Friday, January 1, 2016
Winds Of Change
This is the first day of 2016. Many of us are accustomed to making plans for a new and different year. This year, as it became the new year, I saw the 2016 show up for the first time. There was something very different about the image of the year, the actual numbers. It was as if our Father was telling me this will be a year of blessings and work. One of the very noteworthy things for me about this experience is I have never had it before in my life – ever. It is moments like this that tell me our Father is planning something special for me and for us. As I write this I know there will be some that say, this is the same thing I hear every year from people. Some will look at their circumstances and be discouraged. But there will be some that grab hold to it and believe, trusting God will change their life this year. That is me, and for those of you reading this that feel as I do, here are some scriptures that encourage me.
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.
3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
If we can believe that the scriptures are true, almost closing our eyes and repeating over and over, “I do believe. I do believe!”, then it is possible for us to actually expect the good and not the evil. It is such belief that compels me forward at times. That understanding we obtain in those moments is the invisible “stuff”, the substance of real faith. If we will then not only believe in God, but trust that He is on our side and will take care of us, we will have those things we ask of Him. I plan to take some time today to get this into my own life. Let’s all make this year one in which the kingdom is made well known around the world!
Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are our King! We long for Your kingdom here. We long for Your presence. Praise the name Yahuah! Send us now, today, Your overwhelming blessing of provision. Forgive us our sins. Heal us up inside, and deliver us from the thief. Smote the works of evil, and restore unto Your people one hundred times one hundred fold, and hundreds of hundred, that we might spread the word of Your kingdom throughout the world. We ask these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.