The Mirror Effect

Our view of God never changes, we see him as a provider, a comforter, a deliverer, a healer, a way maker, a strong tower, our refuge, our shelter, our own human language cannot find the words to describe all God is to us, He is simply God, and besides him there is none other! Deuteronomy 4:35

Now what Satan aims to do, is change how we see ourselves, he attempts to change & alter our self image, he attempts to change & alter our self esteem. Satan then seeks to change how we believe that God sees us, you must look in the mirror & say God, help me see myself the way you see me.

You see, God is who he says he is, God can do what he said he can do, God got all the power, and he holds all the answers, God told us that through him we could do all things, God’s word ought to be alive and active in you, it ought to be made flesh in your life. The entrance of his word, giveth life unto you!

Find Your Place {Part 1}

There’s come a point in life, where one must reevaluate their life. You could say that one is taking a hard look at the man or woman in the mirror. I personally have reached many stages in my own life, where I have had to reevaluate my life and it’s direction, my goals, and my own progress toward my intended objectives. It has been well noted that taking a reflective look on one’s self and one’s actions is not always easy, nor is it always an activity one looks upon with undiluted pleasure.  As human beings we all find it necessary to sometimes give advice to our friends, sometimes showing them their own faults, character traits that need to be changed or just allowing them to look at themselves. The necessity we all feel to reevaluate our lives, goals and accomplishments is driven by the desire within each of us to find our place.

God himself commands us to examine, or revaluate ourselves. {1 Corinthians 11:28} Truly finding one’s place is something one cannot do, without divine help and intervention. I find that when evaluating or examining ourselves, one comes up with a lot of questions, but no answers. Could it be possible that we are seeking the wrong sources, and the wrong advice to provide answers to questions that only God can provide a real answer to?

Trust: What It Really Means!

Come take a seat, and lets talk for awhile, let’s talk about trust, not between human beings, but between you and God! Trust.  Any relationship if it is to thrive and grow must be built on a solid foundation of Trust. However, trusting God, is not always easy. The believer does not find it hard to trust God when things are going well, and when we have success. The challenge is trusting God with your secrets, inner failures and fears. Trust involves honesty with yourself and God. Once one learns how to trust God with their life, one can survive any storm. (Psalm 91:1-2)

I urge you to trust God, you have nothing to fear. Truth be told, when we choose to be honest with God, we are not revealing anything to him that he does not already know. God does not have to wait for us to make a mistake, he already knows us through and through, he knows when we will have failures and successes, God even knows our every thought! Trusting God is a way of showing our love towards him. (Psalm 94:11)

When we pray and talk with God we must do so with confidence, leaving no room for doubt. God’s love for each and everyone of us is indescribable, there is nothing on earth to which we can compare God’s love to, God only asks that we accept his love, and trust him.

Are You Ready To Get Started?

Sometimes I wonder, if God is really trying to drive the point home about trusting him in difficult situations. I began to examine the book of Job, and when Satan and God had their conversation, I inserted my name everywhere Job’s name was. I said to myself, could God, have had that conversation about me?

You know, sometimes I’m not so sure that God could have that conversation about me, there are many times where I feel I let him down, disappoint him, disrespect him, and do exactly the opposite of what he requires of me, but then those are normal human feelings.

However in life we may not really be ready to get started. There are so many tasks that lay ahead of us, that we are depending on others to help us do, I think God wants us to realize that we are equipped to do these things ourselves, sometimes we can become so dependent on others that we forget what we are truly made of.  Queen Esther learned that she was equipped also, and has a book named after her in the Bible. The Book of Esther, with only ten chapters is a very unique book in the bible, in that it does not mention God’s name even once, however his power and his method’s for delivering his people can clearly be seen throughout the text of the book of Esther. The only other book in the bible not to mention God’s name is the “Song of Solomon”. However, the book of Esther displays God’s providence in difficult times and that he comes through for his people.  {4:14} {4:16}

The Time Is Now:

I truly believe that God uses each of our situations to show us, what we are truly made of. Often God wants us to take a reality check, there is a difference in relying on God, and being dependent on people. Have you noticed, like me, that it seems God will give you a vision, he will give you a dream, and in the physical many of us don’t feel like we can accomplish them, nor does it seem like we have the resources needed to make them a reality, we know that without God’s help they wont come to pass. Often we focus so much on getting our dreams, goals and visions for our lives to being a reality that we forget about our present, however this is a dangerous thing to do, it is our present that lays the foundation for our future.

What’s Hindering You?

Is it possible that you could be so focused on your future, that you have forgotten to lay down good foundations for your present? Are you waiting on others to help you accomplish what God has already equipped you and given you the tools inside of yourself to do? So, what’s hindering you? Is it a lack of faith, determination, motivation? Every time we don't trust God, we show doubt in him.

Are You Waiting Or Procrastinating?

31But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. Isaiah 40:31

Truly waiting on God, requires action on our part. So are you truly waiting or procrastinating? While we are waiting on God, we are still supposed to be going about the business of our daily lives. While we wait, we are to renew our strength, ,work with haste and not grow so easily tired or burnt out. We should stop to enjoy life, without feeling that we are not making adequate progress. This verse speaks of ACTION, not sitting at a stand still. So whatever excuses you’ve used in the past, they no longer work, go right ahead and toss them out the window with the bath water, God does not need our assistance to make good on his word, it is our responsibility to work, with faith, motivation and determination, trusting that God, who directs the affairs of our lives, will give us the ability and tools required to accomplish everything that’s set before us. So, Are You Ready To Get Started?

~Waiting On The Lord, Means To Have Faith/Confidence In Him, We Are Equipped To Do The Work & Accomplish The Tasks Before Us!~

The Fight Of Your Life!

Imagine yourself in a ring, a boxing ring of sort’s. You don’t know how you got there, but you're there. There’s a crowd watching, your suited up and your opponent is in the corner getting revved up and ready to go. You approach your opponent with some signs of nervousness, wondering what am I doing in this ring? 1,2,3 The Bell rings, and the fight commences.

The fight goes on for sometime, it’s really hard to tell who has the upper hand. You get some hits in,  they got some hits, in and it seemed like the fight dragged on for a while. Your coach in your respective corner, saw that you were getting tired, and called a break.

Your coach mentors you over in the corner, gives you water, gives you a few tips on how to defeat your opponent, then in amazement you look again, and instead of your coach “pep talking”  you, it’s God himself, who is encouraging you, God says, my  child, the race has been rough, the fight has been long and draining, but you're not out for the count. You see my child, the devil your adversary, wishes to destroy you, but the fight is rigged in your favor, I know things are tough, I know at times you have felt like you wanted to give up, throw in the towel and  call it quits, but God says, you must continue, this is “The Fight Of Your Life”, you must get back in the ring, you must continue fighting, now is the time, where you must make every effort to bring your dreams, goals and visions for your life to pass, I will help you, God says to you, you were born to do the things I have planted down in your spirit, no one else can give birth to them, now is the time, and now is the season.

Noticing that your time in the corner is fading away, you ask God, has my living been in vain, and he says no, your living has not been in vain, he says to you, continue fighting for I am with you, continue fighting for out of great struggle comes great victory! God says to you, my child, its time for you to go back into the ring, but remember because I am the greatest power, and I am with you, you shall not be defeated.

You rush back in the ring, to begin the fight, and the scene slowly fades away…..

~Everyone That Is In Your Ring, Is Not In Your Corner~

The Roller Coaster Of Life

Imagine yourself riding an awesome  roller coaster, it’s at the latest and greatest theme park, I have decided to ride with you, although we pick different buggies, you a lover of roller coasters, and me scared to death of them. We approach the ride with trepidation, and excitement. The roller coaster locks, us in, it’s path unknown. The roller coaster hits, bumps, glitches and shakes, shaking us and our confidence in the process. The roller coaster goes over hills and glides through falls, each one, seeming quicker than the other, each turn, curve unexpected takes our breath away. The roller coaster thrills us, excites us, scares us, and frightens us, every time we prepare our nerves, something new, greets us, on a ride in which we cannot stop and seemingly have no control over. Such is Life.

Life takes us along a journey, each new day brings challenges, excitement and elements of fear of the unknown. Often it seems like we are locked in a journey or path and destination, unknown to us. We climb towards mountains, and race toward valleys, our struggles and triumphs seem to fall into a steady rhythm. Life offers us thrills, it greets us, excites us, scares us at times and even frightens us, we prepare ourselves, and often find our preparation for naught, for this new obstacle, this new struggle we could not foresee, it caught us, by surprise.  Such Is Life.

At times we felt alone, at times we questioned why, at times we looked around and wondered why didn’t I die? At times we felt unsure, often wondering “Lord, what have I done to deserve this? At times it seemed like God, offered no reply. At times it felt like time moved too fast, and at other times the wait seemed unbearable, we wondered aloud through our moments of triumph, victory and defeat, when oh, when will this ride end, the ride slowly calmed, peace it seemed in the midst of the storm had finally arrived, we looked around surprised to see Jesus sitting peacefully by our side.

~Playing In The Background, “Just for Who You Are” by Earnest Pugh~

There Is Nothing & No One Like God

There is nothing {no situation}, in our lives that is beyond the reach of God's hand. There is nothing {no issue(s)}, that arise in our lives, that catches God by surprise.

There is nothing {no infirmity}, of which you can't be healed & made whole. Have you forgotten that there is no power on the earth or in the heavens, that is greater than God?