Fight or Flight

When in distress the brain response to two "modes" but when God died on the cross He gave us grace and his unveiling word to choose to FIGHT. Ephesians 6vs 10/11 say wear the armor of God at all times, reality is we do not wrestle flesh and blood but principalities of the dark. Throughout our journey of heart ache, pain and suffering we needed to decide are we going to go into FIGHT mode where we dug down real deep using God’s word as guidance, as encouragement and holding Him to his promises or are we going to go into FLIGHT mode drift away from God as we remain staggered in our journey with Him, falling into a depressive state allowing the devil to cripple our mind and keep us in a spirit of affliction (meaning suffering and condition of our current circumstances) Even in our most heart-breaking period of my husband Pastor Dean nearly losing me as his wife and us losing the twins only few months into the start of our own ministry our calling to the kingdom was not over if anything Christ made us stronger and more useful in the body of Christ. As a woman who should be fruitful and be the carrier of life, It took me longer than the apostle Paul to hear God telling me that his grace is sufficient. The apostle Paul prayed and cried out to God many times to take away his physical affliction and God answered him saying...my Grace is sufficient. God did not take the apostle Paul's affliction away he helped and gave him strength through it. When you are mentally or emotionally exhausted and your will to live is a daily struggle know that HIS grace will always be sufficient for you. The biblical truths that have encouraged Christians for centuries can encourage you in your suffering and afflication today. Always continue to press towards the mark of the high calling, for a sound mind for when the devil comes in like flood. May we be reminded that we can Cast all our care upon Him for He cares for us. In our or what we might seem to be our darkest of hour he again reminds us (1Peter 5 vs 7) that he will never leave us nor forsake us (Hebrew 13 vs 5) Know that he is taking you through your journey as an encouraging testimony to the next person going through the same affliction...giving them a glimmer of hope that things will get better, and that God’s grace is always sufficient for them.