Are You Feeling Stuck?
Do you feel STUCK in a rut and can not seem to Move Forward???
*Don’t Let Your Past Stop You From Going Into Your Future!
**A thought is not a desire. It is a thought—A desire implies ACTION to achieve.
A true “overcomer” is one who knows how to make faith choices.
* “All who are victorious will become pillars in the Temple of my God, and they will never have to leave it….”
Revelation 3:12
*Jesus speaks that overcoming is possible. That should be our goal and what our eyes are fixed upon. He promises a reward for those who do.
*Once we overcome we are stable. We know the battle we have fought valiantly to win and we do not revert. *We are a necessary component in God’s temple. Others shall plainly see Whom we have served and why we are honored.
* Good reasons to overcome. Good reasons to not give up.
If you do not yet have the mindset to overcome for yourself, can you do it for God? Can you do it because others have their eyes and hope set upon you? *Wouldn’t it be delightful to think of yourself as a pillar and not a bruised reed?
* Wouldn’t it be wonderful if others fled to you for strength, rather than away from you for fear that bondage is contagious?
*God will do what He promises. You must have the genuine DESIRE. *Working up the desire may be what is holding you back.
***A thought is not a desire. It is a thought.
*A desire implies ACTION to achieve.
Have you ever felt stuck? Not, been stuck, but felt stuck? I’ve been stuck in the mud, stuck in the snow and stuck in a rut… but all those places are easy enough to get out of. A chain, a push a pull and you’re out and on your way!
*But when YOU feel stuck it’s a different story!
*Depressed. Addicted. Oppressed. Abused. Exhausted. Confined. Stuck. *And no matter how hard you are pushed, how desperately you are pulled you still feel stuck.
*You’re sure everyone is out to get you, that God hates you and that the end is near.
Don’t Let Your Past Stop You From Going Into Your Future!
*You need to keep on Moving Forward. *Don’t let your past stop you from Moving Forward.
* You have to move straight into your destiny.
** Whatever you were running from… or running to has landed you smack dab between the baggage that follows and the uncertainty of what’s to come.
That’s where the Israelites were as a nation. Stuck.
What did God do for them?
Let’s call it “The Butterfly Principle”.
“The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out boldly.” Exodus 14:8
Overprotective parents do their children a great injustice!!
The caterpillar that lies inside the cocoon will never become the beautiful butterfly if someone cuts open the cocoon prematurely.
It is the struggle itself that allows the butterfly to emerge as a strong, new creature of nature.
God understands how necessary this process is. That is why we are allowed to experience difficult, often life-changing events.
God even orchestrates them-all for our benefit.
What the Israelites thought was a cruel joke when Pharaoh sent troops to pursue them after they had been freed and penned against the shore of the Red Sea became the stage for the most publicized miracle of all time-the parting of the Red Sea.
Generation after generation has heard this incredible story of deliverance.
God puts us against the “Red Seas” in order to show His power in and through us.
*If we do not know God can deliver, then we can never learn to trust Him. *Circumstances that go beyond our capabilities of solving them place us at God’s complete mercy.
This is how He likes it.
Do not fear the calamity that comes your way. If you are faithful to Him in the test, you will see God’s power manifested like never before.
Just as the Israelites were able to sing a song of deliverance, you too will have your own testimony of the Lord’s faithfulness; and you will be able to recall it for others to build your faith and theirs.
Are you stuck? No where to go? No hope? No way out?
Then you’re in just the right position for God to reveal Himself to you and show you that no matter what your past or the path you’re heading on, He can not only rescue you but save you from it all!
God wants to give you a new start! He wants to give you a new life! He wants to give you a new land and place to call home!
Here’s what YOU need to do:
*Tell God the truth – God I’ve screwed up my life ’cause I thought I could do it on my own without you but I’ve only made a mess for myself and those I love.
*Ask God to help – God I recognize that I need You to help me, to take away the junk and baggage in my life and give me a fresh clean start because I can’t do it on my own.
*Give all of yourself to Him – So I give you myself, all that I am, I trust You to direct and lead me and I’ll follow You from now on.
*Thank Him – God I thank You for giving your Son to die for me so that I might live for You.
*Please accept His sacrifice in my place.
*Tell someone and get plugged in – Get up and tell someone you’ve made a decision to give your life to Jesus.
2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. 17 God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work.
I ask this day Lord that you would teach me your word. As I read your word Lord open my eyes to see you, open my ears to hear you, open the eyes of my heart Lord to see and understand your word. Give me understanding Lord and I will keep your law, yes I will observe it with my whole heart. I will take delight in doing your commandments. I will take delight Lord in pleasing you.
You brought me out of darkness into your marvelous light, you didn’t have
to do it but you did and I am so grateful Lord. I bless you Lord, I bless your holy name and give you all the praise all the glory and all the honor. In Jesus name I pray. Amen