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BE BLESSTIFIED!
Have you ever been tired and didn’t know why?
You’re not sad. You’re not depressed. You trust God. You even laugh and smile though everything isn’t ideal in your life.
You’re tired, yet still lie awake at night.
Are you stressed? No, not really because you trust God.
When someone tells you, “Be encouraged!” You say, “You know what? When I think about it…i really am encouraged.”
So why are you tired? Why do you feel drained?
That’s why…because you ARE encouraged.
Sometimes, it takes great effort to stay encouraged.
Especially when you’re not only carrying the weight of your own burdens, but you’re also encouraging those around you.
How many times have you been down and either no one else knew, or you knew there was nothing that no one else could do? So, you encouraged yourself in the Lord.
If you’re both tired but encouraged today, I pray that God renews your strength and refreshes your mind body and spirit in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Isaiah 40:31 (NKJV)
31 But those who wait on the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.
BE BLESSTIFIED!
You finally did it. You have begun fulfilling the purpose that God has for your life.
You’ve birthed your vision. You’ve pushed it out. You’ve planted the seeds and you’re anxious to see the results, to see the fruit and yes, to even reap some of the harvest.
But, you’re discouraged because it’s taking so long. You’re disappointed because the masses aren’t seeing what you see. People aren’t buying into your vision. In fact, some are rejecting it.
It begins to make you doubt…did I hear God right? Is this my purpose? Is this what He’s called me to do? If so…wouldn’t it be easier than this?
The fact that it’s taking so long. The fact that you’re being met with so much resistance could be your CONFIRMATION that it’s from God.
Think about it…anything that is BIRTHED has to first go through it’s infancy stage. Babies don’t walk or run when they’re first born. Toddlers aren’t able to take care of themselves. They have to be fed…nurtured. Yes, they’re full of potential but they really don’t even yet resemble what they will be when they mature.
Any seed that’s planted doesn’t sprout up immediately. It has to be fertilized and watered. It has to be nourished. It then breaks through the ground and grows ONLY by the light of the SUN. Neither the seed, nor the small plant resembles what it will one day be.
Look at our Lord Jesus Christ. He used twelve men to birth His church. It started small. It met great resistance. It took years and persecution for the church to become what it is today. And, even today, God’s church isn’t totally what He would have it to be.
Seedtime and Harvest…
Genesis 8:22 (KJV)
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Even though many have perverted this scripture to reduce the Gospel to prosperity…there is a time and a season for everything…
Ecclesiastes 3:1 (KJV)
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven
God didn’t even send His Son until it was time…
Galatians 4:4-7 (KJV)
4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, 5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
When’s your time? Your time is now…it just hasn’t reached it’s fullness. What did Jesus tell Mary at the wedding…
John 2:4 (NKJV)
Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does your concern have to do with Me? My hour has not yet come.”
Now look at what He told His disciples…
John 7:6 (NKJV)
6 Then Jesus said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.
So, if you feel it’s taking too long for your vision to manifest…don’t give up. Keep nurturing it. Keep feeding it. Keep watering it. Even when no one else understands. Some days you will be the only one who can see it…that’s why God gave it to you.
Celebrate the small victories and confirmations that God gives you. You will need them to get through the difficult days…to keep you encouraged when confronted with doubters.
Of course as humans, there are moments when we want our doubters to see that God is the source of our vision…we want to share some of the Lord’s glory when it manifests.
So…
Jesus went to the cross over 2,000 years ago, and some of those present that day left thinking they had won. He allowed them to go home thinking they had defeated Him.
If you think things are taking too long to take off for you, think about this…
BE BLESSTIFIED!
BE BLESSTIFIED! 