Trusting God To The Finish Line! 10-26–25

Welcome to the word for the week. We’re in a season now where we will have to decide who’s report we will believe. Every step you take also has an obstacle that is designed to be a distraction to you. It is up to you to navigate those obstacles. You have to decide not only what you will allow to be your distractions, but also how long will you all them to be that? It is easy to say you do not have any control over that but the truth is you do. You determine who’s report you are going to believe. If you believe the report of God then you will also believe that no weapon formed against you will prosper. If you believe the report of the enemy then you will continue to tell yourself that there is no hope and no way you can win. The choice is truly yours rather you want to admit that or not. The question is do you want to win or are you okay with losing? Yes, it is a tough question but you need to know that in advance.

When Mike Tyson was in his prime there were a lot of fights that he won before the fight started. At the weigh-ins all of his opponents talked tough. But once they got in the ring for the actual fight they saw a different kind of fire in his eyes. Once you get in the ring you quickly realize that the fight is real. In the natural sense your mouth cannot help you anymore. In the spiritual sense that is exactly what it will take to win. Do you dare to say what God said about your victory or will you cave in to defeat before the fight even begins. Again, when you believe the report of God then you also no there is nothing that can get in your way. When you do not then there are serious problems. If you believe you cannot win then you will not even put up a fight because you will feel that it is not worth it. Let’s go further here.

Speaking your own defeat is easy. All you have to do is either question that you cannot do something or outright say you cannot do it. That is easy to do. A lot of people are defeated by the very words they say because we have what we say. I cannot stress enough the need to guard your thoughts before they become words that come out of your mouth. Who told you that things were hopeless when Christ is our hope? Who told you what you could not do when we can do all things through Christ? Who told you that you do not stand a chance when the battle belongs to the Lord who is undefeated? Far too many people hear something in their own mind and then they run with that. Brace yourself for this but your mind can be controlled if you give it over to God. Let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus. Let the word of God bring your thoughts into subjection. Yes, it is easy to say what you cannot help until you realize the bible literally speaks about your help. The challenge is to believe what it says.

The fight must be fought in order to be won. You have the easy part which is to pray and believe God. He has the actual fight not you. Your part is not to allow yourself to become double minded. You cannot be on two sides at the same time. You have to choose this day whom you will serve. You do not have until tomorrow to decide. This is a decision that must be made today. Your victory hangs in the balance of your decision. Your breakthrough is dependent upon you believing God. You do not have the option to find another way. You have to do this God’s way. It is sad to see when we make it so easy for the enemy to have his way and so difficult for God to get through to us to have His way. It is sad when one would rather sit down and lose than stand for God and win. Take a look at all of those things around you. How many of them are distractions that only God can fix and yet you are worried about them? At what point do you finally say Jesus take the wheel? Time waits for no one so what will you do with the time you have at hand? This battle can only be won God’s way!

May the Lord continue to bless and keep you in His grace,
Bishop Carlos J. Lennon