Be wise and follow him

Greetings:
We must never forget to call upon the Lord for guidance and wisdom.
It's important to realize that no matter what we are facing on this day and other days, we need to understand that we are not alone and we are just walking through a particular situation.
God's not a crutch, but a source of power, strength and comfort.
I often have to remind myself that we don't have to stop and dwell on the tough times. We need to understand that this situatin is only temporary.
Importantly, we must not allow fear to paralyze us into immobility in the middle of walk through 'the valley of the shadow of death', the valley of despair, the valley of illness, the valley of disappointment, the valley of hurt, the valley of pain, the valley of no answers and waiting, the valley of whatever might be troubling us and keeping us from enjoying the wonderful promises of God.
We must keep walking and trusting God.
God is always there walking with us hand in hand. He is strengthening us. He is lifting us up. He is making a way for us where our eyes and minds say there is no way.
He is lining up people, opening doors and putting into motion situations to bring us out of that tough place into a place of overcoming victory.
Much of the time we cannot see or even feel his presence, but he is there with us, fighting with us, fighting for us.
We need to put 2:Timothy 1:17 (New Living Translation) deep in our heart and stand on it when the mountains seem too talk to climb, when there looks like there is no hope, no answer, no way out or up.
The passage reads: “For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.”
We must speak life and peace when we are going though a rough stretch in our walk, and all on your faith to be strong.
We must call on the virtue of hope in situations where it looks like there is no hope.
We must speak victory.
We must speak the Word.
We must speak the power that we have in the name of Jesus to the situation.
We must command it – don't ask it – command it to leave.
I'm also reminded that we can glean much good life advice and wisdom from a ship. A ship is designed to take us places. So, if our friendships, companionships, relationships, partnerships are not taking us anywhere that is pleasing to God, then we should abandon ship.
We must be like the disciples in Matthew 8:23, which reads, "When he got into the boat, His disciples followed him."
Only on God's ship will we sail to a place of victory and happiness.
Be blessed.