When we have the right source, we are able to work out the issues of life with confidence. There is nothing like having inner confidence. Tapping into the inner strength of God enables you to accomplish so much more because we understand that all we do have purpose and meaning to not only our lives but the lives of those around us.
In Submission
Once I recognised my need to stop all the nonsense in my mind of jealousy, judging accusing, and excusing, I had to decide who I submitted myself to a new source of strength and peace; God. I realised that in myself, I was self-sabotaging my ability to get in shape. Sometimes I’d come in the gym thinking, “I got this!” After 10 minutes on the cardio machine, my “I got this” turns more into “I don’t really need this”.
Once I tapped into the voice of God either correcting my thinking, or encouraging me to keep going, I was able to achieve much more because I figured out and submitted to His voice of strength. It sounds so spiritual, you may think. You are right, yet I have tried all types of sources to make it happen and found failure and disappointment every time. I discovered a purpose in what I was doing that had more of an impact on the world I was living in.
The key is to submit yourself to the voice of God. What does God think about you? He believes in you more than you believe in yourself because he designed you and gave you everything you need to have inner peace and the ability to work out what is within.
How can you submit to God?
1. Recognise you lack the strength of inner peace and your need for Him in your life. 2. Pray (or talk to Him). Ask Him to come into your life.
3. Submit to His way of doing life by reading the bible and applying what it says.
4. Work out. Having submitted to the voice of God instructing and encouraging me to put in the work and that I was able to do it, I did it! I worked it out. Now, it was not a one-time accomplishment, but a lifestyle lived.
Once you have submitted to God as your source, begin to work it out. You may think, I do not need to submit to God in order to get in shape. What impacts the out-working of your life is the inner strength of peace. If I struggle with the thoughts of inadequacy in any aspect of life, I may look adequate on the outside, yet I’ll be struggling to stay afloat on the inside. Many of us deal with imposter syndrome and dare not let people know what we are feeling. When we have the right source, we are able to work out the issues of life with confidence.
There is nothing like having inner confidence. Tapping into the inner strength of God enables you to accomplish so much more because we understand that all we do have purpose and meaning to not only our lives but the lives of those around us.
This verse sums up what this article is all about: “Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.” (Isaiah 41:10). You may need to work on a relationship that has gone stale, or a financial crisis that needs a budget to freedom, or a health risk that needs the discipline of right choices and the sweat of the brow. Whatever you are facing today, whatever you have found as an inner struggle in a restless world, recognise your source of strength, submit to God as your source and work it out from a place of peace.
