01/24/2023
There is something that alot of people don’t know about me. A lot of people don’t know that in 2017 I started writing a book. A lot of people don’t know that I started writing another one about a year ago. And no one knows that, because as of today, they remain unpublished. God has been the leading force behind both of these book ideas. I have no doubt. He has lovingly pushed me and given me the words for every page. Yet the world hasn’t seen either one. I have even published other people’s books…but not my own. I have fought fear, self sabotage, and self doubt the entire way. And until recently I fought a losing battle against one of the enemy’s most deceiving schemes…DISTRACTION. The problem for him, is that the entire time that he thought he was holding me back from my purpose…God was using those things to grow me into who He needed me to be. He was taking the very tools that the devil thought he had me with…and He was building me into a warrior. God was giving me exactly what I needed to be able to help other people out of the same struggle and lead them to Him. He was building my story…so that I could share His.
The enemy wants you distracted. He wants you ineffective. He wants you focused on the chaos and the pain instead of on your purpose. And I am telling you right now that with God as your Captain…you have the ability to tell the enemy to sit down. You have the ability to choose focus over distraction. You have the ability to choose the path forward rather than to stay where you are.
God is leading me to amazing places…and it all started with truly trusting Him and acknowledging Him in all that I do. Asking Him first…always. It started with recognizing the distractions and saying no to them.
So I challenge you to do the same. Whatever God has asked you to do that life has been getting in the way of…pick it up again…today…and let God lead you forward.