Walking through the waiting time, that I did, opened my eyes to so many things. Isn’t that why God has us in the waiting time? We learn things. We learn things about Him and we learn things about ourselves. It strengthens our faith, for the next time.
A friend of mine asked me why I had to remind myself that God loved me, as I went through the waiting time. He died for your sins, of course He loves you, she said. I thought about that.
Yes, I knew God loved me. But that thought was somewhere in the back of my mind. At the time, I was sitting under a cloud of lies. I heard lies in my head: God was mad at me, God didn’t really love me, God tolerated me, but I was such a screw up, He didn’t really want to help me. I felt like an ugly step child, hidden in the basement. I wasn’t able to be upstairs with the real family. I was locked away…tolerated.
Of course, those were all lies. But that’s why I had to remind myself, over and over again that God loved me. The lies kept invading my mind, wrecking havoc on my brain and heart.
A Christian faces all kinds of temptations. Temptations to sin in so many ways. My temptation is to believe the lies the enemy dishes out to me, as soon as I’m walking the valley. As soon as I began to wait, having a prayer not answered right away, in come the lies. Lies upon lies. And the problem with the waiting time is that I’m already tired. I’m already spent. So when the lies come, I can’t combat them as easily.
So that’s why I had to remind myself that God loved me. That’s why I had to tell myself over and over again: God loved me, He heard my prayers, and He knows my need. I had those three truths as my weapon of choice. I could remind myself of exactly that. When I did, the power of the lies disappeared. I felt comfort. The more I told myself those truths, the better I felt. And when more lies were hurled at me, I had to tell myself those truths again.
And that is what you can do, as a believer. If your temptation is to believe lies the enemy dishes out to you, claim God’s truths. Tell yourself what you know to be true about God. He does love you. He does hear your prayers. He does know all of your needs and all of your feelings. He is the God of all comfort. He will come to your rescue. The waiting time might not be over, but He will be the balm for your soul. He will sooth you. And to feel God’s love, to feel the comfort He brings you is the greatest gift of all.
So believer, remind yourself of God’s truth and feel the enemy’s lies fade quickly away.
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