There was once a point in my life when I feared all changes, challenges, and chances. I had become so broken down by certain things in life during various times in my life, that I felt that all three were perhaps, setups for setbacks. It just seemed that these all presented such negative factors and/outcomes for me, that I kind of lost faith that they could actually prove beneficial to/for me.
I had allowed the enemy to play with me, my mind, and my thoughts so much that I allowed this way of thinking to hold me captive, instead of allowing it to set me free. Because of this, the spirit of complacency set in, and I hindered my own spiritual and mental growth for a very long time. While I had set this unhealthy cycle, pattern, or trap for myself, it allowed the enemy to keep me there. It allowed the enemy to keep me in a place where I never the place of fear and I never chose faith over circumstances because I was so afraid of what the outcome would be. I had to get or grow tired of sitting on the sidelines and missing the blessings and overflow of God; because I was too busy being or becoming a prisoner to my own negative thoughts or way if thinking.
It wasn't until I grew tired of being trapped and wallowing in self-pity, that I realized the power and authority that God had already given me for such a time as this (Luke 10:19). I had to realize that I couldn't pray and believe for God to do wondrous, marvelous things, if I wasn't willing to take a step of faith, in order to deserve or be rewarded/awarded such things. It was then that I learned that I could not be or become victorious, if I had continued to entertain or have a spirit of defeat. I had to change my overall way of thinking in order to receive the benefits of changes, challenges, and chances, in order to receive the blessings and overflow of God! I had to remember that while these things did seem to promote a periods struggle, pain, and failure, they also promoted periods of/for strength, healing, and winning seasons! These three things also came with the boundless blessings of God, if I simply hung on during the battle and believed. I also had to remember that while I was keeping myself bound, I was also missing God's many opportunities for/of my growth. It was then that I really understood just what was meant when I would hear the old saints in church (when I was growing up) sing, "Pass me not O gentle Savior, Hear my humble cry, while on others Thou art calling, do not pass me by." Let us all change our ways of thinking and habits of complacency so that the Savior does not pass us by!!!
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