OVERCOMING DISCOURAGEMENT E.W. Kenyon & Don Gossett I AM REVEALED B. Childress May 07 2012 When you feel discouraged, remember Jeremiah’s experience. He was perhaps the most discouraged man in the entire Bible. First, he cried out, “O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived:…I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me” (Jeremiah 20:7). He was so discouraged, he made a firm decision never to speak the Lord’s name again. But Jeremiah had been nourished by the Word of God, and that indwelt Word began to take unusual effect. “But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones…” (verse 9). The word produced a “burning fire” within Jeremiah, such that he could remain quiet no longer. That is what the Word will do in your life. It will create what I call “holy heartburn.” When you are discouraged, don’t dare consult with your feelings, your circumstances, or how things are going for you. Live only by the Word of God. This is how Jesus said to live a Christian life: “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4). You’ll never be discouraged if you allow the Word to prevail and to have free course. (See Acts 19:20; II Thessalonians 3:1.) When you are plagued by the memory of past sins, failures, mistakes, or disappointments, heed God’s directive by “forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before” (Philippians 3:13). Satan specializes in robbing us of initiative by subtly reminding us of any dismal details from the past. Yet we can count on these glorious facts:
As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. (Psalm 103:12) forgive yourself, as well. When you become bored with life, focus your attention on Jesus, God’s incredible gift. Jesus Christ offers you abundant life (see John 10:10), unspeakable joy (see I Peter 1:8), the fullness of grace (see John 1:16), and peace that surpasses all human understanding (see Philippians 4:7). When you are weary and life seems irksome, dull, and humdrum, act on this promise:
run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. (Isaiah 40:31) overcome anything you may face. Source: KEYS TO RECEIVING GOD’S MIRACLES, by E.W. Kenyon & Don Gossett, Copyright 2011, Whitaker House. |
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