Monday Blues?

And so I hear that the wonderful thing called School Holidays are coming to an end this week. Maybe you'd like to take consolation in the fact that my 7 month one is also coming to an end by the end of this month. :))))

Just thoughts running amock in my mind. These months and weeks haven't been the easiest ones, though I choose to think that they've been the greatest.

Amidst all the power and glory we've been experiencing since before Sister Nita Johnson came, in between all that has been happening and the stirring in our hearts, the enemy will try to steal away the seed that God has been sown, that seed and vision of revival.

I don't know about your own individual lives, but I know that in mine, so many things have been happening, and I can choose to be:

1. Distracted
2. Discouraged
3. Distressed

If you recall, right before Pst Daniel did the blueprint series, there was a particular service that he preached on exposing the schemes of the enemy. I was suddenly reminded today that that was so apt in preparation of all that has been happening to us the last few weeks.

I was reminded again this morning, as I was feeling number3, that the enemy seeks to even do that after all that God has done.

After all the victories and mountain-top experiences we have been going through, it is exactly the wish and plan of the enemy to come and do the above three things especially in the coming week when we return to school.

He wants us to return to our mundane lives, go back to our routines and see us become powerless and effective christians - quite the opposite of the call God has given us in the past weeks.

Thus we have to be sure to:

1. Keep our eyes focused on the Lord Jesus, and our ears and hearts attuned to the Holy Spirit.
2. Be aware of the schemes of the enemy so that we do not fall prey to his same old schemes and devices.

And even if we do feel distressed and discouraged, let us even be encouraged in the Lord, and run towards Him instead of away.

Amen?