The journey isn't meant to discourage you...it's to equip you!

This journey isn't meant to discourage you...it's to equip you. You can climb the mountain if you completely rely on the strength of Jesus-His Spirit lives in you. He's gone before you & cleared a path. You can't see the path from where you're standing; begin the climb-trusting Jesus...recalling what He whispered to your heart. While you're climbing, there will be times when doubt will consume you-wanting you to abort the mission. Other times the path will appear to stop & doubt will overtake you until you realize it's a mirage in your mind playing tricks...to discourage you.

Just keep moving & stay focused. Other dead ends will appear & you will reason it must be God telling you to stop, but it's really a sharp turn where you can't see around the bend. This happens often in the journey; we reason we reached an end, missed it or misunderstood...but we gave up before we got there! We allowed discouragement to talk us out of our dream. We were too consumed with entertaining doubt & we missed the prompting & encouragement of the Holy Spirit telling us to keep going. So we turned back & began the descend down the mountain feeling foolish, very small & diminished just like satan wanted us to. Our mind plagued by a barrage of doubt & confidence paralyzed.

If you missed it...okay, we all do-learn from the experience, but don't disqualify yourself because God hasn't. God wants you to pursue the call He put in you. Don't you know He loves you & if you do miss it, He's got you covered...His grace is sufficient for you & His strength is perfected in your weaknesses! Trust Him-take a risk. Keep moving, this time you will know from experience...there's more around the bend! This journey isn't meant to discourage you...it's to equip you-blessings friend! (Jer 29:11-14, Gal 6:9-10, 1 Pet 5:8, 2 Cor 12:9,10) 10/10/12LMM #journey #christianinsightforlife