Don't be smug. We all have our share of strengths and weaknesses. First on my Top 10 Nerve Busters Chart is writers insecurity. I've had to hold onto the the promise in Habakkuk 2:2 that tells me to, "Write His answer on a billboard, large and clear, so that anyone can read it at a glance and rush to tell the others." (TLB) Sometimes it's easy to believe I'm called to write but then there are times I feel stale and boring. Usually these feeling come when I'm "forced" out of my comfort zone and have to send out Query Letters to editors along with a 15 page synopsis of my novel... double spaced.
Jesus keeps encouraging me to move forward but its at this time holding on gets really tricky. My enemies, fear and intimidation, try to sneak into the Battlefield of my mind and make me doubt the Word. If I fall into unbelief, it will take me away from God's best and farther from my destiny. I've been through this door before and know the drill. The Bible tells me to "Walk by faith, not by sight or appearance." Feelings can steal our faith more than any other single influence. We need to search our hearts, where faith abides, and live from there.
Don't worry about your weakness; its the Word that does the work, not the one holding onto it. It will bring victory to anyone who will believe. Are you waiting for healing? Let the Word do its work. A job offer...a broken relationship....a wayward child to come home? Fill your mind with one of God's many promises and wait and hope in the Lord.
Scripture Reading: Psalm 25
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