Surely God is my
salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The LORD, the LORD,
is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation." Isaiah 12:2
Christian men and women should be aware that
there is a danger in a defeated spirit within us, for it can plunge us into
discouragement.
Discouragement, by the way, is hardly a
sin. However, it can lead to any number of sins, for to discourage is to
dishearten. In such a case we may still go to church but have little appetite
for it. Nothing means anything. Even the hymns and choruses are dull and
tasteless and the sermon is a bore.
I want to give you some rules for the time of
discouragement:
1. One thing you may want to do first is:
NEVER accept the judgment of your own heart about the matter. A discouraged
heart will always go astray, so do not think about yourself the way you feel
about yourself. Instead, go to Christ, and more often than not, he will
tell you like he did Gideon who was discouraged, “Get up, thou mighty man of
God.”
2. Secondly is: Make no important
decisions while you are discouraged. DON’T resign your job. DON’T
sell your property. DO ask God to remove defeat out of your spirit and
TRUST Him again. GOD IS NOT THE GOD OF SECOND CHANCES. HE IS THE GOD OF
AS MANY CHANCES AS YOU NEED, JUST CALL ON HIM.
3. Thirdly, get your Bible from its dusty
space, wipe if off, and read about the promises of God for all of us. Claim His
promises, and remember this: THE LIVING GOD IS EVERYTHING. OUR VICTORIES CANNOT
ENRICH HIM AND OUR DEFEATS CANNOT IMPOVERISH HIM. Live in the brightness
of his love and promises, not in the darkness that is away from Him.
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