Are you breathing or suffocating??

Life is so full of things; things that bring joy, things that bring hurt, things that give us hope, things that haunt us. I know a million thoughts run through my mind a day; sometimes it seems like in a few seconds. I mean literally I can be driving down the road and wonder sometimes how I even made it to my destination. Sometimes I can be on the phone or sitting at church and so many things run through my head that it seems like a conversation that is so real, I wonder if the person sitting next to me or in front of me heard it. Do you ever feel like this?

If we allow him, satan will invade our mind by taking over our thoughts; that's why we have to wear the helmet of salvation at ALL times. We have to "take every thought captive to obey Christ". (See 2Corinthians 10:5) We have to make a conscious choice to NOT believe His lies. We have to "lead every thought and purpose away" (AMP)to God. Bring it up against His truths, what He promises us, who He says that we are. I wrestle with this more than I like to admit. I find myself sometimes listening to him belittle me for my past failures, for things others have done to me that have left me bruised from hurt, which in turn makes me feel like I'm no longer good enough. Have you felt this way? Are you feeling this way right now?

You see this is the trick of the devil. In John 10:10 it says "The theif (satan) comes only to steal, kill and destroy". He comes to steal our joy, happiness and peace. He comes to make us believe that we are not worthy to receive love or to even give love. He wants us to be stuck in our pits. He wants us to fall into the sin of self pity, and it's okay if we do fall into it. But guess what... God will lift us out of the pit, if we allow Him to.

If we don't give in and surrender to Him, we will suffocate! We will suffocate from the negative thoughts, the past failures, the broken hearts, the shame... you name it, whatever it is that has a stronghold on you. But God, does not want us suffocating like this! He wants us to LIVE and LOVE. Jesus came so that we can have life and have an abundant life filled by His provisions of love, joy and peace. He didn't promise that we would have an easy road on this journey, but He did promise He would never leave nor forsake us. That promise right there alone should give us comfort and allow us to breathe freely.

I hope you ladies are having an awesome week; if it's been one of those long ones just know it will get better. Mine was interrupted with my sick baby at the beginning of the week but he's all better now. Sometimes we need God to interrupt us as Lysa Terkeurst would say :)

Blessings,

~Liz~