Day 295

It's  Day 295 of  The Red Shoe Project and although I have been in the prayer closet most of the day, I am still sporting my RED shoes, looking and, perhaps more than ever, listening for God.  What will God say today in prayer?  Will He give some divine direction?  Will He grant revelation of the Scriptures?  Perhaps He will share some divine secret...  Or maybe He will give me a glimpse of what the future holds for me... Who knows?  

There's only one way to find out, 

and that's to go into the prayer room 

and shut the door behind me.  

Oh the devil continues to fight me tooth and nail!  He's forever trying to hold me back.  His goal is to keep me  from getting down on my knees and lifting my voice to God.  I can't seem to stop him from catapulting his lies at me.  (By the way, that's the best he's got:  lies and deception.)  BUT...

I've made up my mind...

I'm going in anyways!

And whether He speaks or not -- it doesn't matter.  I've got a job to do!  I've been commissioned.  God said this will be a season of prayer, and that's all there is to it!  Until God says otherwise, that's my assignment.   The devil can throw down all the bombs, missiles and grenades he wants, that's not going to stop me! 

I'm going in!

After awhile, it's not that difficult to recognize the lies of the devil.  He knows my weak spots well and he targets them continuously.  He doesn't go after the stuff that doesn't bother me.  Heck -- we've been tussling for a long time - 30 years now - he knows what to aim for -- BUT,  so do I.  

I've learned that his bombs are like a mine field.  Step here, step there and BOOM! they go off.  But experience has taught me that...

 as long as I stay focused 

on the truths of God's Word, 

those bombs are merely smoke bombs.

They look like the real thing, but they're counterfeit.  Their effect is minimal.  My job is to push through the mine field while lifting up prayer and praises to God simultaneously.  

Okay... so let me stress this point:  The bombs will go off!  They appear to be the real thing!  But, they're fake!  They don't do much of anything, as long as you trust God's Word and forge ahead. 

 If you listen to the lies, you'll fall back, or even worse, you'll stop in your tracks and he'll shred you to pieces.  His lies will overtake you.  You'll retreat with your tail between your legs and that will be the end of it.  

You must make up your mind in advance

that no matter what mines you step on 

you're going to send up the praise 

and prayers to God regardless!

Paul the Apostle had a job to do.  He had just healed a crippled man, but even still...

"Some jews came from Antioch and Iconium and won 

the crowd over.  They stoned Paul and dragged him outside 

the city, thinking he was dead.  But  after the disciples had 

gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city."  

Acts 14:19-20

I love this portion of scripture!  

When things got rough,

Paul pulled himself together

and went back in!

He's our example, and I'm determined to follow his lead.  I'm going to keep going back into the prayer closet again, and again, and again - because that's what God has called me to do!  

I'm going to go in,

get the job done,

and come out again!

And I'm going to keep doing that

day after day after day!

What has God called you to do?  Are you determined to accomplish that -- No matter what?

I'm going for it, in RED shoes!

Gail