Ƹ̴Ӂ̴Ʒ.•°*”˜˜”*°•. Several years ago, I had a small incident at the facility I was employed at which caused my finger to be broken. There was some damage to the tissue, nerves and so on which made the appearance to be quite nasty and discolored as if possibly some of the tissue & nerves might be dying. As odd as it sounds, although there was some numbness, one of the symptoms the doctor looked for and found to be of hope for healing was even though I couldn't feel all sensations on my finger, I could feel pain in it when touched. The doctor explained to me, the nerves in my finger were angry from the trauma but still alive and wanting to heal up, therefore at the time some sense of feeling may have been numbed but the ability to feel pain was a sign of life existing in it.
As time passed, the pain lessened, as well as the numbness to other sensations. The point is, life happens, and along its course there are unexpected events - some good that bless our socks off, and unfortunately some that cause great pain and leave us temporarily in a broken state. Even though we'd all prefer only the good, the bad happens too and sometimes it's within the bad events that we learn best how to appreciate the blessings all the more. Did you know that once a broken bone has healed, the scarring within it acts as a reinforcement and it becomes stronger than it was to begin with?? Interesting eh? So then, don't forget to count your blessings daily and celebrate the good in life from the core of your heart of hearts. As for the bad events, allow them to impart the wisdom that each experience has hidden within it, then also allow it to strengthen you. A sign of life isn't only found in the laughter, sometimes it's within the pain. Sooo remember, as long as there's life,√v^√v^√♥ there's hope, even within the midst of the pain. There will undoubtedly be times in your life when God says it's time for this & this & this to happen; when He says, "NOW is the time" - and then everything opposite of what you heard Him say begins to erupt into your life. In those times a person's faith can be greatly shaken, OR, it can be greatly matured.
During those times, you can either choose to believe Him at His word and grow stronger in your faith. Or, you can allow the circumstances, (which is much easier to see with your natural eyes) to become more powerful than your faith in Him for the unseen promises. It's not always easy to do but with Him leading you, you can absolutely walk by faith and not by sight. The trials and contradictions to His promises are merely temporary, and everything which is temporary proves itself to be exactly that....merely temporary. Then, you will see your breakthrough by the hand of the Lord - SUDDENLY! In the last couple of years there has been a great deal of disappointment in the Body of Christ. So much disappointment it has become an obstruction of peace and positive faith filled perspective. With many, it has become a stumbling block in our manner of speech so much so that we've found ourselves declaring our own demise in different circumstances rather than declaring our victory and success.
This morning while chatting with Holy Spirit, He brought to my acknowledgment, "it’s time for all of that disappointment and false mindset of failure to be broken off"! Today, let’s come into agreement as one body in Christ unified with the Living Word of God, and declare that all the negativity, all the accumulated disappointments that have given us a sense of lost hope, be gone in the name of Jesus. I declare that today, (because today is the day of salvation) we are set free from disappointment and filled with high expectations of victory in the Lord. I declare peace over our minds, our bodies, our lives, our households, our workplaces & relationships & over our finances. I declare that we will once again see from the higher perspective and have the vision and expectancy of victory in all areas and aspects of our lives. I declare victory, hope and peace is ours to possess! I declare in agreement with Holy Spirit that we will possess the land with His love, His presence and in righteousness. I declare, we will regain hope and walk in a powerful joy filled faith, and call every obstruction and hindrance to be turned around in our favor, just as the Word says it's to be! So be it! Amen! Amen! & Amen!!! Now, let out your best and most joy-filled "Whaaaahoooooo!!!" & let your feet do a happy victory dance. Yep, be silly, have fun - dance, sing, shout, spin around while you're claiming blessings & joy will prevail over disappointment & frustration. When we step into the realization/revelation (purpose) of who we are created to be in Christ, the carnal minded things we once perceived to be of such high importance will become of a lesser value to us and placed into a more balanced perspective from a Kingdom viewpoint. Knowing who we truly are and living as such, is to know genuine freedom!
Being different from the rest of the crowd doesn't define you as an oddball or an outcast or as thinking you're better than everyone else, it simply means you are your own individual person and understand you are uniquely who God created you to be rather than who society would like to transform you into being. Let them be them and you be the best "YOU", you can be!
Psalm 139: 13-16 "Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out; you formed me in my mother’s womb. I thank you, High God—you’re breathtaking! Body and soul, I am marvelously made! I worship in adoration—what a creation! You know me inside and out, you know every bone in my body; You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit, how I was sculpted from nothing into something. Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth; all the stages of my life were spread out before you, The days of my life all prepared before I’d even lived one day." When someone else doesn't value you it doesn't mean you're any less valuable. It simply means their perspective has a bit of a flaw standing in the way of their field of vision.
Please know that the Lord finds you highly valuable and completely worth His time. In fact, He's willing to give you all of eternity spent with Him. I'd say that's pretty valuable! As Believers, we should live in the state of entanglement with the Kingdom of Heaven and the Word of God.
We are not to strive to be titled as a prophet, teacher, pastor, evangelist or apostle, etc.
Every one of those titles and/or services are carried out in their fullness within the title of heir and sonship. We need not strive to become great in our calling of service but rather, set our hearts and minds on knowing an amazing relationship with our Father and living in our authentic identity as sons through Jesus Christ. I am not a servant. I am a son in my Father's house who serves by revealing the heart of my Father to others. I heard the Lord say, "Trust Me and then watch what I will do with your trust." I then saw a hand which was filled with a substance that looked similar to molding clay or putty. The clay/putty seemed to have life within it's own existence. I knew this substance was our "trust", in the hand of the Lord. I watched as the hand placed the clay into a amber-tinted glass bottle and upon entering the bottle it began to multiply as if cloning itself. No longer was it one entity but rather many different entities, transforming into various shapes and forms. Our trust in the Lord was alive and became whatever it needed to become, to transform into the answers to our prayers. *** Amber colored bottles are used to protect the contents within the bottle. The amber color lessens the opportunity for the bottle's contents to be accessed from other outside sources such as harmful rays which can compromise the integrity, strength and effectiveness of the contents within. |
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