What circumstances are you facing today that cause you to wonder if you are going to make it through? What kinds of financial hardship are you experiencing that cause you to wonder if you will ever be financially stable? Have you been to the doctor lately and heard the words, “We need to talk” and now you are wondering what you are going to do? Do you have children who are out of control and you wonder if they will ever come around? Do you have a marriage that is on the brink of divorce and you are wondering if it can be repaired? These are just a few of the many trials we face in life that leave us feeling helpless and in despair but what I want you to know today is that God is still on His throne and He knows exactly what you are going through and what you need to make it through! He is faithful and He won’t EVER leave you or forsake you!
Nothing in this life can knock God off His throne and there is not one circumstance in this life that leaves God scratching His head in wonderment trying to figure out how to fix the situation. He is never caught off guard and nothing surprises Him! It is very important to remember what Isaiah 54:17 says. “No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is from Me,” says the LORD.” Do you know what that means? It means there WILL be weapons formed against us but our promise from God is that those weapons WILL NOT prosper!
Believe me I know how hard it is to accept this truth at times! The season we have been in for over a year feels like it is never going to end and the weapon of adversity in the form of financial hardship, lack of housing, ministry doors not opening the way we want them to, the lack of support, sickness, etc., have left us feeling defeated at times. But each day I remind myself that God is still on His throne and He is creating an incredible victory out of our apparent defeat! And with the sound of every new weapon blazing towards us I stand firm on God’s promise and tell myself this weapon CANNOT PROSPER!
I won’t lie to you, there are days where I do get frightened when I hear the sound of the blazing arrows as they encroach upon us but I have learned to take my thoughts of fear captive and make my thoughts turn towards the Word of God! Sometimes it takes all of my daily strength just to redirect my thoughts but what I have found is that when I do this a peace comes over me that is unlike any peace I could muster up myself! It is the peace that passes all understanding! It comforts me and reassures me that God is for me and when He is for me NOTHING can be against me and prosper!
Sometimes I have to go to Romans 8:31-37 and read it over and over again! It says, “What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written: “For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.” Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.”
The ONLY way we are more than conquerors is through Jesus Christ! It is not through our own efforts or the efforts of another man! It is through Him only! On days when my head is hanging low because the weight of our burdens seems too heavy to bear, I have to realize I am working in my own strength and I have to relinquish my control of the situation! I have to physically say, “Holly, God is still on His throne! He was not caught off guard by this circumstance! He knows your need and
He promises to supply it according to His riches in glory! Don’t believe the lies of devil! Don’t believe the lies of your own flesh! Believe Him and Him alone! Don’t give up! These weapons will not prosper! You are more than a conqueror though Jesus Christ! God is making a way there seems to be no way! Hang in there girl! It is just a matter of time before God turns your mess into a miracle! He is working. Believe it, receive it, and walk in it!”
I want to encourage you today to begin doing the same thing! I know it hurts! I know your circumstance seems too much to bear! I know you are scared! But I also know that God is on His throne! I know that He is for you! I know that He is orchestrating an incredible victory dance for you to perform when your apparent defeat is transformed by His power! Don’t give up! This too shall pass! Cling to His Word! Meditate on it day and night! And constantly remind yourself that God is still on His throne and He is working on your behalf to turn your sorrow into joy, your pain into peace, and your defeat into victory! Believe it, receive it, and walk in it!
