The Backstabbers

We are here and able to live another day!  God is good all the time and all the time we should give Him praise.  I think about where I could have been and when I do that where I am is not that bad. Take a moment to be grateful and give thanks.  There is so much that you are able to do and there are so many people that are in need of you and your smile.  Stay alert, there is a blessing coming your way!

Good day to you all!  I know that the weather can’t make up its mind, but I want to encourage you to make up your mind to serve the Lord today.  He has been faithful to you and it is a great feeling when you make the decision to be faithful to Him as well.

They smile in your face.  All the time they want to take your place.  The backstabbers.  We have all been betrayed at one time or another.  We have all put trust in someone that we really should not have and they betrayed our trust.  Not a good feeling.  Sometimes we have a feeling about someone, yet we decide to trust them anyway, and sometimes we have known the person for years and the betrayal comes out of nowhere.  The smiled with us, and ate with us.  In some cases they have even spent time around our family.  Yet all they were jealous of what we had and who we are.  That is why I believe that true friends are rare and if you are fortunate enough to have them you should praise God every day because everybody is not as fortunate.

Dear Reader I want to encourage you to keep your eyes towards God, and don’t look back.  The interesting thing about people that stab you in the back is that in order to stab you in the back you must be in front of them.  In order for someone to back bite, you must be in front of them.  In order for your enemies to talk behind your back they must be behind you.  I don’t know about you, but when I am in the lead, I don’t want to look back, go back, or lean back.  When I am in the lead I don’t want to turn around to see what the competition is doing.  As a matter of fact I try to find ways to extend my lead.  Jesus didn’t let Judas stop Him.  Jesus didn’t let the grave stop Him.  They stretched out His shoulders they put a crown of thorns on His head, but when it was all said and done he was head and shoulders over the devil.   Don’t focus on the ones that would wait for your back to turn so that they can talk about you.  All you have to do is change the game.  Understand Dear Reader that while they think they are playing pin the tail on the donkey, what they don’t know is that when you have Jesus the game becomes follow the leader.  When they see what the Lord is doing for you they will see that their backstabbing ways have gained them nothing.  The only way that someone can hold you back is if you stay back with them. If someone is trying to hold you back don’t stay back with them, bring them with you.  Break free and let the O’Jay’s deal with the backstabbers. 

You are beautiful, loved, and blessed

John Reed