Meeting the Challenge!

It's easy to get excited over goals and the thought of meeting them. But it gets a little tougher when it's time to push through our natural tendency to NOT follow through on things we have previously failed out or quit on.

Last night when it was time to actually START walking 5 miles... I remember thinking... groan... "why did I do this? Do I really want to follow through with this? What was I thinking???" :-D Well... I was thinking it's time to whip my body into health and a much better shape.

Has that ever happened to you? Do you ever start to do something and shortly after want to quit? Do you know what that is? Do you know WHO that is? Can I tell you? Can I tell you??? :)

We have a real enemy in this world that wants us to fail in every area of our lives. He has a name... it's Satan. Deceiver. Accuser of the Brethren. Thief. Liar. Enemy. He has so many names... and he WANTS us to fail. He doesn't want us to succeed in anything. Not just in spiritual things. Oh he wants us to especially fail there. But he also desires to see us fail in every area of our life so we will end up flat on our face, giving up on God. That's his ultimate goal.

Ever feel like you are being kicked constantly? Are you beating your head up against a wall with doubt and insecurity? Constant thoughts of failure? What do you do in those moments?

When satan comes knocking at the door of your mind with "don't do this. Quit. It's too hard. You don't have time"... no matter what he tries to convince us of, it's in that moment that we have to Choose Life! God's life.

So what do you do when you're facing an uncompleted goal or some major challenge in your life? What do you do when you're facing a thought of failing or failure?

You STAND STRONG in the authority you've been given as a child of God (If you don't know what it is, it's time to find out) and you take authority over the one who stands against you. Satan. KICK HIM BACK TO HELL WHERE HE BELONGS!!! . He doesn't have any real authority over us unless we give it to him. How do we do that? By listening to and acting on his lies. He gets a thrill when he can convince us of his lies.

Find out who you are in Christ. Stand strong in your God given authority! So when satan comes knocking at the door of your mind... you can say "HELL... NO! Satan, in the Name of Jesus, NO! I rebuke you and all your lies and cast you out in Jesus' Name!!! You are back under my feet where you belong!"

You're telling Satan and all of Hell... NO way!!! I'm not giving in to what you have to say.

Then just go right ahead and press through to your goal! Victory is yours if you want it! :)