Sometimes we all get discouraged and feel weak in our faith. This has been one of those weeks with lots of trials and tests, some of which I honestly have failed. Nevertheless, I keep plugging along. But God spoke to me this morning that He does not want me living a life of just getting by. I am to live victoriously!

I realized that I have been trying to do things in my own strength and that is never going to be sufficient . God is our strength, but we have to let go and let Him handle things. Therein lies the challenge for me…just letting go.

No matter what is happening in my life, God is in control. His strength never fails. Unlike me, his muscles don’t get tired and tremble. He is strong enough to carry me through the trials and tests. So, I should have NO FEAR. I came through the horrors of my surgery and the long recovery period with God walking right beside me. Then, these latest trials popped up and somehow I forgot the power of God in my life. How did that happen? My independent streak took over and I decided, like a toddler, that I could handle things “by myself.” But I can’t really…I need God to comfort me and hold me and give me His strength and wisdom. Don’t we all?

A mountain is not something that is physically in your path, or not always at least. Usually a mountain for me is anything that seems that I cannot get around it to the other side so that I can continue to walk a joyful journey with the Lord. But God has told me that I can just tell the mountain to move, and because I have the Lord behind me and before me and besides me, the mountain will move. Most mountains in my life don’t turn out to be so big after all, once I tell them to get out of my way. So today, I am speaking to my mountain of discouragement to move, to get out of my path! Do you have a mountain in your life that you need to speak to?

Now that I have spoken to my mountain, God has told me to be still and reflect on His goodness, on His greatness and His nature that allows me to speak to mountains and to have peace in my heart. So, now I have come full circle. I am back to my original Scripture verse. God is and always has been my refuge and strength. I hope that He is yours, too! Blessings for a wonderful day and a journey into all that God has for you!