Mightier than the waves

Imagine yourself sitting on the shoreline of a beach. The waves roll in one after the other, after the other. Washing away the loose particles that were not secure and firm. Making the sand look like new. This is the perfect example of what God's love and truths can do in our minds. My biggest battles have been the ones that occur in my mind. They are between who I was and where I'm most comfortable and who I am becoming and where I'm going. These battles in your mind you can't toss to the side. You can't avoid them. You can't hide from them. You can't just ignore them. The only way of TRUE freedom comes from Jesus. The only thing you can do to overcome them is to fight back with the word of God. The truth of God. #GodsWordGodSword Let his love wash away the lies that fill your mind. Let his truths be so engraved in your thoughts that that's all you know. This past weekend, I found myself right in the middle of another situation that God would use to speak to me about another trait I still needed to work on surrendering to him. FEAR. Let's just say when it comes to trying new things, I'm not typically the first person to volunteer. I would much rather sit in the VERY back and watch everyone else do it while I observe it over and over and then maybe, just maybe I'll give it a go. We don't learn by watching. We learn by doing. The only way to perfect something is to practice. The only way to get used to doing something is to just do it. Trial and error. In another heart to heart, a friend of mine said she noticed something about me. That I was always afraid of something until I did it. As much as I wanted to pull the "wait who me?" card, all I could do was nod and smile. It's crazy how we never really realize we actually do something until someone says it aloud. I had no rebuttal. How could I? It was the truth. If I am not comfortable with something, I stay as far away from it as I can. The situation happened while I was in church service. While I was serving. We were about to do something that I wasn't fully confident in just yet. I was dreading this very moment because I was so afraid. I had literally been feeding my fear all week. You can even ask my roommate, I was declaring my fear instead of God's word. It got so bad that she stopped me mid-sentence and told me to "stop being the Grinch who stole church". The day had come and I got myself so worked up that when this moment came, I froze. After that, I began speaking to myself negatively. Telling myself that I messed up and that I couldn't do this. Maybe I should even consider switching ministries. LIES. All from the enemy. All running rapidly through my mind DURING the sermon. Distracting me. The holy spirit then came in and stopped them with one line. "Take the days as they come, let them go as they go". I not only fear something to extreme, unnecessary levels, I think about them after and put myself down about it as well. It turned out being great and our Pastor even came up to our team afterward and said we did a fantastic job. My jaw dropped. I thought I was dreaming. Maybe he meant another day. No, he meant today. He meant us. He meant me. Being afraid of something isn't from God. I knew he placed me in that specific ministry. I knew why too. I also knew that he does not want us to dwell on things afterward and put ourselves down. Long story short, I'm staying in that ministry. I will not let fear override his word. I will continue to do things I'm not confident in because if I never do them the confidence will never come. The waters may rise, but we serve a God that can walk on water. I know that this area may take more work, this won't be the last test. But I will walk into it with open arms because I know that God is continuously developing me into who he created me to be. He's building my endurance. I will ride the waves and climb every mountain. Pick your posture. Stand your stance. Take up your God sword and fight. He won't ever let you down. He loves you so much, he loves you so mightily. Mightier than the waves. (Psalm 93:4) Let God's voice be LOUDER let his love be MIGHTIER mightier than the insecurities mightier than the fear mightier than the doubt mightier than any lie, because it's HIS truths that will reign for ALL the days of our lives