Saturday, August 2, 2014
Suddenly Blessed
When talking with believers I often find two groups to be very apparent. Not that there are not more, but these tow show up frequently. There is the group that has every thing in life planned – family, finances, dinner – everything, including when it is okay for God to show up. Then there is another large group that struggles to get by day to day. Some of them are really bad off, but many are just struggling. In fact these people see life as something they wake up to wrestle until they fall asleep at night, wondering how long will it last. Interestingly enough I have been in both groups. But there is something that I have learned over the last couple years. We do not have to live in any of these spaces.
Let me try to explain how this can be different. Try to put everything out of your mind. Now imagine that there is a God who actually smiles. Why is He smiling. Because He is Your Father. He just wants to spend times with you as one of His kids because, unlike earthly fathers, He is a perfect Father. He wants to help you, hold you, lift you up when you are cast down, and surprise you with good things when you least expect it. How should we respond? If we believe this is who our God is, then we can respond by taking time everyday to pray and get close to Him. We can think as the day goes by, “What are You doing with this, Dad?” When we take time to do this, we see Him for who He is, the loving Father that takes care of everything.
Luke 12:6 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Our Father loves us more than we can imagine. If we just will spend time with Him, we will be suddenly blessed and we will have opportunity to suddenly bless others.
Prayer
Father, we exalt you. We need Your kingdom. We thank You for those moments when You reach out and suddenly bless us. Please forgive us when we doubt You and when we falter. Please raise us up. Help us to be people that can suddenly bless others and not have to focus so much on our needing to be blessed. We don’t want to be always consumed by what we need. We want to have the abundance to bless others as You direct us. Please send us Your healing, Your deliverance, and Your overwhelming overflowing provision today. In Jesus’ (Yeshua’s) name. Amen.