Sera is a theatre production student from La'Salle, she never fails to inspire others around her with her deep convictions and carefree expression of God's love. She's blessed with a beautiful singing voice too!
Leviticus 26:17 NLT
"I will turn against you, and you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will run even when no one is chasing you."
This was exactly how I felt today. Defeated and running away from something that may or may not be chasing me.
Many things have been happening in school lately and I've been trying to figure out my discouragements.
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Defeat in the world is only temporary. It hurts but it goes away. God would never allow me to be hurt by the world. But yet again, would He? In a way, I feel like, does defeat come from God or does it come from the devil? I guess with a spiritual heart and mind, I'm able to deal with it both ways.
The situation I was in could work both ways. Sometimes I wonder if God and the devil works together in these kinda things to see which way I turn to. But what comforts me is, whenever I feel that I am defeated, I'm always learning from them. And that I can garantee, is from God. =)
With my insecurity with how people view me, I got defeated because I cowered away when I couldn't live up to the standard of my director. I was confused because she was so nice to me but spoke badly about me behind my back. In a way I really do feel like im running from something that may or may not be chasing me.
I felt defeated. I felt lousy about myself and I didn't want to show my face. I didn't want to deal with the situation because I didn't want to risk being hurt again. It takes up too much emotion in my to deal with something like that.
We feel defeat when it is our weakness that is put to the test. Sometimes we blame God for attacking our weaknesses when maybe it was for us to see something about ourselves. Maybe reveal a strength that we have.
Something that I got out of this was....
-God created me.
-He is far more powerful than the devil.
-He can either stop the devil from hurting me or show His might by letting me be tempted and and seeing me overcome it.
It is up to me how I want to view my defeats. When I choose to see it as something that would help me grow when I overcome it, I'm one step closer to God and I gain a point for giving the devil a punch. "In your face!!!" =)
So how can defeat encourage me?
I think its so that God can show His might when I overcome it by going to Him. =) We glorify God when we pick ourselves up.
Romans 8:31
"What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us."
Amen.... =)
Love!
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