Self, Shut Up!

Well Hallelujah! Everything that can be shaken tried to shake apart; oh but God! Lord, I just want to thank you for forgiving me and redeeming and saving me! It is Good to know and serve the Living God. I really don’t know how people get along without Him, but I am so thankful that I can call on Him in times of trouble. We all face trouble from time to time, and we know that time and chance happens to us all, but our faith, attitude and what we are saying determines how long or how severe our troubles will be, at least that’s what I believe. Earlier this month, I got really sick. It started out being a sore throat, but then it got worse. I thought it might be strep throat, but the test came back negative. I began to have really bad fevers and chills. I couldn’t eat because the pain was so bad. I got really dehydrated making my bottom lip split really bad. All I could feel was the pain and how weak I was from not eating; I mean I was really pitiful. Then I remembered a post I wrote years back entitled “Stop Owning Things That Do Not Line Up With The Word of God!” It’s funny how and some of the things the Holy Spirit bring back to our remembrance. As I thought about it, I knew I “owned” this sickness that came over me, and allowed myself to listen to the sickness in my body by getting in line with it instead of getting in line with the Word of God. I remember telling myself “Shut Up!” Sometime we want to blame the devil for the things that are happening in our lives when it’s our fault. I could have and should have spoken the Word of God at the first sign of pain, but I reached for the medicine first. Now there is nothing wrong with taken medicine and going to the doctor, but as we do these things we must speak the Word of God. Now for the most part I do this, I’ll say “Lord, I thank you that I am the healed in Jesus’ Name, and I command this pain/whatever to get out in Jesus’ Name and plead the Blood of Jesus over it.” I know I’m not the only one who forgets to do this from time to time. I had gotten so focused on the pain and weakness that I didn’t speak my faith concerning this matter, and my faith is always that I am the healed, and I walk in Divine health and healing! My faith is now, and I receive it now, but I allowed myself to listen to the thing that was in front of me (what I could feel and see). How many of you know that the things we see and feel are temporal; they are subject to change, and change for the better when we have Jesus as Lord and Savior(2 Corinthians 4:18). If you ever feel the sickness/illness in your body “speaking” louder than your faith say “Self, Shut Up!” When you find yourself dwelling on the negative of what could be say “Self, Shut Up!” When you find yourself rehearsing a conversation in your head and it gets really heated without the other person even being there say “Self, Shut Up!” I know I’m not the only one who does this. Tell yourself to shut up! Shut Up and get in line with the Word of God. The Word of God says that we are the healed! By the stripes of Jesus we WERE healed (Isaiah 53:5)! It’s already ours, so Shut Up! With the negative thinking; Shut Up! We as Sons and Daughter of the Most High think on things that are pure, lovely, just and things that have a good report (Philippians 4:8). As far as conversation with other, they are good and peaceful, so Shut Up! You belong to God, and because you belong to Him you have favor with Him! And furthermore, since you have favor with God, you have favor with man! Surely goodness and mercy follow you all the days of your life because you are a Son or Daughter of the Most High (Psalms 23:6). See the problem is that we sometimes forget who we are and whose we are! Stop giving into the negative whether it be sickness/illness, strife or tension with others and or bad thoughts! Tell yourself and devil to SHUT UP! You are more than conquerors in Christ Jesus; every weapon (sickness/illness/whatever) formed CAN NOT Prosper! You are loved by Jesus Christ, and He wants you if no one else does! If it’s not lining up with the Word of God tell it to Shut Up! Did you put your armor on today??? Be Encouraged Today!!!