Your Situation Is Only Temporary

Sometimes, we have to go to the circumstances that we don’t understand. Knowing that all things work together for our good encourages us and gives us hope for the future. Here’s a remarkable promised for today:

And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.

Romans 8:28

You may know that you are loved by God, but are you persuaded? Between the head and the heart God desires to do his work and you.

But as for me, I know my redeemer lives, In Job 19:25, Job said when he was tested and tried on all sides. Illness, grief, pain, suffering, spiritual attacks, and to top it all off, His wife was no help when in her depression, she counseled him to curse God and die.

Job 19:25; Job 2:9

What encouraged by neither his circumstances nor his loved ones. Even his friends reproached him, Saying if all of this had happened to him, It was Shirley because he sinned against God.

But Job knew! He knew that his savior lived in right up and take a stand for him. He knew that God will silence the enemy of his soul; The enemy of his family, the enemy of his health, the enemy who sits only to steal kill and destroy -John 10:10.

I encourage you to hold firmly to this promise: “ The god of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet – Romans 16:20. Have confidence that your situation is temporary. God has already foreseen our way out.

You know in whom you have believed: The all powerful God, the creator of the universe, the Lord of Hosts, The good Shepherd, the Alpha and the Omega… also known as the Lord God, the one who is, who was, and who is to come, The Almighty – Revelation 1:8.

So be persuaded that you were in his hands and that in Him, All things work together for good.

While we don’t look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal. – 2 Corinthians 4:18.

Things You Should Do When You Are At Your Lowest Point In Life

We have all seen successful people, all the fame, fancy cars, and big houses but we never realize that they also had low moments. One thing is for sure what they did made them into who they are.

If you feel, that you’re lowest point of your life and have no other way up, you have come to the right place.

We have all had our lowest moments and it’s the ability to pass through these moments that makes us str.

Never be hopeless like I have been in my past at the lowest point in my life. Through all my experience. I’m going to share with you how ti walk through this path of your life and change your attitude in a completely different way.

There are 5 things you should definitely do when you are at the lowest point in your life.

Think About Yourself

The first thing you need to do is ask yourself a few questions. Ask how can you solve it? What are your mistakes?

Have you done everything you can? It’s obviously no, because you would never fail and feel this low if you have tried everything you possibly can until now.

I asked myself “where did I screw up? What do I really want in life?

You must lay down a plan of what you can do to improve every day whether it’s cutting down on spending money, being more assertive, or taking the time to sit down with your partner and discussing what needs to change to make you happy or make you want to stay in that relationship.

This would give you a clear indication of the mistakes on your part and the answers to how to solve it. Do accept the mistakes on your part.

Think About Successful People

Many successful people may have a bad past but their ability to focus on fighting back during tough times eliminated all the possible chances of failing.

By acquiring the same habits of not giving up when the going gets tough, you will,earn the secret of achieving success no matter what it is.

Most importantly, you will learn, that no matter how deep you fall, it’s the ability stand up for yourself that makes us stronger and successful each time. It’s the way of getting better in life.

Be Grateful

Remember all the good people (Parents, Partner, or children) and feel the gratitude for having then in you’re life.

Remember ask the good things that have happened to you in life and feel grateful for them. The feeling of gratefulness gives you hope and empowers you to hold on.

Watch the people around you who are in a worse situation than you are and be happy and satisfied.

Take Action

Even if you feel gratitude for all the things you possess and the ability you have to do so much more. If you don’t put it into action with great persistence, it won’t have much effect on helping you feel better.

Put into action with the combination of consistency and the burning desire to change your life and you will autonomy feel the importance of yourself. When we realize all our mistakes and work on improving and developing a feeling of importance by putting your best foot forward.

Develop And Show Your True Personality

The worst feeling is not being able to be true to yourself any situation. After spending enough time realizing your potential along with your guilts. Work on being true to yourself. It will free you, you will feel liberated.

It will help you change your life into being a more purposeful, happier person.

Remembered to do something in life that will help other people. I chose to forgive my husband for his past decisions and asked if he could also forgive me. Then we started new on building our marriage back on new terms. It is the strongest walk against all the barriers I’ve faced in life.

We must learn through the journey of life that the greatest good I. Life is what you can do for others.

After a few years of facing the lowest point in your life, you will come to the realization that it was the best opportunity to help you become not only a better person but a stronger person as well.

When you’ve reached the lowest point in you’re life. The only way to go is up. And think what do you have to lose.

Apply it to your life when you are at your lowest point and it may make you more successful in your endeavors.

I think if you apply these habits in your life you may look back after years, and think that the lowest moments are the greatest moments of opportunity you could have had, Tough times don’t last but tough people do.

It may feel like an eternity but as difficult as it may seem, it will shape you into a very strong person. And that it’s not worth giving up on your life. You deserve to be happy. Especially after some really low points in your life. Be strong and courageous for yourself.

Understanding The Seasons Of Life

The seasons in how they relate in our lives is the key to understanding how God works.

Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, not sits in the seat of the scornful; but his delight is in the law (the will and ways) of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night ( Psalm 1:1).

We are told over and over again in Scripture to do the will of God and to find the will of God.

The Will Of God

“Be not comforted to this world; but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is good and acceptable, and the perfect, will of God” (Romans 12:2).

“Be very careful, then, how you live – not as unwise but as wise. Making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is (Ephesians 5:15-17).

Nebuchadnezzer learned that God rules over all. No matter if they are a follower or not.

“This decision is by the decree of the watchers, and the sentence by the word of the Holy ones. To the intent that by living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdoms men. Gives it to whoever He will, and sets over it the lowest of men” (Daniel 4:17).

“You shall be driven from men; and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field. You shall be made to eat grass as oxen. Seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the king of men, and gives it to whenever He will (Daniel 4:32).

The Most High is sovereign over the kingdom of men and gives them to anyone He wishes.

Seasons

“He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season. Whatever he does shall prosper” (Psalm 1:3).

“To everything there is a season. A time for every purpose under heaven (Ecclesiastes 3:11).

Understand that God has a Plan for Your Life.

“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future” (Jeremiah 29:11).

Lessons on Life

There was a man who had 4 sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away. The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in summer and the youngest son in the fall. When they had all gone and came back, he called them together to describe what they had seen. The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted. The second son said no it was covered with green buds and full of promise. The third son disagreed; he said it was covered with blossoms that smelled sweet and looked beautiful, it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen. The last son disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and fulfillment. The Father explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had each seen but only one season in the trees life. He told then that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season, and that the essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy, and love that came from that life can only be measured at the end, when all seasons are up. If you give up when it’s winter, you will miss the promise of your spring,the beauty of your summer,and your fulfillment of your fall.

We like the pear tree in this story all go through seasons.

Understand:

  • We are all going through a season.
  • All seasons have a purpose.
  • If we don’t fulfill the purpose off the season then we will cause problems for the other seasons.
  • Preparation is the key to have a success season.
  • We can bear fruit even if we don’t cultivate and p,ant the land that season.

Winter Characteristics

Short days

Cold

Darkness

Death

Winter Benefits

Intimacy

Evaluation

Sabbath

Planning

Automatic

“ that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit” (Ephesians 4:22).

Spring Characteristics

Transition

Preparation

New Life

“Lo, the winter is over, the rains are over and gone” ( Song of Song 2:11).

Summer Characteristics

Long days

Harvest

Growth

Summer Benefits

Reaping what you’ve sown

Celebration

“Bur the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control” ( Galatians 5:22).

Autumn Characteristics

Transition

Preparation for Winter

Autumn Benefits

Preparations

Resume Routines

“And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart” (Galatians 6:9).

How To Respond To The Seasons Of Life

  • Choose faith over frustration

“But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of His heart through all generations ( Psalm 33:11).

  • Choose gratitude over grumbling

“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit ( 1 Thessalonians 5:16-19).

“ Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:6-7).

  • Choose good over gain

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of a believer” (Galatians 6:9).

  • Choose to fear God rather than fear life

“The fear of the Lord leads to life: Then one rests content, untouched by trouble” (Proverbs 19:23).

For God has not given us a Spirit of fear, cowardice, timidity opposite – He has given us the opposite – boldness, confidence and the power of live and a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7).

Beauty For Ashes

Whatever way your ashes might have come, the Lord wants to exchange your beauty for ashes. The Lord wants to give us beauty to show forth His glory.

The prophet Isaiah spoke there things saying:

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is no me because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good new to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn and provide for those who grieve in Zion – to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of His splendor.

Isaiah 61:1-3

What Are These Ashes?

Ashes are literally residues of combustion. You may have been burned in business dealing, academics, finances, or marriage, and usually, after such disheartening experiences you are left clutching ashes.

Ashes symbolize and provoke an attitude of repentance.

The Israelites, when they repented from their wicked ways, would their ashes on their heads as a way to show God and man that they were sorry and genuinely repentant of their wayward ways. After this they would wash off and come out renewed. Until you repent with an attitude of genuineness, you will remain in your place of ashes.

Do, I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with Him in prayer and petition, and fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes.

Daniel 9:3

Ashes Of Repentance

If you are genuinely remorseful, you will be in a place of ashes and this may not mean that you literally throw ashes upon yourself, but that your heart attitude is the same as the one who has to throw ashes upon themselves to show it to the world.

You may not be in certain circumstances need to show outwardly your ashes, but God who sees the heart knows whether you have genuinely repented or not, whether you have ashes indeed. Repent toward God as only He can genuinely silver you from the situation you find yourself in.

Ashes Of Suffering From Injustice

The account of Tamar, the daughter of King David, is a very touching one. This blossoming young virgin girl found herself in a place of ashes not as a result of her own wickedness or transgression or even carelessness, but as a result of evil meted to her by her own half-brother. She found herself in a place of ashes by no circumstances of her own making.

Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the ornate robe she was wearing. She put her hands on her head, and went away weeping aloud as she went.

2 Samuel 13:19

You can read the rest of this account in 1 Samuel 13.

You sometimes may not find yourself in a place of ashes as a result of things you have done, but probably as a result of what has been done to you.

Sometimes the problems you are passing through in life have dealt you your ashes.

You may have been betrayed by a very close friend, set up by business colleagues, locked up in prison for a false allegation, or taken advantage of because you are weaj. Whatever way your ashes might have come, the Lord wants to exchange your beauty for ashes.

The Case Of Job

So Satan went out from the presence of the Lotd and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.

Job 2:7

The man called job in the Bible did not suffer because of what he did wrong. In fact he suffered because of his righteousness. Sometimes inlife, being good can attract some kinds of suffering but that is not to keep us from continuing to do good. It’s to take us from one level of doing good to a greater level.

Yes, Job was righteous, but he was self-righteous. You can tell from his words and the tone of his arguments with his friends. His righteousness was based on his works, not grace, and God wanted to teach him a lesson in justification by faith and not by works. That was why Hod allowed him to have that experience; to be tested.

One thing God was sure about was that Job would never deny or renounce his faith in Him. Job passed the test and God rewarded his ashes with beauty and lifted him from the heap of ashes and dung to a heap of wellbeing and nourishment.

Even though Job went through the worst experience anyone could ever handle, but I t in the end, it was to show forth the glory of God.

The Case Of The Man Born Blind

Jesus spoke something about a man who was born blind and who remained so for 38 years of his life. When Jesus came to heal this man, He was asked who or what was responsible for this mans condition. Jesus answered that the cause of the man’s condition was immaterial but rather, it was for God’s own glory.

You may be going through a sorrowful experience not but there is beauty coming your way in the end.

Trouble In The World

Sometimes you are hated for doing nothing wrong all. You will always have trouble in the world so there is no point looking for peace in the world because the peace the world gives is only temporary and flawed.

I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world, you will have trouble. But take heart I have overcome the world.

John 16:33

Jesus has overcome for your sake and switched your ashes for beauty. Do not look for peace and comfort in the world, you will not find it. The peace you have in Jesus will surpass everyone’s understanding and expectation for Jesus is the Prince of Peace.

Give God Your Ashes

God does not want us to perish but to come to repentance and so He is patiently waiting on you to give up your si full ways and cry out to Him in those ashes.

No time is to late for God, and He is not slow as we measure our slowness in our eyes. If you can upon Him, He will respond in a way that you’ll wonder why you hadn’t made the decision earlier. God is never late. If you can only give up your ashes, you’ll receive beauty instead.

the Lord is not slow in keeping His promise, as some understand slowness. Instead He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

2 Peter 3:9

Repent Genuinely

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, had set you above your companions by anointing you will the oil of joy.

Hebrews 1:19

Do not be self-righteous, but love righteousness in all sincerity. Without this integrity of repentance, your transformation may not happen and even if it does, it would not be complete and it will be short lived.

Let your character not be deceitful in private but decent I. Public. God dislikes deceitfulness and duality of nature. If you’re neither hot nor cold, God will spit you out. This means that God will cut you off from His eternal inheritance and cause you to remain in your ashes forever. It also means that you will be ultimately destroyed in the second death, where there are everlasting ashes.

The Oppressor Spirit

Don’t fall for the Oppressor spirit that comes to pit doubt in your heart, ti give you fear, to paralyze you with discouragement to the point that you no longer pray or read your Bible.

We must pray and fight against such forces. They come to distract us, and put us down and if we don’t identify then we can fall into a deep depression, hopelessness, sadness, fear, anxiety and so on.

Beware of this spirit, even if you don’t feel like it pray. If you don’t like reading the Bible read it any way. Even if it just a few verses. If you don’t feel like worshiping, worship anyway. God always has your back. Just like that God will strengthen you against all the oppression that Satan tries to put on you.

Ask the Lord for His strength in your time of weakness. And it will be given to you. There is power in the name of Jesus and His power abides in you. You need to fight the good fight with faith.

Remember “If God is for us, who can stand against us. He that spared not His own son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not be with Him also give us all things. -Romans 8:31.

Guard Your Heart And Mind

Above all else, guard your heart, it is the wellspring of life. Proverbs 4:23

I take guarding my heart and mind seriously. There are lots of television programs, movies, music, and magazines, or even news that I won’t watch, or listen to, or read. If I want to be saturated and empowered by the Holy Spirit, the last thing I want to do is to suppress Him with ungodly and ungracious clamor.

I want to understand and interact with people in our society in prevalent, meaningful generous, and loving way, but watching and listening to unwholesome programs, and thinking about ungodly and worldly things can give the enemy a faith-destroying foothold into our lives.

The Bible gives us good advice about how we can guard our hearts.

  • We can guard our Hearts and Minds Through The Knowledge Of God’s Word.

Knowing the Bible we’ll is key. An author of the Letter to the Hebrews has said, “Solid food is for the mature who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil. -Hebrews 5:14.

Paul says in Romans 16:19 that God wants us to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil. We do not need a comprehensive understanding of the Kingdom of Darkness to be able to recognize and defeat forces. But we need to be wise about God and His ways, and lead lives that are informed, guided, edified, and empowered by His word and His Holy Spirit.

  • We can guard our hearts and minds through Prayer and Noble thoughts.

Paul promises that God will guard our hearts and minds when we submit everything to Him in prayer ( Philippians4:6-7). Paul continues this theme of the guarded heart and mind in the very next verse,

“Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whstiis lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or worthy of praise – think about these things. – Phillippians 4:8.

If we are constantly desiring worldly things, and thinking worldly, shallow, and mean-spirited thoughts that don’t include God, we are letting our guard down.

Paul’s advice:

Set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your m da on things above not on worldly things.

Colossians 3:1-2
  • We can guard our hearts and minds through Holy and Consecrated living.

As well as virtuous thoughts, we also need to live virtuous lives. As representatives of Jesus and His Kingdom, we need to set high standards for ourselves in regards to faith, love, generosity, and holiness. In several of Paul’s letters, he urges believers to live their lives in a manner worthy of the Gospel of Christ. (Eph: 4:1; Phil 1:27; Col 1:10: 1 Thess 2:12).

Many modern Christians seem to have lost the desire to live Holy and Helpful lives that are consecrated to God. I wonder why that is? When was the last time we heard a message about keeping our hearts and minds clean?

God calls us to nothing less than Holiness (Eph 5:26-27; 1 Pet 1:15-16). “We were created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness” (Ephesians 4:24). This is a high calling.

However, while it is important that as we aim for personal holiness, we need to be careful that we don’t impose our standards on others of judge others who do not share our aspirations. We must let God do the sanctifying work in ourselves and in others, and this work takes time.

God calls us to offer up our bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to Him, and be conformed to the pattern of this world. This necessitates having our minds transformed and renewed. Only then can we respond to His will accordingly. (Romans 12:1-2).

  • We can Allow God to Guard our Hearts and Minds.

As well as the external evil influences that threaten to infiltrate and sully our hearts and minds, we must also be on our guard from our own internal sinful pressures.

Jeremiah, in perhaps a dark moment observed,

The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

Jeremiah 17:9

But God answered his question with reassurance:

“I the Lord, search the heart and examine the mind.” – Jeremiah 17:10

When we continually offer our heart and mind to God, he will search it and sanctify it with His Holy Spirit. King David wrote,

Search me, O’ God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me. (Psalm 139:23-24).

Paul wrote about internal struggles with sin. He wrote that it is only Bod, through Jesus, who can rescue a person from his inherent nature (Romans 7: 15-25). Only God can cleanse our hearts and minds, but we need to cooperate with His work.

Paul was committed to guarding his heart and mind and taking every thought captive to ( under the control of) Jesus (2 Corinthians 10:5). This happens when we are led by the Spirit and live God’s way.

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit. To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace, Romans8:5-6.

A mind and heart set on God is a peaceful trusting heart. -Isaiah 26:3.

I am committed to being close to God and living for Him. I don’t want anything to jeopardize that. So I am also committed to guarding my heart.

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. – Matthew 5:8

Recipe For Overcoming Challenges

Sometimes there is no logical solution to life’s challenges but faith. Fear says you situation is permanent. Logic says it’s impossible. Facts say it doesn’t make any sense. Science says follow the logic and consider the facts. Math says it doesn’t add up. Time says it’s too late. Age says you’re to young or too old. Education says you’re not novice. People say it’s never been done before. The past says check you history. Scars say you’re about to get hurt again. Comfort says it’s really not worth the trouble. The future says you don’t belong here. The pocket says you can’t afford it.

But Faith says, “ I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:14). Don’t seek logical solutions to every life’s challenges. Sometimes you just have to believe. “We walk by faith, not by sight” (Corinthians 5:7). Feed your faith and all the other negative voices will starve to death! Face 2022 will faith in God and all your dreams will come true.

Remember we are partners in this journey called life. 1 Corinthians 10:13 says “ No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that you may be able to endure it.