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Really, you gave yourself away…

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For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. Luke 9:24 KJV

Have you really given yourself away? Has God found you in the hurricane, or are you on the cliff watching-looking at what you have climbed out of by the grace and mercy of God. Have you giving yourself away enough to stop complaining about what it means to be given away?

Most of us have given something away. It could be in the form of clothing, food, money, our love or even our blood. When we do these acts of charity we know that we are not going to get those items back and we will not get paid, they are gifts. We may feel good about ourselves in knowing that we have helped others, but that is about it. Some of us even take on the understanding that when we give things away we cannot decide what happens to those things once they are out of our possession. The kind of authority belongs to the receiver. I came to realize this myself when I chose to give away something I favored.

I had a sweater that was given to me by my sister. I wore the sweater several times pairing it with jeans or leggings and making fit my style. I really liked the sweater, but I eventually stopped wearing it and it became more of a sentiment because it was a gift from my sister who has passed away. About a year ago I decided to give it to charity. It took a couple of charity truck pick-ups before I stopped taking it out of the give-away box and storing in my basement. Once I gave my treasured sweater away I could no longer decide if it would be washed in Woolite, Tide or a bargain brand detergent. I couldn’t tell the new owner to lay it flat to dry and never to hang it on a hanger. It was no longer up to me to decide what looked great with it and what didn’t. I had given it away to be used by someone else.

If our lives are given away to God, we are completely his. Our life is not ours, but it is in the complete care of God. We are no longer guided or instructed by previous owners or ourselves, but by God because we have received the life of Christ as a way of transformation for us. Don’t be confused or deceived about giving your life to God. We are not given away while we are complaining , lacking love, cheating, gossiping, killing the lively hood of others, lying, being self oriented, having ungodly anger, or while looking for recognition after helping others for God. These are just a few examples of the characteristics that keep us from being completely and unselfishly given away.

Your life is given away to God if you are subject to his Holy Spirit, the love he exudes and do the opposite of what keeps us from being completely given away. You have no problem with new ownership if you find yourself doing what is not always the easiest of most popular choice, if you ride the waves instead of swimming away from the direction God gives to you. If you can call on Christ, (because you know this is where strength generates) when it is rough instead of going to a high place and leaving those in need behind, you are given away. When you know you can rest in God’s glory when needed, and keep an ear to his voice to be ready to work as he see fit you are completely Christ-like, you are his.

There is more to saying you are given away for Gods use. Words get us there mentally if we hear them, but actions and responses kept us there. Are you given away enough as of today?

Scripture Inspiration; Luke 9, Ephesians 2

No Caution

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Kneel

Find me where I am.

Sit me down, you too,

Is this about me, You-

No answer is found.

Are you from above-

There is dirt in your skin, I see the dust.

Just talk.

Desperation lives.

This voice is old,

My thoughts, seasoned.

Grace, mercy, love.

What comes-

What goes-

What stays-

There is a chief above every beast,

A master, His eyes are open.

Hide where-

Live, grow, renew,

Be more.

Find Him, find you.

Where he is, kneel down,

Now it begins.

Overcome To Live

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Overcome: to defeat someone or something, to gain control of something difficult, to affect someone very strongly (Merriam-Webster, 2014).

Satan is not for you, he is not excited about your victories. He feels good when you fail, are overtaken by life, and find yourself crawling instead of standing. He enjoys seeing you injured. When you are injured you have potential to be eliminated.

Recall a time when you were stumbling over the rocks on you path and chose to voice your issues to others; what response did you get? If you have witnessed others sit up with excitement and tuned in to hear your misery you can use that kind of response to gauge exactly how Satan is behaving when he has injured you and is waiting to overcome you. He is enjoying with anticipation, circling his prey, preparing to devour you. Some of the people in your circle or those you communicate with may not want to devour you, but if they seemingly perk up at your troubles they have a similar spirit. They may not appear to be harmful, but they are. People of that nature bring negativity and negativity drains life of energy, energy that you need to keep from being defeated.

Now consider when you have succeeded or overcame, you shared the good news about the promotion you received, the insight you gained from a recent failure or the debt you paid off, and what happens? Does the body language of your audience change; does the voice of a certain friend or acquaintance become monotone or maybe these people cannot get a vocabulary word out that exudes congratulations or a “way to go friend”. It could be that you have excelled where they have not, however it is not a positive responds and this is how you can expect Satan to respond. He is disappointed and is not going to congratulate you, but he is thinking of how to overcome you for the future. He is planning an attack, a way to injure you, or a way to eliminate you through the way you deal with life events.

You can stop the process of elimination, you can overcome. You can overcome sin and be reconciled to God. You can overcome obstacles and day to day blows and leave Satan defeated. When you are able to overcome in such a way you can then feel and live out the meaning of the scripture that reads like this: “If God is for us, who can be against us” (Romans 8:31KJV). If you are an overcomer you are becoming more intimate with God. You have learned to be equipped by Him through prayer and fasting and he is for you. You are his called, and his chosen, and his faithful; God is for you, but Satan can be against you. If you are living as a diluted version of the power Satan has in the earth by way of the sin you have not yet escaped, he can come against you, but with God you will overcome.

Live to be an overcomer and overcome to live.

Scripture Inspiration; Romans 8, Revelation 12, 13 KJV

Let Go

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Let go. Yes, open your hand and let it go. Don’t wait for someone to pry your hand open one finger at a time, do it yourself for yourself. The thought of hearing whatever you have released hit the surface brings anxiety, but the sound will not last. Once it lands the energy it has will come to a rest, you can then walk forward. No longer held back, you can cross the bridge and move closer to the change you desire to see in yourself. Choose to conquer by placing the will to overcome in your mind and let your limbs follow. 

Clinging To Life

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Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. Psalm 16:11 KJV

It may be hard to hold on when everything seems to be leaning in the direction of defeat. Defeat may even disguise itself as peace, but there is no real peace when you give up on your life. It is usually not difficult to give up, you can simply stop. To keep striving takes commitment and strength you exude these. You want to make it and you are fighting to live, fighting to change, if not you would be gone by now and change would not be a concern.

Although you are fighting sneaky thoughts come in and you think no one is there, but you have pulled your own hand back from circulation; you have crossed your arms and left no opportunity for those who care. Don’t be deceived any longer someone still has a hand hanging in the air, waiting for the warmth from your life. Someone still needs you as much as you have been in need. Tell someone that you need help someone who will listen closely. Speak like this is your last chance; speak like you are clinging to life as it dangles over a cliff with nothing beneath to break the fall.

You can live and progress and love your life enough to grip it and hug it tightly, like you want it. There is a path to lead you out of the darkness that is drowning you. It is a path just for you, it is not exactly the same as anyone else’s, but there are many like things on that path to bring you into a better state of living. There is a repairer for every breach that has separated you from the love of having a lively soul and life that does more than exist. His name is Jesus. He stands between you and God waiting to reconcile you, even when you thought things were solid because you have known God for so long. He is there for every breach. Begin to speak.

Almost every time I kneeled to pray I was in need, but then I found pleasure there and eventually I rested on my knees just to commune and feel the mystery of God. Search for Him, open your mouth and let God hear you, open your heart for change, and listen for the opportunity to grow. What you do not know He will teach you.

Scripture Inspiration; Psalm 16:1-11 KJV

A Time

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And if he trespass against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.  Luke 17:4 KJV

A Time

Does one deserve this…?

Give pain…

Give hate…

Take forgiveness…

Not once, not twice…

Seventy times seven…

How is this…?

A cut so deep…

Salt poured into a wound…

Seventy times seven…

Still know what one did…

A vision in the mind…

It will not escape…

Seventy times seven…

Will a soul make it…?

To not, no reasonable choice…

God’s love is inside to help…

It is in all of his creations…

It must be activated…

To be used…

It is for you…

Seventy times seven…

 

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