First of all, thank you so much for all your emails (and facebook messages/comments) of love, encouragement and support… I didn't realize how much my email last week about my battle with depression in 2016 struck such a raw chord and resonated with so many of you!
Over the past week, I've been receiving and reading every single response from you guys (and gals) and it's so AMAZING. I had no idea that so many of you have been suffering in silence and I thank you for opening up, confiding and sharing with me your own personal stories of struggles as well as triumphs =)
I do apologize sincerely for not being able to personally respond to everyone, mainly because as you might know, this email newsletter goes out to over 128,000+ people from all over the world so I do hope you understand my predicament… but I just want to reassure you that I read everything that you guys send me… and I do appreciate them very much…
Now the reason I'm sending you this message today is because, after reading through all your stories thus far, I felt strongly led to share with you that God Wants You To Walk By Faith, Not By Sight (2 Corinthians 5:7).
One lady shared with me how she was on the verge of suicide because she was trapped in a mountain-high load of credit card debts and that the banks were haunting her every day with calls to pay up.
I confided that I had been in a similar situation before and the best thing we can do in this type of situation is to just focus on the Lord and His word.
Psalm 23 says:
“The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want.
He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me besides the still waters.
He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name's sake.
Yea, though I walk THROUGH the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For you are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over.
Surely, goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever.”
Lord Jesus has already said in the scriptures through King David that we shall not lack. Yes, I know it's tough to believe that when we are in a situation whereby all we see are bills and debts and there's barely enough in our bank accounts to get through the next month. That's why we need to WALK BY FAITH.
We need to stop focusing on what we are powerless to change and start focusing on His Love and His Grace and His Promises.
Many of you already know that The Lord turned around an impossible financial situation for me years back when he transformed 5 figures of debt I owed into 6 figures of income for me within a single year. I want to share with you something right NOW… something that I've not shared publicly before.
Currently, I'm down by over US$365K in my US stock portfolio. And that's realized losses, mind you. Not paper losses!
If I focus on THAT, I will probably go crazy but I'm not going to do that. Instead, I'm going to focus on His Goodness and His Mercy and I know that He will turn everything around for me again, just like He did before… and He will do that for you too… whatever situation you may find yourself in now… If you CHOOSE to focus on HIM, instead of your challenges… If you CHOOSE to walk by faith and not by sight.
One of the stories I love most in the Bible is the story of David vs Goliath (1 Samuel 17).
In the natural, Goliath was this GIANT that all the Israelites were afraid of… All except one: David, the Shepherd boy.
Why wasn't David trembling in fear?
Goliath was much bigger in size and stature than him. He was the greatest warrior from the Philistines so in terms of war experience, there was no contest between him and David. But the reason David was so confident that he would be able to defeat Goliath and that victory would go to the Israelites because He was exactly walking by faith and not by sight! He understood and believed in the promises of our most faithful God:
1 Samuel 17:45-47
“David replied to the Philistine, “You come to me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies – the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
Today the Lord will conquer you, and I will kill you and cut off your head. And then I will give the dead bodies of your men to the birds and wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel!
And everyone assembled here will know that the Lord rescues his people, but not with sword and spear. This is the Lord’s battle, and he will give you to us!”
David understood that the battle belongs to the Lord… not to Him. He knew that “If God is for us, who can be against us?” (Romans 8:31)
So Beloved, I pray that because of my message today that you will receive the same revelation that David had when he was up against almost certain death. I really don't know what it is you are battling now… It could be a broken relationship or marriage… It could be a financial disaster… It could even be a bad report from the doctor… Whatever it is, I encourage you to walk by faith and not by sight…
Believe in the maker of the universe to deliver you and restore you…
Type AMEN (in the comments) if you receive!
To Your Success,
Yee Shun-Jian
Founder and Chief Happiness Officer,
101PowerfulAffirmations.com
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