I am a fix-it person. As a mom/Lolli, I want to “fix it” for my kids and grandkids. As a wife, I want to “fix-it” when things happen. In my profession, a big part of my job is to “fix it” and make it happen. I am always working and dabbling with things – trying to fix them or make it better. I’m sure many of you have the same “fix-it” syndrome!! I wouldn’t say this is a bad thing, but it steers your focus inward to yourself instead of reaching outward to rely on someone else.
Through the years, I have learned that things and people are not mine for the “fixing” but they are God’s. It’s been a hard lesson for me to learn but a very rewarding one. When I give all of my problems to God, He is my “fix-it” person. Giving my “fix-it”things to God is more than half the battle. Once I succumb to the fact that I am not the right person for the job but that the battle belongs to God, then everything else falls into place. “For the Lord your God is he who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.” Deuteronomy 20:4.
God has given us the gifts and the power to make our lives easier. He has given us all that we need as humans – sound minds, helpful hands, and bodies. But He has also given us something much more valuable – the Holy Spirit. We have thepower to do anything and everything that God can do! Receive that truth, live in that truth and worship God with that truth!“Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.” Luke 10:19. He left that gift to us when He died on the cross and went to His glorious heavenly home. Jesus told the disciples (and this applies to us) He will leave with them the spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be with you! John 14:16-17
Joy and hope and goodness comes from peace and worship withGod. Choose peace instead of turmoil, joy instead of sorrow, faith instead of unbelief and love instead of fear. God is always working for goodness for us. What then shall we say to these things? “If God is for us, who can be against us?” Romans 8:31. Our God wins!! Every time!
The battle is not ours — it is God’s. Yet, He still tells us to turn and face our hardship. We don’t run from it; we stand with our eyes toward the fear and the crumbling world around us. But then we wait and watch for our deliverance with faith. It is coming! With our faith set on God who assures us of victory, He promises to be with us when we face our battles, whatever they are.
God fought our battles thousands of years ago and He won! We just need to receive that victory and give glory to God knowing that God has fought our battles, and God has won our battles. In Revelation 19:12, it states that Gods eyes are like a blazing fire, his mouth is a sharp sword, and His robe is blood red – fighting our last battle for us!! Hallelujah! That’s the army I want on my side!
“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” Ephesians 6:12.
We want to thank Kim Street for sharing this post.
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