Yesterday I could have had a very difficult day! I was extremely tempted to react to a situation and had to make a "quick spiritual decision".
I'm sure you never experienced loosing your cool and stay perfectly "Cool Calm and Collected" In the Lord at all times. I'm being a little funny just to make a very important point.
When Jesus was being tempted in the wilderness for those 40 days and nights. He didn't run to church to find someone to spill His problems out to. He didn't put on His favorite worship tapes to get Him through the rough times. He didn"t even call out to God asking Him to punish His persecutor ( The devil) to instantly remove His evil existance.
Instead Jesus began to verbalize and repeat words of Power from the promises of His Father. His fathers words! The Powerfull and all consuming word of God! Power and Victory exploded in the devils face as He used faith words to nulify and end satans torments and lies.
Life is full of testings that can be turned into victorys if we are truly seeking the Lord daily for a consecrated life in Christ. Which shall we cling to? The old carnal nature or cry out to God using His word as your sword to destroy the attacks of your enemy . letting go of all restraint feels good momentarily. But there is always a price to pay afterward that cause us heartache and pain for what we have said or done. This is why Jesus went away often to pray and be alone with His father. God could impart strength into Jesus heart and life for what He was to indure for you and I to be able to Live a forgiven and abundant Life in Him!.
The next time your being tempted in amy area of your life realize that closness to Jesus through a life of love prayer and devotion will irradicate the old carnal ways that once ruled our lives causing hurts pain and sin to overtake us.
The other day when I felt like rea;y loosing my cool. I too got away finding a secluded place away from the situation and began to pray in the Spirit. little by little I was restored to a peace that surpasses all understanding. It was no longer I that liveth but "Christ who livith in me" that scripture flooded my being with love peace and understanding. An hour later I recieved a precious apology as the Holy Spirit was able to speak into the heart of a loved one and wonderful restitution was made because of prayer and the word of God!
May we all go into the "Garden of Olives" often as Jesus did to ask for more of Him who is ever able to answer the crys of our heart filling us with His grace and victory upon hearing our crys and intercessions. Enabeling us to "Endure" through His grace ushering us into a consecration to Him who is able to do "Abundantly" more than we could ever ask or think.
Whatever trials or Temptations that may come your way choose Gods way "Living Dwelling and having Your Being in Him"! Learning to Trust Gods written word as Jesus did while the devil tempted Him "to eat" rather than "fast" for mankind while preparing in the desert for what lay ahead of Him. "Man does not live by bread alone but by every word that preceeds out of the mouth of God"! Speaking Gods words and promises in the bible while Interceeding for strength in your times of temptations is powerfull! I promise that you will be an overcomer seing more and more "Victorys" as you walk in Christ learning to apply these deeper truths to your life in Christ.
Heavenly Father
Help me to realize that there is "More" of You awaiting my heart and live If I make the decision to yeild to "You" rather than to give in to the ways of this world. I know your desire for me is to walk a righteous life in Christ Jesus. Only my secret times with you in prayer andtaking needed time to read the New testament will bring this to pass. Amen
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