DON’T BE WEIGHED DOWN BY TIME

Philippians 1:6 NIV being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Back in October we looked at the things that weigh us down (link below) but yesterday the Lord was speaking to me about not being weighed down by time. 

He doesn’t want our past to dictate our futures, no matter how far back or how recent. None of us can change what our parents, or others, did or didn’t do, where or how we were raised, or what we did or didn’t have. God has brought us this far and He won’t abandon us now and we have so much for which to be thankful. 😊

Then I felt Him say not to be weighed down with our present, no matter how hard the people or circumstances may be. God is reminding us that we belong to Him and He has promised to provide our emotional stability, our spiritual stability and our physical needs as well. He is our very ‘present’ help in trouble. Right now, right here. He says as we draw near to Him so He draws near to us in our present, to be all we need Him to be, whatever that may be.😊

Then He said not to be weighed down with the thought of our futures either. It could be easy to be fearful concerning the way things are going. Will I have enough money, what if I struggle in my health? What if I’m all alone? God knows all the thoughts that go through our minds, and He’s constantly telling us not to be afraid because He is watching over us now and forever. In other words He has already gone ahead into our futures and provided for us.

God is reminding us to stay close to Him, to enter His rest, that place of trusting Him because our past is forgiven, our present is wrapped in His love and our futures are all known and provided for by our loving Father. 

So let’s give Him our past, our present, and our futures and say with Paul…

2 Timothy 1:12 NIV I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day. 

Thank You Lord. Amen.

Link to October 3rd:  https://myberrythoughts.blogspot.com/2025/10/whats-weighing-you-down.html

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VICTORY IS IN OUR FUTURE

Psalm 29:10 NLT The Lord rules over the floodwaters. The Lord reigns as king forever. The Lord gives his people strength. The Lord blesses them with peace.

Over the course of our lives we’ve probably all experienced things coming against us, one thing after another. Sometimes it looks like the enemy seems to come in like a flood but even when he does that, we don’t need to bow to him, because God says that the Lord rules over the floodwaters. What a statement! God rules, not the enemy!😊

God had Noah prepare an ark so he could ride out the storm with his family. They floated on top, they were held safe and if He did it for Noah, He will do it for us. God is not phased by floods.

Vs.3-4 AMP The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; The God of glory thunders; The Lord is over many waters. The voice of the Lord is powerful; The voice of the Lord is full of majesty.

When we focus on the glory, power and majesty of our God, the more we will be able to ride out the storms because we know that same God is inside each one of us. He divided the waters for Moses, He dried up the river for Joshua, He floated Noah on top. Whatever it takes, our God will not let the floods overwhelm us because He says He has made us Overcomers, not sinkers!

He wants to fire us up today to tell the enemy that our God reigns, and that He is giving us His strength to overcome.

So if you’re going through some floods at the minute, remember our verse tells us He does more than give us strength, He also blesses us with peace. Peace in the flood, peace in the storms when we remember our enemy is defeated and that it’s our God who reigns in our circumstances. 

Praise the Lord. Victory is in our future.😊 Amen.

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