Thank You, Father, for who You are and for who You made me to be. May I be ever striving to be that person. Amen.
Luke 18:1-8 (<<click here to read the passage)
Sometimes the best thing I can do is to put the Word out for us to take it in.
Now Jesus was telling the disciples a parable to make the point that at all times they ought to pray and not give up and lose heart, saying, “In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God and had no respect for man. There was a [desperate] widow in that city and she kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice and legal protection from my adversary.’ For a time he would not; but later he said to himself, ‘Even though I do not fear God nor respect man, yet because this widow continues to bother me, I will give her justice and legal protection; otherwise by continually coming she [will be an intolerable annoyance and she] will wear me out.’” Then the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says! And will not [our just] God defend and avenge His elect [His chosen ones] who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay [in providing justice] on their behalf? I tell you that He will defend and avenge them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find [this kind of persistent] faith on the earth?” AMP
As believers in Christ, it is important to be transparent. And so, I want to share from my own personal experience.
Up to the middle of this past August, I had been dealing with some personal issues on a couple of fronts. I didn’t like being controlled as I was. No one but myself was putting these things on me. I struggled under the weight of them. Off and on throughout my life, I have dealt with them. Sometimes I was powerful enough to not let them control me and other times they just ran me over and it was easier than fighting them.
But on August 17th I once again went to my Father, realizing that only in His strength, only with His wisdom, only with His mindset could I be the victor. So that was my prayer. And here it is almost two months later and in Him, I am conquering that which once trampled me underfoot!
As God has empowered me to overcome, so He can empower anyone! If we give ourselves over to Him, nothing – absolutely nothing – can separate us from his love (Romans 8:31-39<<click here to read the passage).
But, again from experience, we cannot give even the smallest of footholds to the enemy, be that the greater deceiver himself, or our own hearts and minds which are bent to sin and destruction. Every day when the thoughts that have overpowered me in the past begin to even peek around the corners of my mind, I stop them dead in their tracks by calling out to my Father…and He is there!
…will not [our just] God defend and avenge His elect [His chosen ones] who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay [in providing justice] on (our) behalf? I tell you that He will defend and avenge (us) quickly. v7 AMP
Each day I give myself over to God. It is truly the only possible way to overcome whatever wants to overtake and control us. Whatever we struggle with, God can enable us to be the victor!
My continued prayer for myself and you is that when Jesus – the Son of Man comes, that He will…find [this kind of persistent] faith in each of us! Amen!
Oct 14th, 2020, Wed, 12:18 pm
