Isaiah 41:10 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.
I was given a wonderful new sewing machine several months ago but fell ill just after receiving it and just wasn’t well enough to work out how it worked in order to start using it. Gradually over the weeks it built up in my mind that I couldn’t do it or get my head round it and I kept putting if off and still it sat unused! I think I can hear you say “How silly!” And you’d be right! It had become a mountain in my thinking and the longer I delayed the worse it became. Anyway, I’m pleased to say that yesterday I did tackle it with the Lord’s help and it wasn’t as difficult as I thought and am going to enjoy using it!😊
Now you may be scratching your head wondering how I could let that happen, but I wonder if you have things in your life that you’ve been putting off doing for some time? Maybe they’ve become bigger in your thinking than they actually are and you find the thought of doing them intimidating. Maybe it’s paperwork, or learning a new skill? Perhaps it’s the thought of a new relationship and you think of all the reasons why not?
God has told us He’s here to help us with whatever we have to deal with in life - even a new sewing machine! Whatever our particular hang up is about He wants us to be free of it, and we can be, if we look to Him for His ability and help, no matter what it is. The enemy loves it when he can deceive us into thinking we can’t do something but God is right there with us and in us so we can tell the enemy to go!
Whatever it is we’re facing, let’s invite the Lord in at the beginning and commit it to Him. It may be losing weight and we’ve always struggled and failed in the past but if we bring God into it, we wont be doing it in our own strength. God has made His strength, and anything else we’ll need, available to us. We can do it by faith. There’s nothing that God can’t help us with, however trivial it may seem or enormous!
So my encouragement to us all today is to stop listening to the lies of the enemy, trust God for His great help and just do it, and He’ll make sure it works out for you.😊
Isaiah 41:13 For I hold you by your right hand - I, the Lord your God. And I say to you, “Don’t be afraid. I am here to help you.
Have a blessed weekend. x
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