Some people go through their day like they are taking a multiple choice quiz. I know, it used to be that way for me. I’m in traffic and I’m trying to leave space between me and the car in front of me. I don’t want a sudden stop to put me in his or her trunk. The car in the other lane sees it as an opportunity to change lanes without a signal….really. Do I, A) Vent with foul words and hand gestures so that the person in the other car knows they should never try that again with me. B) Have a Christian melt down. Act as if some unseen hand is calming me down by swaying me back and forth, which causes me to moan and quote scriptures against the demon in the car changing lanes. Or C) Thank God there was no accident and pray for safety and discernment for me and the other drivers. You know which one it the right one. Pray for me cause I’m stuck between b and c.
Trying to figure out how to react in situations is the wrong response when situations rise throughout life. This will put you in a pattern of waiting to see what will happen next and then calculating what the right response should be. This is why meditating on the Word of God is so important. The Word tells you how to BE. The Word shows you how to get the world and it’s situations to respond to you (your prayers and the works you establish through Christ Jesus).
Paul and Silas were in Philippi preaching about Jesus when they were arrested. (Acts 16:16-34) While they were in jail they prayed and sang hymns, while the other prisoners listened. This was their reaction to being beaten and thrown in jail. Their reaction wasn’t, ‘Lord why did you let this happen to us. Don’t you see we are doing this for you.’ They kept on doing weird things like this. Later on in the night they started praying and a earthquake shook the prison so hard the chains broke off the prisoners. Things were happening all around Paul and Silas but they didn’t react to the situations because nothing had changed for them. They were still on Kingdom business. They were still on a mission, saving souls. It was as if they were saying, ‘Anyway, back to what we were saying’. Their consistency caused the jailer to see the truth of the situation. Paul and Silas had always been free, delivered, and protected. This is what the word saved means. (Greek word – Sozo= whole) The jailer realized that his keys couldn’t really bind or loose anyone who was truly free. You know there are people who try and dress and act the part and there are people who are the real thing. The jailer saw that Paul and Silas were the real thing. He asked them what he needed to do to be saved.
When the enemy brings about a situation to get you to react, just keep being who you are, a child of God. Don’t be distracted from our Kings business by racism, religion, politics, doctrine, music, television, traffic ect… Tell the enemy, “No, you freak out. You Move.”
(Written to my brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus) Matt 16:25
Love Kim S-J
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