SELF CONFINEMENT
As we live, love and learn we understand
more about ourselves as well as others. We each grasp an understanding
about our place within this world as we are able to tap into our
purpose. It is interesting to me that everything that happens rather it
is good or bad, I now realize has happened for my GOOD! Oddly, I
personally didn’t learn this lesson fully until I was forced into
situations where I had to lift up my head to acknowledge God’s permanent
presence. The word of God states in Psalms 3:3 that the Lord is a
shield and lifter of my head. Through my own experiences, I can truly
bear witness to this scripture.
There are times in life where it will seem
as if you are in isolation from all human connections and everything
that is tangible. If you were in prison this separation is known as
solitary confinement. However, you do not have to be in a physical
prison compound to experience solitary confinement, as many of you face
mental confinements on a daily basis that separates you from reality.
Did you know that you can be held captive
by your own thoughts that plague you? Do you ever feel fearful to the
point that it causes dread? Do you feel unworthy, incapable or foster
other self reducing thoughts? If so, your prison and place of bondage
is then your own physical temple. It is time to get the anecdote to free
yourself from your solitary confinement.
The mind is the first place that Satan will
attempt to attack us so that we will lose sight of where God is
delivering us. If Satan gets our mind we will lose value for our own
being and feel as though we are alone when it is the complete opposite
of our own actuality. It is important for us to realize that we must
seek God daily for his guidance to help carry us through the day
and realize that we may be lonely at times, but we are never alone.
Psalms 23:4 clearly declares that I will fear no evil, for thou art with
me. Stand on this scripture when you feel as though you cannot make it
beyond your circumstance and when you feel as though everyone has
abandoned you. Realize that it is all in your mind.
Satan wants you to believe that you are all
alone, but you are never alone. He wants you to believe that no one
understands how you feel, but that is also not true. The truth is that
God is always with you. In addition to God being with you, many
believers know how you feel and understand what you are experiencing
mentally and emotionally. It is important to recognize that none of us
has arrived; we are all in the process of becoming, so it is imperative
that you free yourself from your self induced solitary confinement, so
that you can have the life God promised to you.
As you meditate on Jesus today, gain
strength in knowing that God is always faithful and he will never
forsake you. It is truly up to you to escape the solitary confinement
trap of Satan. Never let him get your mind, if he gets your mind he will
have your being. Surrender to God today!
Yours in the journey,


































