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WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING

The title of today’s episode: The Lighthouse Doesn’t Move

In the darkness of night, a ship lost at sea would rejoice at the sight of a lighthouse blinking in the distance. Ronnie Henson, wrote the song that most Christian’s know today called The Lighthouse. He compares Jesus to the lighthouse. The light shines in the darkness and guides the ships safely to shore. The lighthouse is a fixed point, it never moves.

I often am amazed at how I got out of the darkness of depression. Many days, I didn’t believe I would ever be free.  Not only was I in sin, but I was bound by depression. Which in most cases is simply an attack of the enemy to destroy a person. Man’s answer is to throw anti-depressants at the problem. In many cases, this only makes people worse by masking the symptoms, but it is still there. The only real way to recover is for Jesus to remove the enemy’s oppression.

Many are caught up in all sorts of darkness in their minds. Post Traumatic Stress, loss of a loved one, having a high level of stress and financial pressure, many things can factor into the right frame of mind for the enemy to get a foothold. Once he gets a hold on our mind he will use our issues against us. He will drive them home, he will use them to make you feel hopeless and worthless. He will try to convince you that no one loves youor ever will love you. Then comes his next trick, suicide. It starts as just a brief thought, You are not happy, everyone would be better off without you, maybe you should end it all. Then if you do not rebuke the enemy. He will keep telling you those lies about ending it all.

People look at someone who has attempted suicide and ask what did they do that was so bad, what was going on that they felt it necessary to end it all. It may be nothing or something, but the issue becomes a reel that has played over and over in their mind until it becomes all they could focus on, it is all they see. That view is distorted and out of balance.

If you find yourself in the middle of a dark storm of life, feeling depressed and that there is not way out. I am living proof that people can recover from depression. Do I get sad and down at times? Yes, that is normal and being human. We all face things that make us feel sad and down. But I know the warning signs of the enemy’s attack and I start praying against it, before it becomes depression.

This time of year, there are certain expectations in our society. It adds a lot of pressure to people. Some feel torn between families, it is hard to be everywhere at once. Some feel they do not have enough money to buy the latest and greatest toy for their children. But Christmas should never be about the gifts under the tree, but the love of Jesus and the important people in our lives.

How do we keep from getting depressed about what we don’t have? We change our attitude and start thanking God for what he has given us.

Col 3:15And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

If we allow the peace of God to rule, there will be no space left for the enemy to attack our emotions and cause depression, fear or anxiety. The God of peace comes to give us strength and joy. Which goes back to us having a God Focus. Everything in our Christian walk can be brought back around to us giving him the proper place in our lives and keeping him the center of our focus.

He will shine a light into our darkness and save us from ourselves, from our enemy the devil, and he will lift us out of the pit and place our feet on solid ground. If you have not ever suffered from severe depression, thank God and praise him for sparing you from the enemy.

You see the lighthouse never moves, he stays where he can be found. The light still shines, we just have to get to the place we can see it. If the sea tossed ship can just get close enough to see the light in the darkness, it can send a signal for help. We do the same, we send prayers for help, Mayday..Mayday..Jesus come and save me. He will be our lifeline, our light and our strength.

Do not ever give up hope, one thing I know is that life can turn on a dime. What looks one way this moment, may be different in the next moment. Even if it feels like you will be trapped in that darkness forever, it is possible to get out, but you have to want out. The only way out of the darkness is through it.

Freedom and victory are waiting on the other side. That is why 2 Cor. 5:7 is one of my favorite verses. I often tell myself that I have to walk by faith and not by sight. We cannot depend on how things look because the way things look can become distorted.  Our faith can change it as long as we keep looking toward the light of the world, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

If you are suffering with depression and need prayer, send me a note to my email: angela@godfocus.net.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

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