Sometimes we lose sight of the true meaning of laying our helpless, hopeless plans in the hands of the Infinite. We forget that Jesus is the way, truth, and life. 

He is the reader of our dreams, the secret observer of our heart yearnings, the quiet listener when we whisper our deepest desires and hopes, the one that lends a sympathetic ear to our anguished filled prayers. 

We forget that He is the light on our path, guiding, leading, gently orchestrating our life.

When you do not know your next step, When the next minute, hour, day, week, month, and year in the future is unknown - just remember that it does not matter if we do not know.

If Jesus is the one leading you, your future is sure. He will be by your side, and that is a certainty you can rest in.

When you cry out to Him, He's there. When your anguished heart reaches for hope, He touches your soul through circumstances, others on your life journey, and everyday miracles. When you seek guidance, He will provide it. 

Just listen. Many times we cannot hear because we refuse to listen. 

When your dreams are bigger than so-called reality? Just place them completely in the hands of the good shepherd. He will lead your heart and open doors that you imagined were bolted and locked. 

He sees the fallen tear. He has a book of remembrance for each tear that falls.

He knows your deepest longings. A prayer for a loved one who has gone from the truth, a prayer of deliverance from a sin, a deep heart desire for a closer walk with Him - He hears it all.

Zacharius in the New Testament prayed for a child for years, and only when he was aged in years did that prayer become reality. Yet, the prayers of the years of waiting had been heard and in the right time and right place they were fulfilled.

God hears every one of your prayers, if they are done in sincerity and truth. You may be left with what seems to be a waiting time, but fear not if it is God's will in the right moment at the right time it WILL happen. And no power on earth can stop that prayer from being answered when that time comes. 

So have hope. There is a listener to every one of your expressed heart desires. And He just wants you to take it all to Him. Don't hide. He sees what is in your heart before you say it. Lay it all bare. 

Open your heart. And let the peace in knowing that God is in control and knows your future wash over you.

Rest in that. Rest in Christ's love and be blessed beyond measure by it. 

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. John 16:33

For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. 

1 John 5:4

For with God nothing shall be impossible. Luke 1:37

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. Romans 8:37

Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. 

1 John 4:4

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.  Ezekiel 36:26

The heart of an overcomer is beautiful. It seeks first the Kingdom of God. It seeks to ease other’s care before its own. It’s very heartbeat is, “Lord none of me and all of you. You have overcome.  Give me the strength to overcome.”

Compromise is shunned, turning back is not an option. Ever forward, ever upward, never ceasing, ever praising. With the Captain of Heaven as a guide, it dares to press forward. A flame of hope is within and it cannot be dimmed or blown out.

The heart of an overcomer is in everyone of God’s children. So many allow the stubble and the superficial to darken this beautiful heart given them by God. Instead, they are weak, with no conviction and no strength to resist. The weakest wind seems to topple them and the smallest wave drifts them. They find themselves tossed here and there, with no direction and no hope. Their overcomer’s heart slowly becomes hardened and they soon make the timeless excuses, “It can’t be so bad.” “Others have done it” “Just this once”.

The choices they make and the answers they find are in strange waters.  Their hearts become weak and their overcomer’s spirit is now lost.

I, personally, have found that when the waves of the world encompass me I start to find my heart quiver within me. I struggle with discouragement, humiliation, and despair. But, there is one sure remedy when I go astray.

With the tears of broken dreams, I go to my Saviour, the great heart-healer, and ask for every particle holding me back from overcoming be swept away. And then, I watch as He works and as I walk by His side my heart strengthens. And I know that I am an overcomer through HIM already.

This blog is to encourage. To uplift. To inspire. You have been given an overcomer’s heart through Jesus Christ your Lord. You are made to conquer. To fight the good fight. To overcome.

You are made for more than this. You were placed here just for this time, this moment, this place in History for a special reason. 

So, chin up Overcomer! You have much to live for. Much to love for.  Many to inspire, uplift, and encourage.

This blog is for YOU. Because you are beautifully and wonderfully created in the image of God. And you WILL overcome through CHRIST within you!