PRESENT PEACE - 10.29.2015

Have you thanked Him?
Have you praised Him?
Have you made it your priority to agree and cooperate with Him today?
Have you taken that deep breath and listened for what He has for you today?
1 Timothy 2:1 (The Message)
1-3The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know.

“What if”...
“Sure I am ok today, but what if tomorrow they say no.”
“I can handle IT ok right now, but what if ‘he/she’ shows up, I know I will blow it.”

Projection.
Fear of “the next”.

It is the enemy of a good recovery and a peaceful walk of faith.
I have watched an awful lot of people succumb to the pressure of the “what if”; getting ahead of themselves, worrying about what might happen next rather than taking care of what is happening right now.

There is a reason GOD carved our days into 24 hour increments. We are not really capable of handling much more than that. Think about it.
Can you control what someone will do next? Can you predict the future? Do you have a crystal ball cluing you in to GOD’s next step for your life and recovery?

If you did you would be on reality TV.

But we all have our moments of projection don’t we? We do sometimes get wrapped up in “what iffing” ourselves into quite the lather. Yet GOD encourages us to stay grounded, maintain our current focus, to seize the day and do the best we can with it.

Matthew 6:34 MSG
Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don't get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.

We need not focus on the uncertain for when we fixate upon our fears and our doubts (our “what if’s” if you will), we will find many reasons to lie awake at night and fret about the uncertainties of the coming day robbing us of the energy we need for the present.

A better strategy, of course, is to remain focused on GOD.

Philippians 3:16 (MSG)
…let's keep focused…those of us who want everything God has for us… God will clear your blurred vision—you'll see it yet! …we're on the right track, let's stay on it.

God is near.
He is in control.
So don't focus your thoughts upon the fears of “the next” or get debilitated with the “what if’s”. 
Stay in the present, focused and find peace.

“If you are depressed you are living in the past.
If you are anxious you are living in the future.
If you are at peace you are living in the present.”
― Lao Tzu

I love you all.
Have a blessed day!

FREEDOM CHURCH (CHAMPIONS NETWORK)