Jump for Joy
“Through our faith, the mighty power of God constantly guards us until our full salvation is ready to be revealed in the last time. May the thought of this cause you to jump for joy, even though lately you’ve had to put up with many trials.”
PTSD, situational depression, burnout…These are all things I have been learning to acknowledge over the last 6 months, but not to dwell on (“So keep your thoughts continually fixed on all that is authentic and real, honorable and admirable, beautiful and respectful, pure and holy, merciful and kind”).
There are seasons when we get to be especially raw and genuine. Often it can be hard to find the space to acknowledge and talk about the hard stuff. Something tells us we can’t be prophetic and still wrestle with things. I would offer that if we are truly prophetic, we are going to have to wrestle with things so that in overcoming, we gain keys to unlock greater freedom to pass onto others.
When we have a hard time admitting our weakness and poverty it reveals that we just have too little faith in the power of the God to change us. I hear an invitation within my current trials to truly believe Him like I never have before; that within Him within me, is the power even to raise the dead. Depression just can’t compete with that level of power & authority, and has to bow. And there is a new thing that arises.
“When you go through deep waters,
I will be with you.
When you go through rivers of difficulty,
you will not drown.
When you walk through the fire of oppression,
you will not be burned up;
the flames will not consume you.”
“This is what the Lord says-
He who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters...
Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past...
See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up, do you not perceive it?”