One of the most powerful things that I have come to realize this week is that God is for me, He is not against me.
I have learned that struggling is ok. Fighting temptation and fighting our flesh is a part of being a human. What sets you apart from the rest of the world is how you choose to fight your battles.
Love, Joy, Compassion… etc. are all feelings that the Lord craves for us to have.. and because He craves for us to have that, it means that the enemy wants the exact opposite for us. The enemy will attack you.
Often times when people hurt us our automatic response is to put walls up and try to hurt them back. God tells us to love those people, to pray for those people, and to bless those people. DO GOOD TO THOSE WHO HATE YOU. Speak truth and speak light and I guarantee you that those people will see Christ through you.
Luke 6:27-31
This past week I have struggled with feeling that I am not good enough to do the ministry that my God has called me to do. I have felt that my teammates are better than I am and that they are going to so much more than I will ever do. But that simply is not true. And where did those thoughts come from? The enemy. He will use the slightest bit of an insecurity and throw it in your face.
A year ago, I would have responded to those negative thoughts and portrayed them to be true, as if my team had said it to me themselves. But Jesus has taught me better than that.
I have laughed with them, been vulnerable with them, studied scripture with them, and served the amazing community in the Dominican Republic with them. If I had given into what the enemy wanted then I would not have experienced the love and grace that I have in this past week.
God is good. Always.
I still have so many things that I need to improve upon and so many things to learn. But I know with time and Gods grace that it will happen.
