Driving for me is a big challenge and I was sitting in our house knowing I had to drive places I’ve never driven before, and I was literally gripped with dread, and couldn’t bring myself to do it. The more I thought about it the worse it became, the fear had a hold!
Then the Holy Spirit began reminding me of all His promises, that I’m a victor and not a victim, that “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me”. I remembered that God is for us and protecting us, that we have angels guarding us wherever we go, and gradually I had a shift in my thinking. God was breaking down the stronghold in my mind that I’d allowed the enemy to put there many years ago!
So, we had set off on our trip when, out of nowhere, the heavens literally opened in a full blown extreme rain storm! Torrential rain beat down on the car, howling wind, the roads were flooding as I drove through with water gushing and whooshing up all around us. Talk about overcoming! But praise God we arrived safely!😊
The end result was that I really felt I had indeed overcome in extreme circumstances, with the Lord’s help. So I just wanted to encourage anybody who is held back by fears, sometimes in a prison of our own making, and allow God to show us He is more than able to deliver us from whatever the enemy tries to put on us.😊
We know Jesus has set each one of us free but we have to trust God to do what He says He will do and use our faith, no matter how small we think it is. Each day let’s allow Him to help us be the Overcomers He’s made us to be in Christ, to know we’re above and not beneath, to see ourselves as victors and not victims. In Jesus name. Amen.
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