Many of us I am sure become quite low over continuing issues in our lives, health, finances etc. and of course when you are feeling like that the devil comes along and likes to stir things up. Putting thoughts in your mind that you think are yours but are actually from Him but you just don’t have what it takes to fight him off.  Do you allow these thoughts to take over and you find yourself going lower and lower. Wondering how you are going to get through this. 

Well I want to share with you what God has shown me over the last few days that have changed my mindset.  I still have the problems and concerns but I am not thinking these thoughts, I am using the Sword of the Spirit (Word of God) to fight the enemy. I know and trust that the Lord is with me and whatever the outcome I’m not worried because nothing happens to us without going through God first. He is in control.  He loves us, He has a plan and whatever that plan is it will bring Him glory and you to a better place. He is sanctifying us.

I love how God reveals things to us in everyday things.  Sometimes we just know something is for us so we need to listen. It could be something in His Word or in a Sermon, anything.  I was listening to a sermon from a church pastor from America who I listen to a lot and trust his teaching and he was talking about yielding to God. I made notes and thought about what was said. Then an email came through and  yes, it was on yielding to God and then something else I ‘fell upon’ later in the day. I realised that if God had put this in my way  3 times I needed to make note of what He was saying to me.

I am going to let you know what I did and what happened because I feel in my heart that this may help someone else , maybe God is wanting to reveal this to you too.

I had my quiet time with Him as usual one evening a few days ago and although I have surrendered all to Him before I felt after He had shown me this 3 times that day maybe there were things i hadnt fully surrendered to Him. I needed to yield/surrender everything to Him and I mean everything. I gave him my fears, anxieties, doubts, my health, my job, kids, moving house, everything. I don’t know if something left me (maybe the devil let go of me) or God touched me but i ‘felt’ something  and I have not been the same since. I don’t feel weighed down, evil thoughts have gone, I am full of joy and praising God in my heart and out loud a lot too. Circumstances haven’t changed , I still need to face moving and my health issues etc but God has changed me. I know His love more, feel His presence more, I am just over joyed. There is a new found trust that i haven’t known before, i have trusted Him in certain things but doubted in others, now i completely trust Him, whatever the future holds He is with me and I have nothing to fear. 

Its funny because a few days after this I was looking at something from the same pastor as above about Praising God in the storms of life as well as in the good times.   This spoke to me a lot too as He is worthy of our praise whatever is going on in our lives. Praise changes things, it brings you into the very throne room of God. It changes our mindset and hearts to focus on God not our problems.  Later that day I saw something else about praising Him through it all, and I believe God showed me something in the middle of the night too, I just happened to look on my emails at 2 am in the morning (as you do) and there was one about Praising God. Praise Him. I thought there it is again, three times. The same as Yielding, 3 times.

The way my mind works I wanted to look this up. Was there any significance in the number 3. Yes there is. 3 in the bible is the number for harmony, new life and completeness.

God has said things 3 times in the bible 467 times.  One or two ive written here. God spoke to Samuel 3 times, Peter 3 times, (feed my lambs). Jesus rose on the 3rd day, 3 patriarchs, 3 gifts to Jesus when he was born, the ark of the covenant contained 3 sacred objects, Daniel prayed 3 times a day and of course the Trinity, Father Son and Holy Spirit to name but a few.

I wanted to share this with you as if you are going through times of stress, uncertainty, anxiety, health issues, whatever it may be and life, the devil, your own thoughts are trying to drag you down and keep your eyes on yourself rather than the Lord , then if you haven’t already yielded/surrendered to our Lord, please think seriously about this. This is the right thing to do. He has given us His life to save us and we need to place our lives into His hands and trust Him, give Him everything. Praise Him too, whatever is going on in your life still praise Him. He is to be praised and worshipped whatever is going on. He is still Lord of our lives, He died for you, He has called you to be His child , He has saved you to live forever with Him, here now and forever,  so He deserves it all, whatever we are going through or however we feel.

‘He took my hand and lifted me up out of the miry pit and set my feet upon a rock’. Jesus is the rock

Stand on the rock, Keep looking up, Keep focused on God, Keep praising Him, Obey His Word, Trust Him, Cast all your anxieties on Him because He cares for you and surrender all and watch what He does,

If you dont know Jesus as your Lord and Saviour then i trust that you would call out to Him today. He loves you so much and wants to save you from eternity without Him. Beleive in the Lord Jesus , His death and resurrection, that He is the son of God and you will be saved. Call out to Him, you will never regret it.