Capture that thought
I don’t know if this ever happens to you, but I have some nights where I not only struggle to fall asleep, but I wake up multiple times during the night and find it difficult to go back to sleep. I had one of those nights last night. I played out conversations in my head over and over again, tweaking one thing or another to get my point across-all in my mind. I started spinning on one small potential data point and going down a dark path of what if’s and could be’s. All of this robbing me of much needed sleep and peace. I shared that I pray for God’s guidance and discernment daily, but last night, I felt to my core that God was trying to tell me something. Then the light of day came and I recognize that God would not steal my sleep, God would not give me these dark thoughts nor pull me away from trusting Him and pushing me to “take control”-that’s not God’s direction for me. Even knowing that logically, I still could not get out of my own head. So, I sought prayerful support from my wonderful community of believers…and boy, did they come out strong.
I was quickly reminded to take captive every thought, negative and demonic, and declare that they have no place in my life and mind. I was reminded to let God’s thoughts be my thoughts. Verse after verse was sent to me to remind me of what I knew in my heart but I could not get my mind to align-not with little sleep. And little by little, the day came back in alignment and I again found my strength in Him and God has me and always will. He will silence the darkness that seeks to overcome. “And call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me” (Psalms 50:15, NIV); “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble” (Psalms 46:1, NIV). How thankful I am that I reached out to my brothers and sisters in faith. How thankful I am that they reminded me that “when there is wrong, we don’t need to fix anything-God handles this for us”.
Maybe that’s easy for you, but for me, this could be the hardest challenge of all. I am a fixer. I like things in order. Earlier this week, someone near and dear to me shared that I put God first, then our family, and then me-it is through this and in this that we can overcome and heal. Even with that affirmation, last night I was driven to go take the wheel-to orchestrate my own solutions to all things-and today God reminded me of His truth and not the voice of the deceiver. Isn’t God amazing?
Today, I pray that you do not give merit to the voices of darkness and discern God’s truth above all else. A dear friend share this link with prayers form “Shattering Your Strongholds” by Liberty Savard-it was one of the many things I needed to hear today. I hope it speaks to you. https://www.hiskingdomprophecy.com/personal-prayers/
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