201??????!!!!!

I can't believe that I have written 200 posts!  There should be some sort of personal reflection for me at this point so I am going back to previous posts and reading them now to see where God has brought me from in the past two years.  It is really amazing how God can use our own words to remind us how to deal with situations that we've been through in the past.  If I find an old post that really prompts me I'll repost it. 

Anyway, I wanted to share something that the Lord spoke to me yesterday at church.  I was having a difficult day because some business things were not working like I expected and my stress level was getting out of hand.  As I was lamenting to God he literally stopped my tears.  I was crying one second and then there were no tears left and all the emotion was just gone.  In that moment I felt the Lord telling me to never forget the God that I serve.  He quickly reminded me that nothing is out of his control and that while my pain and sorrow were real that his power and salvation are just as real.  As a Christian I can only get so upset before I realize that God is still for me.  I got up yesterday with a whole new attitude and left my victim mindset at the alter.  When we belong to God things are going to happen that try to distract us from remembering who God is and the victory that we have in him.  In these moments we need to realize that we have been called into a battle of the mind and defend ourselves with the word of God.  The only way that we can be defeated is to be unskilled in the word of God, but if we hide the word in our hearts then  we will be equipped to defend ourselves.  Not only that but we will be able to break the chains that try to weigh us down and stop our purpose. 

People of God be aware of the God that we serve.  He is undefeated and unbeatable.  Thank God that we stand with him as his precious children. 

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