After reading Kenneth and Gloria Copeland's "Faith To Faith" devotional today, I felt it was too important to not share!
I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me. Philippians 4:13
You’re running the race set before you, moving full-speed ahead with God’s blessing overtaking you at every step. Then suddenly, wham! You hit the wall. It may be a wall of sickness or financial trouble, of spiritual failure or family problems. But, regardless of the form it takes, the effect of “the wall” is always the same. It stops you cold.
The question is, once you hit a wall like that, what will you do? You’ll be tempted to quit, to turn back in defeat. But don’t do it. Because God will enable you to break through that wall and keep right on going.
I’m not going to tell you it’s easy. The truth is, it’s tough. But you have to push on through the tough times if you’re ever going to have a breakthrough. Ask any athlete. He’ll tell you that! Because if he’s a winner, he’s been there. He’s pushed his body to what seems to be the maximum. His side has hurt. His lungs have ached. He’s had cramps in his legs and thighs. And just when he felt like he couldn’t go on, he’s heard some coach yell, “Come on! Move it!”
Athletes call that “hitting the wall.” It’s a time when the body says, “That’s it. That’s all I can do. I can’t go any farther. I can’t go any faster. I quit.” But the seasoned athlete knows that “the wall” isn’t the end. It’s a signal that he’s on the verge of a breakthrough. If he’ll toughen up and push himself a little more, he’ll get a second wind. Suddenly, he’ll go faster than before. He’ll reach a level of excellence he couldn’t have reached any other way.
When you feel the worst, when failure is breathing down your neck, press in to the Word as never before. You may meditate on a particular scripture for days and even weeks sometimes, trying to get a revelation of it, seemingly without success. Then suddenly, like the dawn of the morning, light will come pouring in. You’ll see the way to break through. All you have to do is punch one little hole in that wall of problems, dig one tiny hole in it with your faith and with the Word of God.
Then keep tearing away at that hole. Don’t quit! And, before long, the forces of God will come bursting through, demolishing every obstacle in their path! Once that happens you’ll never be the same again. You’ll be hooked. It will only take one breakthrough like that to make a never-dying, never-quitting champion out of you.
Don't EVER allow yourself even the thought of quitting and giving up! The battle that the enemy wages against us is a battle of the mind alone. He has NO weapon other than the lie, but he has developed some skill at using it! IF he can get you to accept a thought contrary to the Word of God by speaking it out, then he will continue to bombard your mind with thoughts of fear, guilt, worry, anxiety, frustration, hopelessness and depression! Stop him in his tracks by refusing and rejecting the thoughts that are contrary to the Word of God and replacing those thoughts with what the Word promises! We MUST encourage ourselves in the Lord and in His Word in order to walk in the authority that has been entrusted to us by Jesus! AMEN! Here is Hillsong Young and Free with "Wake" to help you STAY free! Shalom in Him!
