Philippians 3:13 NLT
No, dear
brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead,
The obstacles we face are of all different parts of
life. Some are tied to
relationships. Some are filled the
issues of money. Some are internal. How we deal with those obstacles is a big
deal.
Some things ought not to influence us. We often let things that mean very little
have a big impact on our lives. A little
water comes into our lives as a ripple, and it becomes a tsunami that wrecks
our lives. That happens with things that
matter and things that don’t matter. It
is a choice we make as to what we allow to get our heart beating, our stress
elevated and our fear running a marathon.
We destroy
every proud obstacle that keeps
people from knowing God. We capture
their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ.
It is time to capture the things that come through our lives
and give them the ability to do what is important. Here is a reminder: people are
important. By judging the happenings
that roll our direction we can make our lives much stronger. One of the ways this works best is to not
stress over things that will be gone in a short time. Put more time and effort into the things that
will be with us longer.
The verse above is not just about the bad stuff in taking the
bad captive and kicking it out of our lives.
It also works with capturing the good stuff and helping it stay in our
lives for a long time.
Obstacles really are opportunities to grow and to strengthen
our lives. Before the obstacle comes in
we need a plan. When the obstacles
arrive, we have a way to deal with them that will be productive and helpful. Further, by the way we deal with these
obstacles helps people around us learn who we serve and how great our God is.
Romans 8:28 NLT
And we know
that God causes everything to work
together for the good of those
who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.
God wants to build our lives.
He will as we allow obstacles to make us thrive rather than to just
survive through them. Dealing with
obstacles should make us more like Jesus and less depressed. It is important to learn how to best to deal
with obstacles!
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