Maureen Y. Smith - Conquering the Seeds of Destruction

In some instances, the enemy doesn’t have to work as hard in forming the Root of Rejection into you. You may be at the crossroads of life, so you don’t know what to do next. You seem to hold onto all the negative things that have happened to you, and it causes you to feel as if no one is there. You must find a way to muster up the courage and believe that your life is significant. Always know that God wants to use you to do a mighty work for Him.

As I continue the discussions on the Seed of Loneliness, one of the ways that the enemy can trick you is to make you think that you don’t need anyone, not even God. As he isolates you, you will start to get content and believe that you are in total control. As you see how King Saul handled things in his own life, learn from him and make sure that you are including God in all the decisions that you make. You will be glad that you did.

As your journey continues in self-discovery, how open are you? Do you allow yourself to engage with others or do you stay to yourself? The enemy would love to keep you by yourself so he plants the Seed of Loneliness into you so that he can keep placing thoughts into your mind to make you doubt yourself and feel insecure. God wants you to learn how to step outside of your box and discover who you really are with Him. Keep spending time with God to find out.

It becomes important that you understand one major thing while you are here on this earth…you are NOT alone. God is always with you and by connecting to Jesus, you will see Him in a different way. The enemy will always keep trying to convince you differently, but it becomes important to turn off his voice and learn how to listen to the voice of God.

In this introduction of Chapter 4, I share with you how people want to know why they are here and what their purpose is. As you start to search for what you like to do and who you are to become, you run into some challenges along the way. If you don’t know how to handle them, it can cause you to be distant with others. Know that God doesn’t want you to stay in this mindset of being isolated. He created you to be involved in relationships.

As you listen today, I share my own thoughts of the anger that people may be experiencing. As you look at our society, there are many things that keep people on the edge. It becomes important to know where that anger stems from. It is the enemy that is pulling the strings and placing the negative thoughts into your minds. How you choose to handle situations either with God or without Him will determine if things evolve positively or negatively.

There are many things that can cause you to be angry and some rightfully so. However, you must keep in mind that you can’t allow the things that you may want to obtain to cause you to lash out onto others. Also, you can’t allow “your” expectations of someone be the driving force of what you think someone else should do for “you”. God has each person on a plan of purpose for Him, so it becomes important to know what that plan is for your own life.

Because you are tired of operating into the Seed and Roots of Anger, you are now open into hearing the voice of God. God plants the Seed of Peace into you to not only help you learn how to process your feelings but so that you can align those feelings to His Word and not be consumed by them. Surrendering to Him completely becomes the key and you will have to do that, just as Moses did. God calls all of us to live in peace with everyone.

As you continue to deal with the Root of Blame, it can become hard to let go of. You will hear that the children of Israel didn’t handle things well also. The hurt and pain that you feel others had caused you may drive you to seek revenge on them; however, you must find a way to heal from it. Learn the lessons that are necessary, and you will be able to grow as God wants you too.

When the Root of Blame is planted into you, there are times that you feel that your hardships or challenges is because of what someone has done to you. Although there may be some things that you may have done in your life, blaming others becomes easier than pulling up your own mirror and holding yourself accountable. As you listen, God wants you to resist the devil so that he will flee from you in your mind and you will make the choices that God wants you to make.