Bump and grind

When you start contemplating change, many emotions come to the fore, predominantly the fear of the unknown.  A song came to mind this morning, a good old little chorus we used to sing way back when, "God's not given us a spirit of fear, but of love, power and a sound mind..." i.e. 2 Timothy 1:7

That's what psalms, hymns and spiritual songs are supposed to do....remind us of scripture.  This particular verse is short but packs a punch.  Note it does not say emotion of fear, but spirit of fear, that is because fear is not merely an emotion but a force that can grip us and hold us captive.

We are however not left wondering what to do when fear comes into our lives, no we are told exactly what to do:

1. Focus on love - when the source of our fear revolves around relational issues, we are often left feeling as though we have no idea as to how to address the issue with the other person.  When we focus on love first and remember to love our neighbour as ourselves we will think twice about what we say and how we say it.  I'll confess straight up that this is an area of weakness for me but one I am growing in daily.
2. Focus on the power that you have within you - you are a child of God and therefore have a resurrected spirit.  Also remember that the same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead dwells in you, therefore you have the ability of Christ resident within your being.
3.  Focus on being sound of mind - talk yourself through the situation you find yourself in.  More often than not we already know the solution to our own problem, we are just running too wild to remember it.  Slow down, take a deep breath and think.

As the rock and roll of the bump and grind, also known as 'job' gets back into swing, remember you are a beautiful, powerful soul and God has given you all the tools you need in life to succeed!