What Lies Ahead

  Good Morning, Happy Saturday!  I want to talk to you today and encourage you to get excited about your future!  Just because you have had falls or setbacks or a bad past or whatever else is holding you back, does not mean that you do not have an epically awesome future prepared for you if you are willing to let go of the past and step into it.  Paul said he was "Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead."  (Philippians 3:13)
  I think a lot of us have this inward fear, this belief that when things start going bad that they will continue to be bad and stay that way forever.  That kind of thinking is just not true.  It's an attack of the devil to try to hold you down and keep you from your purpose.  You have to gather up your courage and keep speaking good things for your future.  Keep believing things will turn around and be better than ever.  Lisa Bevere says in her book Girls With Swords, "the attacks on your life have much more to do with who you might be in the future than who you have been in the past."  If you have just started to take some steps towards your dreams and goals and suddenly you feel beset by struggles all around you, take courage.  There would be no reason for the devil to stop you if you weren't headed somewhere great.  James 1:2 says, "My friends, count it all joy when you fall into various trials."  Why?  Because that means you are on the track towards success.  If you know in your heart that you are following your God given purpose but still feel as if your life is under attack, then you should also know that what lies ahead, should you persist, is greater than anything you could have imagined.  Sometimes we have a tendency to think that if we are really doing the right thing, than everything should go perfect and we should never face struggle, but we have to wake up and realize that to truly accomplish our dreams requires us to fight for them.  We cannot just waltz into success with a nonchalant attitude.
  Where ever you find yourself on your journey, whether you are on the mountain peak, or just struggling day by day to put on foot in front of the other, know that I love you; God loves you, and I cannot wait to see you succeed!  Your future lies ahead!  Go make it great!

~K.W.