BUT JESUS KNEW

This morning's devotion is dedicated to guarding your mind as God continues to elevate you. If you're anything like me then you find that when you're tired or battling insecure moments...or straight up ignorance regarding God's success for and with you...that it took you so long to realize that His thoughts all this time have been for success but now you got it and you're getting it. And you're moving. And you're on the right track. Now that things are going well.....here comes the enemy. No sooner than you began to celebrate here comes those evil defeated voices...you know....the ones that cause us to doubt. The ones that have kept us for years...the ones that hate to see God is actually doing it for and with us. So in order to not appear to be the liar that they are here they come to try to shut it down. This is the thing the Lord laughs at because He knew ...once you embraced His truth...they couldn't stop you. Although they will keep trying they will fail. Their only assignment was to get you strong enough to face the giants that lay ahead. But now you have history with God. Just like David when he pulled up the five smooth stones because he knew Goliath had brothers. So trust in God and tune them out and keep winning. See these are the voices...that Jesus was rebuking in Matthew 12:25. The ones that call good evil and evil good. The ones that speak doubt instead of  faith. The ones that can't believe you had the audacity to partner with the God of your salvation, the God of your Jeremiah 29:11 and actually started winning! The evil voices that...since you left...are now standing stripped of their ability to hold you or cause you to fumble your God given moments. What am I trying to say? I am saying,' those defeated voices has lost their grip on your future.' Those voices have been exposed and humiliated but their humiliation won't let you go without a fight. So now it's time to use your faith, your fight, and your focus as the Holy Spirit takes you up higher. Keep moving. In the verses before.. Matthew, we see the religious leaders mad that Jesus cast out demons. They said, 'Oh, he must be doing it by evil or by the devil.'  But here's the victorious part. Jesus knew their thoughts. Isn't that comforting? Not only did He know them but He spoke to those evil thoughts. And guess what? He did it for us as well. And He condemned those evil thoughts. And by doing that He took away their evil power over us. So be encouraged today as God continues to partner with and for you. Knowing that evil dispositions and evil thoughts can never override your destiny. Break out in Jesus name. More grace. Not even wrong motives and judgments can stop your next. Keep going.  Happy Cinco de Mayo