Hi everyone, long time no Blog :-) I wanted to take a few minutes to share something that I think would be tremendously helpful. All over the world people are having to adjust to living with less. How do you endure a major decrease in your monthly income without loosing your mind, becoming offended at God and giving up, or living in a constant state of depression? I will tell you how... you realize CHRIST is IN YOU not the situation. Don't look to situations to see God. God is in you and he will manifest himself in what ever situation you find yourself.
It's human nature to get attached to things. We get used to living our life and we subconciously begin to trust in or derive our peace and sense of happiness from those things. I.E. our dream car, dream house, our mate, or jobs. Then if any of those things are taken away we are left bewildered, confused, and afraid. Especially if it is something that we wanted really bad and finally got it, or something that we credited God as blessing us with like a Job. What happens when you are laid off of the job, does it mean God didn't give it to you? No, of course not. A lesson that I had to learn was, we live in a TEMPORAL world, and EVERYTHING in this physical world is subject to change. The only things that are ETERNAL and not subject to change are the spiritual promises that we have IN CHRIST.
(2 Cor. 4:18) While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Your job, even the one God blessed you with may have to make cut backs. Your income may change and you can no longer afford your home, or your possesions. Your kids may not be able to stay in private school. That is why it is imperative that we don't derive our identity, happiness, confidence in any of these physical things. We must get our identity, happiness, and peace from Christ.
God is the God of TODAY, not yesterday, not tomorrow, he deals in TODAY. We can't even allow ourselves to get attached to past experiences with God, because He is in us not the Experience. Just like he manifested himself to you in the past , he will manifest himself today and everyday. This truth applies in all situations. It may be a job that he blessed you with that has somehow come to an end, or a home that he blessed you with that you can no longer afford. What we have to understand is that Christ is in US and whether you live in a home or an apartment, you will love it and have peace because your peace doesn't come from the place you live, it comes from Christ. He can manifest himself out of you in EVERY situation that you find yourself.
Your position in Christ is such a difference maker. It is how you can live in this unstable world and not BE unstable. HE alone is our Rock! Be blessed guys,
Eboni
It's human nature to get attached to things. We get used to living our life and we subconciously begin to trust in or derive our peace and sense of happiness from those things. I.E. our dream car, dream house, our mate, or jobs. Then if any of those things are taken away we are left bewildered, confused, and afraid. Especially if it is something that we wanted really bad and finally got it, or something that we credited God as blessing us with like a Job. What happens when you are laid off of the job, does it mean God didn't give it to you? No, of course not. A lesson that I had to learn was, we live in a TEMPORAL world, and EVERYTHING in this physical world is subject to change. The only things that are ETERNAL and not subject to change are the spiritual promises that we have IN CHRIST.
(2 Cor. 4:18) While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Your job, even the one God blessed you with may have to make cut backs. Your income may change and you can no longer afford your home, or your possesions. Your kids may not be able to stay in private school. That is why it is imperative that we don't derive our identity, happiness, confidence in any of these physical things. We must get our identity, happiness, and peace from Christ.
God is the God of TODAY, not yesterday, not tomorrow, he deals in TODAY. We can't even allow ourselves to get attached to past experiences with God, because He is in us not the Experience. Just like he manifested himself to you in the past , he will manifest himself today and everyday. This truth applies in all situations. It may be a job that he blessed you with that has somehow come to an end, or a home that he blessed you with that you can no longer afford. What we have to understand is that Christ is in US and whether you live in a home or an apartment, you will love it and have peace because your peace doesn't come from the place you live, it comes from Christ. He can manifest himself out of you in EVERY situation that you find yourself.
Your position in Christ is such a difference maker. It is how you can live in this unstable world and not BE unstable. HE alone is our Rock! Be blessed guys,
Eboni
