Expect Great Things

"And I will make them and the places all around my hill a blessing, and I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be showers of blessing." Ezekiel 34:26

God's word is his bond and he will never break it. You can always count on him to make good on what he says. He is trustworthy and his words will always accomplish what he wants it to do in our lives.

Sometimes we stop believing God for great things to happen in our lives. We think about how much time has passed by and decided that nothing good can happen for us now. If we think of time the way that God thinks about time our perspective will change. God’s timing is everything and he knows the appropriate time for our due season. Our timing might seem right to us but getting things out of God’s season never lasts.

We each have a due season and that season is sustainable in God. A time when everything we have believing and expecting from our Father begins to manifest. Waiting for your due season is a sacrifice, but it’s well worth the time and effort. As you wait patiently, wait with great expectation.

God is already blessing us every day with the necessities of life but there comes time when we receive our due season of answered prayers and his perfect will concerning our future.

So, if God says that he will make your life a blessing believe him. Focus on what he promised and wait with great expectation that your due season will come right on time.

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Boxes

"I will walk around in wide-open spaces, because I have pursued your precepts." Psalm 119:45

What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of a box? One of the things that everyone associate boxes with is moving! It is the dread of every person to go through the process of packing away what is worth taking.

Boxes are heaven sent! We use them to stow away and protect our valuables, keep us organized and make things easy to transport. Without them, moving or storing would be a logistic nightmare! Although moving can be a pain, we can appreciate its use and how it aids us in making transition easy from one place to another.

As wonderful as the concept of boxes are they can be seen as a major hindrance. We all have heard the expression "out of the box". It encourages exploration, creativity and new ways of thinking. As we assess our lives, we can identify moments where we stayed in the box. Over time we formed mental, social, emotional and spiritual boxes that we constructed for our mind. We packed away our liberty and freedom in exchange for false security. The box we use to protect what we deem valuable is the very box that is confining and preventing us from stepping out and living a purpose driven life. We learned to organize our lives in a confined space by limiting what comes in and out.

Why? Somewhere along the way we experienced trauma in our lives that impacted our belief system. That encounter enabled us to build a customized box for our protection. Whether it was something spoken or done to us that made us retreat to our box, our actions caused us to setup walls.

But the good news is that we don't have to stay there! Jesus Christ by his blood has freed us from the confinement of our guilt, shame, regret, hurt, pain and trauma. He made healing and deliverance available to us to help us break free from the restraints that seek to suffocate our life.

God has enabled us to "walk around in wide-open spaces"...it is not his will for us to be confined by the limitation of our mind or negative experiences. We don't have to live in the box that we create for ourselves, for the ones that others place us in or even the enemy.

So you might be wondering, if this is true, how can I be free? Well, I am glad you asked. God has made a way of escape, the plan is simple... You need a made up mind and a desire to pursue God and his will. Allow the Holy Spirit to lead you out!

God wants us to step out and discover the benefits of living free, whole and delivered.

We must believe that he has a plan for our lives and we can't fulfill or walk it out without a renewed mind and a regenerated heart. Today, I pray that the strength of God's right hand pulls you up and out of the confinement of your mind and break the restraints from your heart. May he deliver you into your season of better days and may you experience the joy of his freedom and the peace of true security in him.

"I will walk around in wide-open spaces, because I have pursued your precepts." Psalm 119:45

What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of a box? One of the things that everyone associate boxes with is moving! It is the dread of every person to go through the process of packing away what is worth taking.

Boxes are heaven sent! We use them to stow away and protect our valuables, keep us organized and make things easy to transport. Without them, moving or storing would be a logistic nightmare! Although moving can be a pain, we can appreciate its use and how it aids us in making transition easy from one place to another.

As wonderful as the concept of boxes are they can be seen as a major hindrance. We all have heard the expression "out of the box". It encourages exploration, creativity and new ways of thinking. As we assess our lives, we can identify moments where we stayed in the box. Over time we formed mental, social, emotional and spiritual boxes that we constructed for our mind. We packed away our liberty and freedom in exchange for false security. The box we use to protect what we deem valuable is the very box that is confining and preventing us from stepping out and living a purpose driven life. We learned to organize our lives in a confined space by limiting what comes in and out.

Why? Somewhere along the way we experienced trauma in our lives that impacted our belief system. That encounter enabled us to build a customized box for our protection. Whether it was something spoken or done to us that made us retreat to our box, our actions caused us to setup walls.

But the good news is that we don't have to stay there! Jesus Christ by his blood has freed us from the confinement of our guilt, shame, regret, hurt, pain and trauma. He made healing and deliverance available to us to help us break free from the restraints that seek to suffocate our life.

God has enabled us to "walk around in wide-open spaces"...it is not his will for us to be confined by the limitation of our mind or negative experiences. We don't have to live in the box that we create for ourselves, for the ones that others place us in or even the enemy.

So you might be wondering, if this is true, how can I be free? Well, I am glad you asked. God has made a way of escape, the plan is simple... You need a made up mind and a desire to pursue God and his will. Allow the Holy Spirit to lead you out!

God wants us to step out and discover the benefits of living free, whole and delivered.

We must believe that he has a plan for our lives and we can't fulfill or walk it out without a renewed mind and a regenerated heart. Today, I pray that the strength of God's right hand pulls you up and out of the confinement of your mind and break the restraints from your heart. May he deliver you into your season of better days and may you experience the joy of his freedom and the peace of true security in him.

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Work the Gift of God

1 Peter 4:10

"As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God."

Everyone has a gift. Some gifts are easily identified while others are hidden. Nevertheless, God has created us for a special purpose. In order to fulfill that purpose he has given us gifts and talents.

Now, we have to realize that our purpose is not about gaining fame or seeking praise. Our ultimate purpose should always aim to please God, minister to those in need and share the gift that he has blessed us with. Believe it or not, you have something extremely valuable that others can glean from. Your gift is all about serving the people and glorifying God.

The truth is our gifts and talents can open many doors for us, but the doors we choose will impact our purpose or steer us off track if we don't seek the counsel of God. The scriptures states in Romans 12:6 "Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to exercise them accordingly..." Our gifts must be exercised in a godly manner and governed by the Holy Spirit.

It's important to note that we must also begin to work the gift of God in our lives. Many people are still trying to figure out their purpose. I have found that people tend to look outwardly instead of inwardly. When you begin to search your heart, you will find the passion of your purpose. God created us with purpose before we were formed in our mother's womb, we just have to seek him to understand what he placed on the inside of us. It's simple, to one's purpose is to first seek God. He will reveal to you his plan and instruct you on how to fulfill it.

We all have something that we are good at but we don't explore our options because we fail to work that gift. How can our gifts mature if we don't exercise it during its infancy? 1 Timothy 4:14 tells us "Do not neglect the spiritual gift within you..." No matter how uncomfortable or afraid we may be to step out in our gift we are exercising and building it as we go.

Working the gift of God requires us to speak the word, work the word and live by the word every single day. We speak the work because it builds our faith, we work the word by putting into action. We have to graduate from being a hearer to a doer. Finally, we must live the word. Living out the word everyday anchors the gift of God in our lives. When we speak, work and live the word of God, we can flow in the love that work our gift. Remember, our gift is for service and someone needs your gift. Don't neglect it, but be a good steward of the grace God has given you.

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