Father, I honour You and give You glory in the highest! Jesus, I worship You and You alone. Holy Spirit, You are my life, my every breath. I honour You! Amen!
It is only February and it makes me wonder whether I have even had a 4-week holiday that only ended in January. Getting back to work and normal everyday activities seemed to be different this year. The year started at a great pace and in my life and all around me, people seem to be over occupied with work and challenges of all kinds. This made me think for a while and I realised that every day is a day closer to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen! The Bible tells us how the end times will be and therefore challenges will become stronger. However, Jesus also said that we must take courage, for “in this world we will have trouble, but that we must take heart for He has overcome the world.” (John 16:33). Praise Jesus for His encouragement and strength.
Over the past two weeks I have been challenged like never before in my life. Suddenly, from different angles I have been attacked, leaving me tired and emotional. Now, having a personal relationship with Jesus means that I am fully aware of where these attacks are coming from and even why. However, I am only human and therefore after two weeks I wanted more clarity from God. I prayed intensely and went into worship. After a week, early on a Saturday morning, the Lord gave me the answer. He indicated that my faith is being tested, and that I should consider it pure joy whenever I have to face trials of many kinds. (James 1:1-18) So there it was, all spelled out clearly to me, and I realised that the new beginnings in my life for 2012 is directly coupled to faith. I must admit that I have always thought that my faith is very strong, but God showed me that my faith is not strong and deep enough.
I pray, ask and believe but the question is, is it strong enough to result in the healing of people and the mending of broken hearts and marriages? This made me think and I realised that I need a deeper faith in Christ and that I was ready to move to the level where God wants me to be. Therefore, I decided to open my heart and give myself completely over to Christ so that the Spirit of the Lord in me, can reveal to me what to do, how to do it and when to do it. I am ready to take up this journey Christ has planned for me. Do I know that I will be challenged by satan on this? Oh yes! He only has plans to break me down and interfere in my future, but praise God that He only has plans to prosper me and not to harm me, plans of hope and a future (Jer 29:11). So I know I will have to face many giants, today, tomorrow and until Christ comes back to fetch me. However, I will stand firm in my faith and realise that true faith will overcome any challenge. Amen!
Dear reader, what are the giants that you are currently facing in your life? Are they attacking you, trying to tell you all sorts of lies? Are they getting to you? Have you given in to their bullying and deceit, leaving you despondent and vulnerable to their abuse? If this is you, you have to immediately call a STOP to it. Stand up from under this abuse and with authority in Christ, take a stand. Declare in the Name of Jesus that you no longer will be a slave to anything or anyone. Amen! Now don’t be afraid. Have faith like David. When no one else had enough courage to do it, he stood before a giant, namely Goliath. He said to him “you come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
This day the Lord will hand you over to me, and I’ll strike you down and cut of your head. …. all those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord’s and He will give all of you into our hands.” (1 Sam 17:45-47) You see dear reader, you don’t even have to fight the battle, you only have to stand up in faith and God will do the rest. Now I know this is not easy, but if you have faith, you can do this. Be bold, be strong and have courage and remember don’t get involved in the battle, for that is exactly what the giants want. Only stand firm in faith and allow God to move in to do the rest.
I am for sure not going to lie down after being attacked, allowing satan and giants to trample on me. I will get up and stand firm in my faith and on my rights. I choose today, to follow only Christ and to take on every challenge with Christ in me. Will I sometimes fail? Yes, but it will grow me and make me even stronger, if I don’t remain lying down. I will stand up and move on, for I only have one goal, and that is to win the race that God has set out for me.
Remember, when the giants scream at you, listen to the voice of truth and the act accordingly. I am ready for the rest of 2012, are you?
With lots of love in Jesus Name
Princess K
PS: Dear reader, please remember that the scripture used are from the New International Version. If the scripture is read in another language and translation it might differ slightly. A verse in the NIV might be a different one in your bible, i.e. Ps 37:3 in the NIV might be Ps 37:4 in your bible. This does not always occur, but has happened in some instances.
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