It Switches On You

Good morning! Lovely, cool morning today. What is good news? Most of the time we are looking for change in the news for it to be good. However, God's will for our lives has not changed, and that is good news. We may bring God requests with thanksgiving, but what would happen if each time we asked, the answer changed? That would not be such good news. This morning, I thought that it is the adversary who changes constantly. If your faith is under attack, you will most likely face thoughts of fear. When the Holy Spirit strengthens your faith and fear is conquered, then the attack of fantasy begins. Absurd visions of this or that other way of solving some problem. You saw one not too long ago that affected many, the lots of millions lottery game. Somewhere, a person with a family to feed and bills to pay dropped a grand or so on lottery tickets and lost it all. He fell to the attack of fantasy. But! When the attack of fantasy fails or passes by, you will feel the fear factor arrive once more. The valley of death's shadow is not called that without reason. Walking through it with our Lord Jesus, we need to remember exactly that... we are walking through it with our Lord Jesus.

Fantasy or fear, the attack switches on you. Back and forth it will go. The fears may shift from one thing to another. The fantasies may get more or less fantastical, but the attacks can only be defeated through what God has given us. The Holy Spirit is not snoozing in a back room of your heart worn out from the heavy cleaning He has been doing in there. Remember two words that will help always in your time of need. "In Christ." In Christ, I can overcome the dread of the situation. When God says to wait, though all may seem about to crash around me, in Christ I can wait. When God calls me to trust in Him, in Christ my faith is strengthened. What do I fear that God has not already dealt with in the lives of many of the saints who have gone before me? Nothing. What power on the earth is so new that God is taken by surprise? What fearful thing is so new and unusual that God will be stymied by it? We know the answers to these questions, but at times we need to remind each other that God is sovereign, all-powerful, glorious, wonderful, everlasting, all-knowing, and He loves you and me!

Take heart, the Lord Jesus Christ will act on your behalf in whatever crisis you face this day.

Bucky