Burdens in life...Jesus will help you

When you become desperate...you lose perspective. Losing perspective leads to impulsive decisions and  often choices you regret. If you try to take on the burdens life wants to give you...you will become desperate-hopelessness is the only door that desperation leads to. Jesus tells us this in John 16:33, that He's taken all the troubles and in Him, we can have peace because He's overcome the world. When facing impossible situations you must immediately defer to God's Word for hope. God's hope anchors our soul-firm and secure (Heb 6:19), giving us a peace that transcends human understanding (Phil 4:7). You must be prepared for your mind to go into a natural processing mode of how to handle this impossible you're facing. Remember, God gave us our mind and we're to use it, but it must be calibrated to the Word. Deferring to God's truth in situations where you see no way out seems irrational in your mind-and that's because it is. Our rational mind can't comprehend how God makes the impossible situations we face work out. Jesus tells us this, "humanly speaking it is impossible, but with God everything's possible (Mt 19:26)." God's got our best interest in mind...even when our life is crumbling around us. Throughout scripture, the people who believed God in the impossible situations they faced, where the same ones who witnessed His miraculous provisions. Don't you know Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were ready to meet the Lord when they were thrown into the fiery furnace. Still, they stood firm, believing God. They didn't know how God would provide for them, but they held onto His truth that He would provide for them (Dan 3:17). When you set your mind in advance to believe God, that He will provide everything you need in every situation...you've made a bridge that will walk you out of every humanly impossible burden the world wants t impose on you. That bridge is named...Jesus! With Jesus you can do all things-He will strengthen you (Phil 4:14). This mindset keeps you focused on Jesus as your bridge and keeps desperation from flooding you. You acknowledge the reality of what you're facing-because it's real, but you don't take on the impossible burden of trying to resolve it, because it's a job for Jesus, not you. You move ahead in what you know to do-which will seem crazy in the natural. This may lead you  right into the fiery furnace-if so, know Jesus is with you and He will never leave you. You can tell Him your fears and still...completely trust Him. Most burdens require us to walk into the fire to stand on what we say we believe-this is how we strengthen our faith. None of us ever want to walk in the fire, but after we walk out...we know Jesus more than before we went in. We know what we believe and no devil in hell can ever snatch it from us! And each fire brings a greater revelation of our powerful, mighty and sweet Jesus. The more we know Him...the more we know our purpose and that He approves us. Nothing can ever separate us from His love and He has good plans for us...our hope is in Him all day long-His joy completes us! You're purposed by Jesus-let your light shine! (Phil 3:10, Rom 8:38-39, Jer 29:11, Ps 25:5, Jn 15:11, Mt 5:16) 6/21/13CIFL-LMM