and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him."
-- (Isaiah 55:7)
You can't win a victory as long as the problem is the biggest thing in
your life!
The Lord woke me up to that fact a few years ago. At that time I was
facing some difficulties in my ministry that seemed so big to me, I
thought about them from morning till night. Even though I was standing
against them, I was thinking more about those problems than about the
scripture promises I was standing on.
Then I saw something in Matthew 6:24-25:
"Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I say unto you, Take no
thought for your life."
I'd read that scripture hundreds of times, but that day I saw something
I'd never noticed before. I saw that immediately after Jesus said, "No
man can serve two masters," He said, "Take no thought." Suddenly it hit
me: We serve our thoughts!
That's why Isaiah 55 says for us to forsake our thoughts, and by the
Word, take God's thoughts. That's why 2 Corinthians 10:5 says to cast
out thoughts that challenge the Word and bring into captivity every
thought to the obedience of Christ.
Do you want deliverance from your problems today?
Then quit serving them! Quit allowing them to consume your thought life.
And don't wait until circumstances change to do it. Instead, realize
that circumstances won't ever change until you switch from wrong to
right thinking.
I know that's not easy to do, especially in the midst of heavy darkness
and trial. But you can do it if you'll do these three things:
First, remember you aren't alone. You have the Word (God's thoughts).
You have the Holy Spirit to strengthen you and you have the mind of
Christ.
Second, get around people who are full of faith. Instead of rehearsing
your problem, let them do the talking. Make yourself listen. Join in
with their faith and resist darkness.
Third, praise God. Do whatever it takes to make yourself praise. When
you begin to praise, God's presence will turn back those worried
thoughts and make them fall!
Your problems are not the biggest thing in your life. Jesus is. Serve
Him with your thoughts and He will set you free!
