F E A R L E S S F R E E D O M || 8.25.15.

   It's been almost a year since my last post. A lot has happened. A lot has changed. I've gone through a season of waiting on God and learning to be attentive to him. Many times I've had a lot to talk about or share, but when I started this I told God this blog was his. My words aren't sufficient, they aren't enough, and my own words from my own thoughts don't always glorify God. It's easiest to talk about the pain when you're heavily weighed under it, but there isn't any glorification in that, there's no victory in pain. Victory isn't found in gossip or complaints, it's found by waiting on God, and sometimes it's only between you and Him.

  But let me tell you, victory is near, and freedom is truly freeing.

I always thought the battle I was facing I had given to the Lord, I really thought I had handed the reins of the issue to Him. Yep, so I thought. Five years, blinded, and blinded by myself. It was me who was fighting, and me who was worn. I claimed my rest was in the Lord and my heavy burdens belonged to Him, but when it came down to the nitty-gridy of not being in control, things weren't the same. You see, I tried to find my peace thinking God had it under control when really I was still holding on.

   Exodus 14:14 - "The Lord will fight for you, you need only to be still."

This verse became my battle cry, and before long my victorious song. I reached a breaking point, a point where I came face to face with myself, I had to give it up, I had to give it to God. The Lord says to prove him faithful, so I did. I asked the Lord, "If your word is true, then Father God, fight for me because I can't fight for myself any longer."

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I let go, and when I did, God ran with it. For a month, He showed up is a different way than I could ever fathom. He showed me that he is so faithful, he fought, he won, and every battle I tried to win for myself in the past five years he completed in four weeks.

                                     H E  I S  F A I T H F U L

I finally felt release last night to share when I came across an accidental photo I took this summer. It should have got deleted, but somehow it didn't. It never meant anything to me until last night, and when I found it, a feeling of freedom overcame me. I was taken back, and God showed me, this is what I've done for you, freed you -- to live F R E E. Free from sin, free from distress, free from disappointment, free from sadness, free from lies, free from the opinion of man. He said, be free for me. Be ||F E A R L E S S|| in Christ Jesus.

 

No matter how high the waters, you can stand.

No matter what they say, you'll survive.

No matter the odds, you'll overcome.

No matter how defeated you feel, He is bigger.

No matter how dry the desert, His waters will quench the thirst.

No matter the storm, His peace calms.

My sister and I have a large age gap. And last night I realized God did it for such a time as this. She is my living example, everyday, to dance in the freedom of the Lord. Embrace it. Be vulnerable, love what God had given to you. Fearlessly trust in the Lord.  Hold on tight. Let the Lord who made you, fight for you, because you can't do it all on your own. Come unto the Father with a child's heart. Love him with all you have, in word and deed. 

So dance in the pool, sing a little louder in the car, add a skip to your walk even when it's raining, smile a little bigger, and pray a little harder. 

|| H E  H A S  M A D E  U S  F R E E ||

XoXo. Elizabeth