LORD, KEEP ME STANDING

Post date: Apr 16, 2013 4:20:12 AM

I pray that the things that keep you happy, always relevant, useful, joyfully excited in this life and in the life that is to come in Christ Jesus will never be taken away from you through any of your  mistakes, through any human manipulated mistakes or the devil’s hidden craftiness. In the name of Jesus Christ, I ask that the Almighty Father will preserve your going out and coming in from this day forward. He will keep the devil from touching and destroying your words, work, dreams and purpose in life. I ask that He will bring increase of joy into your heart and dwellings, into your business and into your family. God will bring you out from all forms of darkness and wickedness that intends your failure and falling, preserving you and all the things that concern you for His promised glory in your life. In all things, God truly desires your success.

One of the sweetest things that everyone is craving for in life, and is worth all the celebrations is the God given grace that enables the ability to succeed in the things they do irrespective of its magnitude, time and place. Everyone hates being called a failure and no one desires to fail and to fall intentionally. While you keep your eyes on the things success, the bible desires you should be very careful not to slip into things that are not necessary to prevent failure and falling. While failure may not be in your spoken words, you should be very careful of what and where you fix your thoughts, actions, and the ways you take daily because those are the breeding places where failure, falling and success gradually grows. “For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. As one who reckons, he says to you, eat and drink, yet his heart is not with you but is grudging the cost.” Matthew 6:21, Proverbs 23:7

While you reject all forms of failure and its associated shame, you should be careful to avoid the hidden and open pride that accompanies success not to fall into them. But we are very thankful to our Father in heaven who is quite able and willing to keep you from falling into failure and into the pride of success, while sustaining your success and progress at the same time. Always remember ignorance and pride is two front runners that will always lead to falling and failure.

“The highway of the upright turns aside from evil; he who guards his way preserves his life. Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall. Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the meek and poor than to divide the spoil with the proud. He who deals wisely and heeds God’s word and counsel shall find good, and whoever leans on, trusts in, and is confident in the Lord, happy, blessed, and fortunate is he. The wise in heart are called prudent, understanding, and knowing, and winsome speech increases learning in both speaker and listener. Understanding is a wellspring of life to those who have it, but to give instruction to fools is folly. The mind of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning and persuasiveness to his lips” Proverbs 16:17-23

Being wise and careful is very necessary in pursuing success, but being able to keep oneself from falling is where we struggle and stumble every day, every time and everywhere. In the scriptures we read “Be well balanced, be vigilant and cautious at all times; for that enemy of yours, the devil, roams around like a lion roaring in fierce hunger, seeking someone to seize upon and devour” 1 Peter 5:8

Acquiring great and sustaining wisdom is to seek God every day, every time and everywhere. The scripture gives the assurance that while the devil wants you to fall by all means, God wants you to keep standing successfully despite the trials and temptations. “Except the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; except the Lord keeps the city, the watchman wakes but in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to take rest late, to eat the bread of anxious toil, for He gives blessings to His beloved in sleep.” Psalm 127:1-2. God is willing and well able to keep you standing in every situation and to be very successful. For prayers Click here