Press For A Change

3/2/2011 - Press For A Change

“I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” - Philippians 3:14

Have you ever heard a word from God? I have. And a lot of times I don’t believe what I hear. Words from God quite often are different than the circumstances that you find yourself in presently. Words from God point towards something that you feel is the future, but often God says, it is so right now. But in time, we don’t always believe Him. We don’t always believe that things are going to be the way God says they will. It’s hard to see past the present reality.
And yet faith requires that we first believe. If we don’t believe then we will not have faith. When we have faith in something, we believe what God says and then line up our actions with what we believe. You cannot have faith without some type of action. Even if it is just a change of mindset.
God’s desire for us is that we all walk in the truth. We must walk in the truth of who God is, the truth of who He made us to be and the truth of who He created others to be. But it is so difficult to walk in truth when all around us is evidence of the lies. Whatever God said would happen, more than likely, you are not living in it now. And yet it is true, it was true and it will be true. In time we have to learn how to walk it out. And that does take time. You might believe overnight, but to learn how to walk that belief out in faith takes time. And this is where your press comes into play.
We all have something that we have to press in order to believe. There is a lie that we have been living and believing that God is trying to get us to replace with the truth. And you will have to press in order to obtain it. You will have to press beyond what you feel. Press beyond what you think. Press beyond what you even want to do sometimes. It is going to take a press in order to change your mind and convert your belief to faith.
Sometimes, it is just too familiar to believe the lie. It’s something we have lived with all of our life. We get used to it. But it was never the truth. You are just used to the lie. You will have to press beyond what you have experienced in order to get a different outcome. If you thought that all relationships were bound for failure, you will have to press beyond that in order to enjoy a good relationship. If you thought that you were meant to be broke forever, you will have to press in order to hold onto any increase in finances that you do receive. If you thought that you were never going to get that promotion, then you have to press in order to take advantage of opportunities that do arise. If you thought that you were destined to be alone, then you will have to press in order to hold onto relationships that do enter your life. If you think that you are too far gone for God to ever want to deal with you then you have to press in order to receive His love. Whatever the lie you have believed, there will be a test. And if there is a test, your job is to press beyond it. And if God said it, believe it and press towards the faith. The faith says that it is yours. The faith says that you can be different. The faith says that you don’t have to live the lie anymore. The faith says that what God has promised will come to pass.
Every time you press, you dismantle more and more of the lie and its power over you. Every time you press you come closer and closer to becoming who God called you to be. Every time you press you get lighter and lighter because lies are heavy. Your change is in your press. Eventually, you look up and you are living in the reality of what you believed in faith before. But it takes one press at a time. Celebrate your victories. Don't live in your mistakes. Just keep pressing.