3 Reasons why you CAN’T succeed

1. Your past is too bad to be effective – The enemy loves to tell us that because of our mistakes of yesterday we will never live up to our purpose today. We no longer have to live in this lie. Jesus came to give us an abundant life! We are warriors! Satan is a counterfeit…period. Revelation 12:11 says we will overcome him (Satan) by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony. These are promises of God. God will use the beat down and broken people of this world to make Jesus famous! The first part of Rev 12:11 is done and over with…Jesus has already paid the price and died for our sins. In doing this he snatched the keys of that abundant life off the enemies belt loop and presented them to us! The latter of the verse is one of my favorite parts of scripture in the Bible. We kick Satan in the teeth by testifying of our past. I was, but now I AM! Stop looking at your future through your present circumstances! 2. You lack the ability to accomplish – We have failed for so long that we are now comfortable in this. Side note…Men…stop relying on the women around us to be the spiritual head and example! STAND UP! I’m a firm believer in the fact that when we can’t, God can. He is our source. Doing anything out of self always brings us to a place of incomplete and empty. There is no staying power in self. To get to the place that there is a reliance on Jesus and the POWER of the Holy Spirit to accomplish everything is the first step in hosting His Presence. “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” -Philippians 4:13-… Stop telling God how big your problems are and begin to tell your problems how BIG your God is! 3. Your journey is too hard to finish – I love the movie Lion King. I really get so much from it. If you recall, Mufasa sits Simba down on top of Pride Rock and shows his son their kingdom. The king tells the son that everything he can see is his…except the small area covered in shadows. Why is it that when we are given SO MUCH and warned of the so little we automatically want to experience the danger zone? You see, Simba had already received the entire kingdom but he had to walk through his journey before it could truly be gained. Simba chose, through enticement by the very one he spent the most time with (Nala), to just go and visit the shadowed land. Scar, was there with all his cronies with their hearts set on one thing…to destroy the chosen one. King Mufasa gave his life to save his son, the chosen one. Simba, even though going against his dad’s command, could not get away from his fathers love. God will fight for you in the middle of the journey to make sure you make it to the end. “Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me;” – Psalm 23:4 – The desert land is a scary place, but God promises to provide the way of escape. The journey may be long, hard, and sometimes our decision take us through that dark place full of shadows…but here it is…if the Bible is true then Psalm 23:4 is another promise from God. It is only a shadow! -Nola-