What’s Wrong With Me?
Day 197 of Photo Inspirations — What’s Wrong With Me?
I had three siblings that graduated to heaven; two of them had Alzheimer’s disease and the other had Diabetes so severe that she lost one foot to the disease. My Mom, now in heaven, had congenital heart disease. My Dad, also in heaven, had a brain tumor. Goodness gracious. With all that medical history, you’d think I’d be saying “What’s wrong with ME?”
Honestly, when I forget someone’s name or where I’ve put my keys or where I was headed in my house and forget why I was going there…..my mind tries to tell me “You’ve inherited your family’s issues.” I take a baby aspirin each day to fend off heart problems. I take mineral and herb supplements to help keep me healthy. I walk and work out to keep my body strong. I do the things that I can do to be healthy and strong as though it depended on me, but I’ve learned to pray, speak God’s Word and BELIEVE God as though it ALL depends on Him. The best antidote against the lies of the enemy and the threats he tries to place over me when it comes to my health and well being is I purposely change my thinking to keeping my mind on the ONE who paid the ultimate price for my healing, my freedom and my victory.
We must put a halt to the voice and the lies of the enemy. The more we put up our “shields of faith” against his fiery and lying darts, the stronger we are in defeating him. God doesn’t want us to allow the enemy to convince us we are defective or infected. He doesn’t want us entertaining the enemy who loves to cast a shadow of doubt over us. His sly tactics are to get us to focus on what could be wrong with us (real or perceived), instead of focusing on ALL THAT IS RIGHT with us.
To put it bluntly — Satan is a liar and the father of lies (John 8:44) and his main intent is for us to worry, doubt, fear, be dismayed and discouraged. That’s just the way he operates. But we can change that — starting today. First, we need to realize Satan’s schemes are the same for us as they were for Eve. She fell into his trap. Second, we need to determine we are not going to keep falling into his traps. Instead we BELIEVE an stand on God’s promise that “In all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us…” (Romans 8:37) Period. The end.
Jesus paid the ultimate price for our healing and our victory in every area of life. All those sicknesses, diseases, challenges in every area of life were broken and paid for on the cross. It’s time we lay hold of the victory Christ brought us in overcoming and defeating the enemy. A little shepherd boy, David, defeated the giant with his words and his slingshot. The same holds true for us today in defeating the giants in our lives. It starts with a simple word…..BELIEVE…..and you shall receive! Matthew 21:22
Here are the TRUTHS of the ONE who loves and ONLY speaks TRUTHS to us: “But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Corinthians 15:57
“Isaiah 41:10 “Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.”
BELIEVE