Imagine coming into a promotion and asset you've been praying for emotionally feeling like, "Wow, two women of color have "failed" in order for me to be here today!"
Today's episode goes through the emotional journey I embarked on in a season of promotion for me.
Today's Peachtree memory teaches us that:
1. We are human! Ephesians 6:12 states that, " For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places." The jealously I felt towards this woman I worked alongside almost daily was not of Christ. It was my flesh in partnership with the Devil looking to divide and create doubt within my mind.... and it worked!
2. Remember my episode 3 mantra? Before becoming super serious about God I always said - "What's for me is for me and it will not pass me." This affirmation is not directly found in the bible but a verse that coincides perfectly with this phrase is Isaiah 54: 17 - " No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment, you shall condemn.This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their vindication is from Me, says the Lord." All things must bend to God's will - even my job. People don't keep from promotions. God's timing is perfect and he decides.
3. Philippians 4:6 encourages us to go to God in prayer regarding all things. Patience was something I struggled with in this season and candidly until recently. Recently, I learned that patience is not about how long you can wait - because you're going to wait on the Lord regardless- but your heart posture while you wait. Learning to shift my heart posture to soak up every season that God has me in - to fully immerse myself in the lesson he wants to teach me- has given me a true joy that I could not find at this time.
Take a listen of my promotion journey on Peachtree !
This week's bible verse: James 3:16 - " Wherever you find jealousy and fighting, there will be trouble and every other kind of wrong-doing."
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Until next week ✌🏽
xo,
Autumn