By Jacqueline Melancon
The Post Newspaper Contributing Writer
Should you be moved by your current negative situation?
No, because the circumstances that got you here are not permanent. They can turn around for the better. If you follow the National Basketball Association (NBA), you know the Golden State Warriors just won their fourth championship in the past eight seasons. The main leader who won three MVP awards this year is Stephen (Steph) Curry. A little history: after he graduated high school, he wanted to play college basketball at Virginia Tech. But because of his slender 160-pound frame, they did not accept him. Steph then chose to attend Davidson College where he excelled and became the school’s all-time leading scorer and was also the NCAA scoring leader.
Curry chose not to attend his senior year at Davidson College in 2009. He was drafted by the Golden State Warriors that summer and has excelled. What am I saying? Curry could have given up because of what Virginia Tech said about him. But he didn’t, he kept it moving and his name is in history because of his talent, as this past season he became the NBA’s career leader in 3-pointers made.
What obstacles are you dealing with? What doors have closed in your face? Keep it moving! Go around those obstacles, walk through another door that was better than the first one that closed on you.
Psalm 62: 5-8 reads, “My soul, wait silently for God alone, for my expectation is from Him. He only is my rock and my salvation. He is my defense; I shall not be moved. In God is my salvation and my glory; the rock of my strength, and my refuge is in God. Trust in Him at all times; pour your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us.”
The scriptures mean to take your issues to God and wait silently and patiently to hear from Him because you don’t want to talk doubt and unbelief. Our hope should be in Him only because He is our everything no matter what comes up against us. God is our defender. We don’t have to fight our own battles.
Don’t be moved or swayed from what you are believing in. Trust God’s ability to make it happen as long as it lines up with His will and His word. God is the one to give you the strength to make it through. He is our rock, our refuge and our hiding place. He is our protector.
Keep it moving. God’s got you. Look forward to your testimony of how God turned the situation around for the better.
