This is how we sometimes see things when we are in the center of a situation or circumstance that is out of our control. It's as if we walk about with blinders on and not seeing the word of God in the light of Jesus. We forget His promises that says that; "He will never leave us or forsake us" and we begin entertaining fear and fear leads to hopelessness and despair.
Beloved, we don't know what tomorrow holds for us, only God does. And even thought we have made decisions out of the will of God, don't despair or give up hope. Keep pressing in and keep pressing on, because there is nothing you have done nor ever do that will keep God from working everything out for your good and for His glory.
He's bigger than your wrong decisions. He's bigger than that problem. He's bigger than that sickness or that disease. Stop putting God in a box and trying to figure everything out. In Isaiah 54:2 it tells us:
Verse 2: Enlarge the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out; spare not; lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes.
Allow the Lord to do the impossible in you life. Start thinking bigger and better, look at things on a larger scale, widen your scope and release your faith. Don't say: God, this is even to big or to hard for you to fix.
If God could create the Stars and the Galaxies and hold them in place; If He could cause the Sun and the Moon to orbit around the Earth and keep every planet in it's rightful place don't you think He can take control of your life and bring you through every circumstance and situation? It's all about faith.... learning to trust Him and allowing Him to instill in your heart His will...His plan... and His purpose for your life. It's about praying; Lord not my will, but thy will be done.
Quit beating yourself over the head wondering God, have I made the right decision? Practice what James 1:5-8 tells us to do.
Verse 5: If any of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask of the giving God (who gives) to everyone liberally and ungrudgingly, without reproaching or faultfinding, and it will be given him.
Verse 6: Only it must be in faith that he asks with no wavering (no hesitating, no doubting) For the one who wavers (hesitates, doubts) is like the billowing surge out at sea that is blown hither and thither and tossed by the wind.
Verse 7: For truly, let not such a person imagine that he will receive anything (he asks for) from the Lord.
Verse 8: For being as he is a man of two minds (hesitating, dubious, irresolute), he is unstable and unreliable and uncertain about everything (he thinks, feels, decides).
Don't let satin come in and start putting doubts in your mind, because with doubts comes confusion. Pray and make that decision to stand on God's word and you will see Him begin to move in your life in a mighty way. He is waiting for you to move from fear into faith so victory can come.
The Dream
I remember seeing a large stage and I was standing in the middle of that stage. I then looked out at what seemed to be a large auditorium of empty seats. I began to look to my left and to my right and I could see curtains on either side of the stage that had been drawn opened. As I fixed my gaze to my right I could see Jesus standing right behind the curtain. I knew in my spirit that He had been waiting patiently for me to make a decision about something He had been dealing with me about. He let me know that He had never left me nor would He ever forsaken me, but that I had been the one that had forsaken and ignored Him.
The next thing I noticed was my hands, legs, head and body had been strung up and attached to something or someone and I looked like a puppet that was being manipulated and controlled by an unknown source. The Lord then began to speak to me and told me that He had been waiting patiently behind the scene for me to call on Him and allow Him to control my life instead of the enemy. He said that the enemy had been playing me just like a puppeteer plays, controlls and manipulates every move of his puppet by pulling it's strings.
He than revealed to me that the strings represented bondage's in my life and that the bondage's were because of rebellion and unforgiveness. This began a healing and deliverance process in me that enabled me to call upon the Lord and trust Him once more with my life. I was then able to pray Lord not my will be done, but Thy will be done in my life.
Beloved, He is waiting patiently for you. Trust Him and allow Him to come into your situation and your circumstances. He delights in proving Himself to His children. He is a God that can turn your mourning into joy and your failures into victories. He longs to prove Himself strong, faithful and to show you His grace in your life. HE LOVES YOU!
Blessings,
Elma Garlock
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