Has the enemy ever come and tried to steal your joy after you got your miracle breakthrough?
Well that's what we're going to talk about today.
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This is a short little motivational devotional to help you walk in grace and peace with Jesus.
My name is Leanne Friesman, and I'm starting out of 1 John 4, and I love this scripture
because it says, Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see
if they are from God, because many false prophets are going to go out into the world.
And this is how you can recognize the spirit.
Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God.
But every spirit that does not acknowledge that Jesus is not from God, this is a spirit
of antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.
You dear children are from God and you have overcome them because the one that is in you
is greater than the one who is in the world.
So many times we are walking on this faith journey with Jesus and something will come
at us and immediately it produces fear.
Okay, stop right there.
If something is producing fear in you, do you really want to listen to it?
Now some fears are healthy because they help preserve you, but some things or some comments
or observations that people will throw at you is really just something that's there
to steal your joy in the breakthrough, the joy in the victory that you have in walking
it out with Jesus.
You know, we are all on a journey and everybody's journey is difficult and different.
And comparing what one person is going through isn't fair to compare that to another person.
The first part of our journey is the learning phase.
We're learning about God.
We're learning about the kingdom.
We're learning who we are in Christ.
And then we begin to renew our minds.
And then as we do that, we go into the growing phase where we're growing in love for him
and we're growing in love for his word and we're growing in sensitivity to the Holy Spirit.
And then we get to cross over into the third phase, which is really the becoming phase.
We become more like him.
We become more like Christ.
We become more peaceful.
We become more loving.
We become more patient for we are going from glory to glory.
And that glory, that never, that never ends.
We are always in that journey.
We're always in that process.
And you don't want to, you know, not treasure that process because it's important.
But every once in a while, you'll have someone that will come along and you're on your journey
and you've just gotten a miracle and it's been a breakthrough.
And somebody comes along to, you know, speak fear over it.
I'll give you an illustration.
So this last year, my daughter had twins, boys.
And I cannot tell you how long we prayed and we believed God for this miracle.
And we were so excited.
And then, oh my gosh, we found out it was twins.
And it was like, our cup runs over, God, you're so good.
There isn't just one baby, there's two.
And then on top of that, we found out it was boys and that was even better.
And it just got better and better and happier and happier.
And then someone would say some crazy comment to my daughter, like, oh, are you ready for
that?
Or, oh, do you think you can handle that?
And, you know, in the middle of that, here we are, here she is in the middle of her miracle
and someone comes along and they're just going to throw cold water on it.
It produced fear.
And you know what?
Fear is not from God.
If God calls you to do something, if he's supernatural.
blesses you with a miracle blessing.
Don't let anybody steal your joy.
Don't let anybody rob you from the joy of the journey.
Let me tell you, there is gonna be grace for these twins.
There's gonna be grace and provision and wisdom
and everything about this journey is going to be joyful
because we know that these little miracles
are our blessing.
They are our reward.
That's biblical.
I can't tell you where exactly it is,
but our children are our reward.
Careful that you test the spirit
because right now in the world, we have a lot of fear
and a lot of negativity
that's coming from every direction.
You know, it's just not of God.
Trust him.
Trust that you'll have wisdom
in whatever he's calling you to do.
What is the Lord asking you to do
at this season in your life?
Does it feel bigger than you?
Does it feel overwhelming to you?
Does it feel like I don't know if I'll have the provision
or the strength or the wisdom to walk through this?
Well, there's one thing about having walked
with the Lord a little bit that you learn from
and that I have often found that when I'm exhausted
or when I'm broken and I don't know what to do
or I'm exhausted in my job
and I all of a sudden have to have supernatural strength,
it's in those moments where I've been able to humble myself.
I've been able to call out to God.
I've been able to say, God, your grace is sufficient for me
and I can do all things through Christ
that gives me strength and I'm gonna depend on you.
And then when I do that, then what happens is
I've invited him into whatever stressful,
overwhelming thing I'm walking through
and I know that I'm gonna get through this
because he's in me and because of who's in me,
it's greater than who's in the world
and I can walk victoriously.
I can walk successfully through whatever
he is bringing my way.
Man, if you've got a promotion, enjoy it.
If you have a new spouse and a new season, enjoy it.
If you're walking into a financial blessing
that is just beyond what you could have ever imagined
or thought, enjoy it.
If you're walking through a trial
that maybe you just don't understand
how God's gonna use it, enjoy it
because it's in the process that you become more like him.
It's in the process that you are growing
and you are becoming and you're learning
about his goodness and his provision
because he is a good God
and his plans for you are for good.
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Don't let the enemy rob your joy.
Have a good day.