Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Dared TO BELIVE!


1)     1 And the Lord visited Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for Sarah as He had spoken. 2 For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.”  Genesis 21


2)     17 …Then the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said to her, “What ails you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is. 18 Arise, lift up the lad and hold him with your hand, for I will make him a great nation.” 19 Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water.” Genesis 21


3)     11 But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” So he said, “Here I am.” 12 And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.” 13 Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns.” Genesis 22



Do you have an “impossible” request in your life? These are three of the thousands of examples The Bible gives us about situation that normally we would call, impossible.
Having a child on an “aged” body who is past due on its time to conceive naturally not only is an almost impossible thing, but also risky.  Sarah barely believe it, I’m sure she had her doubts, but when her belly started to get big, and the baby to move, I’m sure in amazement, she regretted the previous disbelief thoughts. The LORD proved Himself then and for us today to understand that when GOD is the ONE who makes it happens, BE NOT AFRAID, it will be a blessing!
Are you crying for a son or a daughter who’s in a desperate need?  God saw a mother calling to heaven for her precious jewel, a son, that was about to die, and HE intervene!  And just like HE told her then, place yourself in that mother’s shoes, cry on to God for him/her like she did, and be in expectation for THE LORD to answer you. Because just like happened to her, GOD will answer you! He encouraged her by telling her about that son’s future, “I will make him a great nation”, and as HE encouraged her with words, suddenly and out of the blue, the very thing that she needed appeared before her eyes.
From the last example, today, I’m not sure how willing you would be to give up your kids for anyone?   This Father was willing to give up EVERYTHING he ever wanted the most, his beloved son. Have you ever asked how would you acted if you would have been in Abraham’s shoes? When God told him: “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”[1]  If you look at the story it doesn’t say that Abraham talked back on defense of the son, it simply says that he started to gather things around to go. Sometimes my friend, who read this, we have to simply move to gather the ingredients needed and move on to do what God says to. Not a single question was asked, and this is a lesson to put into practice, and I mean this in my life.  I’m good questioning, and God is telling you and me, “JUST TRUST ME!” It doesn’t matter that is not looking good before your eyes, is a bit risky, or if simply looks it’s going to be a lonely journey.  GOD will make a way for you, and in trusting HIM HE will show us how deceiving our eyes are sometimes, how when thru fear we allow the enemy to stop the blessings of God from happening in our lives. Be strong, my friend, “TRUST IN THE LORD, LEAN NOT ON YOUR OWN understanding, IN ALL your ways ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, and HE WILL DIRECT your path.”[2]  
Bring that “impossible” thing to GOD, and when THE LORD SAYS “leave it at the altar”, simple come and LEAVE IT AT THE ALTAR!  Maybe, just maybe, the needed answer waits for you, right there in the altar. The question is ARE YOU so desperate to get an answer that you’ll be willing to come to the altar?!
Remember these three examples where GOD VISITED these people who cried unto HIM, HE heard, and though in an “unconventional” way, THEY TRUSTED IN THE LORD, AND THE LORD HIMSELF PROVIDED!  When GOD calls, when HE visits, THINGS CHANGE! 
I dare you to ask God and to believe for HIM to meet that need though it might be hard for you to, YOU JUST TRUST IN GOD, remember not leaning on your own understanding, because GOD IS GREATER THAN THE BOX, and in our boxed minds, sometimes do not fit, HIS PLANS, because it’s way bigger that what we can think or comprehend.
Beware of “dream crushers” around you; these people, DO NOT BELIEVE that out of the box things can happen to those who pray and trust in THE LORD.   So be mindful of this when you’re sharing God’s plan for your situation. Because in their disbelief they talk, your ears hear what they talk, and believe it or not, that can and will affect your approach to life; and if you’re not careful, they will crush your dream, and hopes too. 
“The enemy came to rob, kill and destroy, but since GOD came to give us life and life in abundance”[3] we can’t give Satan a chance.  And unfortunately, sometimes he uses those closer to us to crush our dreams. A good thing I had to learn by practice, is to ask God, “do I need to share this with ____?”  Believe me there’s been times when HE said “NO”; I needed to bite my lips. But it gets better as we practice it.  
I pray you give yourself the task to dare and ask God for that miracle you need to happen; to TRUST IN THE LORD not leaning on your own understanding and knowing that GOD’S character HIS OMNIPRESENT, OMNIPOTENT AND OMNISCENT qualities, make HIM a GOD of the SUPERNATURAL. And when HE BELIEVE this, EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE!!!
I’ll be in expectation of that testimony that you will be sharing with us, as HE works that miracle just before your eyes! For the glory of God this is my prayer in JESUS name, AMEN!





[1] Genesis 22:2
[2] Proverbs 3:5-6
[3] John 10:10

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