This past week God has shown me something within that I am taking very seriously, and adding to my tool box of life. I can take you to places you never dreamed, and do great things with your life, but the question I needed to answer would be who would I be representing. You see it everyday on the news stations, magazines in shopping lines, and it goes viral on the internet. People are afforded the blessing of getting to great places on the outside, but fail because they are not developed on the inside. Sounds corny you may be saying, but think about it. If God is going to do something with my life I come to the understanding that God wants me to grow in wisdom, and understanding. What seems right to most people who are not in the family of God just doesn't sit right with me. I have asked myself what am I going through God. Am I being to hard on myself these days. God can take us to remarkable places, but it's a place that the baggage in our lives can't go. The luggage got to go or I will forfeit the blessing. It becomes very difficult to rise to new places carrying around excess baggage. I must say that opportunities for growth, advancement, and blessing is there for the taking, but who is willing to go beyond the norm to receive it. Faith is a seed and if planted in good soil will produce an abundance. What am I saying in this blog today? For years I have operated in dysfunctional behaviors. I didn't mean any harm, but it was a system of living used to protect myself from the world. I had been hurt, misled, swindled, and the list goes on. I had operated in those behaviors for so long that even though they were wrong they now had become right. As I have journeyed with God things has changed big time. I am believing that it's my season, and God is taking me to new places. Great news, but as I elevate I want to operate and share God blessing with others. I am letting go of some more baggage so that I can travel light. If you are reading this blog today God is about to bless your life in a remarkable way, but what are you going to do with it. Remember this that anything you give up for God you will get back 100% in this life.
I find that if I am going to be successful in my spiritual, and personal life I have to be willing to face those temptations or issues in my life that pull me off course from the direction that God is leading me. They're times when I feel as though things are really going well in life, but beware of the traps, or how the enemy will bait me in through appealing to areas of weakness in my life. Things at times look so appealing with the eyes, and even seems like a great opportunity, but it's a trap to take me off course. All business is not good; just like all winks of the eye, and smiles are not innocent. Success, and greatness has a price, and it means dealing with the chaos quickly, filtering out the good from the bad, and not allowing myself to become entangled into webs or traps that will kill my dream or the direction God is leading me. I can handle it; no one will know are all traps and tricks the enemy loves to feed the mind to entangle me, and take me down a road away from my destiny. Many times I find that I am traveling on this journey all alone even though I have many friends. They're certain things I have had to sacrifice, walk away from, endure without telling my peers, and even smile when in much discomfort. I have learned these things the hard way, because in my younger years I was so easily distracted by worldly things. At times my journey gets tough, but I must say that my challenges has changed. I have had some growing pains, but they have help develop me into a man of purpose, and responsibility. Today I will pass on taking the bait the enemy throws my way. I can't make any promises about tomorrow, but as for today I will pass.
Trust is not something that is given it's developed. Through the years I ask myself what has been my most difficult challenge. If the truth be told it's in trusting God. Sometimes things comes in my life and appears one way to ME, but God can be using it for a vehicle of change or to challenge me in the area of my trusting Him. Losing myself in God means allowing myself to go where He leads. The problem that I often face is thinking or believing that it is suppose to be a particular way. That's when my way of thinking, reasoning, and perspective becomes a problem. God continues to challenge me in trusting Him in where He is taking me. What appears to be a storm to me can actually be a means of God taking me towards an opportunity if I allow myself to be driven by trusting Him. I can choose to run for the oppositions, challenges or difficulties that come my way or I can choose to get in the eye of the storm by trusting God. God will work out the outcome for me in His favor which will display His power, and glory. I must die to my agenda, my way, and believe that God is taking me to a much brighter future or place. It's very sad when we give up or walk away, because it's just not going the way that we would like it. What's funny when I really get honest is that God is more concern with developing my character than the challenge itself. The door usually opens when my character aligns itself up the opportunity. Why try to kick the door in when God will open it when I am ready. Some people look at a situation as a storm while others an opportunity. I believe the difference lies within our perspective of who God is. God continues to navigate me through as the responsibility level increases, and as He takes me to new places.
