TAKE THE HITS

Take the Hits
Like a boxer in a ring take the hits.

Fight the Good Fight is not to sit on the side line and wait for a 'cushy way out'... THAT DOES SOUND GOOD TO ME AND PERHAPS TO YOU AS WELL. Thankfully YES we do enjoy those moments of sweatless effort and wonderful newness of great change is upon us. We might consider the moment of Soul Salvation... It was nothing we did to merit it, all we did was ask through faith believing and we were transformed from the walking dead to the new beginning of eternal life in Jesus*

Even still its not a fight of the good fight if we are running from what we must face up to.
Are we seeking to hide what we need to tear down?
Are we in the mental arena of the battle dreading defeat...
Are we in that mental place that bids us to just keep hold of what we need let go of ...
We don't want to experience anything too painful, traumatic or difficult.
We want the victory without the challenge
Out of our rut we cry ' Uh the idea of winning seems impossible before we begin'....

2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

Christians have many things many obstacles to overcome in their climb upward in the Lord Jesus after their Soul Salvation.
Its a lifetime of growth and change and change and growth in the Lord.
Should we say; ' I have arrived, I am all I can be in the Lord'... We then fool ourselves; for who is likened unto the Lord God Almighty?

Greatest of growth spurts in our Christian Climb or walk [however you perceive it to be in your spiritual realm] come out of our pain and through pressure and time.

Through the Holy Spirit of Almighty God ... You will know its time to: let go of something in order to grow in Jesus again.
God pricks our conscience and tells us its time.... How much longer will you hold onto what God wants you to 'cast out' of your life?
He keeps tapping at our hearts door, He keeps talking to us about it, He keeps sending a feeling of guilt where comfort or pleasure once prevailed in our hearts... We know beyond a shadow of doubt God indeed is saying ENOUGH IS ENOUGH...

ITS TIME THEN TO STOP IT ... and that means get in the ring, get in the arena and fight
the good fight. Don't toss in the towel before you were willing to take the hits.
God has a challenge for you today... ITS - TAKE THE HITS, take the pain. Often times many of us have the tendency to make things worse in our own minds than they truly are.
Take a look back in your own life and see what you have overcome.
Can you recall that it was not as bad as you imagined it would be?... If your freaking out right now saying; 'NO ... IT WAS WORSE !'
You can still say you past through and what does not kill us makes us stronger.
Trust God does indeed aid us.
We are never alone, With God all things are possible.

Matthew 19:26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

BELIEVE: believe the unbelievable

1 Samuel 17:34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a out of the flock:
35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
37 David said moreover, The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, HE WILL DELIVER ME OUT OF the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David,
Go, and the Lord be with thee.

FAITH: David drew on his past to increase his faith for the battle at hand.

David had great faith in God and went to face his giant with his weapons of choice...
1 Samuel 17:40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.

ACTION; The mere act of choosing his weapons, reaffirms to his mind and heart ...I Am going to do this...I AM GOING TO DO THIS!!!

...Again Drawing from his past walk in the Lord God Almighty ... David calculated; HE [God] will deliver me out of the hand of this. Things we run from or want to put off to a later date only serve to unnerve us.

What has the Lord pressed upon your heart to let go of?
You know exactly what you need to do...
The Lord has told you or shown you in advance so just do it.
You have imagined walking through the challenge
you have mentally seen your victory and rejoiced in the positive outcome.
Yes mentally you have punched through to victory many times.
Now its time to do it for real.
Trust God keep the faith and just do it.
You alone are weak but with God all things are possible... Amen...

I pray this helps someone ... The Lord Jesus* has aided me in putting this together through the Holy Spirit for someone ...
Possibly you.

Jesus* Bless your heart in Him and the Holy Spirit said; "The other side is so much better"

Transformation: to transform - a to change in composition or structure b : to change the outward form or appearance of c : to change in character or condition : convert
2 : to subject to mathematical transformation
3 : to cause (a cell) to undergo genetic transformationintransitive verb : to become transformed : change [http://www.merriam-webster.com/netdict/transform]

ICor. 12:
7. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
31. But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.


Note: when we let go of ... We encourage some new transformation in the spirit world that we may not be certain of at the time as to exactly what it is. Yet with Jesus we can know for certain its for our very best in Christ Jesus, whom makes all things work together for our good.

A suitable ending for this is be made aware that if we choose to let the moments of change and encourage new spiritual growth in the Lord come upon us .... That we might be used by the Lord God Almighty for a greater purpose then we can be certain God will not sweat our decision to sit on the sideline ... He will find a willing heart to favor over you and they will pick up and run with the torch that you were to comfortable to reach for.

We all reap what we sow.

Ask yourself if your willing to put God off again?
This may be His last calls to you...
Then He moves onward to a more fruitful eager heart for Him.
I encourage you don't suffer that great lose...
Recall we can never out give the Lord.
Give unto Him and He will out pour a blessing your walls cannot contain {Luke 6:38.

Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God,
to them who are the called according to his purpose.

As always not that we be glorified but that He be glorified.
To God be the Glory for the Great Things He has done.. Amen
All Praise to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit ... our great three in one God.. Amen
Jesus* Blessings to your efforts in Him.