HELP ME, I'M SIDETRACKED! AND I CAN'T GET BACK ON!!

     When we were kids old enough to leave our street on our bicycles, we would often ride to the train tracks in our area. (Why do little boys always have to do only the most dangerous things? LOL!) Well we were fascinated by trains and we used to see if we could derail them with our bad little selves!  We would call ourselves placing pennies, nickels, quarters and even small rocks on the track to try to derail them.  Then we would run away from the tracks when we hear the train coming and hide in the bushes to watch the chaos that would most definitely ensue when the train hit our "foreign objects" on the tracks.  Well to our dismay the train would run right over them and smash them completely! The rocks were turned into fine dust.  The coins were as thin and flat as a piece of paper! How could this happen after all of our careful planning?  I mean we thought we knew what we could do to derail this train. 

     Well when we are on the path that God has for us we need to be moving forward like a fully-loaded freight train. What gives you that unstoppable power when you're moving toward God's goals for you? Well... God of course!! God has put everything you need inside of you to prepare you for your journey. If you've been reading your Word everyday, spent time in prayer and seeking God, then you are ready to move forward to your destiny like a freight train. The freight train is powered by your faith. Your faith pleases God. "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him." (Hebrews 11:6 KJV) Your works demonstrate your faith. God sees this and begins to fuel your train with His power by way of His Holy Spirit. "The very moment you separate body and spirit, you end up with a corpse. Separate faith and works and you get the same thing: a corpse." (James 2:26 MSG)


     When you start picking up steam and you get rolling you get to the point where you are unstoppable. God is moving in your life in a major way because you've yielded to the flow of the Holy Spirit and now He is open doors that were once shut. You are getting access to people and places that in the beginning had their doors shut to you. All of the rocks and coins that were on the track are crushed into fine dust and scattered over the track. And if you do fall off for a moment, you can get back on, pick up steam again, and open the gate so the Holy Spirit can flow once again. Keep on trying and eventually the huge boulders that once derailed you become small pebbles. The huge mountain that once stood in your way jumps up and moves when it sees you coming because it knows you will crush it with one mighty spiritual blow. All you have to do is speak to that mountain and it MUST move out of your way. "For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith." (Mark 11:23 KJV)


     When you have God on your side the devil's attacks are like those coins and rocks we used to put on the tracks.  The devil will try to derail God's plans for you by placing objects and distractions in front of you.  And they usually will appeal to some fleshly desire you've had.  Learn to recognize the devil's distractions and they will become nothing more than just road signs that you pass by on the way to your destiny and God's plans for your life. 

 He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” (Matthew 17:20 NIV)

God bless you!
Robert T Sells

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About the author: Robert T. Sells (aka The Anointed Poet) is the co-owner, with his wife Marlas, of Words of Inspiration Ministries in Merrillville, Indiana. He is known for his gift of prose and has been spreading the message of the Gospel through poetry and song around the country. Sells is also the author of several books in the Words of Inspiration poetry series and a Christian spoken word CD. For more information about his ministry or to purchase products and/or services, visit his website at http://www.robertsellsonline.com/.