GET OVER IT, GOD DOESN'T PARTAKE IN PITY PARTIES, OR DOES HE?

Have you ever come off a great victory, overcome a temptation or had God use you in a big way in someone else s life just to be followed up by an attack on your faith, your heart or your physical well being? What we do, or how we respond in these times of testing will determine your next level of victory. Elisha had just experienced fire coming down out of heaven to consume the sacrifice, slew 800 prophets of Baal, and had this great mountain top experience with God, only to find himself running as fast as He could away from the biggest blessing of His life, afraid, alone, discouraged and suicidal. Sound familiar? Can you relate? When we step out with the confidence that God is with us, nothing can stop us or thwart our faith. But when we allow the enemy to speak lies into our hearts, we shrink back. He'll tell us that giving up our vacation to go on a mission trip and be used by God to change the lives of many people, only to be followed up by an illness or an infection upon your return home, that keeps you in the hospital wondering if was worth the sacrifice. We are all faced with the same questions, you write a big check to support a ministry or a cause to feed hungry people in Africa and the enemy always comes to question Gods love for you. He always, always questions Gods love for us. But I have found that getting back in the game and stepping out in faith with a continual desire to see God move and use you, keeps the enemy at bay, because He knows that your faith is firm and you can not be shaken. We can be stirred a little , but not shaken. So God does use our pity parties and our hiding to find out "WHERE ARE YOU" ? The same question he asked Adam in the garden, and the same question He asked Elisha and the same question He asks us. And it's not a question of physically where are you? It's a question of where are you in your walk of faith with the One that loves us and gave His life for us. Do we trust Him? Do we believe that the One that rains fire down from heaven, dies on a cross and then is raised from the dead with all power and authority, can move mountains, created everything out of nothing, thinks about YOU every second of every day, has YOUR picture on His refrigerator, has everything worked out in your life according to His plan and will, provides your every need (even if it's a bird bringing you something to eat), cures your diseases, heals your wounds, brings joy in the morning,shuts the mouths of lions, OH THAT GOD!!! YES I KNOW THAT GOD.  You see, I'm over it just by typing this, as The Holy Spirit brings all these great and precious promises and facts to mind.