“That which you are afraid of, is the one thing you have to choose to let go of.”

The carnal mind is like that of a child. Many times I learn just how much, and I apply wisdom, while handling situations with my younger daughters. There are always things to be revealed about it through their actions and lessons to learn.

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Romiyim [Romans] 8:6-8  For the [carnal] mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace. Because the [carnal] mind of the flesh is enmity against Elohim: for it is not subject to the Torah of Elohim, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please Elohim.

My 2 year old daughter had a slightly traumatic experience, while we were out of town one day. Without getting into it too much, as a result, she didn’t want to use the bathroom and was very afraid. It went on for about 6 days and each day I had to coach her through her tears, as I struggled to get her to use the bathroom. Each day, a few times a day, I talked to her about fear. I kept telling her “I understand that you are afraid, but you have got to choose to let the fear go, otherwise you will only hurt yourself.”

I kept telling her that I was there for her. I would sit on the floor within a short distance and be quiet; waiting on her to make the choice.  I also tried other methods to assist her as recommended by others. My feelings hurt for her, while seeing her go through this experience and cry her way through it. She kept fighting it and saying “I don’t want to.”

Each day the fear seemed to get stronger. I prayed more and more, while telling her that the fear was gone. I told her she didn’t have to be afraid and she [hopefully] wouldn’t experience it again. I kept telling her she was brave and she could get through this. Then one day, in tears and afraid, she let go. I applauded her for her courage. She responded with a smile and happily encouraged herself. The next time around she used the bathroom on her own without being afraid and crying.

It was gone! Just like that. She no longer was afraid!

The next few times she spoke of not being scared anymore. I listened and congratulated her over and over. It was awesome and a relief at the same time.

I thought of this experience. And noticed some things.

The carnal mind, like that of a child, has to be trained to obey. Its focus is constantly on getting its own way at all cost. It does not care what boundaries are broken or how far off it has to go in order to get what it wants. As a result, in order to get the mind to break free of the lies, that rooted in the heart as a result of some bad experience in this case, a person has to fight passed emotional pain; otherwise one cannot please Abba Yah.  Not only that, the individual will be “stuck” at that time and point in life emotionally and miss out on so much. This moment, only lasted for 6 days for my daughter. Yet there are some of us that have been holding onto things for “many years” and as a result, we make it that much harder to let go each day.

Whenever a traumatic moment happens, suddenly fear creeps in and amplifies the possibilities of what could happen next as a result. Yet as I think on it more, some of these moments were not so much as traumatic as they were painful or shameful. We get to this point to where we just want to protect ourselves from getting hurt/humiliated again; thus having become overprotective. We behave, respond, and speak in ways that will be sure to build a huge wall in our heart and keep the guard up. It’s interesting how some people, may even behave in a way that, forces others to act according to what’s within this ‘distorted’ vision. These same people tend to then place blame on everyone else and in some cases, do not even recognize fear as being their problem.

Sometimes we accept lies as though they are absolute truth and begin to behave in ways that are only in connection with this twisted view that was gained from the experience. Because our mind is then not able to think right, as we go through things in life this way, there just may be someone that the Most High sends to coach us through what we currently face or have struggled with for so long. Will we “see and receive” the counsel? Will we trust them? Will we allow the truth, that debunks all of the lies, to now be our focus and free us from such bondage? Or will we allow the lies to be the very things that destroy us and the possibilities that were placed before us? Will we remain so afraid to step out of this dysfunctional comfort zone, that we die having held onto such pain, and end up having had nothing but regrets; nothing for our children, family, and friends to remember us by except the product of what all the pain/hurt caused us to be?

First Comes Pain.

Then Comes Fear.

Carnality fights to believe the lie.

To keep out the truth and what’s real.

You see, our heavenly Abba [Father] has seen the painful moments that you have faced in life. (Or are still facing, for some of you.) He has seen the times in which you were hurt, betrayed, abused, broken, used, lied to, manipulated, crushed, dishonored, shamed, abandoned, left out, etc. [you name it]. He knows better than you do, the struggle that you face internally, to no longer accept the lies that you have believed for all these years as a result of it all. Yet, instead of just taking the memory of such traumatic moments away, He wants to use it, to make you stronger. To see Who He is and what He is able to do in you, in spite of you. He wants to use what you have been through not only to help others that will go through the same things, but so that those on the outside can see just how powerful our Elohim is. He wants to use what you have been through to glorify Him and keep you humble; accepting the truth that you need Him more than you wanted to realize along the way.

You see, there is NOTHING that Yah cannot do, nor is there NO ONE that He cannot heal from such brokenness. Like myself alongside my daughter, but on a much higher level, Yah is waiting on you to make the choice. Through His Word and by the example of our Messiah Yeshua, He is coaching you through your hurt and pain of all that was, has been, or is still going on. And like my daughter, you have finally got to “LET GO” and trust that Yah will see you through, according to all that He has planned for you since the beginning.

Many of you believe that you are only worth what has already been given to you in life. Many of you feel that you don’t deserve any more than what has already happened. Many of you are so afraid of the unknown, that you may miss out on huge breakthroughs, just because you will not take that “leap of faith.” Yet at the same time, you don’t even realize just how close you really are to not only things being different, but also so much greater.

You just don’t know how close you are to receiving so much that Yah had already in place for you, if you would just trust in the Elohim that keeps you.

Many of you are allowing your carnal mind to have so much control, yet you do not realize that it does not even care about anything other than making your life miserable, and keeping you separated from Yah for eternity. Many of you are not even realizing that you really do not have much time left to “test the waters” and what could be your blessing will be given away to someone that is willing to make that sacrifice.

You have got to get to this point, to where you are tired of doing or being who you have been all these years. You have got to get to the point, to where you are tired of fighting to stay the way that you are, and just let go; instead be who you are called to be. Find that out.

I really admired the way that my 2 year old transitioned through her experience, because I know that it was hard for her. I was not sure whether she was going to get through it quickly or whether this was going to be something that would painstakingly become a struggle that would last a while. Yet, one thing that I was certain of, is that I would not stop at being by her side for support. I know that I would have kept helping her fight until she saw just how much strength she had from within, to face the very thought that so easily had her deceived.

And for you beloved, you have a powerful Elohim that is more than willing to do so much more for you, so that you can see just what He really wants to make of your life; it’s so far more than what you could even ask for or think.

Keep Your Faith In Yah!

Some scriptures to read:

Genesis [Bereshith] 27:40

Psalms [Tehillim] 27:14

Isaiah [Yeshayah] 40:31

Luke [Luqas] 18:17

Romans [Romiyim] 12:2

2 Corinthians [Qorintiyim Bet] 4:16

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