Nowhere to Turn - Believe the presence of God |
How did David function ?
He went back to his belief bank. David memorized the book of Deut. The Lord
is my light and my salvation , I will fear no evil, for You are with me.
There is no shortage to a wholesome spiritual mentality but it takes work,
no quick fixes. We have to know Who God is , and what He has committed to
do for me , on my behalf.
God invented us and wrote a book to tell us how we work. David knew God as the living God, the God Who overwhelms you with His Presence.
Truth talk
Talk to self and tell self who God is , rehearse this reality and fear will
properly disappear. Now God can be revealed in the situation. Recession is
not the problem, but the fear of it. Fear produces fear, fear of people produces
more of the same. Fear has energy to it.
As David prayed his feelings became new feelings of excitement that he has the victory in God. Being convinced of God's Presence, feelings will follow , feelings of excitement.
First battle
We are use to feelings of fear:recession, loss of job, sickness, etc. Talk
to self to fight the initial resistance to fall back to fear. Develop a new
attitude, a new belief bank of being loved by God, secured by Him, surrounded
by His Presence, of being filled with His peace, joy, that God is and He
is in me. God fights all my battles anyway. All I do is face them. Thus,
change our belief system, change talk to encompass God in all my thoughts
and dialogue. Then go and meet the situation acting in behaviour that is
consistent with my belief.
Believer's History;
Rom. 12:1-2
-Most of us have a belief bank , full of junk; thus, renew the
mind, not just the mind with any old thought. Each time fear comes, I replace
it with the thought of God's Presence. He is my light, my salvation, my strength.
He will give me all I need as I seek His righteousness.
Feelings only obey what I think:despair, then despair comes, etc.
Truth is really what is in the basement, talk consistently, believe Deut. 28 and Psalms, etc.
In the morning choose to think peace, joy, for we are commanded not to be anxious; choose not to envy, greed, lust, etc. Choose His wisdom, His thoughts. Each morning you get up, refuse all his lies, the devil, and choose truth instead.
Belt of truth is the belief bank belt, choose to trust God, not man. No man controls my life, no man controls me but God. This is the way we control fear by believing the truth in God.