OKAY SO I AM GOING TO BE TELLING ON MY AGE….LOL… DO YALL REMEMBER AS A KID YOU WOULD TAKE CANNED CHEESE WHIZ OR PEANUT BUTTER OR BUTTER, PUT IT BETWEEN 2 RITZ OR SALTINE CRACKERS AND SQUEEZE TO SEE HOW MUCH YOU COULD SQUEEZE OUT THE HOLES WITHOUT MAKING THE CRACKER BREAK?? FUNNY THE LITTLE THINGS YOU REMEMBER AS A KID…
WELL, THE LORD REMINDED ME OF THAT ONE DAY AND GOING THROUGH SOME STRUGGLES OF HOW MUCH WE CAN GET SQUEEZED ALMOST TO THE POINT OF BREAKING BUT WHAT COMES OUT IN THE PROCESS. HOW IF WE ARE ANCHORED ON HIM OUR ROCK…NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE ARE SQUEEZED OR PRESSURE PUT ON US AT TIMES, HE NEVER LETS US BREAK AS LONG AS WE KEEP OUR FOCUS ON HIM.
12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of [a]the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 [d]gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law
According to some Christian beliefs, God allows us to be squeezed by outside pressure for a number of reasons, including:
- Refining our character: God uses pressure to help us develop the character he wants for us.
- Spiritual training: Adversity and discipline are part of our spiritual training, and help us become stronger through God’s Spirit.
- Testing our faith: God sends trials to test and deepen our faith in him.
- Getting us to look at ourselves: God allows hard things to happen to help us recognize and repent for sin in our lives.
- Using suffering for good: God uses every trial and struggle for good in our lives. Romans 8:28 says, “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God”.
Isaiah 43:19
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
Prov.3 Verses 5 to 6
[5] Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. [6] In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
THE MAIN THING IS TO TRUST THE PROCESS AND TO TRUST WHOSE HANDS YOU ARE SAFE AND SECURE IN. WHEN WE ARE WEAK, HE IS STRONG. THINGS MAY NOT MAKE SENSE RIGHT NOW, BUT IT WILL ALL BE FOR HIS GLORY AND HIS MASTER PLAN. HE IS MAKING AND MOLDING US INTO SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL. WE MAY BE A LITTLE ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES BUT WE ARE HIS MASTERPIECE. AN EXQUISITE PIECE OF ARTWORK JUST DOESNT HAPPEN AT ONCE,,,,IT TAKES TIME TO CREATE… TRUST THE CREATOR.
AS ALWAYS, I ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU ARE READING THIS IT IS BY NO ACCIDENT OR COINCIDENCE. THERE ARE NO COINCIDENCES WITH GOD. YOU NEEDED TO HEAR THIS. IF YOU HAVE BEEN FEELING LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN GOING IT ALONE OR SWIMMING UPSTREAM AND NO ONE IS GIVING YOU A LIFELINE,,, REACH OUT TO THE ONE WHO IS YOUR FOREVER LIFELINE. ACCEPT THE LORD AND ALLOW HIM TO SAVE YOU AND GIVE YOU A NEW LIFE AND YOU WILL NEVER EVER BE ALONE. HE IS YOUR ANCHOR AND THE INTIMATE WALK AND RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM WILL BE LIKE NO OTHER RELATIONSHIP YOU HAVE EVER OR WILL EVER HAVE. I PROMISE YOU. I WILL LEAVE THIS SIMPLE PRAYER AS AN EXAMPLE BUT TRULY JUST SPEAK TO HIM FROM YOUR HEART.. HE ALREADY KNOWS WHAT YOU NEED BEFORE YOU EVEN ASK HIM…
IN HIS LOVE,
JANISE
P.S I ALSO WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW YOU MAY SEE SOME LINKS WITHIN THIS POST AND KNOW I AM AN AFFILIATE AND MAY GET A SMALL COMMISSION ON THEM. IT IS NOT MY GOAL, BUT JUST WANTED TO BE HONEST AND LET YOU KNOW. THANK YOU. HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. LOVE YALL