STANDING THROUGH THE STORMS

Psalm 34:19 AMP Many hardships and perplexing circumstances confront the righteous, But the Lord rescues him from them all.

Things can suddenly flare up in life and we don’t always see them coming but God does. Our God is never taken by surprise and He already has all the answers to every situation before we get there. We can know for sure that whatever we need will already be waiting for us when we need it.😊

When a family member is suddenly taken to hospital, when there are questions we don’t have the answers to, we can be confident that our God is working in the background bringing about the best outcome. The enemy may try to rattle us, but our God holds us steady in the storms. He reminds us that He is stronger than anything that is thrown at us and He will be there to bring us through.

Matthew 7:24-25 NIV “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.

The parable of the two houses, one built on rock and the other built on sand reminds us that when our lives are built on Jesus our house will still be standing strong after the storm has blown itself out. Our part is to put our armour on and having done all, to stand.😊 

So if you are going through some storms today, take heart, our God loves us with an everlasting love. He knows what we are dealing with and He is fighting our battles, He is smoothing out the way ahead and if we’ll keep our eyes on Him we shall come through victorious with a testimony to His great goodness and kindness to us. In Jesus’ name. Amen.😊

OVERTAKE AND RECOVER

1 Samuel 30:8 AMPC And David inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue this troop? Shall I overtake them? The Lord answered him, Pursue, for you shall surely overtake them and without fail recover all.

Now you may not have been burgled, or had your car burned to the ground, which I know from experience is very distressing, but we will probably have had something stolen from us by the enemy over the years whether it was our health, our peace or our joy, or maybe our finances.

David and his men experienced the enemy attacking and stealing their belongings and worst of all their wives and children. Their enemy burned their homes to the ground and took everything away. David and his men were so distressed they had no tears left to cry but he encouraged himself in the Lord. He knew where to turn and he asked God if he should go after what was stolen. God told him to pursue, and overtake his enemy because he wouldn’t fail, he would recover all! How encouraging that is to us today.😊

When the enemy steals our health or whatever it is, God didn’t say to sit down and let the enemy get away with it. Instead God said we have a Saviour who has made us overcomers, more than conquerors, so we can resist the enemy and command him to give back what he stole. Proverbs 6:31

God has told us that Jesus has already won the victory over the devil, and His victory has been given to us, so we have been given authority over him, to take his hands off everything belonging to us. 

In the courts of heaven we are seated with Jesus at the right hand of God, which is mind boggling but true. We are actually seated in Jesus, in His victory, not in defeat. It’s good to remember we’ve been given His authority over all the works of the enemy.😊

At the end of WW2, the war was won but the soldiers still had to go out and enforce the victory where the enemy hadn’t surrendered. We too have our part to play in not just standing our ground, but to go and take back the ground belonging to us in Jesus, take back what the enemy stole.

Praise God we are not victims, we are Victors. The Holy Spirit is encouraging us today to remember Jesus has authorised us to pursue, overtake and recover all in His name. Amen.

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