Are You Giving Your Problems to God or Other People?

Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

(Philippians 4:6-7)

Hello to my Unapologetic family. I pray that this resonates with some and convicts others. The word of God is supposed to convict us by the way. I'm not here to intentionally convict anyone but if we are trying to grow our relationship with God, we have to literally clean house sometimes. This is the season to get your house in order. My theme for my home this year is 'I declare and decree rest in my house'. I have always been one of those people that would listen to every problem someone had. People just like talking to me. I guess I am an approachable person. So, if someone needed to vent, I have always been there to listen. I had no problem doing that and I still have no problem doing that, because I don't just listen. I try to offer some advice to help their situation. I noticed before I received my calling from the Lord, that I was picking up people's energies stronger than usual. I can usually meet someone for the first time and already know what they are about, and their energy can rub me the right way or the wrong way. Like I said, I noticed that I was picking up people's energies. If they had an attitude, then I would get one too. If I knew they had an issue with me, when I was around, I probably was waiting for some shade to be thrown, or I just wouldn't want to even be in their presence. Most of the time I was quick to react when someone offended me.

We are in a different season. Any problems you have are supposed to go solely to God. 2022 is a test of our faith to see if we trust God for all of our needs. If you have some challenges this year and most likely you will, give it to God. Let Him fix it. The Bishop at my church has a saying. He says he can tell where you are spiritually when you open your mouth to speak. This year is also the year of speaking to the Lord and speaking life into people and situations. If you're having marriage problems, financial problems, health problems, problems with your children, or any other problems speak life over that situation and give it to God to handle His way. It's ok to have someone you can confide in; however, I am a firm believer that if the person you are confiding it doesn't give you any good advice, then you are simply transferring your problems on to the next individual. That individual brings those problems into their own household. If you are having money problems and you are constantly asking people for money, then your money problems become their money problems. If all you have to talk about when you call someone is negativity, despair, self-pity and doubt, then all your doing is transferring your negativity onto the other person.

We all have been or are guilty of doing these things. When will you stop feeling sorry for yourself and stop using other people and realize that God is the only one that can supply all of your needs, emotionally, financially, physically, and spiritually? I have an ex-coworker, a Christian, just as nice as she could be. She didn't let anyone come to her with anything negative to say. I understood back then, but not fully, until now. That's my new rule for 2022. I'm not letting anyone approach me with anything negative. There's an old saying, if you don't have anything nice to say then don't say it at all. When I say that I mean people that just want to complain or speak negative to you about other people, instead of offering solutions. The first thing I'm going to say is give it to God and leave it alone.

Something that resonated with me today while in church was correcting anyone immediately that speaks a word that goes against the word of God. I started laughing because I actually find myself doing this a lot. It really bothers me to hear people speak negative about children and about themselves. If you or a child are going through something, are you the person who instead of speaking life into the situation you choose to ignore the problem, feel sorry for yourself or the child and hope it fixes itself on its own. As parents you are supposed to do everything you can to raise your children the way God intended. We make plenty of mistakes, and sometimes we fail miserably. That doesn't mean you stop trying. For the love of God, parenting does not stop at 18. No, you may not have to provide for them financially anymore, but they still need you to be a parent. The times that we are living in now requires you to pray and keep your children covered now more than ever. Prayer truly changes things. Don't let anyone, and I mean anyone, that includes family and friends speak negatively about your children or speak negative situations into your children. That goes for you as well. It's nothing more than the devil in disguise speaking through them. While some may think it's harmless, remember that life and death are in the power of the tongue. Especially in 2022.

I meant to keep this short and to the point. Clean your house in this season. Don't surround yourself with people that having nothing to offer spiritually. You should be surrounded by believers of Jesus Christ. If you aren't the believer then unless you're serious about the Lord, and starting your relationship with Him, you can't ride my coat tail. Ye of little faith, pick yourself up, go read the bible and talk to God about what you have going on. If you keep relying on people to fix your problems, then either you don't care about what other people have going on because right now times are hard for many, or you have no faith in the power that you have through Jesus. For us believers continue to pray for people and don't let them prey on you. Our prayers work because we know the power we possess in the name of Jesus. Stay surrounded with like-minded individuals.

Like and share and subscribe for free. Get notified of new posts. Someone else may need to hear this. What are you doing to protect your spirit in this season? Sometimes it requires you cutting people off completely. Let God be your only friend. You'll never get your feelings hurt and you'll never be lonely. God has nothing to lose so he won't help you lose anything. He is actually in the business of personal gains. Stay prayed up, keep your children covered with blood of Jesus. Be unapologetic about your faith and where you stand. God is lifting us up and bringing us out. Be bold. Have a blessed day.

The Unapologetic Disciple