Feeling a little Feisty

Previously published in the Summer 2014 but relevant for today just as much. 

[WARNING: I AM NOT YOUR AVERAGE CHRISTIAN. I DO NOT FIT INTO SOME MOLD OF EXPECTATIONS HELD BY MOST CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS. I DO NOT BELIEVE IN RELIGION IN AND OF ITSELF. I BELIEVE SOLELY IN THE BIBLE AND TRUST WHAT IT HAS TO SAY TO ME. I CHOSE TO FELLOWSHIP IN A SANCTUARY OF BELIEVERS, BUT THAT IS NOT WHO I AM. I AM SIMPLY A CHRISTIAN DEFINED BY THE BIBLE, NOT DOCTRINES. YOU ARE WARNED BECAUSE I AM LIKELY TO OFFEND SOME WITH THIS POST. THAT IS NOT MY INTENT. MY DECLARATION IS MADE PUBLIC AS A WARNING TO SATAN.]

Today my worst nightmare has been confirmed…. (this song popped into my head) “my past keeps playing with my head, failure strikes me down again, I’m reminded of the wrong, that I have said and done, and that the devil just won’t let me forget”… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZVjKrmvYYQ The insanity set forth to destroy my life has shown me the grip it has on someone dear to me and my inability to undo it, proving once again I have failed…

My emotions are mixed. I’m mad at myself for letting my guard down when I knew better. I’m angry at God because I trusted Him to do what I couldn’t. I am beyond pissed at Satan…I can hear his snarly-ass snickering with an evil grin smeared across his face that I would love to slap off. Unfortunately, it is not “flesh and blood I wrestle against, but principalities, against powers, rulers of darkness and spiritual host of wickedness “(Eph 6:12). He is just hoping this is one more setback in my life that will finally make me cave and stop trusting God to see me through. The saying, “I’m going to beat the hell out of you” has never been truer than now and if only God would give me the opportunity and power to do it.  I would take Satan on single-handedly if I knew Jesus didn’t already have it covered. (Satan doesn’t want me to pull out all my UFC moves- I keep them hidden for a reason).  So many more emotions tied up within my stomach…. I’m not even going to describe or discuss. Doing so simply elevates Satan instead of Christ, the one I want elevated

So, Satan, I declare WAR  on you this day, it is time for you and all your cronies to be on guard. I have a sword you WILL NEVER defeat.  It was given to me to “whoop data” [watch Meet the Browns you will know what I’m saying]….and “whoop” is being nice… You’ve chosen this battle but I am not sure you remember who you are coming against. It is not I that has and will continue to defeat you but Jesus (1John 4:4) However, the leader of this army has CHOSEN ME (Eph 1:4-5).  So guess whose side I’m on??? - THE WINNING SIDE- and guess what that makes me… a winner too.  BOOYA!!!!  

I AM a child of THE KING (Gal.4:4-7) sealed with more promise than I have even yet to learn (Eph. 1:13). I am the head and not the tail (Deut. 28.13). You, Satan, are the tail, (Isa. 9:15) the one who teaches lies and is the father of ALL lies. (John 8:44) Maybe you have forgotten Jesus has destroyed your power against me since I am one filled with the Holy Spirit (Col. 2:15), an overcomer (1 John 4:4), a believer equipped to perform great works that will glorify MY HEAVENLY FATHER (John 14: 12-14)

I will not be defeated. The Commander and Chief of the army I serve will never let me down, always stick by me and PROTECT me from evil. (2 Thes. 3:3). I live and move in him; I can’t get away from him (Acts 17:26). Through Jesus, I have already been given the victory (1 Cor 15:57).

You … demand proof that Christ speaks through me, believe me, you will get more than you bargained for. You’ll get the full force of Christ, don’t think you won’t. He was sheer weakness and humiliation when he was killed on the cross, but oh, he’s alive now—in the mighty power of God! I wasn’t much to look at, either, when I was humiliated by you, but when I deal with you this next time; I’ll be alive in Christ, AND strengthened by God.  You have been warned. I am not lying down and I am no easy target.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20cor%2013%3A1-4&version=NLV;CEB;MSG;EXB

THE BIBLE WAS GIVEN TO ME BY A MIGHTY GOD AS A SWORD THAT I HAVE PICKED UP AND PLAN TO SWING LIKE A CRAZY PERSON UNTIL I FEEL THE NEED TO REGAIN MY SANITY…UNTIL THEN MARK MY WORDS:

This is my bible: I have what it says I have. I am what it says I am. I am CONFIDENT not intimidated, meek or insecure, STRONG  and not weak, FOCUSED and not scattered, ABOVE and not below, THE HEAD and not the tail, A LEADER not a follower, SUCCESSFUL not a failure, more than a CONQUEROR; EQUIPPED, EMPOWERED, WELL-ABLED to ACCOMPLISH my dreams and GOD’S PLANS FOR ME. GOD STANDS BESIDE ME, GOES BEFORE ME AND PREPARES MY WAY

ANALYZE YOUR PAST, YOUR PURPOSE & YOUR PLAN

*THE SCRIPTURE USED TODAY

Isaiah 43: 26-28

26 Review the past for me,     let us argue the matter together;  state the case for your innocence. 27 Your first father sinned;  those I sent to teach you rebelled against me. 28 So I disgraced the dignitaries of your temple;     I consigned Jacob to destruction[a]     and Israel to scorn. Footnotes: Isaiah 43:28 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.

*DEFINITIONS REVIEWED

Definitions: (I choose to look up certain words that I feel could have more meaning than my current understanding of them or that could make more sense to me if I had a different or more current word)

1. Review: examin with possibility or intention of instituting change if necessary; look over; study; examine again; analysis

2. Argue: put forth reason for or against debate; prove reasoning; give evidence of ; persuaded; influence; insist

3. rebelled: rise in opposition to established government ruler; revolt, Riot, take up arms; be insubordinate

4. Disgraced: bring shame upon; discredit; treat with disfavor; rebuke, humiliate; fallen from favor; degrade; taint; stain

5. dignitaries: person of high rank, position or office

*MY INTERPRETATION

26 ANALYZE YOUR PAST THEN LETS LOOK FOR THE ACTIONS THAT COULD PROVE YOUR BLAMELESSNESS. 27 YOUR PREVIOUS GENERATIONS SINNED; THEN I SENT MORE TO TEACH YOU THE TRUTH AND YET THEY WERE REBELLIOUS & UNDISCIPLINED AS WELL 28 SO I HUMILIATED -completely destroyed-THE LEADERS OF YOUR COMMUNITY.  

*MY RESEARCH & REFLECTIONS OF THE PASSAGE APPLIED TO MY LIFE

Stacey, carefully evaluate your past and then let’s understand your actions and see if they prove you to be blameless (I doubt they will.. ;/ EEKS). The family that came before you- even as far back to Abraham & Adam- have sinned so I -have continued to send- others to teach you the truth. Yet they, too were rebellious and undisciplined. I humiliated-or completely destroyed- the religious leaders of your community. Previously protected from my wrath because of their position, I have stripped them of their duties and allowed them to experience the same treatment as common people.

What should I do with the information I gain as a result of analyzing my past? If I recognize that I am doing the same and failing miserably by not providing the other’s with the truth of God’s word, then I need to

1. remind God of the promises that he made to me and the sacrifice that Jesus made FOR me so that I may avoid the same feat of the dignitaries. “In Matthew Henry’s Concise commentary it’s stated: Plead these -[his promises]- with him [when] wrestling for pardon; and declare these things, that thou mayest be justified freely by his grace. This is the only way, and it is a sure way to peace.”

2. I should ‘go & sin no more’; do as I am commanded to do and love people; because that is His greatest commandment.

But why should I do this you ask? Because I am part of the generation that he continues to send. There is currently a generation looking at me (& you) the way I looked to previous generations. It is my responsibility and my purpose on earth to give them the truth. I do not want to take my assignment of teaching others about the truth lightly and fail miserably.

John 11:40 "Did I not promise you," replied Jesus, "that if you believe, you shall see the glory of God?"

Acts 2:39 For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself."

Acts 13:32 We bring you good news of the promise made to the fathers, 33 that God has fulfilled the same to us, their children, in that he raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second psalm,'You are my Son. Today I have become your father.'

Romans 4:16 For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.17 so that the promise should be made sure to all Abraham's true descendants; not merely to those who are righteous through the Law, but to those who are righteous through a faith like that of Abraham. Thus in the sight of God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and makes reference to things that do not exist, as though they did, …

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+43&version=ASV;ERV;NIV

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