Over the last few years I have been in a season of feeling totally broken. In 2021 my spirit was so overwhelmed and cast down that I could not function. Satan had a hay day with my mind and my body. I thought I was having a nervous breakdown and that my life was over. I was physically and mentally exhausted and when I would try to pray, I couldn’t even speak. I would try to say the name of Jesus, but nothing would come out. I felt totally hopeless and alone, as if I were in a dark tunnel going down into a pit. Fear, doubt and anxiety were all over me and it was hard to muster up any hope or joy. I had never experienced anything like it. I was truly under attack.
2 Corinthians 4:17-18 tells us, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world. But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. To Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.”
I believe that many have been going through similar sufferings of exhaustion, anxiety, depression, heaviness and fear. If you have felt the enemy roaring at you, I encourage you to rejoice. Rejoice in God and His power. Rejoice in knowing that He is going to perfect you, establish you, strengthen you and settle you.
We all tend to look at our obstacles as problems rather than stepping stones. However, if we continue to give Him glory and resist the devil, God will use all of our circumstances for His glory and elevate us to the “palace”. Joseph was abandoned, left in a pit, sold into slavery, imprisoned, and falsely accused. I am sure he had many doubts and thoughts of despair that entered his mind. But God used it all to bring him to the palace. He went from being broken down to breaking out and saving his entire family from the famine.
As I began to come out of the attack on my life, God began to do miracles in my personal life and the ministry. God took my suffering and turned it into a testimony and He is going to do the same thing for you. Though the sufferings at the present time may feel unbearable, if you resist the devil and continue to stand in faith, God is going to lift you out and reveal His glory. (Romans 8:18-23)
You are about to break out! Suddenly! Your breakthrough is coming. The victory is already yours. Grab hold of it and begin to give God praise and glory.
Until Next Time Remember,
Stay Calm and Be Empowered.
