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Will It Go Round in Circles?

As children we would play chase and no one wanted to be it, so to choose “the” person to be “it”, one person would get in the middle of a circle surrounded by all of the children who wanted to play and recite, “Round and Round and Round I go where I stop, nobody knows”!



We know that when you form a circle, it's not easy to step out of the way without breaking the cirlce. So you had to stand still or try to duck, but when the person opened their eyes, they could still see the person they stopped in front of. So many fun memories!

We are just like the Israelites. The journey to the Promised Land was an eleven day journey; but it took them forty years to reach it. (Deuteronomy 1:2 NLT) They continued in the wilderness going around and around and around the same mountain doing things they felt was acceptable to do; however, they would not receive freedom from it; or as we would like to say “a breakthrough”! Why? Because their mindset kept them from "freedom"! They were too weak in "mind" (Fearful, low self-esteem, lacking faith, doubt, insecure, and I'm destined to be poor mentality, etc) to receive the "strong mind" (Faith, trusting in God, boldness, courage, belief, patience, etc) to win the battles!

To keep doing the same thing in a different way, a different color, or a different place does not make it different. Change your thinking and you will change your circumstances. Example:  You date men that do not work, in constant trouble or party more than they should! Why? Because you feel you are not valuable enough to have better and receive better ~ interesting thing is, some of the things he is doing; you yourself do also!

Another example:  In high school you and your friends picked on the girl in school who studied hard and minded her own business. Today, she is the one who is successful in every area (Mind, spirit, and body) of her life! Why did you pick on her? Because you were jealous; and you secretly wanted what she had. So you chose to pluck with the chickens (friends) ; who were not doing anything positive anyway, and today~ they still aren’t.



“Success breeds success and failure breeds failure”! Get out of that circle and choose a better way of life and thinking! Once you do, God will work in ways you could not have imagined!

Read the book of Exodus in your quiet time and while you are reading it, journal the actions of the people and how they responded to a little discomfort and closely watch yourself when things in your life are not going your way! Do you act just like the Israelites and complain (which is sin) after God showed them time after time miracles that was profound? If you do not have a bible go to https://www.biblegateway.com and you will be able to read it in any bible translation you choose!

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