Day 325: Patience My Love

Psalms 27:14
Wait for the LORD; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the LORD.
This past Sunday at church we talked about seasons, and sang a song called seasons. One of the main lyrics that stood out to me in this song was, “If you’re not done working, then God I’m not done waiting.” This struck a chord with me because it gave me a new perspective on waiting on God. When we are waiting on God we often wait as if we are waiting for our health. We wait because we sometimes think that God just wants to see how faithful we can be while we wait, and that is part of it. But sometimes we act as if God is only making us wait because He can, we act as of God is making us wait for no reason at all. But have we ever considered that the reason we are still waiting is because God is not done working? I must say that this never crossed my mind until this pat Sunday night when I heard this song. We often act as if we are only waiting on God to hand us a blessing when He is good and ready. But when God is done working that’s when it becomes ready.
I love the declaration that this song makes, “If you are not done working, then God I’m not done waiting.” That is to say, God as long as you are working on me and with me, I’ll be waiting. As long as you need to work I will be here patiently waiting for you to finish. Our problem is we want things prematurely, we want God to bless us when it’s not time or it not ready. We want God to use and send us before He’s done working on us. There is so much truth in the statement, “Good things come to those who wait.” I am taken back to the story of the prodigal son who did not want to wait for His inheritance but sought after and got it prematurely. He was not ready for such a blessing yet and we see that as he goes out and squanders all of his money. He comes back to His father with nothing but a lesson. He comes back knowing his mistakes. How many of us have tried to push God’s hand? How many times have we done something before we were ready. God is building us and molding us into the person He wants to be. He’s making us into the person He needs us to be in order to receive what He has for us. God loves us some much that even though He wants to bless us He wants to prepare us to be able to hold and sustain the blessings and riches He will hail upon our lives. It’s like He’s standing there saying, “Patience my love. I’m still working. Sometimes we're like little kids who want things that moment and we don’t want to wait but it’s like God is saying, “Patience, my child. I’m still working.” We just have to wait it out and receive what God is doing in us and for us in the meantime. We get so impatient with God sometimes because things don’t go how we think they should in the time frame we want them to be done. But I don’t know how many times I can say and stress that God’s timing is perfect! He has never been off, not even by a millisecond. He knows what He’s doing. Just trust the process.

All this to say, If God is not done working then we should not be done waiting!

Reflection
1. Have you ever been impatient with God?
2. Have you ever tried to push God’s hand?
3. Have you ever done something you weren’t ready for? If so what was the outcome?

Prayer Time
Allow your answers to the above questions guide your prayer today. Talk to God about patience and ask Him to help you with it.
I love you and I hope you have an amazing day or evening! Be sure to share this with someone and come back tomorrow for Day 326!

Day 324: God Wants the Best for Us

2 Peter 3:9 
“The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent.”
‭‭There is a common misconception that God want us all to perish. That God made hell for us “sinners”. That holds no truth whatsoever. It is not God’s will that any of us should perish. I remember a pastor saying to the congregation, “God does not send us to hell, we send ourselves there.” When we decide that we want to live in sin and not walk with God according to His word, we condemn ourselves. We do that ourselves, that’s not the work of God.  If God wanted us to perish and die in our sin why would He provide a way for us to be freed from the life of sin. It’s says right there in John 3:16 that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son, so that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life. That’s the God we serve. A God who wants the best for His people. We serve a God who does not delight in punishing us but delights in blessing us and drawing us near to Him.
I think sometimes when we read the Bible and we see that there is punishment for our sins we interpret that as God just wanting to punish us. We tend to see God as this mean old grandpa in the sky casting damnation upon everyone. When in truth He is a loving father who only wants the best for us. He is a caring father who will correct us when we are wrong. He will put on the right path when we go astray. He is not sitting on a throne judging and condemning us, but the exact opposite. He is sitting on a throne with Jesus at His right hand loving and leading us. God calls us to repentance not to point out our sin and judge us for it but He brings us to repentance so that we may have a relationship with Him. He calls us to repentance so that anything blocking us from Him can be removed and we can have freedom to dwell in His presence. God could condemn us, He could smite us for all of our wrong. But He doesn’t because His Love for us is so much greater than His anger. His love covers our sin. It is His love that gives us grace.
God wants us to have a good life. He wants us to enjoy our lives with Him. Sometimes we think that sin is fun, but that fun only lasts a moment. God wants to give us eternity. He wants to shower us with His love.
All this to say, God wants only the best for us. When we decide that we want to live apart from God we are throwing ourselves into the lake of fire. God wants to save us, He is not like satan walking among the Earth to see who he can destroy. But God sents His son to walk the Earth to save us from destruction and damnation.
Reflection
1. Have you ever vied God as a mean old grandpa?
2. Do you think that it is God’s will for us to perish?
3. How has God changed how you view who He is?

Prayer Time 
Allow your answers to the above questions guide your prayer today. Have a conversation with God about what we discussed today. Whatever is on your heart talk to Him about it. Take the time to dedicate your heart and life to Him.

I love you and I hope you have an amazing day or evening! Be sure to share this with someone and come back tomorrow for Day 325!

Day 323: All in a Day's Work

2 Peter 3:8

But you must not forget this one thing, dear friends: A day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day.

I remember when I first heard and read this scripture I was so discouraged. I was discouraged because what I took from it was, that I would be waiting all my life to receive a blessing from God. I thought that I would have to wait until I was nearly dead. However that is not the case, yes we have to patiently wait for God and trust in His timing and sometimes that means waiting longer than expected. One thing we must know is that God’s plan and timing are perfect.

It wasn’t until a couple of years ago that I grasps true clarity of this scripture.  When I took my eyes off myself and put them on Christ I gained an understanding that wa beyond me. God does so much in a day that it’s like a thousand years. That’s mind blowing when you think of it. God does so much in a day that it can be spread out over the span of a thousand years. Crazy! The saying, “God is working or God is busy.” has a new meaning. He is literally always working and doing things, He’s keeping the earth in it’s place. To start things off there’s approximately seven billion people on the Earth, 7,000,000,000. That’s a big number, He wakes us all up every morning. God wakes approximately seven billion people up every morning. Different regions, continents, time zones. It’s mind blowing! Let’s think about this, how many battles has God defeated before they even got to us. How many times has He spared us and we didn’t even know. Stopped attacks from reaching us that we never even knew about. God is fighting battles for us that we never see. His walking before us and defeating enemies we didn’t even know we had, and that’s just the supernatural.

God is constantly moving in our lives and we see that everyday, He is answering our prayers, listening to them, and blessing us all at the same time. He always has His eyes on us, God is always watching out for us.  He knows every move we will make before we make it. He knows where each of us are going at every moment.  

This is one of the most humbling scriptures I have ever read. Sometimes we can get so busy and so tired and exhausted and start to complain. Yes we are human and the more stress we put on ourselves and our bodies, the more exhausted we will be. Sometimes we have to just thank God for everything He’s done. Even in our exhaustion and even in our times of stress, we cannot automatically fall into this world of complaints because God is so much greater than it all. We also get to points in our lives when we are so proud and excited for the things that we do for ourselves that we tend to forget that it’s really God doing and the doing. It’s really God that’s giving us the means to take care of ourselves. We have to set ourselves aside to see and understand how the glory of God is constantly being played out in our lives. All of this goes to show just how great God is. We will never understand the magnitude of His greatness. We can never completely wrap our minds around His glory.

All of this to say, God does so much for us, more than we can ever imagine and it’s all explained to us in this small verse. God is great.

Response/Prayer Time

Take the time to respond to what we discussed today. Rest with this scripture, meditate on it and just take the time to thank God for who He is and all He’s done, is doing, and will continue to do in our lives.

I love you and I hope you have an amazing day or evening!  Be sure to share this with someone and come back tomorrow for Day 324!

Day 322: Recap!

Day 316: This Beautiful Romance 


Today we talked about having a relationship with God and how it is a special kind of relationship. We talked about how it is similar to a marriage, and how God is committed to us. We also touched a bit on our commitment to God. We focused on Ephesians 5:25-27 and Isaiah 62:5.

" God doesn’t want a casual relationship with us, He wants a marriage, He wants us to be with Him for all eternity."

Day 317: Knowing God for Ourselves

Today we continued the theme of having a relationship with God, but today we talked about getting to know God for ourselves. We talked about when it comes to entering into a relationship with God and giving our lives to Him, that decision is completely on us. We talked about how we cannot depend on anyone to grasp salvation for us, we must receive it for ourselves. We focused on John 14:6.

"We have to come to know God for who He is, we must profess our own faith. We must repent for our own sins. Our parents, our mentors, our pastors, no one can do that for us."

Day 318: Light Up My World

Today we talked about how the word of God lights up our lives, how it livens our spirits and our world. We talked about how the word of God is like a lamp on dark path and it guides and instructs us through life. We focused on 2 Peter 1:18-21

"The word of God has provided us with a way to sustain while here on earth, it has instructed us to live while we are still here but to look forward to what is to come."

Day 319: So Will I

Today was inspired by Hillsong United's song, 'So Will I' we talked about how all creation reveals the glory of God. We focused on Psalms 19:1-4. We talked about how if the earth worships God we will also, and of Jesus gladly chose surrender so will we. 

"Everything reveals a bit more about who God is, it tells us a little more about His love for creation and humanity."

Day 320: When God Blocks

Today we talked about how sometimes God is the one blocking our paths and closing doors. We often blame it on the enemy but sometimes God stands in the way of what we are trying to do because it is not what He wants or has planned for us. We focused on Numbers 22:21-34. 

"Everything is not the devil’s work, God works a million times more than satan."

Day 321: Half Empty or Half Full

Today we talked about perspective we talked about being content with we are and where God has us in our lives. We talked about how sometimes we are so focused on having the glass full that we miss what God is doing right in front of us because we're too busy looking at the glass as half empty. Therefore constantly trying to fill it. We focused on, 1 Timothy 6:6 and Philippians 4:11.

"Sometimes we are so focused on getting to next place and getting more than we already have that we miss God. We are overlooking what God is doing right now because we are so concerned with what He is going to do or what we want to do."

I love you and I hope you have an amazing day or evening! Be sure to share this with someone and come back tomorrow for Day 323!

Day 109: Help Me Maintain

Psalms 119:28

My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.

Today’s devo is inspired by a very honest and beautiful song. The song is called “Maintain” by Jonathan McReynolds and it speaks about needing God and maintaining this life, and wanting to be where He is. My favorite lyric from this song is,  “Yeah you gave me all the weapons but it’s still a fight.” What a profound statement, and how honest it is, that God has given us everything we need to fight the battles we face, but none the less there is still a fight. There are things that we face daily there are battles we have to fight, and they are not the easiest things to go through.  

There are a few quick points to make today.

1. As Christians other people and even sometimes ourselves, we forget that we are human.

Meaning we forget that sometimes we will be weak sometimes we will not want to fight, sometimes we will doubt and that is okay, we are human. We wouldn’t be human is we didn’t have these doubts. It is in those doubts that God will show us just how faithful he is, my friend annisstar told me that. I think we often afraid to show our real feelings  out of fear that we are sinning by having them. The truth is sometimes life is hard and we would rather not deal with it. Sometimes we just want to walk away, sometimes we get tired. We are human, but it is in these moments that we are reminded exactly who it is we serve. We serve a mighty and magnificent God and He won’t leave or forsake us.

2.  We have to fight for what we want.

Some of us have to fight with everything we have, we are fighting day by day just to live, or get up in the morning. We know that God has given us everything we need to fight, we put on the full armour of God, we are equipped with His strength, and reminded of His faithfulness. Yet there is still a fight, we still have to go out and fight. We are fighting for our sanity, our salvation, our relationship with God, our faith. We are fighting everyday to keep our faith. I believe that everyone can agree that sometimes we get tired of fighting, there are moments when we just want to stop. And if I’m being completely honest there are moments when we don’t see the use of fighting anymore. We have faith, and we know God is right there in our corner, hydrating us and strengthening us, but we still have to fight. Even when we’re tired of all the blows, even when we get knocked down we have to get up and keep swinging. We have to fight until we can’t fight anymore and even then God gives us enough strength for one last swing.

Imagine God as our boxing coach, He is our corner, He is strengthening us after every round making sure we are okay to keep fighting. He’s giving us water and healing for the bruises and wounds, and he’s constantly pouring into us. Whenever we open our mouths He’s there with water to hydrate us. The only thing He asks is that we keep fighting. Even when we feel we are losing, keep fighting. Don’t give up, keep those hands up, stand up and fight. Because we are fighting for so much more than a win. We’re fighting for our lives.

Now let me get real honest real quick. We talk a lot about the getting up when we fall, continuing to fight when we’re tired, and continuing even when we don’t have the strength to do so. But what about when we’re on the ground and we don’t want to get up? What about while we’re in the fight, what about our thought process when we are getting tired? There are crazy thoughts we face while we’re in that boxing ring trying to get through another round. We Sometimes getting knocked down takes so long to get up because we are battling on the ground too. It’s easy down there, it’s safe down there, we can escape the pain and the blows. Sometimes we don’t know how to get up. Often we feel like we deserve to be sown there. When we’re knocked down and tired, it sometimes feels like that’s where we need to stay. At times getting up is harder than the fighting itself.  But God… God gives us strength, at our weakest points God gives us  understanding. God gives us peace. Yes we still have to go through the fight, and as hard as it is, we aren’t going through it alone. God is right there, giving us everything we need making sure we come out with a victory. Victory lies in our King and that we can depend on.

3. We just have to keep the faith.

Easier said than done, huh? I know it’s hard. It is especially hard when it seems like God is taking all the time in the world to get to us. One thing is for sure is that He is on the way to you. He always comes right on time. His timing is perfect.  

1 John 5:5

Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

We overcome through Christ. At our weakest  moments, that is the time to hold on to Christ the most. These are the times to stretch our faith a bit further. To go that extra mile. It’s the moments when we are the weakest that we find God to be the strongest. The moments when we are doubting that we find God to be faithful. God is always there, we just have to have an ounce of faith.

Matthew 17:20

He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”

All we need is the faith of a mustard seed. Keep the faith, hold on to it, even if you have to fight with everything you have. It’s worth it. God is so faithful.

Reflection/Prayer Time

Today whatever is on your heart pour it out to God. Whatever you need ask God for it. Take the time to pray for yourself, you know what you need. When you are done, take the time to pray for someone else, whoever is on your heart, just lift them up in prayer today.

I love you, I hope you have an amazing day or evening. Share this with someone and come back tomorrow for Day 110!

Annisstar "Calling You" Official Video

This is a song by my friend Annisstar Arning. She is a beautiful singer with a beautiful voice, and this is her single. This is the premiere of the music video for her song "Calling You".

Enjoy and share.

Day 102: Clinging to God

Psalms 63:8

My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.

Cling- to be or remain close

Today we’re talking about being clingy. Now, usually this is a bad thing, we think of being clingy towards another person as desperate. We look at clingy people as needy and too dependent on others.  But what about when we are clinging to God? That is exactly what we are, we are in constant need of the Lord and very dependant. There is nothing wrong with being close to people and wanting to be close to them. However, if there is anyone we want to cling to or be clingy with, that person is God. God is someone that we should want to remain close to all the days of our lives.  We want to be wherever He is, whatever He is doing we want to be a part of it.

David says that His soul clings to God, that’s where we should all be. Holding on to God for dear life. Holding on to Him so tight as if we are afraid to let god. Our souls long for a savior, our souls want the love of God. The best place for our souls to be  is in the hands of god. The best place for us to be is in the presence of God, and there is where we will stay.

It’s almost like being desperate, having an urgent need or desire. We are in constant need of God, we cannot live without Him. It’s knowing that without Him in our life everything would fall to pieces. We need Him and more than that we want to have Him near us every second of every day. That is where we live, clinging to God because we know who holds our life. We know who has everything we need, we cling to the supplier of life. We cling to the person who blew breath into our bodies and gave us life. We want to be near the person who has had His hand on us from the very beginning. The person who has led us to where we are. The person who sent His son to die on a cross so that He could have a relationship with us. We cling to the giver of the Holy Spirit that guides our footsteps and protects us all the days of our lives. We want Him because, who would we be without Him? Where would we be without Him? As we said yesterday, God is everything we need and more. Everything we want and more. Why not cling to Him? why not fall desperately head over heels for Him? He’s that person that we can fall so deep in love with and keep falling every day of our lives. There is so much to cling on to, so why not?

Reflection

1. Do you find yourself clinging on to God more than anything or anyone in your life?
2. What does it mean to be desperate for God?
3. Do you truly believe that God is greater than any and everything you could every want or need?

Prayer Time

Allow your answers to the above questions guide your prayer. Talk to God about what stood out to you today and whatever is on your heart.

I love you, I hope you have an amazing day or evening, make sure you share this with someone and come back tomorrow for Day 103!

Day 101: My Soul Thirsts For You

Psalms 63:1-5

O God, you are my God; I earnestly search for you. My soul thirsts for you; my whole body longs for you

in this parched and weary land where there is no water. I have seen you in your sanctuary and gazed upon your power and glory. Your unfailing love is better than life itself; how I praise you! I will praise you as long as I live, lifting up my hands to you in prayer. You satisfy me more than the richest feast. I will praise you with songs of joy.

God is more than anything we could ever want or need. He is better than this life itself, when we imagine the greatest thing in the world God is greater and better. God is just awesome all together. We serve a beautiful and unfailing God.

David starts off this Psalm by saying, “I earnestly search for you, my soul thirsts for you”. My soul wants more than a parched land needs water. Our souls search for God like a dry mouth searches for water. There is a thirst in all of our souls that only God can quench, and He continues to quench everyday of our lives. I’m pretty sure we have all been thirsty before, my favorite is waking up at about three in the morning and having your body beg for a glass of water. And there is nothing more satisfying in that moment than feeling the cold water go down your chest, especially on a hot day when you’re parched and nearly dehydrated. That’s how our souls are for the Lord, no matter what we try to do there is always a thirst there for the Lord, and there is nothing greater than God quenching that thirst in our spirits, nothing better. Our souls need it, but we search for it, we go after God because we know He is the only one who can quench the thirst within us. When we don’t chase after him our spirits get dry and dehydrated. We cannot let our spirits remain dry, we have to keep them hydrated, and that specific source of hydration come from our Lord and Savior. David goes on to say, “My whole body longs for you.” Every part of my being longs to be with and near God. Every part of us wants to be near God, all of us wants all of Him, (props to John Legend for that one).

David is in awe of God, He says “I’ve seen you in your sanctuary”, the message version says, ‘In the place of worship’. But David says “I gaze upon your power and glory.” David is in awe of the magnificent power and glory of God. Then he says this, he says, “Your unfailing love is better than life itself.” What?!?!? Yes, better than life itself, who knew that there could be something greater than this life. There is, there is something, someone so much greater. That someone is God and that something is His unfailing love. God’s love stretches far beyond the capacity of our minds and the time limit of our lives. It is eternal and it is unfailing. In life there are failures, there are let downs, there a disappointments. But what makes God so much greater than this life is that He is unfailing, there is not letdowns and disappointments within Him. He is greater than it all. He surpasses the limits of life. For this reason we will praise Him all the days of our lives, we will lift Him up. He is more than worthy of all the honor and all the praise.  He satisfies our every need. There is nothing more satisfying than the satisfaction we find in our Lord. God is everything we need.

Reflection/Prayer Time

Take the time to read and reflect on today’s passage and lift your heart in worship to Him. recognize your need for Him and honor His great unfailing love.

I love you, and I hope you have an amazing day or evening. Share this with someone and make sure you come back tomorrow for day 102!

Day 81: But...

Whenever you hear the word “but” at the end of a statement you can be sure that it is not the end. Whatever the speaker is saying, there’s more to the story, there's more to the statement. Bottom line, it’s not over.

Psalms 31:14 (expanded passage Psalms 31)

But I am trusting you, O Lord, saying, “You are my God!”

David has been going through it, prior to this statement he is listing everything going wrong in his life. His adversaries are coming after him, he is in a state of grief and weakness, he is just having a hard time. Before he starts this list of unfortunate events he says, Lord be gracious to me. Then he goes on to tell God what is going on and how he is greatly distressed. My favorite part in this chapter and many of the other chapters is when David says, “but…” we know whatever will follow that word will not be as bad as what preceded it. We know that David has hope. David goes on to say, “BUT I am trusting you,...” This excites me so much because David knew that even in His distress, even when his adversaries were coming after him. There were men trying to take his life, literally trying to kill him. But David says, “but I trust you Lord, You are my God.” They're all coming after me, I’m in pain, I’m weak, my soul is distressed, but I trust you. You are my God, you are the one I look to even in all of this you are bigger, my life is in your hands.

We can learn something from David here, we can get so caught up in what is going on in our lives. We get caught up in the pressure, the pain, the frustration, the tears, the stress. We start to think that there is no way out. But, my friends there is, we have to remember that there is always a but, it’s not the end. There’s hope, no matter what it looks like we have to say, “But I am trusting in you, You are my God.” I am trusting in you because my life is in your hands, you have gotten me thus far and I i’m trusting that you will bring me all the way through. Sometimes all we have is trust in God, we have no other choice, we know, we hope that God is and will bring us through whatever it is we are going through. For some of us this means taking a chance on God, taking a leap of faith. Trust me when I say, He won’t let you down. There’s always a but, there’s always an answer. But we have to look up from our sorrow and our heartache and the bad situation we are in and look to where we will find hope. We have to look to Christ, we have to put our trust in Him. We know that this is only for a moment, there’s always a ‘but’, so we know, this is not the end. It’s not over.

Psalms 30:5

For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.

Genesis 50:20

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.

Psalms 73:26

My flesh and my heart may fail,  but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Reflection/Prayer Time

Whatever is on your heart today pour it out to God, know that whatever you are going through there is always a but, it’s not over, this isn’t the end. Talk to God about whatever stood out to you the most today.

I love you, I hope you have an amazing day or evening. Make sure you share this with someone and come back tomorrow for Day 82!

Day 56: Don't Give Up!

You ever think about giving up, because it would be so much easier. Things can get so hard sometimes, to the point that we would rather not deal with it. Sometimes giving up seems so much easier. Let me be the first to tell you that easy isn’t always good. Let me also be the first to tell you that you are still here, for a reason. God hasn’t given up on you so don’t give up on yourself.

2 Chronicles 15:7

But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.”

Galatians 6:9

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

Hebrews 10:23

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.

As I write this with tears running down my face, I must say that sometimes the hardest thing to do is hold on. When we don’t see anything happening, when we have been praying, and pleading, reading our bible, and doing everything we know is right. We still have to wonder, why am I still struggling. Why does it seem to get harder, why does everything seem like it’s getting worse. But it is in these moments, in the moments when we are ready to throw in the towel or give up everything. These are the moments where we take everything that we have and hold tighter. The moments  when praying is the hardest thing to do, we pray harder. This is when we truly grow in our faith and dive deeper into the Lord, because one day it will pay off. I know it’s hard, I know it sucks, I know our shirts and pillows are soaked with tears, but one day we will weep in joy, One day our work, our faithfulness, it all will be rewarded. We reap in harvest time.

There is a time between planting and harvesting, and that is called growing season. We cannot just give up in the middle of growing season or we will never see the fruit of the seeds we’ve planted. The growing season is the time where you have to water the plants for weeks and mouth before you even see a stem sprout. It’s the time where you have to cut the weeds so that plants can grow properly, We do a lot of work during growing season, but it is the consistency that keeps us going. We hold on the picture we see that one day this tiny plant will be a huge tree, it may not look like it now, but that small sprout, needed some time to grow it’s roots, so that when it grew, it would be unmoveable.

It’s the same with us, we are going through our growing season, and we will go through many of these throughout our life. It’s the time where we don’t see that God is working because everything seems to be spiraling out of control. But our faith and knowledge of His plan for our lives keep us going. By faith we know that God is working on our behalf. He is watering, he is feeding us nutrients, cutting away the weeds that get wrapped around us. He is rooted us in Him so that we will be unmovable. One day it will be harvest time. He says that we will receive the proper harvest in due time if we do not give up. We’ve come too far to turn around, we’re almost there we have to push through it. We have to know that the Holy Spirit is right there guiding us, Jesus is at the right hand of God cheering us on and interceding for us. Although the devil is betting against us, God knows that we are going to get through this. THere are so many people rooting for us, the first of them being our heavenly father.

I know it’s hard but it’s so worth the fight, everything we are going through is worth it. What makes it so bearable is that Christ is on our side. I know the fight is long, and we feel like we don’t have any swing left in us. But Jesus is in our corner, we have some fight left in us, It might take all the strength we have, but when we are running off of the strength of Christ, we can do things we never thought we could. Philippians 4:13 tells us that we can do all things through Christ who strengthens. Nothing is exempt, no matter what it is, we find our strength in Christ and we can do it, whatever “it” may be, we can get through it. God isn’t done with us yet. Hold on, keep fighting, keep watering. The harvest is coming.

It’s okay to cry right now, but keep fighting, even if you fight with tears running down your face. Keep fighting. Give yourself three minutes to feel bad for yourself, and then you get up and you keep fighting. You have to keep pushing, whatever you do, don’t give up. You may slow down but don’t stop, keep going!!!

Psalms 126:5

Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy!

Reflection

1. Are you going through a hard time right now?
2. Have you ever been in a place where you felt like giving up, or are you currently in that place?
3. What stopped you from giving up?
   
   

Prayer Time

Allow your answers to the above questions to guide your prayer today. Maybe you are not in a place today where you feel like giving up, and that is amazing. But take the time to pray for those who are, pray that they are strengthened in their faith and find hope in Christ.

If you are going through this right now, reread the passages above, know that Christ is rooting for you, know that God has His hand on you. Everything you are going through is worth the fight because the reward will surpass it all. I know it’s hard right now but keep going. Open your heart to God, even if you have no words, He knows what you are going through. Even if all you have to give at the moment are tears, God sees them. Know that we fight strength in His word, and through His son. Don’t give up, God’s got you.

Day 49: Worthy of Our Praise

Have you ever been in a situation and the only explanation you have for getting through it is God. You can’t say anything else but, “It was God.”

Sometimes I am so in awe of my heavenly Father that words fail me because they cannot describe how awesome God is. I live for those moments, the ones where I look back over my life and see how God’s hand has always been on me, how he was guiding me the whole time. How we was going before me, and fighting on my behalf, clearing the path so I can walk through untouched.

-Dyamond

God is just that great, we might not see His hand but we know it’s there. We will probably never be able to wrap our minds completely around the goodness of God. We learn more and more everyday about how great He is. The honest to God truth is that some things man can never understand, some things are so far beyond our capability that there is no other explanation but a living god.

Psalms 118:16

The strong right arm of the LORD is raised in triumph. The strong right arm of the LORD has done glorious things!

In the Lord we find victory, and peace. The glory of God is our stronghold, God has done so much for us, He is constantly working on our behalf. We are constantly thanking God for what He has done and what He is going to do, but I want to add something onto that. Let’s thank God for what He is doing right now, don’t wait until the storm is over, or until we get what we want to praise Him, he deserves our praise every second of everyday. He is glorious, all things good come from Him. We serve an all powerful, all knowing, God.

The most amazing thing about God is that no matter what happens, or what we do, He could never love us less. God loved us even when we didn’t deserve it. He is the one constantly keeping us going, He is the one who gives us a reason to live everyday, just by waking us up. There is nothing too big for Him. We find hope in the Lord because we know that there’s always a victory in His hands, even when we are in our darkest days, our deliverance, or breakthrough lies in the hands of God.

Psalms 150

Praise the Lord!

Praise God in his sanctuary;

praise him in his mighty heavens!

Praise him for his mighty deeds;

praise him according to his excellent greatness!

Praise him with trumpet sound;

praise him with lute and harp!

Praise him with tambourine and dance;

praise him with strings and pipe!

Praise him with sounding cymbals;

praise him with loud clashing cymbals!

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord!

The chapter alone tells us to praise the Lord thirteen times throughout six verses. It says let everything that has breath praise the Lord. We have the very breath of God running through our bodies. That alone is to be praised. His breath gave us life, and continues to breath into us everyday. When we think about our lives, when we look at the positions we are in, we start to see that God’s hand is on us. We start to see his glory showering and hovering over our lives. He is worthy of our praise, as His children we are to live to worship Him. We are made to worship. No matter where we are in life there is always something to thank God about, because literally we are nothing without Him. I know this is something we say often but when we put in in perspective, who are we without God? If we removed God completely from the picture, what do we have? We cannot breathe without Him, we cannot walk without HIm, we cannot be a person without Him. We cannot live without Him. The same person that wakes us up in the morning is the same person who puts food on our table, the same person who makes sure that our hearts are beating is the same person who makes sure we are clothed, and warm (He created the source of warmth, the sun). God has His hand in every part of our life. We must praise Him with everything. Because everything we are is because of everything He is.  

Reflection/ Prayer Time

Today, take the time to recognize the greatness of our God. The glorious hand of our Savior. The powerful and merciful God, the alpha and Omega, the Great I AM. Recognize how God’s hand is on your life. Take the time to thank HIm, take the time to talk to God about how much He means to you. Take as much time as you want or need and just rest with God. Spend time with Hmm, whatever that means to you, but take some time to give your full attention to God, and love on Him. God is so great!

I pray that you day and/or evening is amazing. I love you, enjoy yourself, and make sure you come back tomorrow for Day 50!