THE LAST 2 POSTS ON SIGNAL HAVE BEEN LENGTHY... so I felt the need to post in both platforms!
BURDENS, WORRIES AND CARES
Yesterday I posted a dream given to Greg Hood in 2021. The ticks discovered underneath the wool of the sheep/lion creatures especially caught my attention. These creatures couldn’t morph into their designed purpose and destiny because of these ticks.
The ticks are representative of the issues KSN are going after during our DEEP CLEAN period. They represent the issues clogging up our soul; wounds of the heart, soul ties, hindrances to freedom, mindsets or patterns yet to be overcome. They also represent burdens: ones we put on ourselves, or burdens the enemy has laid on us to wear us out and cause distraction.
We are in a season of Daniel 7, where we see the enemy attempting to wear out the saints of the Most High God and change times and seasons. These burdens suck the life out of us like a tick! The weight and heaviness, the fear, worry, anxiety and stress that suck the life out of our motivation, enthusiasm, encouragement, energy, vitality; our hope, vision and dreams; our purpose and usefulness, our joy and sense of wonder and delight.
ANTIDOTES
The Lord has given us antidotes for burdens! First, He invites us to come to HIM (Matt. 11:28-30). Then He instructs us to cast all those weights, worries and concerns onto HIM (1 Pet. 5:7). Giving us a “visual,” He literally carried our burdens when He carried the cross to Calvary.
The word used for worry in the NT is the same word used as “cares” in 1 Pet. 5:7. This word literally means to “divide the mind.” It denotes distractions, anxieties, burdens and worries-anything that divides our thinking and focus.
Another antidote is the oil of joy. Remember it was the horn filled with oil that the Wind sprayed over the sheep/lions causing these ticks to be killed and removed. The oil of JOY becomes like Rain-X on our souls. All those burdens and worries can no longer stick, but just slide right off.
**Remember the brain cannot not operate in fear and love at the same time? Well it cannot operate in worry and joy simultaneously either!
1. Take some time today to identify patterns of thinking that need to be cast upon the Lord Jesus, because HE cares for you.
2. Spend some time seeking the Godhead about the burdens you are carrying that are wearing you down.
· Are all of these burdens ones that He’s requiring?
· Did you begin in partnership but have defaulted to bearing them alone?
· If so, what is the root of this tendency to operate independently?
· Is there a trust issue needing to be addressed?
· Are there any survival mindsets in play?
· Is there clean-up involved in removing this from where it first entered your life?
Lord Jesus, I repent for anytime I have taken on burdens and responsibilities that you did not intend for me to carry. Forgive me for allowing an imbalance in carrying burdens independently of You. Forgive me Lord for lacking trust that resulted in worry and anxiety. I choose as an act of my will to surrender and give You, all my cares and burdens, especially ungodly or worldly burdens. Thank You for carrying them for me, and for loving me so.
Thank you, Jesus, that when I’m weary I can come to You. Thank you for Your gentleness and humility. Thank you that what You want me to carry is easy and light. I choose to carry only what You want me to carry. Thank you for restoring me to a place of relational rest in You.
Father, Jesus and Holy Spirit, I ask for You to sovereignly remove all “toxic” neurons in my brain, which house the memory of worry, fear and anxiety, and replace them with “healthy” love based neurons that are filled with trust and the truth of what You just accomplished in me.
