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Turn the Page

If you were a fly on the wall in my house you would hear those words a lot.  We say "turn the page" all the time to our children, especially our son.  We say this because we want them to move on from whatever problem they are having. 

As humans we tend to dwell on the problem at hand.  As Christians we need to remember that God is in control and He will help us if we ask Him to.  When we get stuck in a bind we tend to start down a path of negativity that leads to fear.  We lose track of the original problem and make more problems along the way. 

When we have problems in our life we need to give it the appropriate attention and then we need to move on and turn the page.  We need to trust that God will take control and help us overcome the problem at hand. 

We will stumble and we will grumble but we will make it to the mountaintop with God.  Remember Moses?  He did a lot of grumbling and stumbling but he knew God was in control.  Psalm 119:113-114 tells us that God is our hiding place.  When we are down because of a mistake or problem we need to remember that God is our hiding place.

Let's start a new thing, let's believe God will do all that He says He will do in our lives.  Let's move on from the things in this world that bog us down and let's turn the page.  Trust God and He will help you turn the page.

Smashing Strongholds

It never ceases to amaze me how we as humans get ourselves into so many predicaments.  We have the answer to our many problems in front of us and we can not see it.  We become so consumed with our current troubles that we can not see that we have already been set free. 

I was reading Matthew 8 recently.  As I read this chapter I thought to myself, the disciples were with Jesus, they didn't have anything to worry about.  The storm started up and they were afraid, how could they be afraid, Jesus was with them.  As I continued to read it occurred to me that God is with me, what do I have to fear.  Many times I am no different than the disciples.  I am afraid and give I in to strongholds when Jesus is right there with me. 

A couple of years ago I memorized Psalm 27.  It has been a great thing to have in my mind.  I am constantly reminded that God is my stronghold, who or what could I possibly be afraid of?  There is nothing to be afraid of, yet we fear.  We would live a very different life if we could just realize that God is with us.  We can not be taken down by anything, God is bigger than any problem we may have. 

Live today in the light of Psalm 27.  God is the stronghold of our life, whom shall we fear?  Smash the stronghold in your life, with this truth.  Live free today.