Today I received a message…
There is a story of a warrior named Jonathan. He was the son of King Saul, the king of Israel. Jonathan was tired of the Philistines waging war on Israel. They had shut down all the blacksmiths from helping the Israelites sharpen their weapons. The only Israelites who had weapons were King Saul and his son Jonathan. King Saul was under a pomegranate tree and set back to let others fight his battles as evidenced by David taking on Goliath and Jonathan going up to the Philistines to fight them.
Jumping to the point…
I give too much power to other people in three ways:
1- I let others dictate my self worth by looking at their Facebook and blog posts.
2- I have allowed others to negatively influence me to not rise to my potential and what I believe in.
3- I question my goals due to past rejections of who I am.
I am depending on others to sharpen my weapons.
I am not taking time to meditate on Who I believe in
I am not taking time to apply the principles I live by
I have “Saul-itis”. – Others are fighting my battles while I sit and watch them.
No more shall the Philistines invade my land, take my freedom, and I do nothing about it.
I have to trust God. I must take the mantle and go.
Jonathan and his armor bearer had to climb steep and difficult cliffs to get to the Philistines on the mountaintop before he could fight them.
The cliffs I climb are the preparation for the battle ON the mountaintop.
So, I will take each obstacle, set back, scratch from a rock or stick as a test for the topside battle.
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