Learning to say NO has come quite easy to me and it surprises me how many people don't know how to use it.
When we add more and more things to our schedule we can start to wear ourselves down. Things that we should be focusing on are put to the side for later and we get complacent and start to compromise.
"I will do that later" becomes our catch cry. " I don't have the energy to do it all! "
Sound familiar?
When we take on the things we think we need to do we can become drained, irritable and some times even get sick.
While I was at university, almost every week I was sick with the flu. How dare it interrupt me and drain me of the energy I so needed to get me through my lectures and then come home to my children and then do more study! The nerve! At the time it was all too much for me to take so I made the choice to stop going. It was a hard thing to do but I at the time I knew it was the right choice for me. Getting stressed and run down was not worth it to me.
When we do things that we think we need to do we can fall outside the will of God. He has plans for our lives. Plans we may know or may not. When we start going down the wrong path we can find it's not so rosy after all and thats where we find we need to rely on Gods strength to do it. It's during these times we find out we can't do it on our own no matter how hard we try. I know I have been guilty of this a lot during my life time. It's something I am working on daily.
If we get too involved in these types of things they can start to consume us in good and bad ways.
Its all about balance.
Have you got boundaries and know when you are doing enough?
Are you a people pleaser?
Have you ever considered that the people who keep asking you to do things are the ones who have learnt to say NO and thats why you are being asked to do it instead!
Do you find it hard to say NO or are you comfortable in yourself and know how to hear what God wants for you and your life?
Not enough of us know how to ask God "what would you have me do with my life?" "Do you want me to do this or step back?"
As a society we know how to follow the crowd or go along with something just because someone asked us to do it, however how much happier would we be if we listened to God and searched our hearts for the truth.
Do you know how to stop and be still?
Is it such a bad thing if you have some time to do nothing if you so choose? Why can't you be still? Does your mind start to wander to things you don't want to deal with so keeping busy is your only option? Maybe it's time to evaluate who you are and think about what's really in your heart.
There are times when we have to do things that we don't want to and that is ok. God uses these times to build our character and strengthens us ready for the next thing.
Are you longing to do something but feel stuck in the choices you have made in the past? I am here to tell you nothing you do now or have done in the past can keep you away from your true calling.
Jesus died to release you from anything that keeps you in bondage and stops you from being happy and at peace.
Ask God today what HE wants you to do regarding situations or commitments you are facing today. He is ready to listen you just need to ask!!!
" So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened." Luke 11:9
Why not start saying NO to the things you want to stop doing and say YES to the things inside of you!
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