Change The Channel

I spend a lot of my life in my car.  A couple of weeks ago I was driving along listening to the radio.   Hating the song that was on!!!! I was driving along thinking ‘“Wow, what an awful song! I don’t like this song!!” When it hit me - you control the song! Turn the channel!! I know that may sound silly, but I was literally listening to something I hated forgetting the control was up to me. So, guess what....I changed the channel and found something I liked.

Last year I had a LOT of voices in my head. Unhealthy people telling me I wasn’t good - telling me I wasn’t good at my job - I wasn’t a good friend - I wasn’t a good mom - I wasn’t a good wife - I wasn’t slim enough - I wasn’t smart enough - I wasn’t....

I let those voices be amplified by Satan. He knows my desire to please and my desire for approval. He began to repeat those voices over and over - in fact, long after the people stopped - he was still busy filling my mind with everything I wasn’t.  I believed it. I let it seep into my mind and my heart until all I wanted to do was hide and cry.

Then, two weeks ago, I remembered, I control what station I listen to. I don’t have to be filled with lies.  While I am no where close to perfect - I know that I am not what those voices said I was.  

So, how am I prevent those voices from becoming my truth? 

When you hear the voice - does it match who God says you are? For me, it wasn’t a match. 

“Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.”

Psalm 119:105 NIV

Pray for confirmation that the voice you hear is not the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit will always line up to God’s Word. It may be a painful message - but it is for your good - not to harm your spirit.

“For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.”

Hebrews 4:12 

If these voices are coming from the same people - evaluate your ability to remove yourself from that person or group? 

“You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.”

Psalm 32:7 NIV

There is one voice that won’t fill us with lies. Our Lord and Savior. If you’ve been on the wrong station like me - turn the channel!!