OVERCOMING WRONG MINDSETS
Something we all need to be reminded:
Your thoughts are either moving your forward or keeping you where you are at.
You are either stuck in the past or trusting GOD with your future.
You can be confident, fearless and free on the way to becoming a bold overcomer,
or you can just be waiting, where you are, for something to happen.
You may even say, "Well, I am not bold enough to press in and press on in that particular area
like someone else." That’s the lie the enemy would have you believe.
Often we think of a bold person as someone who is very vocal and outspoken.
Their way of thinking and acting is vibrant and flamboyant,
and often with charisma to back it all up.
With that perception comes the idea that this type person is fearless as well,
maybe or maybe not.
If the boldness is with humility it is obvious.
But if the humility is not present, the fruit will not be either.
Sometimes acting or behaving in an outward and bold way, is the easier thing to do.
The louder we laugh, the more insecure we may be.
In conversations, the more we interrupt others or express our thoughts
as to be bold enough to make everyone stop and listen to us…
It may be a sign we have a need just to be heard.
The more we stand out in the natural...
the more it may be the sign out spine is weak inwardly …:0)
When the Holy Spirit is making a stand, although it may be bold
the outward appearance matches the inward fruit...
It will always have a humble stance.
We all need to look inside at times...to see where we are with God.
Is our sustenance and physical strength coming from within
and flowing out of our relationship with God...
or is it for appearance only to look as though it does?
It may really be the need for attention or a way to gain acceptance or approval.
To behave in the correct way that demonstrates GOD’s boldness, is the harder effort.
We may not even recognize someone that exhibits an inward boldness in GOD.
because there may not be an outward display.
The real key is how does the spirit realm respond to that person.
There is the Spirit realm of GOD...and the spiritual reality of the enemy.
It may require the gift of the discerning of spirits to tell the difference.
A soft answer turns away wrath...even the wrath of the enemy.
The enemy knows it is not how loud we speak or how much bravado we display.
He is waiting to see if our spiritual authority is from God
and if we are truly obedient to God.
When the enemy sees our obedience in line with God's will,
He will tremble at God's presence in you, because the Holy Spirit is un-hindered.
God can then beat down the enemy's best plans
and remind him he is already
defeated...through YOU!
Boldness in the natural may manifest outwardly in a way we have never thought about before,
especially if we have a pre-conceived idea of what boldness should look like.
Sometimes it is easy to be out spoken, but harder to be restrained in behavior.
Restraint can be the result of boldness with temperance.
Restraint is often the harder choice in how we obey GOD.
It is the Holy Spirit inside of us that is One releasing the true results.
Often this cannot be recognized except through spiritual discernment.
Boldness can be recognized, not in words spoken, but in a life that is changed into God’s image.
Humility always precedes the display of God's boldness.
The person's own unique qualities are then strengthened by God
and shows up as the boldness of God coming through that person
to represent God's interest and to speak God's words ...fearlessly.
This kind of boldness can only happen because of
a true dependence on GOD, who makes it all possible.
Fear my cause a person to display an outward appearance that would seem to be one way,
just to cover up the inward insecurity that they refuse to allow to be seen.
True boldness is found in your confident trust in GOD
and His displaying His character and nature through you.
When GOD’s boldness comes forth, others notice GOD’s peace in you.
It’s where you remain in peace in every circumstance… unshaken I might add.
This is why the Bible tells us to know one another after the spirit and not after the flesh.
A look in the natural may not reveal the truth.
It can cause us to be deceived by what the outward appearance may look like,
apart from the true.
True boldness is where the power of God is manifest in someone’s life
and the power God displays through them then cannot be denied.
Religion can be an outward display, but a religious spirit can still “deny the power thereof”.
There may not be any Godly power present,
even though there appears to be some power present.
It may appear one way and be another. The fruit may or may not reflect God's nature.
The fruit can even appear to be present....and it sill lying sign and wonder.
If person seems to love God, and you see the love that appears genuine,
the person may just be deceived....
The Bible says in the last days that signs and wonders will even deceive the elect.
Satan loves to display signs and wonders as an angel of light...in the church.
We are all be in the process of being changed if we are cooperating with GOD,
We are all still being molded on the Potter's wheel.
There is always a process before the pure gold is revealed.
The process involves refining and much removal of dross that will always float to the surface.
If I am strong in and of myself,
I will never know what it is like to be as strong as I could be in God’s strength.
If I allow God to be the strength that I depend on rather than myself,
I can find a strength that is impossible to diminish.
GOD says, when you are weak then He is strong.
If we have a bravado about us that refuses to need GOD ‘s strength,
we will never experience true strength.
To become weak is not to remain weak,
but it is a requirement before we can become truly strong.
A strong personality is not a requirement to be bold.
GOD’s personality in you will be strong and bold.
What you believe about GOD’s ability and His willingness to meet you enables you to succeed.
If you step out for God, and display a bold and confident appearance,
there are a lot of things you will never do.
This may just be the flesh trying to imitate God’s power.
Step out in God.
It is only when you tap into GOD’s strength that your boldness manifest God's power.
Things become easy, when GOD’s nature becomes a part of who you are.
Resting in God is an area where His boldness can find a place to show itself through you.
GOD knows precisely where everyone needs His strength to become completely whole.
Pray and ask GOD to enable you to become willing to be willing,
to allow GOD to be the boldness you need.
God will enable you to do whatever it is you need to do,
as God leads you to overcome in all areas.
It is in this steady awareness of GOD’s bold secure presence in you
that will produce the confidence of GOD that manifest outwardly.
This is where your confidence will begin to soar.
Let God in and through you, be the flow, that flow’s out of you…
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It is what we gain from our failures, that we learn how to overcome and share our victories.
When we allow GOD to be bold in us, it will release GOD to move through us
GOD wants to show Himself strong on our behalf,
and the victories we experience will increase all the more.
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