I guess for me, one of the hardest challenges in life is waiting. I have thought on it a lot this month.  The scripture, “They that wait upon the Lord, shall renew their strength,” has been on my my mind a lot.  We fill we have to do something, when all seems to be at a stand still!  God says, “Be still and know that I am God!” Sometimes we have to stand still and wait.  My thoughts are, if we wait upon the Lord, the next part of that is we shall renew our strength.  You get strong, when you lift something that strengthens your muscles and when you are waiting, God should be the one lifting, and we should be getting our strength renewed.  It doesn’t go along with our normal thinking.  We fill we must push and go this way and that, we must make things happen!  But in some situations, God is asking us to remain still.  We need to listen to what God is saying, and when our minds are doing all the talking and all the work, chances are slim, that we are hearing God’s directions on how we are to proceed.  It is all a part of the “Faith Process!” It is also a part of the “Trust” process!   I remember as a child, there was a song we sang many times and I guess I sang it enough, that it stuck in my mind.  It went like this:  “Have faith, hope and charity, that’s the way to live successfully…..How do I know?  The Bible tells me so!

If you are God’s child, he is always there for you. He is there to direct your paths.  He is there to supply your need.  He is there to help you through any physical problems you or someone you love is going through!  He is your strong tower and your fortress.  He is your rock and your shield.  No weapon formed against you will prosper!  You will make it and you will look back over the path you have trod and you will see his hand as it guided you!  You will know, it was him, not you, that got you through the storm.

I have a friend who had much of her family in Joplin, Missouri when the big tornado hit.  Very fortunately few people were hurt or lost their lives.  My heart goes out to those who did lose loved ones and possessions, but my friend told me the biggest miracle was the hand of God and his protection through all of the devastation.  After the storm, that was what everyone saw.  How could such devastation come without more death and injuries?  It was the unseen hand of God!

As I finish up this Power to Achieve writing, I want to ask you the question…..whose voice are you listening to? When I started typing yesterday, I didn’t know how I would finish, but as I woke up this morning, I knew what I needed to write as God began ministering to me about this.  Here is the what I wrote down:  God speaks with Wisdom and Satan speaks with despair.   God Speaks with truth and Satan speaks with lies.  God speaks with encouragement, which causes hope, joy, love, peace, long suffering, faith, security, and forgiveness.  Satan speaks with accusations, causing guilt, discouragement, despondency, (No Hope), insecurity, anger, bitterness and inferiority, (thinking everyone or someone is better than you and more qualified to to do what God has called you to do!) God says, ” you are secure and safe.” Satan says, ” you should be afraid!”   He wants you to live in constant fear!  God says, “Have Faith!” Satan says, ” You’re not going to make it!”  God says, “You can do it!” Satan says, “You will fail!”  God says, “You have what it takes!” Satan says, ” You don’t have what it takes!”  God says, “Sin will destroy you!” Satan says, ” There is not God!  Live for today!  Do whatever makes “YOU” happy! God says, “Put it in my hands and trust me!” Satan says, ” It’s all up to you!”  God doesn’t have anything to do with “Your” life!”  God says, ” You can do all things if you trust me.  I will strengthen you!” Satan says, ” You will never amount to anything!  God says, ” No weapon uses against you will prosper!  I will protect you!” Satan says, “You are weak.  You cannot stand.  You cannot forgive.  You can never trust again!  You will never be able to do that again!  Don’t do that, you’ll just get hurt again!  They don’t like you!”  He will also say things about the things such as “don’t touch that, it will hurt you!  He will say things like this about the things that once brought you joy!  If he can keep you living in “Fear,”  he will win!  If something in life was good and once brought you much joy, don’t let fear keep you away from it.  It is yours!  Take it back!

Notice how Satan has to use so many more words.  He is helpless against the things of God and desperate to come against God’s people.  Remember, God says “You can do all things through Christ, who will give you strength!  He also says if we wait on the Lord, we will mount up with wings like an eagle.  We will run, and not be weary.  We will walk and not faint!   Use the words God has spoken to you and they will give you victory over you life and past circumstances and failures.   Put it in God’s hands, and he  will give you the Power to Achieve!

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