ENCOURAGE YOURSELF

June 3, 2014

One of the cheapest, most affordable and available commodity around is discouragement. It is quite easy to get discouraged considering the dreams that are not coming to pass as when planned. It is very easy to lose enthusiasm and zeal when we consider the disappointments and all that we have encountered. Some people have hired coaches to encourage them to carry on but the truth is nobody can encourage you except yourself. It has to come from the inside.

I understand it is not easy to encourage oneself when times are getting tougher and things are getting out of hand. During those times, the easiest option is to just give up and say, “It’s not worth it,” “I will just manage what I have,” “I cannot come and kill myself.” In 1 Sam 30, King David felt same way when his city got destroyed and his family was kidnapped. To make matters worse, his own men turned against him. The easiest option available for him was to just accept the defeat.

However, Bible says in verse 6 that, “David encouraged himself in the Lord.” Many times, the people you feel could encourage you might not be there for you not because they want to dessert you but they are also busy looking for someone to encourage them. The best thing to do is to begin to replay the goodness of God upon your life. As you do that, uncommon strength comes from within and you begin to see a way out that would bring a turn around.

Are you at a point where you feel like throwing in the towel, hold on a minute, why don’t you just look back on past accomplishments and victories and draw inspiration from them? Stay focused on thoughts of good and thoughts of hope. If you would encourage yourself, you would develop the courage to carry on. You may have only be knocked down, you aren’t knocked out yet.

Always remember that a setback is a setup for a comeback.

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