Are you angry about something from the past? Are you angry about the way negativity in the world is escalating every day? Do you read and or watch negative things? Are you edgy and at unrest in your spirit?
Such a large percentage of what may be disquieting, you actually have no control over. Learning to step away and release such things is imperative in this season. One such area is the news. Do you follow the news closely? Most of it is negative. So guess what? What is going into your mind and spirit and heart (for it is always a heart issue) is negative. When you recount negative information to others you share that negativity with them. Guess what? You are simply adding to the negative vibe out there that is already way too prolific.
When I had stage 4 cancer (from which God healed me without conventional treatment!) I went to a clinic. The first thing the Doctor there told us was not to watch the news. This was decades ago when the news was much lighter than today. He explained that when continually taking in such information it literally has a very negative impact on your immune system. Not only is a constant barrage of negativity bad for your spirit but it has actual physical effects as well. It raises anxiety levels, cortisol levels, rewires your brain toward more negativity and can affect your heart both naturally and spiritually.
I hear so many say that they need to know everything that is going on today. I am not advocating keeping your head in the sand but unless you are a reporter, a General making strategic decisions or in any other position having the anointing and ability to affect change you do not need to keep yourself in a swirl of negativity. It will only lead to spiritual disruption. It will keep you from the peace that surpasses all understanding. It may well affect your physical health.
You are here ‘for such a time as this.’ If you have made the decision to let Jesus Christ be your Lord and Savior then there is much work ahead. If you have not yet made the decision to turn your life over to Him, do it today! We are in a time like never before. God is raising up His remnant. He is raising up His Army. Strategy and being equipped determine the outcome of any battle and ultimately of any war.
To be effective on any battle front, a soldier must be focused on the task at hand. To be diverted in any way can cost him his life and the lives of those around him. We should well be out of boot camp in this season.
The weapons of our warfare are not carnal but spiritual for the pulling down of strongholds. Read Ephesians 10-20 and suit up every day with the armor of God. If a soldier in the natural went to battle without equipment he would surely perish. So it is in spiritual as well.
Do not let the sun go down on your anger. Focus on positive things. Stay equipped. Clear your heart daily that the God of peace shall be with you. Above all, guard your heart for out of it come the issues of life.
“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.”
Philippians 4:8-9
“And “don’t sin by letting anger control you.” Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry, nor give place to the devil…Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.”
