Concerning trials: The devil is not trying to play any games with us. Neither to distract, to deter, to trick, or to scare us. He's after our lives. We must rebuke him rather than allow him to break us down with his devices. They are not little games designed to knock us off balance. They are intentional warfare strategies designed to kill, steal, and destroy the manifestation of our purposes on this earth. We are only here for a season, we must be able to fight.
Also, if you are in a season of waiting, it feels painful. It is just like when a person first gets earrings they really hurt. But with time, they heal, and the person can place the earrings in and out of the hole with very little effort. Growing pains are the same way. The trying of our faith works patience. So we must be able to endure hardships for a season. I have 4 children and know that when the birthing is over, you have the baby and then your body returns to its previous state as if there were no baby in there at all (given you take better care of yourself and such). This process is for the glory of the LORD. If the pressure is beyond reason then perhaps you should be bracing yourself because your season is about to be over! Though you may be in hard labor as a mother for up to a few days, it is only for a few days! And if you prepare properly for the birthing... that's right, a few minutes baby. A few minutes.
I watched this movie called "Groundhog Day" the other week, and the concept was similar. This weatherman awoke to the same day, every day. For like a year! He first realized it would happen and then crashed a car. The next day he slept with an easy woman. The next day he tried to woo the woman he was in love with from day one. Then months after studying her on that same day over and over, when he realized he'd never win her heart in a day, he tried to kill himself. All because he was waking up in the same place at the same time every day, at 6am on Groundhog Day. The same day. He'd awake and things would reset. He would die and then wake up again the next day. He got to see them all see him at the morgue. They got to see him fuss on the Groundhog Day newscast. They saw his good, his bad, his ugly. Groundhog Day again??? Great day to die!
But when he truly realized that if things never changed that he could not Escape, even by death, he decided to Change HIMSELF.
He could change his level of knowledge. He could change his attitude. So he did. He started paying $1,000 a day for piano lessons. He started giving to the poor, and saving people from breaking their leg, and doing the Heimlech maneuver on people. He even bought massive amounts of life insurance from a brand new amateur insurance salesman! He became a regular hero. And one night, he fell asleep and said, no matter where I wake up tomorrow, I will be OKAY. And the next day, he woke up next to the woman he adored, and it was the day after Groundhog Day! She had fallen for him and she had fallen asleep beside him fully clothed at his hotel room suite. He was rejoicing because he finally had done all the right things and now that he was a better person, he was able to move forward with his life! Good thing it didn't end on one of his suicide days, huh? =) Well, thank God He has mercy to save us alive through Our trials too.
So if you feel like you are in Groundhog Day just like this man was I encourage you to pray and seek God about what you may need to do in order to be made better. The devil does want us dead, so rebuke the devil and don't give him any authority in your life through sin whether commissive or omissive. Then change yourself and always, always, always FORGIVE. And if you are not in Groundhog Day, there is always room for growth. Still seek God and consider these men's stories. God is always doing something brand new and in fact, He has it all mapped out for us from the beginning. Just gotta seek Him!! =)
And on that note, this blog post has become quite cumbersome, I better get with my babies ;). Love you! God bless you and have a wonderful day!
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