It’s been a long struggle for me this past few months and sometimes I can’t see the way out.  Like many of us I’m sure, we have money issues, health issues, worries, concerns, lack and to make this all worse, God seems a million miles away.

 I will be honest with you, over the past few months during a time of struggles, I have let my time with God dwindle, maybe spending time in the morning but that was about it. I felt He was miles away, maybe you can relate. I think that when struggles and ill health etc come, and it doesn’t seem to get any better, the enemy has field day. It feels like we are chained to our past, our problems, worries, fears and we just can’t seem to break free. That’s what the enemy wants us to think and feel. He wants to get us distracted from the Father, not spending as much time in prayer and Gods word.

However I have been listening to a wonderful Christian on YouTube a lot lately, she takes the time each weeknight to share Gods word and teach us and then there is a time of prayer. This has been so helpful to me. She has prayed for me and its just been a wonderful time getting back into time with God. Tonight, just before I was going to go online with this lady a video on YouTube caught my eye.

She was talking about Gods word and meditating on it. Meditating on scripture to renew your mind, so I felt maybe God had brought this to my attention for a reason. Scientists call this Neuroplasticity. I had heard of this before, but it was like the Lord was showing me again, this is what you need to do. To meditate on His word rather than my feelings, troubles and worries.

After listening to this and making many notes, I opened my bible and the first thing I saw was about Peter in the book of Acts. James had just been put to death by King Herod and Peter was put in prison. It reads Peter, was sleeping between two soldiers bound with two chains.

I stopped there. The part that said he was bound by two chains made me realise this is what we are, as well, when we are overwhelmed by life’s troubles. It’s like all the problems or worries etc we have, they bind us, they chain us up. But….. we need to turn our eyes upon our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ who took the punishment for all our sins, He paid the price for us, so we didn’t have to. Turn to Him and ask for His help, to set us free from all that binds us.

We need to remember whose we are. What we have in Christ. Who we are in Christ. We need to declare Gods truth, His word over our lives, to break the chains that bind us. He came to set the captives free.

So I think the Lord has shown me what to do, and maybe you too, so let’s break those chains that bind us.  Let’s take a verse of scripture every day and declare it, repeat it, speak it, think about it, let it sink deep into our hearts, mind and spirits. And as we declare Gods word may we be transformed by the renewing of our minds and become the people we were meant to be.

Lord we thank you for your precious word. Thank you for the treasures it holds and I pray that you would renew our minds by your word. As we repeat it and let it sink into our hearts and minds may our lives be changed and renewed In Jesus name Amen