Our Mission Statemen
t here at Being Rebekah declares that we are “real girls living real lives.” It also says that we hope that our readers will be inspired to passionately follow Christ. Lately, I feel that my “real life” could only inspire in the sense of giving the readers a guide on exactly what not to do in their walk with Christ. That being said, our blog truly does strive to show both the mountain peaks and the valleys.
I’ve been so up and down lately. I feel beaten down by Satan one minute and the incredible exhilaration of the Lord’s rescue the next. God keeps showing up in amazing ways. Unfortunately so does the enemy. Knowing the Lord is there should be enough to keep the enemy’s tactics from bothering me, but I’ve been on the edge of despair more times than I care to admit in the last few weeks.
I have wonderful people praying for me and I’m wearing them out. What’s the point of having them pray for me if I never seem to improve – or if improvement is only temporary? I’m holding the key. No amount of prayer on their part will make up for a lack of will on mine.
So what if I’m down, does that make the Lord any less powerful? Does it make His Word any less true? Does it make the devil’s future any less sure? No. No. No. I refuse to give in to my feelings. I refuse to listen to the voice of the enemy.
The following two things are true:
- Faith is not dependent on feelings.
- The devil is a liar.
Satan likes to manipulate our emotions to our spiritual detriment. Elijah felt like giving up right after a huge spiritual victory. Saul felt very spiritual right after he disobeyed God. Feelings are not a good thermometer for our spiritual condition. Being a Christian is a walk of humble faith, love, and obedience; it is not based on emotions.
I need to continue to do what I know to do regardless of what I’m feeling. Faith is action. Faith is obedience to the Word of God. Faith is not a feeling! Period.
Being Rebekah 
I agree that faith is not based on feelings because its so unreliable. I like to think of faith as being trust — I’m trusting that God keeps His word and the wonderful promises associated with it. Thanks.
Faith as trust. I like that. Learning to trust God has been one of the most prominent aspects of my walk with Him. Thanks for your comment!
I will be praying for you, Rebekah. I know what that place is like. Just keep asking Him to draw you close, remember His promises; you will be okay!
Yes, you’re right, I will be okay. I have God taking care of me, what more could I ask for? Thank you so much for your prayers!!
AMEN dear one! Faith is NOT a feeling! Great post!
Thanks. It’s good to remind myself once in awhile! God bless!!
Amen, keep up the faith for the bible says it produces maturity and strength of character. God bless you.
I don’t feel like I have much of either of those at the moment, but I trust that God knows what He is doing. Hahaha. God bless!
Thanks for being real women living real lives. It makes my life seem more “normal!”
Faith is not a feeling…I like that. It is doing the right thing when feelings are screaming “Don’t!”
Great post with which to begin the day. 🙂
(Oh, not to present a commercial here, did you read “Is Your Skirt Flapping in the Breeze?” It was yesterday’s post about getting our behinds kicked by the enemy) 🙂
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This is Rebekah M- I read that post of yours and loved it! would you be willing to allow us to use it as a guest post? Either way- God bless! 🙂 You can let us know at beingrebekah@outlook.com if you want 🙂
Rebekah M – The delight would be all mine if you were to use any of my material as a guest post. (I tried to use the outlook.com address, but nothing came up. I’ll post on your blog, too.)
Never mind – I see my reply made it here before I did. 😉 So much to learn about this whole blog thing!
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Praising Jesus!
hmm… I’ll have to look into that(the email thing 😦 but that’s great! I’ll let you know when we’ll be putting it up- what email address can I contact you at? 🙂
batransformed1@yahoo.com Thanks so much!
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I DID read that post! It was fantastic! I actually read it before I even posted mine and I was somewhat tempted to base my post entirely off of it. Hahaha. But truth be told, I wasn’t ready to mention the armor, or standing up in my post because I’ve been lacking in both armor and standing as of late. It did give me some things to think about though and I thank you for that. I know what I need to do, now I just need to get up and do it! God bless you!
Knowing what to do and actually doing it are two different things, I’ve found. The day the Lord and I had that conversation, I was wallowing in self-pity. I *knew* what I was supposed to do – but wanted Him to do it for me. After all, He *owed* me…wasn’t I doing work for Him? That’s why He was stern with me. That doesn’t happen very often, but when it does…! If you’ve been equipped, then I’ve done my job! Get on up, little sister, send the enemy packing, and get at it!
Have a blessed day. 🙂
Love,
Tami
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