When we are not willing to let everything in our life revolve around God – This awful cycle begins to take place in our life.
We find that Trouble often brings on the need for temptation. Once we have given in to temptation we find ourselves disappointed that we are not stronger.
Once we become disappointed we often get discouraged with our own behavior that someone else may or may not know about.
After a period of disappointment over not being able to overcome temptation that was brought on by trouble in our lives – we give in to discouragement and begin to think that this is all there is to life!
Discouragement in a situation or temptation always brings us to think that we are a failure in this life – which ALWAYS brings us back to trouble and we start this cycle all over again with the next temptation that comes along in life!
Do you KNOW what or who your enemy is? Does this sound like your cycle? The ‘enemy’ is ANYTHING THAT KEEPS YOU FROM GOD! People let these issues keep them from God every single day!
God’s Promise is that we can bypass this kind of cycle when we make Him LORD OF OUR LIFE and begin to live that way each and every day!
Is it hard? YES – Does it take practice? YES – Do we fall sometimes even though we KNOW the right way? YES! That is why getting together and gaining strength is so important! GROWTH must take place in our lives!
None of us are perfect – but BECAUSE we serve a PERFECT GOD who brought us forgiveness, love, mercy, grace and so much more in JESUS CHRIST – when we center ourselves on Him – we work toward the goal of living like Him and transforming ourselves to what God WANTS us to be! Romans 12:2 –“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”
When was the last time you felt TRANSFORMED by God? Can you remember? – Then more than likely you are somewhere in the cycle of feeling like a failure.
Here is the GOOD NEWS! You can make that change today and get off this cycle FOR GOOD! You can begin to look to God in your life every single day and become what He says you are!
Romans 12:2 tells us that once we are saved and become His child; we develop this ‘discernment’ and when we are tested by troubles and temptations we CAN OVERCOME by renewing our mind in Christ and living that out in a daily way.
Are we examining our hearts to find out if we are doing that? Not really. We would rather pay attention to others and let them know where they should be on the cycle of LIFE!
God has written His Love Letter to each of us individually so that we can use it to LIVE right here on this earth…Not so we can use it to beat others over the head with! It is personal and loving and can reach into the very heart of us to help us if we are willing.
People are so beat up in this life - Living on the very edge because they are filled up with discouragement and failure.
I spent many years living in defeat and failure and insecurity – not believing that I was who God made me to be. When I began to examine the Scripture and study and memorize Scripture – God began to speak into my heart and SHOW ME HOW TO LIVE!...by His Word. It has been an amazing journey and I would not change a thing because my relationship with JESUS is the most wonderful part of me! The ‘trouble’ I have experienced along the way has helped me in helping others overcome!
Are we thinking like this? Maybe it is time that we did!
Let’s CHANGE OUR LIFE CYCLE today!
David wrote Psalms 18 to the LORD when he had been rescued from his enemies. What has God rescued you from? Do we recognize what God is doing for us?
Ways to ‘Change your LIFE Cycle’…
© Changing Trouble into trouble – Wait a minute…I thought you said God would…YES we will still have trouble – but when God is our center – we don’t focus on the trouble! It is amazing really – how God transforms the believer! When He is ACTIVE in the center of us - TROUBLE becomes so small that we are not even focusing on it! God is magnified instead of the trouble! (Psalms 69:30)
© Change Temptation into FAITH – When we get to a place in our lives that God is the center and we are focusing on Him – our temptations fade away in the face of FAITH in God to remove them! When was the last time we asked God to remove temptation from before us and walked in faith that He would? When we are seeking God – temptation can’t be in the same space! (1 Corinthians 10:13) We can endure temptation when we are living by Faith in God! Where are we living today?
© Change disappointment into JOY! When we are focusing on God in our lives and we move away from magnifying trouble and we step in Faith instead of temptation – disappointment has no friends and turns into JOY! Don’t we need some JOY today? (Psalm 19:8) When we are hiding God’s Word in our hearts and living it out – we are FILLED with Joy!
© Change discouragement into encouragement in the Lord! He IS our encouragement! We just aren’t looking where we should look! God did EVERYTHING for us – so that we would not be separated from Him! When we begin to recognize it – we really are amazed! Every day we should be looking for encouragement in this life! It ONLY comes from one place! – GOD. (Romans 15:4) Don’t we need some encouragement today?
© Change failure into success! When we are not walking in this cycle but rather LIVING out what God intended we find that our lives are pointed in the direction of SUCCESS! This does not mean monetary success – it means that we are letting God control WHATEVER is going on in our lives so that it ultimately gives Him glory! Someone else will see what God is doing for us and they will desire the same thing and we can help them get off the cycle of pain shown above! Don’t you want to help someone else today move closer to God? That is what He intended our lives to do! (Joshua 1:8)
My question is – Are we moving out of the realm of trouble, temptation, disappointment, discouragement and failure and MOVING INTO the realm of focus on God – transforming, faith, joy, encouragement and success?
You want your life to change? You want your focus to be on something other than your problems? You want a fresh start?
GET MOTIVATED in the LORD today! Don’t wait!
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