Troubles..........No Problem

Hello:

There was a time when I wished that life would smooth and easy, free from pain, sickness, and sorrows – free from troubles. I always thought “If I could live on my own personal island, just for me, life would be as it should. I look at my kids and wish they’d never know a day of pain, sickness or lack. Children should be free to run, skip, jump, and play without “bad stuff”. I use to say “I’m never having children. Why would I want to bring a living person into this world?” The world is not always fair, kind or without heartbreak or hardships. When I was growing up, the older people would say “If you haven’t been through anything, just live awhile”. I didn’t know what they were talking about then, but now that I’m grown, have my own husband, children – my own life – I get it! Even the Bible tells us that we, Christians/believers - will have troubles. All people will have problems; we are not exempt. Matthew 5:45 says that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. When trouble use to come, I would throw the biggest “pitty party” – oh woe is me. I’m sure none of you have thrown this type of party. I hated to go through anything. I mean, I’m a pretty good person. I try to live at peace with every man as much as I can. I try my best to be kind, to have good things to say. Yet; I still had troubles. I still went through things (some I know was my own doing, but some I just couldn’t understand “WHY ME!”)

I thank God for His Word, His grace and His mercy. I thank God that His mercies are new every morning towards me (Lamentations 3:22-24). I thank God that His has graced me during the times I strayed away, saying and doing things that were not pleasing in His sight. But I am so very thankful for His Word; I’m thankful that the eyes of my understanding have been enlighten to His Word, and the more I hear His Word the more I increase in the learning/understanding of His Word. I’ve learned and understand that there isn’t anything I will ever go through that is bigger than my Father God. Greater is He that is in me than he that is in this world. I GET IT! I know and understand that God is for me, Shan, and NOTHING and NO ONE can or will ever be successful against me. Isaiah 54:17 says ‘No weapon that is formed against me shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against me in judgment I shall condemn. This is my heritage as a servant of the LORD, and my righteousness is of the Lord, says the LORD’. Now, it did not say that the weapon would not form or that troubles would not come, but it is saying that the weapon formed will not prosper; it will not accomplish that which it was sent to do. But you’ve got to know the Word of God. We’ve been deceived by the devil too long. God has given us a powerful weapon to stand up to anything the devil might bring up. He has given us His Word! My pastor (who is also my mother) reminded us that it’s not enough to just say the Word of God. Joshua 1:8 states ‘Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful’. Meditating on God’s Word allows our faith to gain strength so that when we speak/confess it out of our mouths, it will have the impact and gain the result of God’s Word spoken. Example, you meditate on a healing scripture because your faith is not quite developed in this area; so you meditate on by the striped of Jesus I am healed. Your meditation on that healing scripture allows you to strengthen you faith in that which the scripture is suppose to bring about (healing), you gain an understanding of what it should do, and you gain strength in the confidence that God can bring about the results of healing from the faith in the words that was meditated and confessed. You follow? Meditate of God’s Word, get it into your spirit (gaining understanding and strengthen your confidence in God's ability to perform His Word), and release that faith in the confessed Word of God.

Only a few of you may know the “troubles” that have tried to prosper in my life (my family’s life). We had been jobless since November ’08 –yes ’08. Now if this had happened to me about seven (7) years ago, I would be throwing one of those “pitty parties” I told you about. But before all this happened, I had been tithing, meditating and confessing scriptures of prosperity – God is my provider, He is a God that is more than enough for me and my family, He supplies all my needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus, He is my shepherd – I want for nothing, I look unto the hills which comes my help – my help comes from the Lord the maker of Heaven and Earth. I could go on and on of what I confess. I bound up lack and poverty – all of this I’d made a part of my daily confession not knowing what was ahead, BUT God did. With this happening, I had a choice to make – either I could through the pitty party of a lifetime – dwelling on the negative, allowing doubt to come in, just let the devil eat my lunch OR I could draw my Sword of Spirit, God’s Word, keeping my eyes on Him standing firm on His Word to see the salvation of the Lord. Of course I chose the latter. I’ve been here before, and I have learned to trust God. I tell you the Lord God Almighty kept my family. I mean we did not miss a beat. We were still eating and buying the same foods. We were able to buy us things we wanted, able to buy the kids toys and clothes (not cheap stuff either). We, well Aaron and Angie, still went to the movies when they wanted; we still ate out (not as much, but when we wanted). The Lord is awesome, and he is worthy of MY praise, and I give it to Him every time I think of His goodness. He is the reason for my praise, He is the reason that I sing, shout and dance! The devil is a liar and a defeated foe where the Pirozzi’s are concerned. He, the devil, is the losers, and we are the victor! We win – he loses in Jesus Name. I said, I win, I win, I win! Glory…….Hallelujah!

The Word of God tells us to count it all joy when we go through test and trials. I no longer do I see troubles as yet another trial, or battle to fight. I now look at it as an opportunity to increase my faith in my God, my trust in Him. I see it as an opportunity for God to show up and show out on my behalf. I look at it as an opportunity for God to show Himself real to me and my family, and for me to see and know that He is the God His Word says that He is, and that He can do the things His Word says He can do. Not only for us see, but for those around us to see just how GOOD our GOD is. They’ll begin to look at me and my family and begin to think “Well what are they doing? They look as if things (troubles) don’t bother them.” And I’ll say “It’s nothing of me or any member of my family, but it is the God that we serve. He is an AWESOME GOD!” Do I love having troubles? No, I wish they wouldn’t come at all. Do I seek for troubles? No! But because I know that they will come, I look unto the hills which cometh my help; my help cometh from the Lord God Almighty, the maker of Heaven and of Earth. I am no longer afraid when troubles come my way; I stand firm in the confidence of MY God! My God is able to do the impossible – there is nothing He can’t do. My God is able to see me through. He is a good Father that gives good gift unto His children, and I am a child of God – a citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven. I am the righteousness of God through Christ Jesus. I know WHO I am and WHO I belong too. My Father God owns all the cattle on a thousand hill (Psalms 50:10); His streets are paved with gold (Revelation 21:21). There is nothing he can’t give me or do for me. So now I say “Troubles……………. No Problem!” I feel “the preach” coming on, but I’ll stop right here. Glorrrrrryyyyy…….Hallelujah……, I told the devil about messing with me and mine. He better back up off of us……….. Be blessed of the Lord God Almighty this day in Jesus’ Name……. And everybody say………….AMEN! Let me go…………..

Did you put your armor on today????

Be Encouraged Today!!!