Words Of Encouragement To Start The Day ( Monday 7/27/09)

Today’s Devotional Written By A Immensely Blessed Young Woman: Tracy Koweh

I Can Back It Up……………

¹⁰ Later I went to visit Shemaiah son of Delaiah and grandson of Mehetabel, who was confined to his home. He said, “Let us meet together inside the Temple of God and bolt the doors shut. Your enemies are coming to kill you tonight.” ¹¹ But I replied, “Should someone in my position run from danger? Should someone in my position enter the Temple to save his life? No, I won’t do it!” ¹² I realized that God had not spoken to him, but that he had uttered this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. ¹³ They were hoping to intimidate me and make me sin. Then they would be able to accuse and discredit me.

Today’s message in the music comes from Beyonce’s song “Ego”. This past Saturday night, me and 10 other women went to a comedy show for Ladies Night out. We laughed and danced a bit between comics. One song that we heard was “Ego”. We immediately all began to sing the famous chorus line “I walk like this, cause I can back it up.” After the song went off, we all agreed that although the majority of us hated the song….1. We all knew it and 2. We all loved that part. This was funny because our ages ranged from 28 to 46 and we were from different races.

Then Sunday at church my phenomenal pastor spoke about the type of man Nehemiah had to be in order for people not to doubt the God in his life. He taught on how that sometimes we have to be “bad” enough in who God created us to be, in order for us to handle some situations on our own. That pop quizzes from our past should have put enough pump in our ego and character to take us through some final exams on our own. In the story, Nehemiah stood firm in his position and his faith. He knew what he knew, and no one was going to persuade him otherwise.

Sometimes tests, situations, and people come into our lives to try to discredit the very reputation of God we’ve been trying to build up. Some people are sitting on the sidelines waiting for us to fail. Some people are sitting on the porch making wages on how long we’ll be able to last. In some cases it’s out of pure spite, but sometimes it’s to discredit the Christ that’s within us. If they can make us quit or give up then they will try to say that God doesn’t exist or that we never really were in relationship with Him.

Today as we prepare to enter another week, let us enter it with a new and fresh EGO. Not being pumped up on how big or bad we are, but being pumped up on how big and bad the Christ we serve is. This week let’s walk boldly and confident in Christ, knowing that with God all things are possible and with His strength when we stand up to the enemy………………….we can back it up!!!