Hi, Beautiful One
“The battle is not yours, but God’s.” Opposition isn’t what we think. We hear the word battle and we believe an uphill climb against rain and wind, but what if it’s simpler than that? Sleepless nights, racing thoughts, and harmful words are just some of the battles we engage in day-to-day. We hear battle and assume it’s a big onslaught, but it’s in the daily breaths that we pick up struggles God never intended for us to carry. When we don’t resist the temptations of the mind because we believe we’re supposed to engage them to show our faith, it is where we lose because that was never a battle for us to fight in the first place.
What makes you think you’re strong enough to fight every little thing? Control, control is the answer. If we can control the moment, we can control the outcome, but that’s far from the truth. It’s the illusion of control that has blinded us to the love of Christ. We serve a God who has love, forgiveness, mercy, correction, and truth for us. How can we become so blind to what is there? We’re bold enough to believe we can stand on our own in the little, but it’s the little that He wants.
Have you considered how many battles you’re fighting during the day that you don’t have to fight? Your anxiety towards everything in life can be linked to your need to control everything in your life. What if you gave up control? What if you let go and let God? You’ve heard the saying before. We worry about money, but He is a provider. We worry about sickness, but He’s our healer. We spend so much time stressing over the little things that when the big comes we don’t have the energy or faith to overcome them. We have wasted time worrying about the little.
Being mindful and faithful is a double-edged sword. On one hand, you can be aware of the outcomes, but on the other, you have to believe in what you can’t see. It is a seesaw of emotions and thoughts. The world is full of facts, but as believers, we must lean on truth. The truth is that it doesn’t matter what it looks like. It’s all working for our good. The truth is that no matter what the doctors say, God has the last word. The truth is that no matter the deficit, there’s a plan to prosper. It is enough to drive an analytical mind bonkers.
This is why surrender is a part of every Christian’s journey. Some battles aren’t meant for us to fight. One could say we open the door to fear when we try to control every aspect of life. Fear takes root and becomes a cycle that becomes a stronghold. Our minds become slaves to the routine of fear all because we deem it necessary to control the moment. What happens when we give control back to the one in control? Isn’t that faith? The ability to let go and surrender to His will without trying to figure out the result? Faith doesn’t make sense it makes faith.
You are not called to greatness because of your ability to achieve it, but because of your capacity for faith to see it through. We have become our worst enemies because we won’t get out of the way. So, how do we let go of the battles we were never meant to fight?
Recognize Them
If you notice you’re flustered and anxiety is flooding your nervous system, stop for a moment. What are you trying to control? These moments of fear cause us to reach for relief but ignore THE relief. When you find yourself trying to figure it all out, stop and realize you’re fighting a battle that isn’t yours.
Get To The Heart of the Matter
Ask yourself why you’re in such a hurry. If God’s timing is perfect, why are we in such a rush? Yes, circumstance often warrants panic, but it’s our opportunity to speak to the matter through faith. We are not moved by what we see, only by what we believe.
Let Go
The best part of this lesson in faith is learning how to walk away from the fight. Learning to let God step in takes such a weight off our shoulders. Sometimes it’s the best part of these miniature battles. You’ll begin to see most things are worth it. You’ll gain confidence where timidness once stood because you’ll know who is in control. When you let go of what should be, you give into what could be, and that’s an opportunity to see exceedingly abundantly more than you could ask or think.
It’s all going to work out exactly how it’s supposed to. The stretching of your faith is an indicator of that. Think of Moses. Think of Abraham. Think of Jacob. Look at the odds stacked against people of faith and how they had to surrender to it. Nothing made sense to them or the people around them, but miracles happened all around them and through them. The same will happen to you, but you must ask yourself how many battles you are fighting.
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