We do not make light of troubles and calamities. We NEVER minimize anything that people have to go through because the hurts, pains, uncertainties, difficulties, unfavorable, uninvited and unwelcomed circumstances of life (that we all experience) are real. They hurt! However, we must not dwell on and confess our pains. Instead, as the heirs of promise, we confess the promises of God.
Even as we can appreciate that our problems are real, we also know that there is a duality of existence, that which is seen and that which is unseen. The things that are seen are temporary; therefore, they are subject to change. The things that are unseen are eternal and this is where speaking what is written in the Word of God comes in to action. Whose report will we believe and speak? We shall believe and we shall speak the report of the Lord!
The report of the Lord says that we are healed, healthy, made whole and complete in all the will of God for our lives. The report of the Lord says that He will perfect everything that concerns us. The report of the lord says that when we have done all to stand, that we must stand!
Therefore, we must teach our hearts to believe by training our mouths to speak the Word of God. Thus, when those difficult times come around and we do not know what to say, out of the wellsprings of our hearts
will come forth words of light, life and love. Out of the abundance of our hearts, our mouths will speak.
Through speaking the promises of God instead of speaking our problems, in magnifying the bigness of our God instead of magnifying the bigness of our problems, we come to realize that the joy of the Lord is our strength and that joy is an inside job.
The joy of the Lord is an inner contentment that is independent of external circumstances. It produces in us strength and fortitude, which is a conquering attitude. In other words, when not all seems to be well, all is well. When it seems like all the devil is breaking loose in our lives, because we have the joy of the Lord, we can still say that all
is well. If we truly endeavor to remain in the place of grace, which is the place by Jesus, we can always portray that there are no sad stories in our lives, because our help comes from the Lord.
(2 Timothy 4:4),
"And they turn their ears from the truth, and shall be turned into a fable. "
The word fable here in the Greek means a sad story.
*Do not turn from the truth of God's Word and allow your problems to transform your life into a sad story.*
Always remember that as children of the Most High God, we never fight for the victory. We always fight from a position and a posture of victory, because we win. Remember the message of the cross. It is not a message of death and defeat. It is actually a message of how God takes the negatives and transforms them into positives. JESUS GOT UP! Therefore, we can always get back up from every situation in life. We can lose everything, but because we have Jesus, we have enough to start all over again. Jesus has already obtained the victory for us. Therefore, we win!
Allow your lives to be governed by faith in God through Christ. When situations arise, remember that there is another King. His name is Jesus and where the word of the King is, there is power. The testimony of God has already been established. Settle it in your hearts. Believe that you can be who God says you can be. You can do what God says you can do. You can also have what God says you can have. Therefore, never allow circumstances, issues and problems to transform your life into a sad story. Never give up. Never give in. Keep looking up to see that your help comes from the Lord.
