One of my favorite singers right now is Tasha Cobbs. I truly enjoy her singing and worship as I take my morning commute to work.
Here’s a moment of transparency….
I have been dealing with some trying times at work. The enemy has truly been fighting me almost to the point that I wanted to just walk away. But, I know that making such a quick and harsh choice it would be irresponsible and selfish on my part. At first, I chose to fight it myself; I made some progress but it didn’t get me far. Then I decided to include God, but in hindsight, I still had my hand on things thinking I could help God. Well, that didn’t work because things still didn’t seem to get better. So, once I had gotten fully frustrated and just couldn’t take it anymore, I made the decision to totally surrender it to God. In other words, God I can’t fix or change this, so this is all yours. I know, I put myself through frustration that I really didn’t need to. I’m sure God was saying, baby girl, if you want my help you have to give it all to me…………and that’s exactly what I did TODAY!!!
Let’s rewind for a moment……
On last night, I was thinking about the situation and all that I was going through, and in that very moment I heard the Holy Spirit whisper softly to me, “Shift Your Focus”. I had just finish listening to Tasha Cobb’s song, “Put A Praise On It”, and I knew then, it was confirmation for me.
It is easy on complain. It is easy to grip and moan about what isn’t going right; to ask why am I going through this? It’s easy to soak in that misery; to allow doubt, worry, and frustration to take over. It puts you in an awful place, a place of despair.
God never wants His children to worry, or be frustrated, or carry burdens. God wants us to trust Him totally with the big as well as the small. So, in that very moment of confirmation for me, God was telling me to shift my focus. He was telling me that, “ok, you’ve been here long enough”, “you’ve given it enough energy”, and “it’s time to change course”. I have done all that I can do. I have tried to fix it, that didn’t work, I have prayed, and still tried to fix it myself, and I have prayed some more. So now, that I have fully surrendered the situation to God , and prayed that He fixed it on my behalf, it’s now to shift my focus and PUT A PRAISE ON IT!
I have to trust and believe God’s word as stated in Isaiah 41:10, that God will uphold me with his righteous right hand. I have to believe God’s word as stated in Isaiah 54:17 that no weapon formed against me shall prosper. I have to trust God’s word as stated in Psalm 46:1 that God is my refuge and strength, my very present help in the time of trouble. If I am choosing to believe God for His word’s sake, then I have to truly wholeheartedly believe that. I can’t trust God half the way, and then trust myself for other half. God wants all or NONE. And quite frankly, I don’t blame Him, He is a selfish God. So in the midst of my trials, I have made a conscious decision to put a praise, where I would otherwise complain. Therefore, where I may say, “I can’t stand this job” instead, I will say, “I praise God for my job”. Where I may say, “I think these people are out to get me”, instead I will say, “God is my fortress in whom I trust”. Where I may say, “I regret taking this job”, instead I will say, “God I praise you for an opportunity such as this”. I think you get the point.
As God is fighting this battle on my behalf, I will take this time, to praise God for what He is about to do on my behalf. I will chose to praise God for this victory. I will chose to praise God because He is working it for my good. As one of my favorite scriptures declares, “those that trust in God will not be put to shame” Romans 10:11.
The trial that you may be facing may not be your job; it could be your home, your children, your spouse, or even family. But the same principle still applies……..ready the Word of God, Receive it, and then Walk in it.
After you have done all that you can do; once you have prayed and surrendered to God, PUT A PRAISE ON IT, and let God fight that battle.
I pray this has encouraged you, just as much as it has encourage me as I typed it.
I love you!!
~BlessingsFlow