"Faith Of a A Mustard Seed"


God does not give us a overcoming life: He gives us life as we overcome. The trouble is the strength. If there is no trouble, there is no strength. Are we asking God to give us life and liberty and joy? He cannot, unless you will accept the hard-times. Immediately we face the difficulties, we will get the strength. We have to overcome our own timidity and take the step, and God will give us life and we will get nourishment. Spending ourselves out physically, we become exhausted; lets spend our-self spiritually, and we will get more strength. God never gives strength for tomorrow, or for the next hour, but only for the hard-time of the minute.

Sure, none of us want to go through difficult times. If it were up to us, we would probably all be content with a comfy sofa. We were created to soar, not to crawl. We were meant to be victors, not victims. We have that water-walking, mountain-moving power within us, so why on earth would we ever be content to just be average?
His strength is only activated when we quit cowering in the corner and take a step forward. And as soon as we take that step, His strength meets us right where we are. It’s not about tomorrow or yesterday or next month when the bills are due. It’s about right now, this very moment. Instead of running in fear, understand that God has already overcome this world.
That’s when we know God best, when we have nothing else to plant our feet on except Him. We must never put our dreams of success as God’s purpose for us; His purpose may be exactly the opposite. We have an idea that God is leading us to a particular end, a desired goal; He is not…What we call the process, God calls the end.
Why is it that I can believe God set the moon and stars in place, that He does miracles today and turns impossibilities into possibilities, but still struggle with the thought that He might want to accomplish something difficult in me and through me? Unfortunately, our trust is in God up to a certain point, then we go back to the elementary panic prayers of those who do not know God.

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The Good News said…
We all have many dreams and aspirations when we are young, but sooner or later we realize we have no power to accomplish them. We cannot do the things we long to do, so our tendency is to think of our dreams and aspirations as dead. But God comes and says to us, “Arise from the dead . . . .” When God sends His inspiration, it comes to us with such miraculous power that we are able to “arise from the dead” and do the impossible. The remarkable thing about spiritual initiative is that the life and power comes after we “get up and get going.
February 16, 2019 at 3:48 PM
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