2 Corinthians 10:4-5 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.
I was trying to sell a rabbit hutch on a free to sell website, but woke up one morning to a long, aggressive message from an animal activist type person saying I was terrible to sell a hutch and that I was so wrong to do it and to remove the advert! I’ve never had anything like that happen before and it was upsetting at the time as it felt threatening.
Later I had another person wanting to view it which meant I had to give them my address, but immediately I wondered if it was safe to do so! All sorts of bad scenarios ran through my mind that they might target us as I’d recently heard how some activists had let peoples’ car tyres down and my imagination went into overdrive! Were they connected to the first lady?
Have you ever done that? You assume the worst! I prayed for wisdom to know what to do and by next morning felt the Lord saying to go ahead and stop worrying!
We sold the hutch yesterday to a lovely young couple with no problem, and I learned an important lesson - not to listen to all the negative junk the enemy feeds us or assume the worst! I had to remind myself that God is on our side, He’s protecting us 24/7 and no weapon formed against us shall prosper. I learned I shouldn’t let situations blow up out of all proportion in my mind but to keep focused on what God has said in His word then act on that. I should know better, shouldn’t I?!😊
God says to tear down every imagination that exalts itself against the knowledge of God and that includes what He has said in His Word. There are times you have to make that very practical and this was one of those.
So this is just a word of encouragement, the next time things suddenly blow up and your mind goes into worst case scenarios - if you can, take a deep breath, stand back a minute and remember what God has said about things. We can ask for His wisdom, sleep on it if we have time and don’t have a knee jerk reaction. Let’s tear down those negative thoughts and speak out His word and allow His peace to flow once again.😊
No comments:
Post a Comment