16. The Answer to stress

From God

Do you really believe that I will look after you? And if you do, then why are you so stressed when you go outside the scope of human help? Why do you go into a frantic state when doctors are not close by to assist you? Or when your future looks bleak at work? Or when you have tried every avenue possible to succeed and advance, but somehow you still come to a dead end? Or when you have tried every angle to save your marriage and it still doesn't want to work?

Why do you stress so much? I want to help you. I am always there to reach out to you. Darkness cannot remain in My presence. I am the Light of the World, and where I move, there is light, illuminating every situation and giving hope to the lost. My ways are so uniquely special, different from this world. It will arouse an expectation in your heart of the supernatural to occur.

I operate in the spiritual realm and when you were born again, a new spiritual being was born. Spirit understands spirit, and therefore I encourage you to live in the spiritual realm of which your newborn spirit is part of. Only through My Spirit, will you understand anything. Deep follows deep and the more you move in the spirit, the deeper you will delve into My Being. And the moment you start doing that, everything else will fade in comparison.

Being with Me surpasses any experience you might have on earth. And by that I am not saying that I don't regard your earthly life as important, just read the Bible and you will see how concerned I am about My children's wellbeing. I am saying that you will live your earthly life on another level. Wouldn't that be wonderful?

I know you all crave for so much more. I know you want more out of life, and this is the secret to it all. Live to glorify My Spirit, through communing with Me in your spirit. When you accepted My Son, Jesus, as your personal Saviour, your old sinful nature made way for your newly created spirit. A new spirit was born that is part of the new Jerusalem to come. A new spirit was born that can enter into My presence and drink in My glory. This spirit is sinless and pure and in this spirit lies all My values, all My strength, all that I am.

Delve into the new spirit inside, the new you. Dig deeper and discover the wealth of treasures I have given you as a gift. Discover each of them and rejoice in all that I am blessing you with. All the blessings under the heavenly realm are yours through My Son Jesus. It is yours for the taking. But, if you cling on to the 'treasures' and the 'worries' of your earthly life, you might miss it. You might miss out on a life living above the waves of this life. Wouldn't that be tragic? You will be like a traveller dehydrating and giving up in a desert, even though an oasis was just around the corner. Tragic.

Storms there will be, but you will have the ability to rise above it all and to handle it through My mighty Spirit. Are you ready to make the conscious decision and effort to transform your mind to think as I do? I hope you do, you won't be disappointed, in fact you will come running to Me for more.

Ponder this:

  1. Write down what you are stressed about at the moment.
  2. If you looked from a spiritual perspective on these same issues, do you still have reason to stress about them?
  3. Exercise being still in God's presence. Sit still and drink in His presence, through your spirit communing with His.
  4. See yourself as part of His new creation. What is true of you and how will it change your outlook on life today?
  5. Read and meditate on the following Scriptures this week:
    1. Only those that have God's Spirit can understand what His Spirit is saying - 1 Corinthians 2:9-15
    2. Your new creation within doesn't sin - 1 John 3:9
    3. You were born with an evil nature, but Jesus gave you a new life - Ephesians 2:1-5
    4. Do not stress, God looks after you - Psalm 127:1, 2

(Excerpt from God Breathes by Ilze Henderson)

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