Have you ever been in a situation where a colleague or friend starts sharing and pouring out their problems to you and before you know it you are involved in their problems?

If the enemy cannot have access into your life, he will cause you to enter into someone else’s battle.

Many times we are entangled in the wrong battles as a result of entertaining conversations that we should never have engaged in.

I’m not saying we shouldn’t help anyone or be rude when someone shares their problem. But know what boundaries you need to keep. Ask God for wisdom on how to help someone who approaches you with their problems.

Jesus, the Son of God, was called to be the Savior of the whole world. But, when He was sent into the world He was sent only to the children of Israel.

“He answered, ‘I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.’” (Matt 15:24)

There were many neighbouring nations where He could have gone and shown mighty miracles and wonders. And maybe those nations would have even accepted and believed Jesus more than Israel.

But, He was clear about what He was sent for. He stayed within His mission, and still impacted the whole world.

If the Holy Spirit prompts you to not enter into a conversation, avoid that conversation. If you sense a conversation is going in the wrong direction, learn to cut it off. That way you will save yourself from entering into unnecessary battles.

Pick The Right Battles

Girls, it’s sometimes so easy to sit, hear and get involved in the battles of others; to the point that now their battle becomes your battle. Then you see yourselves going through unnecessary emotions and struggles and wonder how you even reached that state.

Author Kim D’Souza once said, “To whom you give your ear to, you give your heart to.”

Guard your heart with all diligence for out of it flows the issues of life (Prov 4:23). When you give your ear to the wrong conversation, you are not just hearing them, but you are allowing certain information to enter into your heart.

“What you hear is a seed that can bring either faith or fear.” – Author Kim D’Souza

The wrong information that you hear can cause feelings of doubt and fear to enter your heart and slow your walk with God. So, learn to guard your heart. Learn to stop a conversation or deviate a negative conversation by speaking life and speaking the truth.

This season, guard your conversations.

XOXO

Ria Jobin