I have realized that most of the time, we as Christians, have prayed about all the stress, strain, and strife that has come into our life, yet we have not prayed about our emotions that are attached to the very things that we have prayed about. We find ourselves being slained in the Spirit, having the Holy Ghost, speaking in tongues, shouting, prophesying, healing, discerning, and whatever other Spiritual acts or gifts that the Lord has for us to do; yet some of us are still running back to the thing that ought to be apart of our past. You know what the thing is, right? Anything that doesn't line up in accordance to God's word. We find ourselves being trapped, hoodwinked, bamboozeled and stuck on stupid to the things that we have been praying about in our prayer meetings, bible studies, churches, or in our secret place yet we are struggling with the very thing that God keeps telling us that He wants to deliever us from.
I believe, that at times, we become so emotionally wrapped up in the things that God is telling us to let go, that when we feel slightly free from it,then we're jumping up and down for joy claiming that God has broken the chains off of us and set of us free. But the moment that we begin to think about it, that thought or idea comes back up like a flood and now we're all emotionally wrapped up in that man or that woman, thing , idea, or place. Where is the standard that we are suppose to have in God (Isaiah 59:19)? Now were thinking about that touch, that kiss, that moment, that pleasure, that high, that buzz, that feeling, how this made me look/feel, those words...the list goes on. And instead of praying to the Father about the strongholds of our emotions, we toy and feastt in it. It's like having a grotesque wound that is festering and pussing on our arm, and instead of getting help so it can be treated, we just bandage it up and keep it under wraps, while all along our emotions are setting in and causing our situation, problem, circumstance to reoccur in our lives. And even then, God is not going to allow anything to test us beyond what we can bear, and even when we are TEMPTED with those things, He will make an escape for us (1Corinthians 10:13).
We all need to stop being nieve to Satan and His mission on taking us out! Don't you know Satan is roaming this earth to and frow seeking all those whom he can devour (Job 2: 2)?!? People of God, we need to guard our ear gates and our eyes, our feelings and emotions. We need to have a 1 Peter 1:13 mindset,"Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is brought to you at the revelation of Christ Jesus." Now I know the word also speaks about the fact that we will all fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:22-24), but people of God let's not take advantage of His grace as well for it says in Romans 6:14-15, "(14)For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace. (15)What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certaintly not!" It's time--no scratch that--it's PAST DUE that we begin to get our houses/temples/bodies/selves in order for Christ. I mean think about, God sent us His son so that we MIGHT choose Him.That's a pretty hefty price to pay, so that someone MIGHT love you back the same way. How many of us long for a father, or mother, gf/bf, for that special someone who is in your life to love you, be that who it may, and they just aren't showing it to you? Instead of throwing in the towel and giving up on the person, you say,"No! Maybe this person will love me today. Hug me today. Kiss me today.Love me back the way I need and have been longing to be loved." In all seriousness, how many of us are willing to go to hell and back, die on their behalf--EVEN if you knew they wouldn't die for us--just to show them that DESPITE I will always love you. DESPITE I will always care. DESPITE I will always make that sacrifice, even when you won't. DESPITE! How many of us are willing to take that chance? Well Jesus did. He took the hard way out so that we may be able to bare and endure with this help and love and strength. HE DID IT! So people of God, the one's who have fallen, sinned, mocked, laughed at, made fun of, strayed away, pushed away, been fighting against, been acting against, who has put up walls, who's overly emotional or not emotional enough, who thinks tomorrow is promised, who has been abused, who has been forced down roads and paths that they didn't want to go down, who have been led astray, who have been lied to--whether in the church, friends, family, deacons, pastors, bishops, reverends, priest, who/whatever else...I sincerely pray that God remove that emotional cord that keeps you from Him. That spiritual cord that draws you away from Him. That mental cord that makes you think negatively about Him. That physical cord that keeps you away from Him. I pray that every cord, snare, stronghold, emotion, pain, hurt, guilt, tongue, word, stress, depression, opression, any other -ession and thing that I have not mentioned be not only BROKEN, but BOUND and/or LOOSED off of you. Jesus says in His words, "Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven."
People of God, it's time to study and show ourselves approved in God's word (2 Timothy 2:15), and in all that we ask and are getting from God to get wisdom and get understanding of His word (Proverbs 4: 4-5), so when the enemy does come we will have the word of God in our mouths. I just urge you all, to stand and know where your help comes from. God isn't here to keep you away from having fun or so that you can't live your life, but the very opposite. Shu' even I struggle and get weak and want to do things Jennifer's way. And yes, I am human, I fall, I stumble, I get weary, I get tired, I have a "I don't want to" attitude, I get lazy, and sometimes I get a little crazy at times, but let's continually press toward the mark, for the race is not given to the swift or the battle to the strong, but for those who will endure (Eccelsiastes 9:11). Let's stand and keep each other accountable. Let's not be so nieve to what it is that Satan wants from us, but what GOD has for us.
I hope and pray that this note is a blessing to someone's body, soul, mind, and spirit today. I love you all, and I pray that we all can do our part to make God's business our business so we can uplift the church, people, sinners, and saints. And please, always remember to keep God first, stay blessed, and don't forget to be a blessing to someone today. MWAH! ^_^
