Hey, I’m so sorry that I haven’t posted anything lately. I’ve been going through some things lately that I thought were hindering me spiritually but they were rather helping me to prepare the message for this new blog. Let’s get straight to it.
So the last time you heard from me I was talking about “just walk” and how not to pay to much attention to what’s going on around you. Well this week I want to address the issue of separation. From that time until here recently I was doing pretty well. But I must admit I was slowly getting to a point of complacency in my spiritual walk with God. I began to say to myself, “I don’t have to hear from God everyday because I’ve heard enough, or why do I need to read as much as I did because I’ve gotten the revelations that I needed.” Yes, I was saying things like that, and if you’ll be honest with yourself and God you would admit that you too, may not have said the same things, have said things similar. So slowly I began to not read as much, or even pray/reverence God throughout the day as much as I did and you wouldn’t believe the toll it took on my life. Not just spiritually but physically as well. I began to get in a mode where I didn’t want to be bothered with people, go to meetings, be the vice president of Student Government, or even be an Alpha. Yeah, it was serious! I thought I was dealing with depression or something. So I called my mom for some advice sense she’s a mental health councilor, and she said it was only stress. Well she prayed for me, then I prayed for myself and you will be awed at the word I received even in this, I thought, desolate place.
As I was getting ready for class the other morning I did my devotion, as I do every morning, but this time I was in the depressed/funk mode. And something said after I was finished, “The enemy is slowly trying to pull you away from the word where you’ll have no protection or remedy to solve your problems.” I was like what? It continued by saying, “To everything there is a season [Ecclesiastes chapter 3] and the season you are in is only to see if you will hold on to MY word.” I then was like keep talking and it [the holy spirit] said, “I haven’t been around because you haven’t invited me to talk, you’ve allowed the enemy to persuade you to lean on your own understanding and believe that you have everything you need from me and that I am no longer needed in your life; when in actuality I’m the one who made sure while you had no money to buy food there were people who volunteered to pay and didn’t even know your situation, or how you were able to pay a major debt and again had no money but it got paid. Didn’t I come through? I didn’t let you down then! Can you see this is how every time in the past the enemy has gotten you to fall and after you fell you would wonder why you always ended up in the same situation fighting the same devils. He [the enemy] is trying to persuade you that you can live on your own spiritually and you just can’t afford it.”
I immediately began to thank God for this awesome revelation. I personally believe that there are many of us who wonder how we end up in the same situations we are “supposed” to be delivered from. It’s not that we aren’t delivered, it just we’ve allowed the enemy to slowly pull us back to the same place of bondage that God set us free from. So as I began to think about it, I saw how far I had drifted away from God all because I allowed my focus to be shifted and the persuasion of a liar to lead me to a place God never intended for me to be. I was “called” to be in His will, protection, grace, mercy, loving arms, salvation, peace, and righteousness. Not in the land of desolation, separation, strife, sin, etc. Then the Holy Spirit dropped this in my [pneuma] spirit, “I just want to help.” Afterwards he [the Holy Spirit] took me to a scripture and I would be remiss if I didn’t share it. It is Isaiah chapter 41 verse 10. It reads, “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” I don’t know about you but I can’t afford to be separated from God, the rent is TOO HIGH.
P.S. as I was finishing this blog I was thinking about how bad of a friend I have been to God lately and He said, “I forgive you because I love you SOOOO much.” God loves you. No matter what you do. It doesn’t give us the right to go and do what ever but we take a pass on the temptation only because we “reverence” God in our lives. Go show the world how to “reverence” God with your life. Be Blessed and stay tuned.
