When our oldest daughter was little she talked early and
said very grown up things. It was really cute. Danny and I were talking to each
other one day and she was off playing with toys in her room. She might have
been 2, but barely. She came running in the room and announced, “You guys make
me nerzis!” Where she had heard about
being nerzis (nervous) I still don’t know, but that was her announcement. We
laughed and hugged her up and that was that.
Stress is very much a part of life. It comes out as
nervousness, worry, anxiety, panic, and being jumpy. I heard a pastor preach
one time that we need to quit figuring out how to de-stress our lives and learn
how to deal with the stress. People deal with it in lots of ways. Long
vacations, medication, hobbies, and trying to run away from problems. They even
go in search of themselves, thinking if they find purpose in self then stress
will leave. But the pressures and strains of life are just a part of the human
existence. Outward circumstances are bound to give us problems, at least
occasionally, so what do we do when we’re face to face with troubles, trials
and we need a release?
God spoke to my heart last night before I went to bed: You
have a destiny to fulfill. You have a
God who will see that it is done. You have an enemy who wants to kill your
destiny. Now do you still wonder why there’s a battle raging?
If life is going to contain stressful times then we must
learn our God given responses to the feelings that come so that we can be
triumphant over the enemy and go on to fulfill our destinies in Christ. While
we don’t want to rejoice in suffering, the very act of rejoicing is one of our
biggest weapons against worry, anxiety, fear, and panic. Everything that God promises us in His Word is
true. But His truth doesn’t mean we won’t have trials or stresses or battles.
His Truth promises to see us through all these things in triumph over the enemy
and in victory to live life as a child of the Most High God.
Oh beloved, God knows what you’re going through. He is with
you and He is for you. His guardianship is guaranteed for you are His child and
He is your Father. There’s no need to live in a state of constant panic for the
God of the Universe is with you! If He can put the planets in orbit and cause
the tides to ebb and flow, if He can adjust the seasons and give rain in due
time, then can He not take care of you? You mean more to Him than many
sparrows, yet His Word says that not one sparrow falls to the ground without
His knowledge. He knew your life and the purpose He had for that life before
you were even completely formed in your mother’s womb. He knew your destiny
from the foundation of the world and He loves you enough to make a way for you
to complete that destiny in victory and strength. He knows that much has come
against you and that you feel weak and powerless at times. He’s seen you try to
escape the trials and keep yourself free of stress, but He also sees that it
hasn’t worked for you. He wants you to
know this morning that He can give you the commitment and stamina to stay the
course. He wants you to know it is in the hardest moments of life that His
light can shine through you. He wants you to know that you need to learn to
stand against the enemy and stand with the Lord to complete your call in life.
And beloved, He wants you to know that you don’t have to go it alone – He is
with you every step of the way. He knows about every rejection, every sorrow,
every weakness, every time you ever quit because you were looking for a stress
free place. And yet this morning He says to you, rise up and go. Head into that
stress with the armor of God and watch as you become more than a conqueror and
your strength will rise because you are going with God.
God will never leave you or forsake you, so that you don’t have
to forsake your place of purpose in God’s plan for your life. Rejoice in the battle
for you are destined to win. Rejoice in the Word for that is your armor.
Rejoice in the King for His army is with you. He loves you and He’s for you and
that’s all that matters as you overcome it all to live in the light of His
Word.
2 Corinthians 2:14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us
in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge
of Him in every place.
Deuteronomy 31:8 The LORD is the one who goes ahead of you;
He will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be
dismayed.
Psalm 112:7 He will not fear evil tidings; His heart is
steadfast, trusting in the Lord.
Isaiah 40:28-31 Have
you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He
does not faint or grow weary; His understanding is unsearchable. He gives power
to the faint, and to him who has no might He increases strength. Even youths
shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait
for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like
eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
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