I Quit

What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? (Romans 8:31KJV)

Sometimes everything within me says, QUIT! Stop, what you're doing and give up! Is it really worth the effort, time, and trouble? Feeling as if you're the only one giving 100%. Feeling as if, if you're not the one to do it, things won't get done. By myself, I'm expected to be this super human because so many people are watching me. I'm expected to never make mistakes, to never be seen sad in public. It's my responsibility to make life look easy. In the presence of mom and dad, I'm just as anointed, gifted, saved, sanctified, fire baptized, and filled with the spirit of Christ as I want to be, but in their absence, who am I? What do I stand for? When I'm with my church friends we talk about Jesus. But, when I'm with my friends that aren't so churchy, what type of spirits do I allow into my personal space? 

You thought that when you got saved that life would be so much better than this. You figured that since you gave your life over to Christ that he wouldn't allow your power at home to go out, or that you would Ace a test that you didn't have time to study for. You thought that life would become perfect and that you would feel as if you're on cloud nine. Yet, it seems as if it's become the complete opposite. It seems like life has turned a cold shoulder. You're in a place where your back is literally and spiritually against the wall. You've called on God in despair, and you're trying to figure out whether or not he's heard your cry. You've done everything possible, exhausted all of your options, and still you feel hopeless. 
When your school work is piling up and it seems like teachers begin to assign work in which you have a lack of understanding, and you're ready to throw the towel in. When you're friends and people you trust begin to start acting funny, like they lost your phone number when you need them the most, but miraculously find a way to get in touch with you when they need something. When your mother and father begin to respond to your indirect cries for help in a manner that does not reflect that they understand. When you look in the mirror and can only see what God did wrong and not what he did right in your eye site. When the young man you like, likes your friend. When you didn't get accepted into the school you thought you would get into with your eyes clothes. Where is the God that you serve, and why does it seem like his plan is working against you and not in your favor? 

If we knew what the future really required of us, we'd never get up in the morning. If God gave us what we said we wanted, we would hold on to fear, and never trust him to free us of our obsession with our imperfections. It's our determination to complain, to point out the bad, and down play the good. Is it truly an attempt to humble or are we just being insecure? That is our challenge. That is the question that we must answer. At some point we've got to swallow our pride and embrace God's power because without his strength we are powerless. God's mercy and grace accompany us as we face the trials and tribulations of this current time. It's literally you and God against the world.

When you need something, anything, in any situation remember that God is your God and that if you ask anything in his name he said in his word that he would give it to you. The Word will work if you work it. Whatever you need, you must trust that God's got it. If you're believing God for an A on that test, presentation, quiz, or project; know that God's got it. So on this day, and everyday hereafter, take the limits off yourself. When you place limits on yourself; you're doubting the Christ on the inside, working on the outside which works against the mighty move of God in your life. I speak success and blessings upon your life and am praying that you are able to push past whatever obstacles that the enemy has set for before you. The riches of God in glory are priceless and so are you. You are a limited edition of you. God made only one you. Begin to bless God in advance for bringing you through because in the name of Jesus you shall come out more than a conqueror. Our aim is Heaven and as long as you are taking steps to press towards the mark in your personal walk, God shall receive all of the Glory. 

If God is in your corner, regardless of how things look, his plan is in your favor that you might inherit the kingdom of heaven if you so chose to do so. If God be for you there is no need to worry and no need to fret. There is no need to stunt your person growth and progress because things look to hard. Rest assured that if He brought you to it, He will take you all the way through it and beyond. Trust God to have his way and trust him to order your steps. 


Let us bow, 

Lord fix us, that we might be available to you. That we might come to a place where we are not looking to the world to validate our right to be alive because you make no mistakes. Help us to realize that if you're in our corner it's greater than the entire world against us. So protect us Lord as we stand on your word. Be with us, keep us in the palm of your hand, Amen!