The blog started forming earlier this week and after the day I had well....I had a choice, keep perspective and see it at a higher level or fall asleep on the couch and have a pity party at this level. So here goes typing.... (I'll keep it short, I have a lot more to still do tonight).
I should have seen it coming, I should have known the enemy would hit at the weak spot as I was armoring back up. I should have remembered that the closer I pressed in, the more focused I became, and the more dangerous to messing up the enemy's plan I get. I've been here before, but it's been awhile. (You can lose perspective which causes us to shift and fight battles on the level we were never intended to fight on). At some point, this knowledge will be at the application level without some reminders. For now, I still need at least Tier 2 in Spiritual Warfare (some days even Tier 3). (If you don't know what I mean by Tier 2 and Tier 3 ...it's an educator reference to more instruction in a smaller setting basically). I should have known that 21 days meant a fight.
The enemy loves discouragement. If he can get us focused on what we can't do, we will lose sight of what we can do. If he can get us focused on how we feel that we aren't enough, we will lose sight that we are enough with God. I'm not perfect and still running hard towards the goal God designed for me, I don't have it altogether by any means, but maybe someone else can relate to where I was today ...so I share. If the seed of discouragement can take root, defeat will set in. Here my heart on this ...for if we were face to face having dinner I would explain more. I've seen it take root and been through what it takes for God to pull the weed back up again. This sweet readers is why He says to Guard your heart.....
We want the diamonds without the pressure, the anointing without the oil, and the gold without the fire. Ya'll the precious treasures come from pressure times, from those moments that make us push into Him more, those moments where it feels like it's getting hot ( aka those moments when the frustrations bring tears and we want to give up). One day that anointing God spoke over your life, those visions He gave you...will come to pass, for you see the oil comes out when we are pressed.
Stay the course sweet reader, this is the year for Greater, and God is already moving. Don't let the discouragement the enemy tried to sow today take root.....Encourage yourself knowing that God will fan the fire and pour into you, just push into Him and keep perspective. The enemy wouldn't be messing with you if God wasn't blessing.
Devil you picked the wrong day to try to throw the darts. I may have not seen it for what it was in the moment, but I do now and you can have your darts back.
