Let me go ahead and
begin this blog with a disclaimer. I
apologize if I offend anyone. Sometimes God puts words on my heart which turn
into sentences which turn into paragraphs which turn into messages that need to
be heard and received. So if at any
point during the reading of this message you feel hurt or insulted I ask you to
simply stop what you’re doing and take your issues to God. He has already been dealing with you in this
area and now that you are seeing these words you feel convicted. Go to God.
I was talking to a guy friend the other night that had recently
come into some issues with law enforcement.
I’ve known him for quite awhile and as he described his situation I
couldn’t help but stop him and say, “This isn’t you!” He didn’t go into great detail about his
situation, but I could tell through his voice how serious the situation was or
could become. As he continued to talk, I
silently asked God, “God, what do you want me to say to him? This is obviously
a time where you want me to speak on your behalf, so tell me what to say.” After allowing my friend to say a few more
things I said to him, “Now that you’ve come out or are coming out of this
situation, what are you going to do?
What are you going to do differently?
You don’t have to share these things with me, but I want you to think
about it. My only suggestions would be
for you to write down everything that you’ve gone through and that you will
face in the coming months. There is
someone out there who will go through what you just went through so you need to
be prepared when they come to you for help.
You also need to determine what keeps taking you back to this
lifestyle. I know that you are a good
person. This isn’t you. There are people in your life that you will
have to let go. There are places that
you can’t go anymore. There are things that you can’t do anymore. What are you afraid of?!? What’s holding you back from being the person
– the man that God has created you to be?
I understand that it’s not easy, but you’re gonna have to
surrender. Give this situation and every
situation to God. You have two choices;
Life or Death. If you go back to your
old lifestyle then you will die, but if you surrender to God you will live. There are a lot of people walking around
today who are dead, but have a heartbeat. “He was quiet for a little while, but
I know that he heard me. Before ending
the call he told me that he would think about the words that I had just said to
him. This situation had definitely been a wake-up call for him. He said that he was ready to change. I hope and pray that he will.
My friend’s story is not uncommon. We hear stories like this one all of the
time. The devil is so busy trying to
tear down our men. In every direction
they turn they see images of themselves.
They see the lives that they are “supposed” to be living based on
today’s society. Our men have gotten
caught up into the lifestyle of fame and fortune and have lost sight of their
rightful place in the home. I believe that
our men understand their position, but fear is keeping them from stepping up to
the plate. Some of our men are afraid to
be the head of the household, the backbone of their family, the provider and
the protector so they play the field using, abusing, and reusing women. It is a pattern that they have developed over
time, but a pattern that they saw played out time and time again when they were
younger. Many of the issues that we all
face stem solely from situations we experienced when we were children. The
displacement of our men has caused an adverse affect on women young and old. Women have become envious of one another and
downright disrespectful. Mother’s are
fighting daughters, sisters are fighting sisters, and friends are fighting
friends. With reality TV you can tune in
on any night of the week and see what I am describing firsthand. Women are using harsh and aggressive language
to belittle each other. They are taking
extreme measures to make themselves more desirable to men. These are the same men who are afraid and who
are standing behind their careers, cars, houses, and even other women. The things that we see are only
temporary. Time is running out. God is waiting for us to get our lives
together; surrender to Him and be the change that we want to see in the
world. It is not going to be easy, but
God never said it would be. What hurts
my heart most of all is the affect that our behavior is having on future
generations. Our men are more concerned
with temporary glory, our women have forgotten why they were created and all
the while our children are dying. Let me
say that again. Our men are more
concerned with temporary glory, our women have forgotten why they were created
and all the while our children are dying.
So, like I asked my friend, “What are you going to do
now? What are you afraid of?!? What’s holding you back from being the person
that God has created you to be?”
Dear God, I ask you to
lift up the man, woman, or child who may be reading this message. God I pray that the receiver of this word,
your word will find a renewed strength in order to stand firm against the
attacks of the enemy. God you have
revealed to us time and time again through your word how we must live during
the time that we walk this earth. Remove
the fear from our hearts so that we may come into the men and women of God that
we were created to be. I ask you to lift
up our men God. They are afraid, they have been misguided, they are lost and
confused and we need you Father to guide them back to You so that they may take up their rightful place not only in the home, but in the world. In your son Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.
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