Elevation Requires Separation

The one thing about sin is when you're caught up in it, the enemy will do anything in his power to convince you that your way of living is "alright". He'll have you thinking it's okay for you to commit this sin, as long as you aren't committing that sin. The enemy comes to steal, kill, and destroy. Before you know it he will have stolen your life away from you, killed your future, and destroyed every promising relationship you've had. All on the account of sin. He will attach himself to your weak spots and suck your life dry. I've never understood the power of generational curses until I turned 25. This past year I've battled with things I promised myself I'd never, EVER, do. As a child, growing up, sometimes you see things that your elders don't necessarily want you to see. Being a child my inquisitive mind always made me pay a little bit more attention to detail than most kids my age. By my teenage years I had already knew what I didn't want to do or be apart of when I became an adult. So many different things I've witnessed have kept my family down for so long. I wondered why the men and women in my family battled with so many different issues and could never seem to break free from the things that kept them bound throughout the years. I guess the Angels of the Lord were keeping me safe from the attacks of the enemy. It wasn't until I walked out of purpose and allowed my flesh to dance with sin that I realized those same chains my family members were battling with were slowly beginning to grab a hold onto me. Due to my failure to stay committed to my purpose I made myself susceptible to sin. Before I knew it I was entertaining thoughts and doing everything to convince myself that just because I committed this sin over another sin everything would be "alright". My weak spot is my mind. I am an over thinker and over analyzer. I pay attention to things people wouldn't normally pay attention to. I ask a lot of questions and sometimes I question my actions and intentions a little too much; because I operate this way I have a tendency of focusing on things for too long, both good and bad. Adultery, having a child out of wedlock, physical and mental abuse, drug addiction, and alcohol abuse has been the culprits that have kept my family bound to sin for generations. It wasn't until those sins tried to resonate in my spirit that I realized it was my time to fight against those curses that have been passed down to me. I'm unsure of how far back they've stemmed but by the power of God that lives on the inside of me, any generational curse placed on my family stops with me! When you live in sin you simply can not live for God at the same time. The longer you dabble in sin the weaker your flesh becomes. I thank God that I am strong enough to withstand persecution. I am strong enough to fight my flesh with my spirit, and I have the courage to pull myself back together when I know I've sinned. The most humbling experience is when you've done everything in your power to survive except call on the name of Jesus. That moment of revelation you get when you finally cry out to Him and your problems vanish with ease, like nothing ever happened...ha! That'll show you how powerful God is! The people closest to me who know me on a personal level and have witnessed my sins find it hard to believe that one day I can go to sleep carrying the weight of the world on my shoulders and contemplating sin; but the next day wake up feeling, refreshed, revived, and free from anything the enemy tried to throw my way to keep me bound and out of the will of God. They say you can't sin one day and talk about Jesus the very next. If I didn't understand the power of God, the power of prayer, and the power in the name of Jesus, I would probably say the same thing. See God knows my heart. My heart is my spirit. It's my spirit man that associates itself with the Holy Spirit that lives on the inside of me. Just because I struggle with my flesh does not mean I belong to sin. I am a saint who has sinned because my flesh is weak. Instead of casting out every thought the enemy planted in my head I entertained it. Why? Because it was different and I was just plain Ol stupid. I am living in my dumb days and the Lord knows I'm trying to escape from them. The difference between a believer and a non believer is they know that the battles a believer faces versus those of a non believer will be dealt with differently. When a believer slips into sin they know the first thing they need to do is pray. Stop what you're doing and pray. If the enemy is creeping into your thought life at work you pray -Not tonight at bedtime; but right then, in that very moment of weakness. A believer knows that when you've sinned and repented with a pure heart God will forgive you. It doesn't matter if you committed a sin 5 minutes ago. If you've asked God for forgiveness, he will forgive you and remember your sins no more. A believer understands that if God can forget your sins so should you. This is why I can talk about Jesus, with confidence the very next day, or the next hour, or within the next 5 minutes. The difference between the believer and the non believer is that as a believer we are taught to confess the word of God over our circumstances. Yeah I may have sinned an hour ago, repented 30 minutes ago and now I'm confessing to the world how powerful and strong and BIG my God is, all to let the devil know he is not the God that I serve. No weapon formed against me shall prosper. I bind any generational curse - those I've fell prey to and those that have tried to plant themselves in my life - I cast you out NOW, in the name of Jesus! A believer knows that it's by the words of our mouth that we speak life or death over our situations. A non believer won't understand how easy it is for you to "flip the switch" and that is okay! It's your duty to explain to them that it's one of the benefits of being a follower of Christ and a believer in the most High, God! Sometimes you will be called a hypocrite, sometimes you will be called fake, and sometimes people will persecute you and throw your sins in your face. All of that is okay; it's just the devil using them against you to show you that he's mad you chose God over Sin. If you want to piss the devil off, live your life RIGHT. Not everyone will be happy with your decision to change your life around, especially those you've sinned with; it's okay. They will live and so will you. I encourage you today to get your life in order. I encourage you to use your words and the word of God to cast out every generational curse that has no place in your life! I encourage you to separate yourself from any person or people who aren't supportive of your decision and isn't happy that you want to live a better life. Misery loves company and the longer you hold on to people who don't support you or respect your decisions, the longer you'll be battling with demons you can't seem to get away from. The enemy uses people. It's time we stop allowing people to be the gateway to the turmoil that tries to consume our lives. You have the power to say who does and doesn't have the right to influence your life. Choose your relationships wisely. Sometimes the people the enemy is using is your family members. I want you to know that we can't pick our family, we are responsible to love them all; but you are under no obligation to continuously have to deal with people who are going to bring you down and keep you where you are. It is okay to love people from a distance. If anyone condemns you from trying to get your life in order you need to separate yourself from them. Period. "Elevation requires separation" -unknown Love, ChelCy