Let's Talk About Trust.....

Trust In The Lord With All Your Heart And Lean not On Your Own Understanding, In All Your Ways Acknowledge HIM And He Shall Direct Your Paths..... Proverbs 3:5-6

Beautiful One, Do You Know What It Is To Trust?

Have you ever been face to face with a situation that has left you bewildered, angry, confused; sad and despressed, leaving you honestly wondering if this time you're  going to make it out alive, and even if you do, you can't imagine you will ever be the same person again? You have had troubles before, but this time it got PERSONAL, the enemy knows  exactly where your heart is and this flaming, loaded arrow hit it's mark and has pierced the very core of your very being- leaving you bleeding, wounded and left for dead....

Do you know what it is to be walking with the Lord, daily seeking him, relying on him, enjoying him, keeping careful watch to seeking good  things, serving with a pure heart as best you can, forgiving, loving, fighting off the conformities of this world, only to come face to face with a situation that has been aimed-shot directly at your very life to utterly destroy you?- You didn't create this situation, nevertheless you have to deal with it because it hit home in such a way- that to not deal with it, will leave you in utter chaos and despair.

Do you know what it is to have fear, pain, anger, despair and hopelessness grip your heart in such a way, that everywhere you go- your smiling and talking to people, but inside- YOU ARE DYING and you just want to fall apart? You know all the verses to say, you repeat them over and over in your mind but they are crowded out by all the noise of the pain that you have been infected with. YOU KNOW the LORD hears you when you pray but this feeling deep within you just wont go away, every time you try to laugh you end up in tears and it seems that a formidable force of despair, discouragement, anger, and resentment have been unleashed upon you that you just cannot ignore.

I am not talking about just any situation, I am talking about being Betrayed. It is one of the most Nasty, Unfair and Vicious weapons that the enemy uses against us. He unleashes "Betrayal"  on us through others and it usually comes through someone who we love and are close and vulnerable with.

That's why it is so effective, it pierces, it wounds, it separates, it violates and it paralyzes and if not tended to, we will eventually be so engulfed with so much pain, strife and bitterness that we then will be the very ones who will become bitter and then defile many!

What do you do when you have been betrayed? What do you do when a spouse has betrayed  your marriage bed? When all trust is not just broken-BUT GONE, when the truth is blurred by so many lies and your security of the future and your comfort is demolished because you have no point of reference of when the truth was last told?

What do you do when a child, parent sister, brother or close friend that knows you inside out has betrayed you? Betrayal can come through anyone. What do you do? You are in so much pain, you've NEVER felt hurt like this before, here you are -a person of integrity, one who walks with the Lord, one who has a purpose and a destiny and has dreams and goals and was walking along the way, only to find now that your dream has been put on hold, (it feels more like it was put to death) and where your going seems so far out of reach because now you have to go toe to toe with an ugly reality that has penetrated your beautiful place?

I want you to know  that if the enemy of "Betrayal" has forced his ugly way into your house, into your very heart- Hold On, because your help is on it's way!

You may not know all the answers, you may not have any resolve right now,you may not be defended, your name might be mud and your heart torn to pieces,  you may feel like your walking in a dazed and confused state -but Hold On- worrying, fretting, and even getting even in your mind wont help you now. Meditating on the betrayal wont help you, it only renforces the damage that has occurred and I want to encourage you with this-YOU must be a SIGNIFIGANT THREAT to that little weasal or the opposition wouldnt be this great!

You need to hear this and recieve it within your Spirit; 'Betrayal' comes when the enemy of our soul has used literally everything he has in his arsonal to take us out-and NONE OF IT WORKED!!!

The reason Betrayal is so personal and painful and it is so hard to deal with and overcome is because the enemy can't get to YOU, he can't entice YOU in your walk, YOU are girded up with TRUTH in the inner parts, so he unleashes it upon us out of his own frustration and catches us off guard and entangles us in a web of deceit through someone else. Through someone we trust, through someone who we are vulnerable to. Betrayal comes to us-it is not from us. Or maybe you have been the one from whom it came, either way it is a deception and a tool of the enemy meant to destroy all involved!

Remember Christ? He was in the wilderness and the enemy tried and tried to get to him but he couldn't- Christ was unwilling to yield to temptation, so what did the enemy do? He had Him "BETRAYED", The Son Of Man was betrayed because He would not give in! Christ knew who He was, He knew where HE was going and he wasn't going to let a little devil from Hell seperate Him from His Purpose and from the heart of the Father....

Beautiful One, the devil IS A LIAR!!!!

He is the small g of this world, he has no power and I am here to tell you that "NO WEAPON THAT IS FORMED AGAINST YOU SHALL PROSPER," YOU MAY BE DOWN, BUT BABY YOUR NOT OUT!!!! And what the enemy meant for evil YOUR GOD is going to use for good-thats a promise you can count on!!!. Dry those eyes, get out of that bed, get dressed, put your  make-up back on,  go shopping, go for a drive, go to a movie, go to a bookstore and ask God to speak to you and find a book and read the whole thing right there, REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE, YOU ARE A CHILD OF THE MOST HIGH GOD and even though a close one has stabbed your back remember that GOD IS ULTIMATELY THE ONLY ONE WHO TRULY HAS IT....

When betrayal penetrates us through a close one, it shakes us to our very core, everything we thought we knew is no more-the plans you've made are now all question marks and your bewildered and left wondering, 'will I even be around this person in the future,' you ask yourself questions like; 'how can I ever trust them again? How will I know they are being honest?, 'Do I even want to work through this?"  

These are all very real and very human responses to being betrayed, we must weigh the cost, we must look at every aspect of it, to not do so would be very unwise, but if you find yourself in a conflict-in an unseen war of being willing and not wanting to be, know that that is OK and you need to be honest with where you're at!

In order to Heal, YOU'VE GOT TO BE REAL!!!

How can you go forward if you can't even be real with where you're at? How will you even know where to go?

 

Beautiful One, some of the most powerful and painful circumstances we will be called to overcome in our lifetimes are not the things we can see-it will be the UNSEEN battles that wage war against us in our hearts, it will be the conflict of the Spirit of God within us overpowering the spirit of flesh that wants it's way; it's revenge- that wants to feel better and have it's say.

We need to remember during times of Betrayal, that it took MORE POWER for Christ to stay on the cross than it would have if He'd come down from it. It is going to take more TRUSTING In GOD to stand in your integrity and not backtrack or back down, you might not gain any ground but don't lose any either, as the Apostle Paul says in Philippians--"Let us live up to what we have already attained."

When faced with Betrayal this scripture in Proverbs has never had so much punch to it- Trust in the Lord, LEAN NOT on YOUR own understanding, don't try to figure it out, YOU can't, only GOD KNOWS the who, why and whats of it. Trust that He will bring you out, Trust that He knows it all, Trust that He will not leave you this way and Trust that He will redeem the time and give YOU double for all your trouble.

To truly TRUST God in the face of Betrayal is to trust that He will make a way a where there is no way, ONLY HE can heal your broken bleeding heart and remember, when the enemy comes in like a flood-HE- GOD the BIG G- will lift up a standard over you and the foot the enemy used to trip you and knock you down with, YOUR GOD will use as a footstool to catapult you to places you've never dreamed possible!

Set your mind Right NOW-today that YOU WILL TRUST GOD TO MAKE THIS ONE UP TO YOU PERSONALLY!! Continue to humble yourself and bless that one who has hurt you, betrayed you, despitefully used and spoken all manner of evil against you. I know it's hard but Beautiful One, IT WORKS!!! Get out of the way of allowing God to deal with them-And HE WILL..

It is said that; "the best way to get back at your enemy is to make them your friend!" Now I am not telling you to rush out and befriend them, but what I am saying is to always keep on the forefront of your mind-that the one who betrayed you needs more grace, love and forgiveness- they essentially need Gods help more than you do, when one is deceived, they don't know it,  that's why it's called deception!

Be reminded that to know CHRIST IN THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION-IS ALSO TO KNOW HIM IN THE FELLOWSHIP OF HIS SUFFERING!

And Be STRENGTHENED with this; everyone and anyone who ever did anything GREAT in the KINGDOM OF GOD WAS BETRAYED-

Just as Christ went-there go I......

Beautiful One, Just Believe and when faced  with Betrayal, don't get even-GET GOD and Trust in the Him.....