Taking it back

"How bad do you want it?"
I know it's a line in a song  (which is powerful by the way. ), but let it sink in as a truth as well.

How bad do you want His presence?  Once you have tasted and experienced it, nothing else will satisfy. We can try to fill our day with good things, but without God things there are voids. There are spaces in our day,  our heart, and our soul that can only be filled by Him. There are moments in your day that He made just for you. Are you focused on finding them or what the enemy is doing in your day? Let's get real for a minute...the enemy is on the prowl throughout your day....that's a truth, but God is also at work in your day. In fact sweet reader, God has already gone ahead of you and covered your day Child of God with His blood and His protection. Things may catch you surprise in your day, but they don't God. He's not surprised and in fact He already knows how it's all gonna work out for your good. That truth is sometimes hard to see in the middle of the mess, but that's where faith and trust come in. If we believe He has our steps ordered, then we trust Him to show us each step to take. Choice is ours. 

So how bad do you want it? The enemy has already decided what he's going to try to take from you. It may be your joy, your sense of purpose, your peace, your focus...he knows where God has anointed you and where you are the most threat to him. Protecting it...happens with time spent in God's presence. Time spent letting God pour into you those things that only He can say. Time spent letting Him speak His truth to your soul through His word and revelation. Time spent letting Him restore and heal you from the wounds from the attack.

The last 72 hours have been revelation on top of revelation. Things I had been praying for this past month...God was speaking truth to. Areas the enemy had gone after, God was redeeming. So how bad do you want it reader? Spend time telling your Heavenly Daddy that you want it back...and watch Him go get it. He is the restorer of focus, of purpose, and of peace. It's like cleaning up the mess after you clean out your closet. It feels good to go through and weed out things you don't need anymore or that may not fit. If you threw the clothes on the bed,  you have to clear them away in order to rest. Things in the natural reflect things in the spirtual. ...Let God clear away all of the things that He cleaned out that may not fit anymore and give you a place to rest.

I don't know what battle you are in right now, but God does. He knows exactly what the enemy has tried to take or has taken from you over the past week or even month. He longs to restore it and to take it back for you...just ask Him. Are you willing to go after that joy, that peace, that wholeness you feel in His presence?  Sweet reader God called you and anointed you. He has a plan and a purpose for your life that only you can do. The enemy sees you a threat...tell him to hush it and smile as you step all over his head. Take back your joy even when you feel like crying. Take back that peace where the enemy tried to sow anxiety. Take back your purpose where the enemy tried to sow doubt. How bad do you want it?  Personally once you have tasted that sweet sweet prescence where God comes down and whispers to your soul...this is how much I love you. You fight to get it back. You cry out to the only One who gets the tears and you stand on the truth that the One who has called you is faithful and He promised to do it. Thank you Jesus for restoration and healing...This Jesus girl is thankful yet again and amazed at how much you love me. Thank you for being a good good Father and for loving me the way that You do.