Where is Your Faith!

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I know this is long, but I pray it brings encouragement to someone. I'm thankful for my church family, and for the Lord speaking directly to me through our teacher on Wednesday night! Everything he shared and taught on tonight was but confirmation that God has the situation in His hand that the enemy has so desperately tried to torment my mind with today. If I wouldn't have went to church tonight the enemy would've won this battle today. It's important that no matter our feelings, we do our best to push through and go to church or before we know it we will be held captive to the problem. I share my heart tonight, in hopes that someone is encouraged by this. We never have it all together. I got an unexpected phone call this morning at 8:30am that snowballed into me allowing the enemy to steal my day and turn into nothing but one big anxiety attack, full of tears and worry. On top of that my leg and back has been bothering me this week, but I cling to my healing. I can't get this day back, but as I left church tonight, I know prayer is never in vain and weeping may endure for the night but joy is going to come in the morning. Whatever we face, whatever may be coming down the line, God is with us. Sometimes we can't help but question things, and even if I know much of the scripture like the back of my hand, it doesn't mean that I still don't need to be reminded from time to time. We all need reminders and encouraging. Anxiety and fear are of the enemy, but then comes the Lord speaking these very words to me tonight... "Where is your faith? I'm Jehovah Shalom, the God of peace. I will fight for you, you need only to be still. I have this situation in the palm of my Hand. You need only to trust me and not question the plan and purpose in this. Trust the process. Be strong and courageous and do not fear. Trust in Me with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding but in all your ways acknowledge Me, and I shall direct your paths. I am your protector and defender says God". Then the almost to last words spoken tonight were, "Let go and let God"! On the way home from church, I was reminded of the scripture: "the enemy comes only to kill, steal, and destroy but Jesus come to give us life more abundantly". I have to cross the interstate to get to my house, and I'm always extra careful because people will pull out in front of you. I saw this car driving off the exit ramp as I was crossing the interstate and was not slowing down... there was another truck coming so there wasn't room for me to swerve... this car came off the exit ramp and never stopped, and I prayed 'please Lord help me'. I laid down on my horn and was literally an inch and second away from being hit by two vehicles. God had His hand of protection on me tonight. I'm still here. I'm unharmed. The enemy will try His hardest to kill us, but he doesn't have the authority to do so. I'll go when and how God chooses, and when my assignment is up. But today I know I've had to fight through the enemy's attacks, and I'm anointed for the attack. I mean when satan thought he was going to harm me or kill me tonight he was wrong. I came home a little shook up, but as I walked through the door of my house... "I said ole satan you've walked on me long enough, it's time I walk on you... I plead, I plead the blood of Jesus over my life and these situations!" This week has kind of been a trainwreck... but GOD. When you get a blessing on Sunday, the enemy will sure try to mess it up on Monday. The enemy will try to use people and situations to slip you up; he doesn't want you operating in your gifts for God's purpose and glory... he doesn't want you growing and walking in the anointing power of God... he doesn't want you encouraging others and being God's mouthpiece... he wants you to be an angry, depressed mess full of hopelessness and fear, and he wants you to give up and quit, he wants you dead... but I serve ONE who is going to see me through it all and no doubt keep His hand of protection over me while I'm on this earth, because greater is HE who is in me than he who is in the world! As a child of God, you have to hold on and hang in there! I trust God to see me through! Your situation may be big, but God is bigger!♡

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