Did God Really Say?

I know some of you read my blog to see what's happening in Trinidad. Even though we are going through a very difficult time right now and desperately need your prayers, I must be obedient to write what God is asking...so here goes. (You can still pray in the Spirit for us!)

Happy 2011!

As Christians (me included), it seems to me, we should go into 2011 with a greater commitment to obedience rather than resolutions...just saying:)

I am personally making a renewed commitment in obeying God by thinking and meditating on the Word. You can read the Word without thinking about it. You can read the Word without applying it to your life. I want to meditate and obey.

Sooooooooo...as I was reading and meditating on the third chapter of Genesis this week, I saw a phrase again for the very first time. The serpent (the enemy of our souls), said to Eve, "Did God Really Say?" It's important to remember that God had already said something, for Satan to be able to say this to Eve. Let me repeat myself...Satan was responding to things God had already said. It's kinda like the story in the N.T. where Jesus said to His disciples, "get in the boat, we are going to the other side." When the storm came up, they were afraid. Nobody remembered that Jesus had said, "we are going to the other side". God has already said many things to us and continues to speak. What did He say to you...to me, earlier today or yesterday? How about what He said last Year? Satan is still using the same tactics he has always used. He is still asking, "Did God Really Say?" If Satan can get us to question what God has said to us, then he has us exactly where he wants us! Let's not forget Satan is a liar, the Father of Lies and Lying is his native language! (John 8:44)

It's important to know what God says to you, it's your anchor. When negative self-talk starts or the enemy of your soul lies to you...you must go back to what God said.

Remember, do not question in the darkness, what God said to you in the light. And...oh yeah, don't rely on your feelings to convince you that God keeps His Word. That's what your faith is all about.

Some of the things God has said to me in the last couple of years...

• I want a friendship with you (It's easy to enjoy His faithfulness without being His friend)
• Will you let me write your story
• Will you let me decide how to spend the rest of your life
• Grab everything from heaven you can possibly get and give it away as quickly as possible!
• Go to the Secret Place and spend time with me
• I am with you even when you settle on the far side of the sea

If you can't think of anything that God has personally said to you recently, then go to the Word. He has already said plenty there...and it's as personal as it gets! Just read today that there are 7,487 promises in the Word. Take just one of them and say it to yourself over and over until it reaches your spirit. Promises like...

• I will never leave you or forsake you
• I have written your name in palm of my hand
• I will give you the strength you need for today
• I am your defender
• I see you
• Fix your eyes on me
• Do not dwell on the past...I am doing a new thing!

When Satan says, "Did God Really Say?" You and I can say...YES! Yes He said it...Yes He meant it...Yes He can do it and most important...Yes He Will! Use your eyes of faith this year with the things God has already said that haven't come to pass yet and don't forget to say "Thank You Jesus", when they do!

Until next time...That's my Take On It!