I know I have talked on this a lot, I have talked about changing our perspective and it is easier said then done. I have said it many times before, that things worth doing are not always easy. Easy things come and go, but the struggles build character, it builds me, teaches me areas in which I thought I could do it on my own, but then I falter and lose my way. It is throwing all my cares on God, it is thanking even in the circumstances, it is allowing Him to change me. I can't change me, but I can allow Him to change me. He continues to show me areas in my life I need to allow Him to work and in doing so He is purifying me. I could say it is to hard, it is to difficult to allow Him to change me, but then I will be right back where I started. Through the changing He is purifying me through the refining fire.
Refining a fine metal takes work, it takes turning up the heat to extract different metals, because different things heat up at different temperatures. In my life, I spent a lot of time being how I was being and some of those are a very dense metal, God is turning up the heat to refine those impurities out of me. He says anything is possible and even when the temperature is hot, He is right there with me, He is making me the man of God I am and He can make you who He wants you to be. We walk by faith and not by sight, it might not be clear why He is doing what He is doing, but be thankful even in the hard and watch how He can change your perspective, watch how He can refine you too.
Don't give up if it is getting to hot, be thankful, because God is making you, He is changing you and that He said there is no limit to where He can take you if you allow Him to make you new every single moment. From Glory to Glory He is changing me.
But remember just as God is turning up the heat and refining you, the devil is right there trying to extinguish the fire. He is reminding you of your past, he is bring situations into your life to steal the very thing that God is doing. Stand strong and stand firm in allowing God, thank God in all things and remember each day to put on the full armor of God and remind the devil he will not win. God will have the victory.
Take a stand against the hold of the devil, make a choice to walk in victory. Ephesians 6:12 "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms" Allow God to hold the victory over the areas in your life that the devil has a foothold. Take a stand and chose freedom, chose God.
A daily prayer:
Lord God, I praise and worship You for who You are, what You have done for me in Christ Jesus, and for all that I have in Christ.
By faith:
- I put on the belt of truth and choose to believe and stand in the truth of Your Word. Help me to completely live Your Word today ….
- I put on the breastplate of righteousness by claiming my right standing with You through the blood of Jesus Christ. I reject all lies from the evil one. Help me to live a righteous life, consistent with the righteousness I have in You ….
- I put on the shoes of the Gospel of peace. Open doors for me to share Jesus with others. Give me compassion and boldness for lost people ….
- I take up the shield of faith by trusting in You and Your Word in all that I do today. Help me to respond to any attacks with the truth of Your Word …
- I put on the helmet of salvation by filling my thoughts with the truths of all I have as a child of God. Help me to take every thought captive and make it obey Christ….
- I take up the sword of the Spirit. Throughout this day, bring to my mind any Scriptures I need for spiritual battle …
- Fill me with Your Holy Spirit in order to believe, feel, and act as You would have me. Thank you that I can stand firm in the victory Christ has won for me.
Amen
Is it time for a new perspective today?
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