Strength and Courage Leads You to Your Destiny!


  Strength is simply power.  Romans 5:6 states, "For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly."  The part of this verse that got my attention was "when we were still without strength".  When we are without strength our soul, mind, and spirit lack the ability to be courageous and stand firm in our faith and belief. Without strength we are fearful and we dwell on our weaknesses instead of His power and ability to help us, restore us and bring us to a place of redemption and peace.  When you lack strength to endure this part of your life your mind replays the old DVDs in your head of when you failed or when you were hurt and it tells you over and over again nothing is ever going to change. Well that is simply not true! You have the power within you through your faith in Christ to have the courage to change your life.  You will not always be in the same place as you are today or were yesterday. Just wait on the Lord and ask Him to renew your strength. Things can change suddenly and everything can change for the good.  Your day will arrive.  It is not always going to be like this (Thank God!), even if it is good today,  it can be better tomorrow.  

I am writing to let you know that fear, death, destruction and hopelessness is not the way to think. Every breath I take is because He has given it to me, and as long as I have breath there will be hope and strength within.  When I speak words of life and not death,  my life is better, my mind is clearer and my soul is at peace.  When I can feel and believe in my spirit what God is going to do, my faith gets stronger. I get this uncompromising faith that tomorrow will be different and I will have another day to reach my destiny and to do what God has asked me to do.

I refused to let someone else pour their negative thoughts into my mind by telling me that it will never be any different or I will also have this sickness or I won't get that job or I will never reach my dreams. 

I decided at 24 years old that I would not allow anyone to ruin my destiny.  When one door closed to an opportunity,  I looked for a door somewhere else. I believed that I would give my children a better future, finish my college education and travel around the world.   And with God's guidance and my willingness to listen I have done these things, and I look forward to what He has left for me to do.  I don't believe that one person has the power to control my entire life, for my life is not in the hands of another human being, but in the Hands of God.  I have had tough times, very tough times, but I am stronger because of those times.

I always tell my children, as my mother told me, "God has the last word on everything in your life." I believe that the LORD of Heaven and Earth certainly has the power to restore, recovery and redeem your life and your situation. I don't believe that God is cruel and He is holding me back.  I believe that He is sovereign and He sees my entire life not just my moment.  I look for the lessons in the situations or the change in the future that is going to strengthen my commitment to Christ.

Ask the LORD for inner strength to endure. Ask him to give you the power you need to be strong and not afraid of what is going to happen or what is not going to happen. Let in hope and faith to the "dark, tough" days of your life, because faith and hope will be the light that will give you the inner strength you need to make it to your destiny. 

Deuteronomy 31:6b, "for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you." So be on your guard, stand firm in the faith, be courageous and strong to do what is right, even if it is hard.

Within you is the strength (power), the courage and the faith to move on and move through whatever situation you are perhaps facing right now.  Remember in due time Christ will save your from your enemies, reconcile you to your destiny and bring you to the place of contentment. 

Action to take: Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead expose them. Carefully determine what pleases God. Don't act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord want you to do, and then have the inner strength to do it.

Many wonderful blessings;
Patricia

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