There have been a few occasions when I have shared with everyone how that my wife always seems to know exactly what to say and when to say it.This past Monday was no exception.
Monday was my birthday and I was feeling a little down about some things while I was at work.My wife and I had shared a few texts back and forth and she figured it out pretty quickly.Wives are like that,you know?At least the good ones are.
At some point during my lunch time I received yet another text from my wife,and I could tell by the length of it a mini sermon had filled the screen of my phone.I’d like to share what she said to me in hopes that it might speak to others,just as it has to me.
“Just heard a quote:if you don’t make peace with your reflection,you will always be at war with yourself”. She followed that with this:”we can’t change our past,but we can leave it at the cross and and move past it…and have peace and thrive.You have a future doing something for the Lord,but only if you stop living in your rear view mirror.Trust,believe….our future is only going to be as sweet as you expect and believe that it will be.Don’t allow the enemy to steal any more of your dreams”.
I think I’ve read this a dozen times since Monday and it’s still as powerful as the first time I read it.
Our reflection,or the man in the mirror can be a tremendous hindrance to our progress in the Lord,but only if we allow it to!Haven’t many of us commented that our greatest enemy is often ourselves?To overcome,or gain the victory over our own self doubts is necessary if we are to do anything for the Kingdom of God.
We all have a past.A past that many of us wish we could somehow wipe away never to be remembered again.But there is a powerful adversary who knows every minute detail f our past,and his job is to make sure that we don’t ever forget it.
It’s important that we understand this.As Christians we acknowledge the fact that the sins of our past are no more.As far as the East is from the West,that’s how far God has cast our sins away.
Yet Satan,the angel of light,our adversary,is determined that our past sins continue to have a stranglehold on every facet of our lives.This is the battle that everyone must fight.God has forgiven.Satan says “no He hasn’t”.
Our sins were nailed to the Cross beloved.Once and for all our sins were purchased by the blood of Christ.I think we would all do better if we reminded Satan of this from time to time.After all,our weapons are more powerful than his!
The weapons of our warfare are not carnal,but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds. 2nd Cor 10:4
Because our sins were nailed to that Cross we are free to move beyond them,justified before a Holy God as though we had never sinned.That should be what we focus upon.That alone should be our battle cry.
My sins,your sins,all of them are in the rear view mirror.They are behind us.The only way you can see them is if you turn around and look for them.
How about you? Have any big dreams for God? Unfulfilled dreams? Dreams that you continue to hold on to?
As my precious wife reminded me,”don’t allow the enemy to steal any more of your dreams”.
Be blessed,
Ron
Mar 17, 2016 @ 13:14:34
Trying to minister in any form,whether from a pulpit or a blog isn’t always well received, but if the Lord speaks to your heart concerning someone, it’s in everyone’s best interest to be obidient. As I told some one recently, when they told me ” I’ll do it later” … Sometimes later never comes. You are a blessed man to have a wife that will speak to you about the things the Lord gives her.
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Mar 17, 2016 @ 14:24:51
Amen! I’ve had similar conversations with myself this past year or so. I am fed up with the enemies tricks. I say “no more!” …. Thanks for the vital reminder, Ron. Happy birthday t00! 🙂
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Mar 17, 2016 @ 17:03:43
The Lord is the dream spinner, isn’t he? And the enemy can’t pull those down – unless we let him.Great reminder, Ron! Thanks!
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Mar 20, 2016 @ 20:47:24
Shelia…how great it is to know that Jesus is our dream keeper!,
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Mar 17, 2016 @ 17:23:55
Thanks Debbie. It’s time to take a firm stand.
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Mar 20, 2016 @ 17:39:25
How wise your wife is! As an abuse survivor, I suffer from emotional flashbacks. All day long, one ordinary thing after another harks back to the abuse, reminding me of past failures on my part. When that happens, I ricochet from one recollection to the next, as intense shame washes over me. This is in addition to my struggle with anxiety and depression. But your wife is right. We have been washed in the blood. Nothing we’ve done or failed to do can rob us of our Salvation in Christ. Oh, and Happy Belated Birthday, Ron!
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Mar 20, 2016 @ 20:45:53
Dear Anna, so many of us struggle with our past failures because there is a very real enemy that never tires of using them to remind us that we are not good enough. Of course,that is true;our best is never good enough.Yet still,as unbelievable as it sounds,He traded his life for yours knowing the faults,failures,every wrong committed against you,He did it for you because He loved you! Please know that He sees every tear,knows every cry,knows each time you feel the shame of failure wash over you,He knows Anna because He dwells in you.I pray that you will know complete victory over the things that come against you.Remember this incredible promise that you have been given…greater is He that is within you….
Ron
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