How is it that we can be praising God for His provisions and blessings and then the next moment be afraid and broken because of fear or anxiousness?
Elijah saw, experienced and moved in the power of the Almighty but as soon as Jezebel threatened his life, he ran away....afraid.
He was a mighty man of God but was human, the same as you and I.
And he allowed the enemy to sit at his table and it changed his focus and thoughts.
How often do we do that? We understand who God is, we see what He IS doing and yet when we hear a report, when we see the world failing, when we understand the atrocity, the evil...we run in fear.
And we forget so quickly all He has done.
What we need to understand though is that the war has already been won! But there are battles to be fought, yet we should not tremble in fear, because we already know the outcome.
Yes there are dark days, yes there is hurting, loss, pain, division, anger and strife.
But God... we need to understand Him on a deeper more intimate level.
We need to know that the joy of the Lord IS our strength. When we fully understand and daily walk in the knowledge that He has overcome the world (and our thoughts) and we are seated in the presence of our enemies, YET we keep our gaze on Him who is seated with us, then that changes everything!
Stop looking at the world and all it's lack and void and pain.
Instead look to our Father and ALL He is, ALL He has done and ALL He is doing...and rejoice!!
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