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The Spring and The Light

"Within you is the spring of life. In your light we see light." Psalm 36:7 CEB

God is our source for everything. Without him we would be lost, confused and without hope. As a believer, we have access to the spring of life. He is continually pouring into us what we so desperately need. God is the only one that can truly satisfy our soul and quench our thirst to be filled with his transformational light.

I can imagine that every time worship goes up, praise goes up, prayers like a sweet-smelling aroma goes up, God is pouring out of his life-giving spring supplying our needs. He begins to pour out his Spirit of love, grace, mercy, peace, joy, strength, knowledge, wisdom, healing and deliverance into our lives. When we think of God's outpouring or blessings, we must remember not to limit it to material things. God's desire is to bless us with the intangible things that never lose its value. It’s time to put away the things we value that doesn’t bring enrichment into our lives or can save us from sinful desires.

He is the only one that can make us whole from the inside out. The finest things in life can never fill the void of the emptiness we feel; only God can. When our outward appearance does not match what's on the inside, we are creating a façade that will eventually faulter. Our heavenly Father knows that we can never find wholeness on our own. His love sent his son, Jesus to the cross so that we can lay claim to new life in him. His all-powerful redeeming blood bridged the gap that through him we may obtain the intangible blessings of God. In Christ we have gained a life worth living.

We are able to walk in his light that illuminates every area of our heart and dispels and repels the sin that shows up in our lives. When we stand in the light of God, he begins to show us the various things we need to address and create in us a contrite heart. The Spirit of God comes to bring illumination and revelation into our souls so we can align our lives to his word and remain in his light.

Today, ask God to pour into you today and shed his light into your hearts and minds so that you can live conscientiously for him.


Desiring Increase

"If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands, I will send you rain in its season, and the ground will yield its crops and the trees their fruit." Leviticus 26:3-4


What comes to mind when you think of the word Increase? One would imagine receiving more in quantity, another will think of a promotion to something greater or growth in an area in one's life that's lacking vitality. Each initial thought is correct... it's all of those things. Increase is something we all strive and work towards. As humans, we measure how successful we are by how well we are able to see increase in our lives over time. Whether it’s in our career, education, family, marriage, ministry or relationships we want to see growth.


By definition, increase is to become or make greater in size, amount, intensity, or degree; It is an instance of growing or making greater. As children of God we are blessed with everything we need, yet there are areas where we have not seen the manifestation of some things in our lives. In other words, we haven't witnessed the "rain" or growth where we believe we need it the most.


Yet, God is willing to bring increase in every area of our lives when we yield to the leading of his Holy Spirit and walk in obedience by faith. Yielding is two-fold. As we yield to God, he in turn will allow the work of our hands to bring forth fruit in our season. As a believer, increase is a sign of obedience and submission to the Lord.


There is a balance that God is cultivating in us. Without obedience and wisdom from the Spirit of God, our stewardship would not be strong enough to handle the increase that God want to pour into our lives. If we are desiring increase then we need to seek those things that will cause us to maintain what we are asking our heavenly Father for.


So, when you pray, remember to balance your request. If you desire God to increase an area in your life, remember to ask for his Spirit of humility and obedience to steward the increase he is willing to bless you with.


Pressing the Issue

"When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched his garment. For she said, 'If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well' ". Mark 5:27-28


We can learn a lot from the woman that had an issue of blood. The author did not share the woman's name but her action is what she is remembered for. After suffering for several years with her issue, she made up her mind to seek Jesus. Her issue had been with her for 12 years and no one was able to help her. At this point, her desperation led her to her knees.


She was not too proud to bow herself and position herself to touch Jesus as he was passing by. Her faith in his ability to heal her superseded all of her feelings of shame, unworthiness, doubt and fear. Her persistence and pressing opened the door for her healing.


She didn’t desire to touch his hand, cling to his leg or gaze into his eyes; touching his garment was enough. Why? Because that is what she believed. She had great faith to believe that all she had to do was come into contact. She was right, she gave her testimony and walked away without her issue.


Today, God wants you to be persistent in pushing pass the crowd in your life and come into contact with him. Whatever the crowd represent in your life that is making it difficult to position yourself for a touch. We all have issues that we alone cannot resolve that requires Jesus' intervention. Yet we lose patience and we yield to the things that crowd our live and distance us from our Savior.


I can imagine how weak she must have felt, tired, overlooked, bankrupt, and desperate for a change in her life after 12 years of dealing with a disease that kept her isolated. She took her shot at being free. She understood that her Kairos moment had come. Jesus, out of everyone she encountered was the right person, at the right time, to heal her and set her free from the sickness that had her bound for over a decade.


God wants us to be free from the issues that keeps us bound and seize our Kairos moment. All we have to do is seek him and believe that he can address the things in our life that we can't overcome on our own. The issues of life only get easier when we know we have a God that is willing to help us resolve them.


Take time to Pray this Prayer:

Lord, please help me to press my way through to you regardless of the things that try and crowd my life and compete for my attention. Father give me a fervent spirit that will pursue you with great persistence. Let every issue that is trying to hold me bound be loosed from my life as I reach up in prayer, praise and worship to touch you. Help me to push back and press against every issue that is contending against me. Cause me to know your strength in my time of weakness. Lord, help me to recognize my Kairos moment and seize my opportunity of restoration and wholeness. May I fine relief in your word and cling to your promises regardless of what I face in Jesus name. Amen.


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