The enemy will test to see whether you will stand by the decisions you have made because it was the will of the Lord for your life. I think I've been tested so much in recent months, I'm not sure if they're any left. I've felt like I have been in the frying pan. I know some of you can relate to what I'm talking about. There is always a test.
Knowing this that the testing of your faith working patience or perseverance (James 1:3). Sometimes you may question whether you've made the correct decisions in life because how it makes you feel in your emotions. But I've said many times and I will say this again, you're emotions will get you into trouble. God wants us to walk in the Spirit, for as many as are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God (Romans 8:14). If you are not being led, how can you attest to being a son of God. The only way you can know him is by his Spirit. You cannot know him by the flesh, so if you are not being led by the Spirit....how is it possible that you know him?
So, I said all of that to say this, we get so confused and lost in our emotion that it is difficult sometimes to make sense of life's changes and circumstances. It is so easy for women to get caught up. I have been so side-tracked and caught up in my emotions that I could not seem to fight my way out of a dry paper bag. Women are emotional beings, but when you are a son of God, we have to work toward listening to the Spirit of God and being led by the Spirit of God, so our decisions won't be based on how we feel at the time. Because your feelings change all the time and what you feel today, you may not feel tomorrow, but God's word is the same yesterday, today, and forever more. That is the thing to rely upon, not how we are feeling at the time.
I was once in a relationship and I was so deeply in love that not only did common sense go out the window, but the prayer life suffers, the study life suffers, etc. I let my emotions dictate to my spirit instead of the other way around. I think in these situations the enemy is testing whether we will remain faithful to God. God is looking to see whether we will be faithful as well. After all, we cried and prayed asking him to send us someone and when he does, we toss everything to the wind and do not remain faithful to him. Okay, I know I got sidetracked here. But this really does relate to being testing in some areas, making decisions, and remembering the decision and not backing up from it.
I want us to remember that there are reasons why God led us down the path of decisions that were made. There is reason why we said its time to move on. When those emotions crop back up to remind us of how things were in the past, we have to remember the reason why God led us down that path. He will gently remind us of it, but we have to be willing to stick to what he told us. The only reason the emotions crop back up is because the enemy is trying to get a foothold in there and take us backwards instead of forward. He knows that if we go back down the path that God has lead us away from that we will miss God and abort the purpose that God has put in us. We will lose more valuable time and abandon everything God has brought us out of to go right back into the bondage. Is that what you want for your life? I know it's not what I want for my life.
When I realized that it was a test and it was abundantly clear. It's like a cloud of emotion rushes over you and temporarily fogs your judgment, then God gives you a nudge and shows you what he had already shown you in the past to remind you of why you are not in that situation any longer. Then the tears stop flowing and cloud is removed and you can see again. I don't know about you, but I thank God for Holyghost. If it had not been for the Lord who was on my side, they enemy would indeed have swollen me up a long time ago.
Know that the things that are coming at you from the past is a test. Just as Jesus walked on through the 40 days of temptation and put the enemy to flight with the word of God, you do the same when the enemy brings things from your past to try to take you backwards.
Knowing this that the testing of your faith working patience or perseverance (James 1:3). Sometimes you may question whether you've made the correct decisions in life because how it makes you feel in your emotions. But I've said many times and I will say this again, you're emotions will get you into trouble. God wants us to walk in the Spirit, for as many as are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God (Romans 8:14). If you are not being led, how can you attest to being a son of God. The only way you can know him is by his Spirit. You cannot know him by the flesh, so if you are not being led by the Spirit....how is it possible that you know him?
So, I said all of that to say this, we get so confused and lost in our emotion that it is difficult sometimes to make sense of life's changes and circumstances. It is so easy for women to get caught up. I have been so side-tracked and caught up in my emotions that I could not seem to fight my way out of a dry paper bag. Women are emotional beings, but when you are a son of God, we have to work toward listening to the Spirit of God and being led by the Spirit of God, so our decisions won't be based on how we feel at the time. Because your feelings change all the time and what you feel today, you may not feel tomorrow, but God's word is the same yesterday, today, and forever more. That is the thing to rely upon, not how we are feeling at the time.I was once in a relationship and I was so deeply in love that not only did common sense go out the window, but the prayer life suffers, the study life suffers, etc. I let my emotions dictate to my spirit instead of the other way around. I think in these situations the enemy is testing whether we will remain faithful to God. God is looking to see whether we will be faithful as well. After all, we cried and prayed asking him to send us someone and when he does, we toss everything to the wind and do not remain faithful to him. Okay, I know I got sidetracked here. But this really does relate to being testing in some areas, making decisions, and remembering the decision and not backing up from it.
I want us to remember that there are reasons why God led us down the path of decisions that were made. There is reason why we said its time to move on. When those emotions crop back up to remind us of how things were in the past, we have to remember the reason why God led us down that path. He will gently remind us of it, but we have to be willing to stick to what he told us. The only reason the emotions crop back up is because the enemy is trying to get a foothold in there and take us backwards instead of forward. He knows that if we go back down the path that God has lead us away from that we will miss God and abort the purpose that God has put in us. We will lose more valuable time and abandon everything God has brought us out of to go right back into the bondage. Is that what you want for your life? I know it's not what I want for my life.
When I realized that it was a test and it was abundantly clear. It's like a cloud of emotion rushes over you and temporarily fogs your judgment, then God gives you a nudge and shows you what he had already shown you in the past to remind you of why you are not in that situation any longer. Then the tears stop flowing and cloud is removed and you can see again. I don't know about you, but I thank God for Holyghost. If it had not been for the Lord who was on my side, they enemy would indeed have swollen me up a long time ago.
Know that the things that are coming at you from the past is a test. Just as Jesus walked on through the 40 days of temptation and put the enemy to flight with the word of God, you do the same when the enemy brings things from your past to try to take you backwards.
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