One Step

Ok, I'm going to be honest with you right up front...I have no idea what to right! Yep, no idea.

I decided to completely revamp my website - switched providers, gave it a clean fresh look, and saved all the posts that I had previously written. My plan was to take all the posts I had written before and release one a week for a while. That way, I could restart my blog without actually having to write. (And, I would look awesome, becaue I was consistent!)

The problem is, I'm not the same person I was three years ago. My God is faithful and has healed me, grown me, and changed me more than I could have imagined. And so, when I went to execute my perfect little plan, it just didn't feel right to copy those posts. I would have to change most of the wording anyway because I am not in the same place as I was when writing back then.

I toyed with the idea of simply revamping those posts, blowing the dust off, updating more along the lines of what I would say now, and realized I would have to rewrite the whole post!

And here we get to the heart of the issue, I am a writer who has been avoiding writing. There I said it, whew. That has been a long time coming.

I love to write. I believe I am designed to write, so why have I not been writing?

Fear and lies.

Anybody have any experience with this spirit? The spirit of fear?

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity or cowardice or fear, but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of sound judgment and personal discipline [abilities that result in a calm, well-balanced mind and self-control] - 2 Timothy 1:7

Now I will say, that life has been there as well. I have stepped back into the working world after fourteen years of staying home with my kiddos, homeschooling, etc. I would love to claim that as the real reason I have not been writing, but it's time to come clean with you and with myself.

I have simply been letting the devil talk me out of it.

I have not wanted to write because I would mess up what I've already started. I have been psyching myself out. There's no way I can write like I used to. My brain's too tired. I can barely put my thoughts together as it is, how in the world can I continue that story I started long ago? I've lost my chance. It's too late. I missed the opportunity.

So. Many. Lies.

If part of my design is to write, then it would make sense that the enemy would do anything to stop me.

So I am writing. I don't know if it's the best. I don't know if it will bless anyone out there in the blog world, but I know I have to start.

I have a sneaking suspicion that if you are reading this right now, there may be something you were designed to do and the enemy has been doing his best to talk you out of it, that he has given you your own list of reasons why not.

So. Many. Lies.

My encouragement to you is...do it. Start. Make a move in that direction. It doesn't have to be pretty. It doesn't have to be perfect. It doesn't even have to be good, but it does need to happen. One step. One step in that direction. When we move our God comes to join us.

Your ears will hear a word behind you, “This is the way, walk in it,” whenever you turn to the right or to the left. - Isaiah 30:21

This verse implies movement. God can't tell you if you are walking in the right direction if you are not moving.

It's time to move! The time is now! No more procrastination! No more laying down to the lies of the enemy!

Our enemy won't stop lying. We need to stop listening!

We need to stand up and listen to the Lion of Judah, not the lion who comes to steal, kill, and destroy.

It's time to start doubting! Yes, you heard me right. It's time to start doubting the lies of the enemy and to start standing in the Truth of the Lord God Almighty, and who He designed us to be.

Like the passionate revivalist Reinhard Bonnke once said, "Why always doubt the Word of God? Why not doubt the lies of the devil!"

So I write.

And as I do, I pray victory and boldness for you to step forward into that which you are called to do. One step forward.

One step toward your destiny.

What is your first step?

*When you hear it, drop it in the comments below, so I can pray over it.