Don't get stuck!

I considered not writing Rhema today. I just didn’t “feel” like it. Have you ever been there? Have you ever gotten stuck in your feelings and couldn’t get past it? Have you ever let a situation or a person take up so much of your attention that it kept you from accomplishing what God told you to do? You want to say “no”, don’t you? But the reality is, it’s happened to everyone. The enemy’s very purpose is to distract you to the point that you miss what God has for you or for you to do. He wants you to get stuck in your emotions and feelings so that he can slow down your progress. I have seen powerful people hindered by things that happened in their childhood that they never dealt with and the enemy shines a light on those issues whenever the person has to do something big. I’ve seen strong people sidelined by poor relationship choices that cause them to act out of character and keeps them from finishing something they started. I’ve even seen people that KNOW God forget what the Word says when they get a hard diagnosis or face a difficult challenge. Sometimes it’s more comfortable to be stuck! Especially, if you have become comfortable in that place because it’s what you know. The enemy uses our emotions and feelings as weapons because he knows how powerful our emotional reactions are. But you know what God reminded me of this morning? He can’t…if you don’t let him. He said, “Ebony, don’t get stuck. Don’t allow where I’m taking you to be diverted by a distraction.” Whew! Okay, Lord, I hear You! But You’re going to have to help me with this. What can I say to someone who is wondering what is going on in their world and what to do next? What do I say to the person that has been stuck for so long that they don’t know another way? What do I say to myself? I need a word!!  And being the God that He is, He put Romans 8:29 – 39 right in my face and encouraged me to share it with you. It reads:

“From the distant past, His eternal love reached into the future. You see, He knew those who would be His one day, and He chose them beforehand to be conformed to the image of His Son so that Jesus would be the firstborn of a new family of believers, all brothers and sisters. As for those He chose beforehand, He called them to a different destiny so that they would experience what it means to be made right with God and share in His glory.
 So what should we say about all of this? If God is on our side, then tell me: whom should we fear? If He did not spare His own Son, but handed Him over on our account, then don’t you think that He will graciously give us all things with Him? Can anyone be so bold as to level a charge against God’s chosen? Especially since God’s “not guilty” verdict is already declared. Who has the authority to condemn? Jesus the Anointed who died, but more importantly, conquered death when He was raised to sit at the right hand of God where He pleads on our behalf.  So who can separate us? What can come between us and the love of God’s Anointed? Can troubles, hardships, persecution, hunger, poverty, danger, or even death? The answer is, absolutely nothing. As the psalm says,

“On Your behalf, our lives are endangered constantly;   
    we are like sheep awaiting slaughter.”

But no matter what comes, we will always taste victory through Him who loved us. For I have every confidence that nothing—not death, life, heavenly messengers, dark spirits, the present, the future, spiritual powers,  height, depth, nor any created thing—can come between us and the love of God revealed in the Anointed, Jesus our Lord. (The VOICE)

And there it is! I’m not in this on my own and neither are you! God is with you! Nothing can separate you from God’s love. If He is for you, and He is, no one can come against you! I encourage you to push through that place that may be holding you hostage. I encourage you to look the enemy in the face and tell him that you have victory because of God’s love. As a matter of fact, tell him to shut up and move out of your way. Use your emotions and feelings to love on people instead of letting them hold you up. Stand tall remembering that “no matter what comes, we will always taste victory through Him who loved us.”

Amen…