Faith and Promises

Though the Master's methods may fluctuate, His promises ultimately remain the same. God promised Abraham that He was going to bless his seed, and He did. When God makes a promise He always keeps His word. Our faith is the activator that moves God but, it is often required that we lay hold on the promise by acting on it in an aggressive way. We must go after it with total abandonment and commitment, armed with the knowledge that God's blessings don't necessarily come through the kindness or responsiveness of others. In fact, it is often in spite of a lack of others' kindness toward us that God performs the most mighty deeds. The miracle begins when we remove the training wheels of dependency on others and lean on Him, trusting that, regardless of how the situation appears, the impossible, unimaginable and incredible are going to happen in His time, because of our faith. It is then that we begin to see mountains move and seas part and the dead awaken.

God knows when my heart is broken and my spirit is crushed but, thankfully, He's taught me to develop an appetite for manna. I've learned to believe God for sustenance to survive the land of drought and famine that precedes the land of miracles. God supernaturally provided strength for the journey that He ordained the children of Israel to make and He will provide the same strength I need to make it from the valley to the mountain-top. Prosperity begins with strength for the journey. It goes far beyond surviving to thriving. But it starts with strength for the day. And just as He delivered the Israelites out of Egypt, so will He deliver us out of our current situation and into the land of promise, one day at a time---in His time. What a God. What a wonderful, merciful God.