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:
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.”
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.
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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