Sustained, Not Suppresed
I was sitting at work yesterday...on my phone...pondering. Mainly about family. I've struggled a lot in the past three years with family. I mean, no family is perfect by any means. However, when I was pondering about family....all I really kept thinking about was how much the enemy has used this to consume my thoughts and heart. I really have been so consumed with the whole thing. Wondering what I'd done wrong and how I can fix it. Wondering what to do about it. Wondering what went wrong. Wondering if I should move to China lol. Just kidding! If I moved anywhere it would be to Montana! Have you seen the scenery over there??? Gorgeous!
With this struggle, I had been letting the enemy fill up my head and heart with some of the most ridiculous things lol. And because I was so consumed with all of these thoughts, it was really hard to put my thoughts up there with Christ's thoughts. It was hard to be thankful for all of the other good things that God had done. Those thoughts just kept leading me around like on a leash. I kept thinking, "What Am I doing?" lol. Then I heard the word SUPPRESSED.
The definition of the word Suppressed means..."forcibly put an end to". Sounds pretty serious. Some synonyms include... conceal, restrain, cover up, and smother. The Lord revealed to me that I had been letting the enemy suppress me! He had been using different things to try and conceal my worship.
The enemy, from the very beginning, has fought very hard trying to steal and capture the glory of God. And he knows, that we...being in the same image as God...contain the same glory. Even 2 Corinthians 3:18 says...."But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror, the glory of The Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit".
The enemy knows he can't defeat God. He knows he has already lost. But he knows we mirror the image of God, and that when we use our gifts we are glorifying God. So he will do whatever it takes to conceal us, our gifts, our praise, our worship, our thankfulness...because he knows that it brings glory to God. He uses friends, family, jobs, finances, sickness, and even....church, because he knows those are top targeting areas of our lives. The enemy will try everything he can to bring us down so that we elevate our problems, rather than elevating our God. When we elevate our problems, we've elevated the enemy. IF he can do that, he's succeeded in suppressing us, therefore taking glory away from God. This is why it's so important that even in our trials and struggles, we praise God. Our praise is a light to God the enemy cannot extinguish.
When we praise God, we are proclaiming our faith. The bible says without faith, it is impossible to please God. God doesn't need our praise, but he desires it. Praising is a form of thankfulness. When we are thankful, we are reminded of God's goodness, which builds our faith. Plus, when we are thankful...we are thriving! When we are thankful, we are throwing away all doubt about our situation! Let's continue to be thankful to God in all circumstances so that we can remind ourselves of HIS goodness!!
With this struggle, I had been letting the enemy fill up my head and heart with some of the most ridiculous things lol. And because I was so consumed with all of these thoughts, it was really hard to put my thoughts up there with Christ's thoughts. It was hard to be thankful for all of the other good things that God had done. Those thoughts just kept leading me around like on a leash. I kept thinking, "What Am I doing?" lol. Then I heard the word SUPPRESSED.
The definition of the word Suppressed means..."forcibly put an end to". Sounds pretty serious. Some synonyms include... conceal, restrain, cover up, and smother. The Lord revealed to me that I had been letting the enemy suppress me! He had been using different things to try and conceal my worship.
The enemy, from the very beginning, has fought very hard trying to steal and capture the glory of God. And he knows, that we...being in the same image as God...contain the same glory. Even 2 Corinthians 3:18 says...."But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror, the glory of The Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit".
The enemy knows he can't defeat God. He knows he has already lost. But he knows we mirror the image of God, and that when we use our gifts we are glorifying God. So he will do whatever it takes to conceal us, our gifts, our praise, our worship, our thankfulness...because he knows that it brings glory to God. He uses friends, family, jobs, finances, sickness, and even....church, because he knows those are top targeting areas of our lives. The enemy will try everything he can to bring us down so that we elevate our problems, rather than elevating our God. When we elevate our problems, we've elevated the enemy. IF he can do that, he's succeeded in suppressing us, therefore taking glory away from God. This is why it's so important that even in our trials and struggles, we praise God. Our praise is a light to God the enemy cannot extinguish.
When we praise God, we are proclaiming our faith. The bible says without faith, it is impossible to please God. God doesn't need our praise, but he desires it. Praising is a form of thankfulness. When we are thankful, we are reminded of God's goodness, which builds our faith. Plus, when we are thankful...we are thriving! When we are thankful, we are throwing away all doubt about our situation! Let's continue to be thankful to God in all circumstances so that we can remind ourselves of HIS goodness!!
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