God and not in the actions of others.

Understand, one of the greatest assets that the enemy has in the Earth is a person who's willing to compromise. A person who's willing to cross the boundary between the truth and a lie. A person who is willing to lower their standards to appease the desires of their flesh. Whether that means lowering their standard to act out and sin or lowering their standards to bring hurt and harm to someone else.  Just as God is looking for yielded vessels that will surrender their lives to Him, the devil is also looking for yielded vessels to surrender their lives to him.

You can't let what someone else is saying or doing affect your peace in God. When you have peace in God, that means you are situated in the Word and the will of God, you are shielded, guarded, and protected while you rest in God. Don't let anyone pull you out of that place of rest in God into a place of fear and unrest. People will be people and people will do what they want to do. However, you get to choose how you will respond to what's being done. Let your response always be based on what Jesus has already done. He has won the victory and you have toxkeep a victorious mindset. So stay in the victorious place of peace with God. Amen

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION 

Philippians 4:6-7 

King James Version

6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds

Are You Checking Yourself Against Yourself and Not Others? How Are You Running Your Spiritual Race? Are You Winning Your Faith Fight?

Life is full of competitions but you need to understand, the only competition that truly matters in life is your faith fight. God told us to fight the good fight of faith. We have to stop trying to compete with man and understand that we are in a self-competition.  A competition where we get up each day and check ourselves and our faith walk against ourselves. Our faith walk is a one-on-one walk with God. We can't live out someone else's faith. We can learn what it means to walk in faith. We can look at the lives of others like Abraham and see how he lived in faith and trusted God but ultimately, we have to live our own lives of faith and how we live our lives of faith reflects how much we personally trust and believe God.

So today make it a point to grow in faith. Out perform your yesterday's walk of faith. Pray more. Trust more. Believe more. Wait on God more. Find an area that you didn't grow in faith yesterday (where fear and doubt entered in) and undergird yourself with God's Word to help you grow in that area today. Do what you can today to make sure your choices are in alignment with God's Word, so that God can honor His Word in your life. Amen

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION 

1 Timothy 6:12

Amplified Bible

Fight the good fight of the faith [in the conflict with evil]; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and [for which] you made the good confession [of faith] in the presence of many witnesses

God Did Not Put You Here To Just Exist. He Made You Different To Make A Difference!

You have to understand that God did not just put you here to exist. He put you here to make a difference and to be different. He didn't place you here to follow the crowd. He didn't place you here to just agree with what the enemy is saying and doing in the world. He put you here to be a prayer warrior. He put you here as His voice in the earth. He put you here so that His love could flow through you to others. God put you here on purpose and He placed within you His purpose.

So understand what that means. That means you are not here by accident. God does not do things by accident. He did not put you here just to survive. He wants you to thrive in Him.  God created you and He filled you with His Holy Spirit which means inside of you is all that God is. His peace is in you. His joy is in you. His strength is in you. Everything that God is, resides on the inside of you. You just have to access it. You have to access His peace, His joy, His love, His strength, and everything else that He is and as you access all of who and what God is by practicing his presence.

You practice His presence by including Him in every part of your life. If you washing dishes, you still need to be aware of God's presence. If you are at work, you need to be aware of God's presence. If you're hanging out with friends,  you still need to be aware of God's presence. You have to practice having faith over fear. You have to practice having peace even when there's chaos around you. When you learn how to practice God's presence, it will eventually become your norm and your norm will prove to be you walking in your purpose at all times. Amen

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION 

Psalm 16:8 (KJV)

"I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved."

Are You In A Place of Preparation or Procrastination? Are You Preparing To Do God's Will or Are You Procrastinating About Doing God's Will?

Have you ever said that you're waiting on God to move when someone asks you what you're waiting for? My question for you today is, are you waiting on God to move or is God waiting on you?

Does your saying that you're waiting on God to move have anything to do with you procrastinating? Are you putting off what God has told you to do and hiding behind the excuse of saying that you're waiting on God?

Are you saying that you're waiting on God because you are afraid to step into the unknown? Are you letting fear override your faith and using the excuse of saying you're waiting on God?

Are you avoiding what God has told you to do like forgive someone or even let go of a situation or relationship and using the excuse that you're waiting on God to tell you what to do when you already know He's told you what to do?

There are times when we do have to wait on God. He told us in His Word to be still and to know that He's God but we can't use the excuse of waiting on God in order for us to stay stagnant because we are afraid of  stepping out in faith.  Amen

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION 

Proverbs 22:13

Amplified Bible

The lazy one [manufactures excuses and] says, “There is a lion outside!

I will be killed in the streets [if I go out to work]!”

Are You Like The Tree Planted By The Rivers of Water? Anchored, Sustained, and Resilient

God wants us to be rooted and grounded. My question for you today is what are you rooted and grounded in? Are you rooted and grounded in love? Are you rooted and grounded in peace? Are you rooted and grounded in God's Word?

You have to understand the purpose behind being rooted and grounded. When a tree is rooted and grounded, it helps it to withstand the storms that come against it and when we are rooted and grounded in God, in faith, in love, and in the Word, it will help us to withstand the storms of life.

Take a moment and think about what it means to be anchored, sustained, and resilient. A tree is anchored by its roots. It is sustained by the water and nutrients of the ground. It is resilient to the winds and the rains that come against it and is able to be flexible or should I say move with the flow of the wind but not break. That's how God wants us to be. He wants us to be anchored in His Word so that we can be sustained by His Word, so that when we encounter storms in life, we will be resilient and not break under the pressure that comes with life. Amen

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION 

Psalm 1:3 (KJV)

"And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper."

God's Faithfulness Is Not Based On How We Feel People Act and React Based On How We Feel. GOD RESPONDS TO OUR FAITH.

In most cases when you talk to someone or come in contact with someone their first question is how are you? They want to know how you are today. They want to know what you are feeling. God does not operate on your feelings. He does not operate on your emotions. God does not operate on your mood. God moves based on His Word, His truth, and your faith.

The thing is, our feelings fluctuate. We can feel good one minute and the very next minute we can feel bad. God and His Word change not.  There is no fluctuation in God. What He says, He means and when He commits to doing something, He does it.

Don't get me wrong, God cares about how we feel. He placed within us the ability to feel. He gave us emotions. So understand, He cares but He just doesn't base His actions on our reactions to situations in our lives.  The Bible tells us that God is compassionate and He is near to the brokenhearted but again, what He does for us is because He loves us and it is because of our faith in Him. A lot of times our emotions generate feelings that push us into a place of fear and God doesn't move on fear. Actually fear cancels out faith and it hinders the movement of God.

Understand, we can't be guided by our feelings. Our feelings shift and they change all the time. That's why our faith in God is our anchor. God is unchanging.  He wants us to trust Him no matter how we feel. He wants us to obey Him no matter how we feel. He wants us to have faith in Him no matter how we feel. Amen

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION 

Malachi 3:6

 

Amplified Bible

6 “For I am the Lord, I do not change [but remain faithful to My covenant with you]; that is why you, O sons of Jacob, have not come to an end.

Are You Letting What Happened Yesterday Affect Your Outlook and Attitude Today?

How are you seeing today? This is the day that the Lord has made and we should rejoice and be glad in it. So often, instead of rejoicing, we are walking around mad, angry, and upset. We walk around murmuring and complaining instead of being thankful and grateful.  We have to get to the point of understanding that today is a new day and what happened yesterday, happened yesterday, and we have to not let it affect our actions and attitudes today.

There will be times in our lives when things just don't go our way. There will be times when we may not see exactly what we were hoping or expecting in life. There will be days when we seem to call on God more than other days. The thing is, God is with us at all times. He's with us through what feels like great days and He is still with us even when we are experiencing rough days. He has promised to never leave us nor forsake us and God honors His Word.

Make up your mind today that you're not going to allow what happened yesterday affect your outlook of today. Make up your in your mind that you are going to walk in hope and expectation because what did or didn't happen yesterday has no bearing on what will happen today unless you let it. Make up your mind that you're going to rejoice in God during the good times, the bad times, and all the times in-between. Make up your mind that you going to trust God with it. Whatever it is that's weighing heavy on your heart and your mind, trust God with it! Amen

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION 

Philippians 4:4

 

New International Version

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!