God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, and
of love and of a sound mind. Last
week’s blog was on reflection, reflecting on your finances, your budget, and
your saving habits. Some of you may have already started saving your receipts,
requested a copy of your credit report and are on your way to a financially
savvy 2014. Congratulations for taking those steps!
Others of you may ask yourself what’s the use? You may
say you have tried before but were unable to commit to making changes or
something unexpected happened which prevented you from moving forward.
So often we allow what has happened in the past or what
we anticipate may happen in the future to prevent us from moving forward and
accomplishing our goals. What we need to ask ourselves is what is stopping me
from moving forward. We make excuses, some valid and some invalid, but even
those that are valid can be overcome.
When I had breast cancer I remember having a conversation
with an uncle. He referred to me as being sick. I quickly told him I was not
sick. I had been diagnosed with breast cancer. In my opinion I was not sick. I
had breast cancer. God told me I would not die so I knew I would get better.
Some of my chemotherapy treatments made me sick. I became physically ill, I was
nauseas. That was what I considered as being sick.
Oftentimes we allow the thoughts in our mind to defeat
us. We may not have any idea of what we can or cannot do, how things are going
to turn out, whether or not we can achieve a goal but a single thought can take
root and immobilize us. Our quest is to find that root. Some of us don’t have a
clue as to why we think we can’t succeed we just believe that we cannot.
A few years ago we had a strange weed growing in our
yard. The yard was being treated but rather than die the weeds increased.
Finally my husband took a picture of the weed to a local lawn and garden store.
They immediately identified the weed and told my husband what he should use to
kill the weed. The recommended weed killer not only destroyed the weed from the
root it prevented future growth of new weeds while protecting the healthy grass
around it.
Whether you are making excuses, ignoring what is
preventing you from moving forward, or even believing that there is nothing
that is immobilizing you it is imperative that you admit there is something
that is standing in your way then identify it. Many times we know what it is
but are afraid to admit it. Again, God has not given us the spirit of fear. He
cannot give us what is not in Him. Face whatever it is and ask God for the
strength to overcome it.
Perhaps you have tried unsuccessfully in the past to overcome
circumstances that you thought were standing in your way. Don’t give up, try
again, this time seek God first and ask Him to show you what it is that you
must overcome. You may be trying to overcome what you think is the problem when
it could be something completely different, just as my husband was treating the
wrong type of weed you may be trying to overcome something that is not really
standing in your way. With God’s help you can overcome anything and everything.
Let Him show you what is really standing in the way and allow Him to help you
move it out of the way. As we read in John 8:36 if the Son therefore shall make
you free, ye shall be free indeed.
Mark 11:23 for verily I say unto you, that whosoever
shall say unto this mountain, be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea;
and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he
saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever
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