DISCOURAGEMENT

So, really, when you just look at it at all, and feel all the discouragement, disappointment, endless slew of betrayals from fraudsters to your very own below par, dysfunctional family; from the underhanded moves of the illuminati to your own colleagues, and from your supposed friends to your contract partners, you wonder what its all worth, why bother, why continue, why even live? . . . We need to get out of the loop then, out of the rat race, out of the mire, and swim to the surface; take a break, go on a spiritual revival, take Holy Communion, pray, pray, pray. Then it all changes, and we feel rejuvenated and new; fresh and reborn, invigorated and relaxed, inspired and energetic. We must call upon the Name of Jesus, call upon His Blood; declare our Right in Him, our Victory through Him, our Success in Battle and Warfare; and claim what is ours . . . . . . remembering His veriest Promise to us.

We must ascertain why we are going through this all; what God really wants of us; and it is always obligatory that He wants to bring us closer to Him; for us to make Him our first priority; to get us back on track, on a more perfect way, to fashion and mold us into exactly what we should become! Why, o why do we keep forgetting this, thinking that other things, like making money, finishing a project, making it for some event, or being able to vacation as planned take precedence over this? It does not! But we keep, keep forgetting this, placing other things up front and center, and are consistently getting off track, procuring seasonal amnesia every so often; that is, just when things get good, it is bound to strike again, and we derail yet again . . .

We must fight in life. Life is warfare: sometimes it is lesser, and sometimes, it is extremely intense

We cannot coast through life, only fulfilling our job and nothing else; or we are surely failing miserably in our true Mission in Life. Life requires a whole lot more than that. So, when things are going well, and we are enjoying the fruit of our labours and all of Gods blessings, we must still place God number one, and never forget to do good deeds, give back, tithe, give offerings.

We must remain on track for if we get off track, God will, inevitably visit us with pain and pain immeasurable until He finally gets our attention, knocks some real sense into us, gets us to do the right thing, bringing us into closer communion with Him, getting us to turn to and speak to Him as we ought, and for us to remain in that sacred covenant space with Him in lieu of treating other things and people as more important, significant, essential, of higher priority or verily, verily more esteemed. We are constantly letting God down. We are so utterly forgetful; so dense, so small, so petty, so unwise, so disinformed, so careless, so irresponsible, so utterly unreliable, so flimsy, so unstable, so uncertain; always letting vice overtake us; not committed enough or persevering, helpful or true. We are in shambles, and are honestly, pathetic weaklings that are so very unimpressive, it is truly astounding God keeps forgiving us and giving in, blessing us anew and fulfilling our desires. For to be very truthful, we hurt Him and wronged Him, and He knows we will only let Him down again once He gives us what we want. We never get it right! We never better ourselves for real, and stay the course. We never last for long and we never really learn. We just keep promising Him this time, it will be different, then we lapse right into our old ways, old sins, bad habits, vices and regular mistakes. We are so imperfect, and hardly try to be perfect. We are so far from the mark, and so unpleasing. We are like untrue, unreliable, irresponsible friends that keep wronging us, whom we would throw out of our midst forevermore after a series of such affairs! Yet God keeps blessing us anew once we repent and turn to Him as though nothing had happened. He is so much better to us than we are to Him. . . Listen up! What we need to do is to throw a curve ball to the evil one! When things are NOT going as we planned or we suffer setbacks, hurting immensely, are flat broke or in harms way, or we just see no way out, we simply need to throw ourselves on Gods Word! We should not panic, flinch, rush, squeal, have an anxiety attack, run about all flustered, pant uncontrollably, cry unconsolably or flail our arms about, begging for this, that or the other! Rather, we should just hold firm. We need to just sink our anchor deep in the Lord. We should study His Word intensely, and trust in it totally. We need to fully surrender to Him. We must remember and review His promises to us, hold fast to their truths, trusting and repeating them, declaring and asserting them! . . . . . We must show God that we truly do trust Him!

We need to show the devil he has not fooled us! Do not fall. Do not deride, condemn or complain about God! Rather, stay steady; keep an even keel. Have hope. We must know firmly that God is teaching us something, and we must sink deep into that space to hear and ascertain His voice. We will, inevitably discover some new sin of ours. Not that it is a new sin, but something we never before thought was sinful. God is cleansing us of all our iniquity. He will call it to mind. It could have occurred years or decades ago. We must repent of that and purify ourselves; not continue in this and totally disdain and uproot it; repent and atone for it. We must become sanctified and this is God, leading the way, showing us all our faults and frailties, errors and sins, vice and fallen moments. Perhaps we got off the path, and have not been studying Gods Word, or praying or fasting or holding vigils. Perhaps we are partying too much, wiling away all our time; watching television and raunchy movies that leave us feeling washed out, sleazy, unclean, and stripped of our mind, programmed, tranced out, lost and polluted. The reason we feel this way is because that is the effect such shows have on us, as systematic programming is taking place; the evil one, through his emissaries is trying to replace good habits, Gods precepts, His Word and virtuous living with heathen practices, occultic ploys, wicked habits, malicious vice and sinful living. Do not be so quick to judge God, and question why He is allowing you to endure such suffering. Rather, sink in His Word and Him, open your heart and mind, and hear what He has to say, for He is about to tell you. In fact, He is telling you; so all you need to do is listen, as He has you now as a captive audience. Had you come to Him any other way, He would not have had to sit you down so harshly, but you were being outright negligent, foolhardy, disobedient, heartless, unruly, undisciplined, rebellious, egotistical, and totally self-willed. Never second-guess God; only yourself. You will always be the one in error. It may not be the kind of error you were thinking; but in something, you erred, and Gods chastisement is trying to correct you s o that you receive maximum benefit as He wants to turn you into His Saint; so calm down, chill out, rest easy and gain some humility. Listen and learn. The Lord is speaking. And now, and only now are you in a position to finally hear him, after all of your rebellion and purposeful self-willed agenda you were pursuing. . . . . Listen and take notes.

You are in the Ivy League of Spiritual Schools now that create only the cream of the crop. Therefore, do not flunk out; do your assignments; write those exams; study hard, then receive your aces and promotion as soon as you graduate! But the first and most important thing is to remain calm, not fret, certainly not rush, but rather slow it right down; disregard everything else, and only focus on Gods Word, Prayer and Meditation.

All else, you can just slough off now, as it will reap no fruit for you; until you have mastered what this situation is all about; corrected it, humbly accepted it, and thank God for it, instead of complaining to Him all day, all night long like some sourpuss, rotten, spoiled, selfish, self-willed child. You must be abated; you must get off your trajectory now to regroup, revamp, and reposition yourself and your attitude; and after this pit stop, you will be rarin to go, jacked up, with a more powerful engine, cleansed hoses, clean diesel, buffed up, with new tires, a clean windshield, more horsepower, and some umph in your gas tank to give you that optimal performance!

So, remember, the last thing you do in a pit-stop is to keep driving. You revamp all that is dysfunctional, and make it better. You allow the master mechanic to do what he does best to lend you your best performance you can count on! You dont get in the way, question him, mess up his perfect work, or suggest your own alternative ideas. That is not your domain, you have no expertise there; the scope of your skills do not cover this sphere; you need to just totally trust your mechanic who has never let you down, but has always made you a winner! In fact, he has a perfect record, and never fails. He is the best of the best and in highest demand; yet he still devotes all his time to you and your needs, prioritizing them, so show some appreciation, trust, and better to go rest and chill out or go into your power prayers, relieve yourself, clear your head, focus and discipline yourself. All else is counterproductive. Wake up! Youre going to perform next! Make sure youre ready and in the zone! Snap out of it now and infuse yourself with positive affirmations, based on the Truth, which are foolproof!

O On ny yo ou ur rm ma ar rk k g ge et ts se et t .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. G GO O!!

A An ng ge elliin na aL La az za ar r
From my upcoming Monograph - Queen of the South: Spiritual & Political Thought of Angelina Srpska Lazar

Aug 5th, 2013 Accra, Ghana