the third part of 2 chronicles 20.12 (niv) says this, we were powerless against this mighty army that’s about to attack us and we don’t know what to do, but our eyes are on you.
in your impossible situation that you are facing you need to trust GOD to help you. you need to not focus on your problems but focus on GOD.
this is the biggest mistake that people make when they’re overwhelmed. when we’re overwhelmed all we tend to see is the problem. we don’t look to GOD. we don’t put our eyes on GOD. we put our eyes on the problem.
most people, when you say, “how are you doing?” they’ll say, “i’m doing ok, under the circumstances.” under the circumstances? what are you doing under the circumstances? who put you there? why don’t you get on top of the circumstances? circumstances are like a mattress on your bed. you get on top of them and you’ll rest easy. you get underneath them and you’re going to suffocate. what are you doing under the circumstances? you put yourself there. it’s what you focus on.
here is a great quote of corrie ten boom’s: “if you look at the world, you will be distressed. if you look within, you will be depressed. but if you look at CHRIST, you will be at rest.” it all depends on what you have your eyes on.
what are you focusing on right now? if you’re discouraged, it’s not GOD. you can’t be discouraged and focus on GOD at the same time. you know who HE is and you know what HE’s done and HE can help you again.
when you do these things, notice GOD’s response in 2 chronicles 20.15 (niv), this is what the LORD says to you: do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. for the battle is not yours but GOD’s!
the battle is not yours but GOD’s. GOD says “relax and trust ME to help you.”
just a thought from the front porch…
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Monday, July 12, 2010
keep focused on HIS plan…
another antidote to envy is to keep focused on the plan GOD has for your life. don’t get distracted by what’s going on in other people’s lives. center in on GOD’s will for your life.
there’s a simple phrase in this story that the owner says to those who were grumbling and griping and who didn’t get what they deserved, matthew 20.14 (Gw), take your money now and go. he’s basically saying to those who are complaining who can’t get past this, he’s basically looking them in the eye and saying, “get a life! it’s time to move on now. it’s time to go to the next step in your life. quit having a pity party. just get over it!”
sometimes we get so stuck in the past. some of you are still envying the person who got to be prom king or queen. you’re really stuck back here a long ways. and GOD is saying, “get a life! move on.” you get so stuck on what you didn’t get and why it didn’t happen and i deserved that and they didn’t deserve that, you get so stuck on that, you can’t see GOD’s plan for your life. HE still has an incredible plan for your life right now, today. why should you let what they got keep you from GOD’s plan for your life? and HE has an incredible plan for your life.
hebrews 12.1 (lb) says, let us run with patience the particular race that GOD has set before us. note the word, particular. that means the personal race, the race that is only for you. it’s unlike HIS plan for anyone else. this plan that GOD has for your life individually is a plan that HE had before you were even born. that’s how great this plan is.
psalm 139.15 (lb) says, you saw me before i was born and scheduled every day of my life before i began to breathe. GOD has shaped you. HE has made you for a unique purpose. one of the reasons for a church is to help you discover the unique purpose that GOD has for your life, the particular race that HE wants you to run.
and once you begin to discover that, how GOD wants your life to be lived out differently than everybody else’s, you don’t have to envy anyone anymore. you just have to realize you just have to be the particular person GOD has made me to be. you’re released from the tyranny of always having to be best all the time. you just have to be the best you can be, the person GOD made you to be.
when you get focused like this on GOD’s particular race for you to run, you really don’t have time to envy anyone. you’re so caught up in what HE wants you to do. you can’t be bothered with envy because you’re living your life for an audience of one. for HIM. for the particular race HE has for you.
just a thought from the front porch…
there’s a simple phrase in this story that the owner says to those who were grumbling and griping and who didn’t get what they deserved, matthew 20.14 (Gw), take your money now and go. he’s basically saying to those who are complaining who can’t get past this, he’s basically looking them in the eye and saying, “get a life! it’s time to move on now. it’s time to go to the next step in your life. quit having a pity party. just get over it!”
sometimes we get so stuck in the past. some of you are still envying the person who got to be prom king or queen. you’re really stuck back here a long ways. and GOD is saying, “get a life! move on.” you get so stuck on what you didn’t get and why it didn’t happen and i deserved that and they didn’t deserve that, you get so stuck on that, you can’t see GOD’s plan for your life. HE still has an incredible plan for your life right now, today. why should you let what they got keep you from GOD’s plan for your life? and HE has an incredible plan for your life.
hebrews 12.1 (lb) says, let us run with patience the particular race that GOD has set before us. note the word, particular. that means the personal race, the race that is only for you. it’s unlike HIS plan for anyone else. this plan that GOD has for your life individually is a plan that HE had before you were even born. that’s how great this plan is.
psalm 139.15 (lb) says, you saw me before i was born and scheduled every day of my life before i began to breathe. GOD has shaped you. HE has made you for a unique purpose. one of the reasons for a church is to help you discover the unique purpose that GOD has for your life, the particular race that HE wants you to run.
and once you begin to discover that, how GOD wants your life to be lived out differently than everybody else’s, you don’t have to envy anyone anymore. you just have to realize you just have to be the particular person GOD has made me to be. you’re released from the tyranny of always having to be best all the time. you just have to be the best you can be, the person GOD made you to be.
when you get focused like this on GOD’s particular race for you to run, you really don’t have time to envy anyone. you’re so caught up in what HE wants you to do. you can’t be bothered with envy because you’re living your life for an audience of one. for HIM. for the particular race HE has for you.
just a thought from the front porch…
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