I will not give up!
I don't think I want to give up. Because it does not solve anything. It will not bring me the breakthrough I need.
Running away is always the first thing that comes to the human mind when something goes wrong. This was even more so for me when I was younger. I remember those days when I will run away from my problems when they become seemingly overwhelming for me. I remember how I will let go of my principles and go back on my own words all the time because I dare not brave through the storm and the difficulties. I remember saying angry things in a fit just because I want to cover up my insecurities. Don't we all go through our youth days with that kind of confusion?
But since long ago, I realised that running away from my problems won't solve anything. It's the convenient, no doubt. But often, God will bring me back to the same bottleneck over and over again just to push me up the walls and get me to the other side of victory. However, the breakthrough usually doesn't come until I come before the Lord and recognise I got a problem and that I need to deal with it.
And no, I don't want to choose to give up and let nature take its own course. To me, that's passive. I'd rather that I'd tried my best to do whatever I can to change the situation and turn it around.
I guess life is all about ups and downs. Isn't Yuhao's blog title 'Through Ups & Downs'? That's very true. Everyone's lives are the same. Because things will get us down. Spoil our mood for a perfectly good day. Steal away the joy and peace in our hearts. Makes even breathing painful. But the key is to walk through it. Not walk into it, and never get out. Good things will still happen to us cos we can't be in the 'down' all the time.
In the midst of the 'down', we will all feel that we can't get out. That thought is only normal. But when God finally brings us out, we will realise all of a sudden, that it's not so bad afterall. And that actually, it's all in the mind. If we believe in our minds that we can win, we will. If we don't believe it, it just won't happen, as simple as that.
No, I will not give up.
No matter how hard it gets in my ministry, I will not give up serving Jesus.
Running away is always the first thing that comes to the human mind when something goes wrong. This was even more so for me when I was younger. I remember those days when I will run away from my problems when they become seemingly overwhelming for me. I remember how I will let go of my principles and go back on my own words all the time because I dare not brave through the storm and the difficulties. I remember saying angry things in a fit just because I want to cover up my insecurities. Don't we all go through our youth days with that kind of confusion?
But since long ago, I realised that running away from my problems won't solve anything. It's the convenient, no doubt. But often, God will bring me back to the same bottleneck over and over again just to push me up the walls and get me to the other side of victory. However, the breakthrough usually doesn't come until I come before the Lord and recognise I got a problem and that I need to deal with it.
And no, I don't want to choose to give up and let nature take its own course. To me, that's passive. I'd rather that I'd tried my best to do whatever I can to change the situation and turn it around.
I guess life is all about ups and downs. Isn't Yuhao's blog title 'Through Ups & Downs'? That's very true. Everyone's lives are the same. Because things will get us down. Spoil our mood for a perfectly good day. Steal away the joy and peace in our hearts. Makes even breathing painful. But the key is to walk through it. Not walk into it, and never get out. Good things will still happen to us cos we can't be in the 'down' all the time.
In the midst of the 'down', we will all feel that we can't get out. That thought is only normal. But when God finally brings us out, we will realise all of a sudden, that it's not so bad afterall. And that actually, it's all in the mind. If we believe in our minds that we can win, we will. If we don't believe it, it just won't happen, as simple as that.
No, I will not give up.
No matter how hard it gets in my ministry, I will not give up serving Jesus.
No matter how much problems and heartaches my members give me, I will not give up believing in them or letting them go.
No matter if those I love don't understand why I do certain things, I won't give up loving them.
No matter how tired I am, I will not give up running after God.
No matter how bad the situation seems, I will not give up believing in the good things God has prepared for me.
No matter what, I am going to be in the House of the Lord forever and forever.
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