Delayed but not denied

Have you ever gone through things in your life which made you think, have I been forsaken ? What happened, am I going around in circles? How do I get out of this black hole?

Well, many times in this life of ours we go through many struggles and trials. These struggles and trials are sent by the enemy to move us from our places in the body of Christ. These struggles include, loneliness, rejection, depression, and many other situations that come into our lives to stop us from reaching our destiny in this life. We go through on our jobs, in our homes and in the church and these situations come to distract us and to get us off track and out of the will of God.

This is a tactic used by the enemy to delay (hinder) our walk with God. You see if Satan can keep us worried, depressed, lonely and feeling rejected then we will not be able to hear God, nor will we be able to rightly divide the word of truth. We want be able to understand the word of God that pertains to us. These things may delay us from our destiny but remember this you are not denied. Delayed by Satan but you have not been denied by God. He will never leave you or forsake you.
2Corinthians 4:8-9 says "we are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down but not destroyed."

Isaiah 55:11 says "So shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing where to I sent it."
In other words everything that God has promised you, it shall be fulfilled. Every promise will manifest itself to you because it will not return to the father incomplete. Delayed maybe, but not denied!

What must be done is to ask God to remove every distraction, believe that he is able, and fight fire with fire. Use the word of God to combat against the enemy and use every word to quench every fiery dart of the wicked one.

Ephesians 6:10-11 says  "...be strong in the lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil."
 
I hope and I pray that this helps you and that you now realize that no matter what you go through, you have not been forsaken by God and every thing that he has promised you will come to pass. Just remember you can not give up, you must fight in order to defeat the enemy.

 

Victorious in Christ

Many times we get up in the morning and we feel the pressures of life. We may awaken with a headache and feel every weight and the things that weigh heavy on you are in the forefront of your mind. We must remember that no matter what we go through all we must do is stand on a firm foundation which is Jesus Christ. The bible says that we should cast all of our cares upon the Lord because he cares for us. We might feel like there is no escape but Jesus will carry us through every storm of life.
Psalms 55:22
Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee.... If we give our burdens to God, he will keep us, he will carry us, and he will take the pressure away but we as men and women of God have to have faith and believe that he will.
Psalms 30:5
....Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the . We may suffer some things and we may cry sometime but after all that is over, if we are standing for Christ, joy will come. Thus the victory belongs to us.

A definition of life

What is life? Maybe it is a series of events during days and nights. Could it be tragedies that come and change the way you live. How about the happy and sad times. To be or not to be life, is the question. A compilation of events from your past. Maybe a road traveled until the end at last. How would you explain this gift of life? Could it be a time of joy or a time of pain? Maybe life is just what you make it. How you treat others. How you handle the good times and the bad. Whether you are happy or even sad.

When do you think that life begins? Does it begin from the time of conception, when you spend ten months inside the womb. Where every thought and word spoken by your mother will speak to your soul and this is words spoken and stories told. Maybe life begins after you are born, when the light of the world shines through, when all the sensations of life are brand new.

I thought my life began when I came into my own, when I was in charge of all that I've done. When I did as I chose, this is when I thought my life arose. Until one day when Christ came into my heart, now I believe that this is when my life had to start. Maybe my life did begin when I was born again with Christ, since everything has changed, even the way I handle life.

Maybe we should define life as what you make it, and how you handle it. How you approach every event and how you live throughout it's duration. What do you think? When do you think that your life began? Life can be defined as a collection of meaningful events within the duration of all the days that you live.