The Spirit of Stress

Greetings!

Friday, I went to my first Joyce Meyers meeting. It was awesome. I actually took my husband with me, and he had an awesome time too. She was teaching on stress. I looked at my husband and told him that she must have known I was coming.

For the last couple of years, I have been struggling with overcoming, defeating, casting down, and everything else I could think of to get that spirit of stress off me. And, don’t be fooled…it is definitely a spirit. That thing did not want to let me go, but I was determined that stress was not going to take me out.

When I heard Joyce Meyer speak on stress, something clicked into place. The one thing she said that really stuck with me was that much of the stress we feel is from “choice overload.” We have an abundance of decisions we have to make…sometimes daily. The thing that we need to remember is that we can only do our best when we are focusing on one thing at a time. There will always be stressors in our lives, but we have to know how to handle them. The first thing we need to do is “cast our care.” Let God help us bear the load. He is standing by waiting for us to realize that we can’t do it alone. Ask for His help, and then let Him.

It was nice just to sit and be ministered to without feeling like there was something I should be doing. His favor on our lives is sometimes hard to understand. We don’t deserve anything, but He loves us so much that He looks for ways to bless us. When we acknowledge Him first, He will show up…and show out. Know that it is not about us, but all about Him.

Until next time...

Be blessed