Tag: Miracle

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Make Room For Your Blessings

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God makes everything happen at the right time. Yet none of us can ever fully understand all he has done, and he puts questions in our minds about the past and the future.

Ecclesiastes 3:11, CEV

There is a set time for everything you need. It could be today, tomorrow, next week, or next year. It takes faith to trust in God’s timing. The Scripture says that God makes everything happen at the right time. In other words, He knows the right time and we must be ready to receive.
This reminds me of what happened in the movie Facing The Giants. Mr. Bridges’ words motivated Coach Taylor to prepare his field against the Giants.

  • Mr. Bridges: Two farmers desperately needed rain. And both of them prayed for rain but only one of them went out and prepared his fields to receive it. Which one do you think trusted God to send the rain?
  • Coach Taylor: Well the one who prepared his fields for it.
  • Mr. Bridges: Which one are you? God will send the rain when He is ready. It’s your job to prepare your field to receive it.

God will do His part and I believe He is waiting for you to make room to receive. I heard a story about a guy who needed 32″ TV from his father. His father told him that there was no space in his ( the boy) room for the TV. The father traveled one weekend and when he returned, his son had dashed out his old TV and other things to create enough space for the 32″ TV. When his dad saw his faith, he bought the TV for him the following day.

God wants you to stay in faith. He wants you to prepare your field to receive. The farmer who prepared his field believed that God will send the rain. He didn’t have to wait for a sign to believe that God would send the rain.

  • How about you?
    • What are the things you seek from God?
    • Do you trust that God will send rain?
    • Have you or Are you preparing your field, even now?
    • In Mark 11:24, Jesus said “Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.”

God will open the windows of heaven for you. He will pour out a blessing so great you won’t have enough room to store them. But the truth is you must be ready to receive. You have to prepare your field to receive His blessings.

God bless you!

Posted in GLORIFY GOD, Safe with Jesus, Uplifting Christ

ALL Glory Belongs to Our God

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Miracle on the Hudson remains the heroic experience in aviation industry in the last decade. Everything about the event seemed like well calculated movie scenes and I still applaud Captain Sully for such bravery.

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Merriam Webster defines Miracle as an extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention in human affairs.

Q: How could a pilot land Airbus A320 with 155 people safely on a river?

A: It was an extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention in human affairs

Miracles happens every day and I believe what happened on the Hudson was great deal of a miracle. However, when asked if it were a miracle in an interview with ABC News? Cap Sully responded that it wasn’t a miracle but the hard work of many players in the industry over many decades.

“He protects the lives of his faithful people…a man does not triumph by his own strength.”

(1 samuel 2:9, GNT)

Sometimes we take God out of the scene and attribute extraordinary accomplishment(s) to our hard work, or experiences, or qualifications/certificates, or connections, or personality(ies). Yet we get offended, and/or are quick to react, when we are not credited for our actions/deeds.

Friend, all glory, praise, and honor belongs to our God. You worked hard (no doubt about that) but the strength to work was freely given by God. The Wisdom, Knowledge, Favor was given from above. John the baptist testified that “No one can receive anything unless God gives it from Heaven.”
(John 3:27, NLT)

What Happens when you attribute all Glory to God?

  • Your life becomes an instrument of worship
  • You continually thank and praise God for everything you have/do.
  • You shift the focus from you to God.
  • In effect, you automatically recognize that you are vessel which He uses for His purpose(s).
  • He uses you more for greater accomplishments
  • Pride has no root in your life

What happens when you Keep the Glory?

David and Israel was punished by God when David had wrong motive for taking census. 1 Chronicles 21
David wanted to know the size of his army which displeased God because He (God) gave them victories, not their army size or their strength. 70000 people died as a result.
This explains why (sometimes) we see some people with decorations of qualifications yet haven’t achieved anything meaningful. They are struggling because to them, it’s about what they have and not Who they have.

In this Season, God is about to use you mightily to accomplish the Supernatural. When you see the manifestation in your life, remember that ALL GLORY BELONGS TO OUR GOD.

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Unreasonably Reasonable (1min read)

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“Yes, and I am willing to look even more foolish than this, even to be humiliated in my own eyes!…” (2 Samuel 6:22, NLT)

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People who have no clue of what you have been through may never understand your Praise. It’s easy to think or say “what is he/she doing? why the show off? why the talk? why the dance? Is he/she insane? or anything “silly” you could ever think of But the real deal is that until you be through what that person has been through, you will never understand his/her praise.

In this year, God has promised to take us to a new level; It’s going to be something we have never seen, heard, felt before. Whatever you have been through can’t be compared to what He has set to do. I don’t know but it will blow our minds so be ready to do something crazy for Him.

That notwithstanding, to be alive today is a miracle and God deserves your praise. To leave the house in the morning and return safely in the evening is a miracle. Some people are bed-bound so walking to the kitchen, washroom, living room, bedroom, etc is a miracle. Having worked in the social care industry, I know that dozens of people are willing to give up all they have in order to do the little things we neglect to give thanks to God for.

Today don’t consider what others say or think about your act of gratitude. If you can shout, SHOUT. If you can jump, JUMP. If you can sing, Sing. If you can give, GIVE. Whatever you can, go wild for God’s goodness. It may seem unreasonable but hey it is reasonable for your Maker.

In 2 Samuel 6, we see Michal condemning David for how he acted in public. In verse 20 she said “How distinguished the king of Israel looked today, shamelessly exposing himself to the servant girls like any vulgar person might do!”. Michal did what any ordinary person would do because she was clueless about the amazing experiences David had had with God. The take home point is what David said in verses 21 & 22 “I was dancing before the Lord, who chose me above your father and all his family! He appointed me as the leader of Israel, the people of the Lord, so I celebrate before the Lord. Yes, and I am willing to look even more foolish than this, even to be humiliated in my own eyes! But those servant girls you mentioned will indeed think I am distinguished!” 

In this year, don’t apologize for God’s goodness. Maybe you have been too gentle about it because of what people might think, say, or feel. I am here to urge you on that it is reasonable regardless of how unreasonable it may look. God bless us