Let NOT Your Heart Be Troubled!!!

Do you ever have a problem and just when you think you have it solved or fixed, it comes back?  Well, even if you haven’t ever had this happen to you, I have!!!   

I had an issue come up and it bothered me.  And the more I thought about it, the more it bothered me. 

Then I heard THE LORD say, Let NOT your heart be troubled. 

Now, I am very familiar with this scripture.  It is John 14:27 and it says, Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

But even after the Lord reminded me of this scripture, I kept letting this issue bother me. 

As I listened to a Joyce Meyer CD, I heard her quote this same scripture.  She actually quoted it one time and then a few minutes later she read the whole verse. 

Then I opened my Daily Grace Inspirations email from Joseph Prince and guess what the title was.  Yep, sure enough!!!     

Let NOT Your Heart Be Troubled

John 14:27
27Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you… Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Well, if that isn’t clear enough, then I don’t know what is!!!  So, I finally got the message!!!  GOD was telling ME to NOT LET MY HEART BE TROUBLED about this issue.    

So, finally, I pushed the issue to one side and I began to enjoy the beautiful day outside and get some work done.  I got to visit for a while with some friends who stopped by from out of town.  

I really had just a wonderfully, peaceful day in the Lord, and I even went back inside and took a nap.  

The Lord even sent another friend by after work just to see how I was doing and we talked for a few.  As this person and I talked, I was able to share with him what the Lord was telling me.

Let NOT Your Heart Be Troubled!!!  John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Later, when it got cooler, I went back outside and I finished my blog.  Then I worked on some stuff for my mom.  To me, it was an absolutely beautiful day and an even more beautiful night!  It had been a perfect day, ALL day long. 

As I sat outside knowing that it was time to go in the house, I got to see the lightening crackling through the sky, lighting up the night.  And sure enough, we got some rain!!  It just seemed like the perfect end to a perfect day.  I fell asleep listening to the rain. 

Now, I usually sleep very well when it rains, but for some reason, I didn’t sleep well last night.        

So, I was still tired when I woke up, but I got up anyway.  I took a nap later in the day and when I woke up, I turned on the TV.  I listened to several preachers this evening, and they ALL had good messages. 

Almost every one of them preached something that God has dealt with me about in the last 2 weeks and several preached things that I have written in the past 2 weeks.   

Finally, Kenneth Copeland came on, and what he said really struck home!!!  

He said that one time when he was really beating himself up, God told him that HE knew exactly what HE was getting when HE got him (Kenneth.)   

God told him that HE knew ALL about him and that HE HAD CALLED HIM ANYWAY!!!

And when I heard Kenneth Copeland say that, it hit me right between the eyes!!!  

I realized right then and there, that God was saying to me, KATHY, I KNEW ALL ABOUT YOU BEFORE I EVER CALLED YOU!!!  AND I CALLED YOU ANY WAY!!!

GOD KNEW ALL MY PROBLEMS, ALL MY HANG-UPS, ALL MY JUNK, AND EVERY ISSUE THAT I WAS EVER GOING TO HAVE, BEFORE HE EVER CALLED ME!   

HE KNEW EXACTLY WHO HE WAS GETTING AND HE CALLED ME ANY WAY!!!!

Kenneth went on to say that God had told HIM that there wasn’t anything in his life that HE COULDN’T HANDLE!!!

AND THAT WAS IT!!!  THAT WAS IT FOR ME!!! 

You see, when I woke up this morning, it was back!  There it was (that same issue) like it was trying to haunt me!!!  So, I had ignored it.  I knew that that was why I hadn’t slept well.

AND I KNEW THAT GOD WAS TELLING ME THAT IF I GAVE THIS ISSUE TO HIM AND TRUSTED HIM WITH IT, HE COULD AND HE WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT!!!

I knew He was telling me that HE knew ALL about it and that I just needed to say, Here it is Lord, please take it!!! 

And so I did!!!  I gave that thing-that had at one time seemed like such a big deal-to the Lord!!!  And you know, it didn’t seem nearly so big NEXT TO MY GOD!!! 

And it’s gone now!!!  :)

Yesterday evening and again today, I saw this posted on a friend's FB page.  He is in rehab and had had problems with his insurance. This is what he said.  WE'RE SHOWING THAT MOUNTAIN HOW BIG OUR GOD IS!!

And you know that is what we ALL need to do!!! We need to quit telling God how BIG our mountains (problems) are.  WE NEED TO START TELLING OUR MOUNTAINS HOW BIG OUR GOD IS!!!   

As I wrote this tonight, part of a song kept coming to me. 

Bigger than all my problems, Bigger than all my fears,
God is bigger than any mountain that I can or cannot see.

These words are from a song called Bigger Than Any Mountain (by Gordon Jensen.)  I found the words on a site called on GreatWorshipsSongs.com.  Here is the link to this song and its lyrics.  The words are below. http://www.greatworshipsongs.com/song_info.asp?return=songlist.asp%3Foffset%3D45%26songtype%3D5&SongId=22   

Bigger Than Any Mountain

Bigger than all my problems, Bigger than all my fears,
God is bigger than any mountain that I can or cannot see.
Bigger than all my questions, Bigger than anything,
God is bigger than any mountain that I can or cannot see.

Bigger than all the shadows that fall across my back,
God is bigger than any mountain that I can or cannot see.
Bigger than all the confusion, Bigger than anything,
God is bigger than any mountain that I can or cannot see.

Bigger than all the giants, fear and unbelief,
God is bigger than any mountain that I can or cannot see.
Bigger than all my hangups, Bigger than anything,
God is bigger than any mountain that I can or cannot see.

I like that!!!  MY GOD IS BIGGER THAN ALL MY PROBLEMS, BIGGER THAN ALL MY FEARS!!! GOD IS BIGGER THAN ANY MOUNTAIN THAT I CAN OR CANNOT SEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And I say to you today, GOD KNEW ALL ABOUT YOU BEFORE HE EVER CALLED YOU!!!  

HE KNEW ALL YOUR PROBLEMS, ALL YOUR HANG-UPS, ALL YOUR JUNK, ALL YOUR FEARS, AND ANY ISSUE THAT YOU WOULD EVER HAVE! 

THERE IS NOTHING IN YOUR LIFE THAT IS TOO BIG FOR GOD!!! 

GOD KNEW EXACTLY WHO HE WAS GETTING BEFORE HE EVER CALLED YOU, AND HE CALLED YOU ANYWAY!!!!!!!!! 

HE LOVES YOU!!!  AND HE CAN HANDLE ANY PROBLEMS OR ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE!!!    

GOD IS BIGGER THAN ANY MOUNTAIN THAT YOU CAN OR CANNOT SEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!