Rehearse

It's easy to rehearse the many times when things go wrong in our lives. The missed opportunities, sins and mistakes that in hindsight we long to have avoided considering the consequences. All to often those same consequences serve as a stinging reminder of our past foolishness. In those moments of recall, it's easy to go into a tailspin, spiraling down in to despair and regret.

Or we can be challenged to rehearse God's goodness, His mercy, and His promises which are yes and amen in Christ.

Let's engage in faith and not in our emotions despite how "real" those feelings may seem presently. For three months I have not used my asthma inhaler (it's only God's mercy to heal!). There are days my body may feel discomfort or even shows signs of physical distress, but I recall faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Faith before fact!

Go to the Lord and take along your Bible and rehearse His promises of healing, restoration, and deliverance. Speak out loud His word! You will be surprised how it will change the atmosphere and short circuit those runaway thoughts in your mind. There is power in God's word. Though you may not see an immediate change in your life or way of thinking just remember God's word always accomplishes what He has spoken - yes, even of those things which we terribly regret and can't undo in our strength.