Sigh. I need to be rescued today. My heart needs to be rescued today.
Do you ever need
that? Just need to be rescued from
yourself? From reality?
One of my most
favorite things about God is He rescues me over and over and never seems to get
tired of it. He’s happy to do it- He’s
just waiting for me to call out to Him.
Right now I’m in the
throes of spiritual warfare because of something I’ve been called to do. I’ve dealt with more warfare than I think I’ve
ever experienced before.
Several months ago,
the Lord told me that He was taking me to a new level of warfare. He wasn’t kidding. It’s just coming from every side right now,
or at least it feels that way. However,
He never fails to meet me right where I’m at and equip me and strengthen me to
fulfill His commissioning. He’s always
ready to give me exactly what I need, right when I need it. I’ve experienced some of the most precious
and beautiful moments with the Lord throughout this last few months that I
wouldn’t have experienced otherwise. He’s
revealed Himself to me in ways that just blow my mind. I don’t always like where I’m at right now,
but I wouldn’t trade it for anything else.
He’s constantly taking me deeper into His love for me and my faith grows
with every new circumstance.
Lately- He’s been
pointing me more and more to Philippians 4:8. Because so much of the warfare I’m undergoing
takes place in my mind, my thoughts are constantly bombarded with, ‘what-if’s,
maybe I should’s, maybe I shouldn’t have’s, I wish I could’s.’
That is not the mind
of Christ. Those are not the thoughts
that He thinks towards me, and that’s not how He instructs me to think.
2 Corinthians 10:5
tells us to take every rebellious thought captive. That means that whatever doesn’t agree with
God is rebellious- we’re to take it captive (stop thinking it) and change the way we’re thinking.
We need to change
our perspective and make it agree with God’s perspective.
Romans 12:12 tells
us to not behave like the world, but be transformed by God and let Him change
the way we think.
We can’t do this
without submitting to His will, His ways, His thoughts, and His love.
More often than not,
I realize that when I need to be rescued, I actually need my mind to be
renewed. I need to change the way I
think and take captive and get rid of the thoughts that I allow to penetrate my
mind.
God knew this would
be difficult for humanity to do- He knew specifically, I would struggle with
this.
As I keep running
across Philippians 4:8, I realized it offers us a challenge: to ‘fix’ (set
firm) our thoughts on certain things.
People, this is becoming an everyday exercise for me.
People, this is becoming an everyday exercise for me.
I go through the
list:
What is true (God’s truth, not the world's)?
What is honorable?
What is right?
What is pure?
What is lovely?
What is admirable?
What is excellent?
What is worthy of praise?
Unfortunately, too
often I’m hiding things other Christians are posting. A good example is fear. Social media is driven by fear and it’s a tremendous
trap believers fall into. Fear of your
food (everything in your food is going to kill you apparently), constant fear
for your children’s health, fear of your home falling into a lake, fear, fear, and
more fear.
The enemy is the one
speaking fear, because fear kills faith.
We’ve become so accustomed to it that we don’t even notice that’s what
we’re feeding our minds.
God says that we do not have a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a SOUND MIND. (2 Timothy 1:7)
God says that we do not have a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a SOUND MIND. (2 Timothy 1:7)
More and more people
are finding themselves in a place of oppression and depression and I have no
doubt that letting our thoughts rule us instead of the other way around is a
huge factor in that equation. (Did I really just make a math reference there?)
Now, don’t misunderstand me, I’ve dealt with depression for years, I understand there is a chemical factor, but I know that on really down days, if I put forth the effort to change my perspective- the way I’m thinking, and come into agreement with what God says, something definitely changes for the better.
Now, don’t misunderstand me, I’ve dealt with depression for years, I understand there is a chemical factor, but I know that on really down days, if I put forth the effort to change my perspective- the way I’m thinking, and come into agreement with what God says, something definitely changes for the better.
Come up with answers
to the aforementioned (fancy, right?) questions. Line up with what God says. If you’re feeling fearful- remember that you
are free from fear and you have power over fear (2 Timothy 1:7).
If you’re feeling
anxious- remember that God says He’s got your back, He, Himself fights for you
(Exodus 14:14).
If you feel like you’re
going to be on the news (this happens to me a lot) – remember that no weapon
formed against you will defeat you (Isaiah 54:17).
The most important
thought I keep at the forefront of my mind:
The enemy DOES NOT WIN.
Regardless of my
circumstances, he’s already lost.
Now go, do, and be
blessed!
Philippians 4:8 (NLT)
“And now, dear
brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and
honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things
that are excellent and worthy of praise.”
Blessin’s
Y’all!
Pamela
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