(Proverbs 14:23)
As you can imagine, each day the volume of
emails that pour into Liveprayer.com are mostly prayer requests from people
living through very difficult circumstances in their life. The special word
I have for you today is that God wants to help you change your
circumstances. While prayer needs to be the first thing we do and a key
part of the process throughout, God expects us to do our part in the
changing of our circumstances. So many people who are hurting, in the midst
of dealing with great problems in their life, will simply live each day with
those problems and do nothing. My friend, your circumstances are not going
to change until you make the effort to change them. You are not going to
magically wake up one morning and have everything be OK. That is not
reality. If you want things to change, then you need to be an active part
of making that happen.
Like everything, there is a right way and a wrong way to make changes in
your life. As I mentioned, prayer is the first step. The second step is
getting a game plan. Use others in your life you can trust to help you
formulate that plan. The plan will usually not be something outlandish, but
will normally be very practical and based on good common sense. Also,
whatever plan the Lord helps you formulate, realize that it will not be
something that will cause things to change overnight. You didn't get into
the problems you are facing overnight and rarely will God deliver you from
them overnight. Almost always, our problems are traced to sin and rebellion in
our life, doing things our way instead of God's way. He will usually let
us work our way out of the problem slowly over a period of time. It is
never easy, but we start to learn basic principles like self-discipline,
trusting God, and depending on Him in every way. These are good things that we should incorporate into our daily lives to help us avoid the problems this
life throws at us in the first place.
Once you have the plan and are working at it faithfully each day, you will
start to see things in your life change for the better. Again, the changes
won't happen overnight, but gradually, day by day. The worst thing you can
do though is do nothing. You can not expect your circumstances to change by
doing nothing. The reason I find most people don't take an active role in
the changing of their circumstances is because as painful as things may be,
they are scared of change. The Bible tells us we are not to have a spirit
of fear. If you are serious about seeing your circumstances change, then
you must get serious about trusting God to help make those changes. We are
often more comfortable living in the pain we know, than trusting the God who
has promised to set us free through His love.
I love you and care about you so much. I pray today that those of you who
are dealing with circumstances in your life that need to be changed, will
heed this special word today and get serious about making those changes.
God will give you the wisdom to formulate a workable plan, He will give you
the strength each day to follow through, and He will lead you to victory.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LIVE IN PAIN ANY LONGER. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LIVE IN THE
CIRCUMSTANCES YOU ARE IN ANY LONGER. TODAY IS YOUR DAY. TODAY IS YOUR DAY.
TODAY IS YOUR DAY. NOW IS THE TIME. TRUST GOD AND LET HIM LEAD YOU OUT OF
EGYPT AND INTO THE PROMISED LAND. THE SAME GOD THAT LED THE CHILDREN OF
ISRAEL FROM BONDAGE MANY YEARS AGO, IS THE SAME GOD WHO WILL LEAD YOU OUT OF
BONDAGE TODAY!!!!!!
