Your Destiny Awaits Your Arrival
Illustration by Ken Miller
GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS
A gallery owner tells one of his artists that heÍs got some good new and bad news. The artist asks for the good news first. "Well," he replies, "the good news is that a man came in here today asking if the price of your paintings would go up after you died. When I told him they would, he bought every single one of your paintings."
Elated, the artist asked, "What could the bad news possibly be?"
"Evidently, that man was your doctor."
The accuser and his message in the world would have you believe that good news only comes with and at the expense of bad news.
Gods message of Grace and forgiveness defies the negativity of the accuser in the world and says, there’s a better way!
The Word declares Gods message of good news to the world and I’m here to tell you if bad news should find itself knocking on the door of a believer, God can and will amazingly turn it around and use it for your good and for His Glory!
Psalms 107:1-2 NKJ. Says it this way,
1. Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever.
2. Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy,
The bible doesn’t say let them wish it were so, let them hope that maybe someday it might be,
No, the word says Let the redeemed of the LORD say so!
Well the doctor says...while the doctor can certainly be used by God for your betterment, the doctor isn’t the only means of deliverance for your need, God has at His disposal!
And while the doctor may feel like he has the last word concerning your health report, he doesn’t! God has the first, the last and every word concerning you and your future and those who are around you! Amen amen!!
Something supernatural happens when we declare Gods goodness out loud. TBS it immediately starts to accomplish what it has been assigned to!
Have you been declaring God’s goodness in your life and what Gods been doing here in the church? TBS. “Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy,”
We have been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb, but the attack still comes everyday from the world and the accuser! God is constantly going before us fighting for our welfare! Our willingness to Declare what God is doing in our lives, our families and our church should be the same!
Your not necessarily saying it for anyone else’s benefit anyway, but if you think about it, someone else’s faith would be encouraged, if they heard you make a declaration and it came to pass! Their faith would become energized!
But almost always, the one who receives the most from Gods word being released into the atmosphere and one the who is going to be encouraged and lifted up, is you!
Praise God!
To many Christians are confused about declaring the capabilities of God. To many think doing so, makes them responsible for the results!
What did the word say to do? Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy!
Far too many Christians are like well… There was that one time that God really worked in my life, but that was so long ago.
That’s exactly what the accuser wants you to think, I’m here to tell you like the song says “He’ll do it again!” God will do it again for you, and again, and again, and again and again and again!
Every Christian needs to declare the good things of God, over their life on a daily basis! Even a moment by moment basis if need be!
God not only wants you to do good things for you, but God is moved on your behalf to bless you, when you declare His Blessings over your life!
So make the act of declaring God‘s blessings over your life a daily habit! Get in the blessing groove and you’ll be surprised how the position of your thinking will be changed for the better!
Here’s why, because your in position, God knows you are in the position and expecting to receive, by declaring and expecting His promises all the time.
Even the smallest blessing from God is a huge deal and can change your life forever!
Who else but God, not only wants too, but has the ability to change your life, to deliver you and show you favor propelling you into the abundant life He has promised to you?
The accuser isn’t going to remind you of how good you really have things, the accuser has only one objective, to look for every opportunity to steal, kill and destroy you by any means available!
1st peter 5:8 Msg. says it like this;
Keep a cool head. Stay alert. The Devil is poised to pounce, and would like nothing better than to catch you napping.
You have to make it a priority, make it a routine to wake up every morning, declaring the blessings of God over your life!
Some will say, I’ve heard all this blessing stuff before...yes, but are you adhering and practicing what the Word says?
Maybe looks are deceiving, but if Christians are doing what some might consider to be the basics, how’s come so many Christians are both Physically and spiritually bankrupt, instead of living the abundant life God has for them?
When it comes to God’s instructions for our lives, there is nothing basic about any of Gods instructions. Every declaration we make has the life changing power to create new, at every juncture it’s mentioned! (Read it again and realize your words have so much incredible power!)
We should all get used to saying things like;
*I’m the head and not the tail...Thank you Lord!
*Gods promises to me, are yes and amen...Thank you Lord!
*God is going to show me favor today... Thank you Lord!
*God has made me the lender and not the borrower, blessing my life beyond what I have need of! Thank you Lord!
*today is a brand new day and its going to be a good day... Thank you Lord!
When you make those declarations, you are both prophesying and securing your future!
It’s true friends! Why not take a 30 day challenge and see for yourself! For the next 30 days make those declarations and take notes on what is going to happen in your life! Because if you don’t write it down, you won’t believe your eyes when God’s Word Fulfills His promises and your declarations!
Both God and the accuser hear you, when you make those life changing declarations over your life, your families lives and your church!
Matt. 7:7 NKJ
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you
Illustration by Bruce Ball
There were four ladies in a nursing home one time that were sitting there talking, and the nurse brings in a new man to the facility. He was quite dapper for an older man, and one of the ladies asked him where he had been for so long.
He responded by saying he had been in prison for 25-years for killing his wife. One lady perked up, smiled, and said, “So, you’re single then?”
While we may laugh at this story, this is a serious point to remember!
Don’t be the one who points out all the obvious of the negative situations of life, be the one who sees the good despite how things look in the natural!
Be the one who says, Lord I thank you for the victory and your goodness working in my situation despite the way things look in the natural, despite the way I feel!
Well, you don’t know what’s going on with my situation and sometimes it’s just so hard to do. The more you focus on yourself and your situation, the less you focus on resting in Gods capable hands!
Don’t let your mountains move you, let God move your mountains!
Matthew 11:28-30 The Message (MSG)
28-30 “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”
One of the best things about making declarations and choosing to be optimistic the first part of your day and all through the day is, it constantly ruins the accusers plans and replaces them with God’s plans!
Jeremiah 29:11 NASB
For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.
This scripture is one of my favorite scriptures and some might think I mention it too often. Here’s why I do!
This scripture is like oxygen to the life God has waiting for all of us the live and breathe! Without oxygen death occurs, with oxygen life flourishes!
This promise and declaration from God is like CPR supplying a rescuing word, an “epi spiritual pen” to combat the attack of the accuser, when we need it the most!
Hearing, believing and declaring what Gods plans are for you, are life giving oxygen and sustenance for your spiritual well being and you can never get enough or hear too many times about Gods promise and intentions for your life, your families lives, or your church!
When you declare you are redeemed by the blood of the lamb and have Gods favor and blessings on your life, you are pushing the door wide open, for God to do amazing, incredible, things in your life.
And at the same time, slamming it shut on any negativity the accuser may try to throw at you!
TBS. I’m not moved by what I feel or see, Why?, because I’ve got the Victor living in me, fighting for me and making a way for me 24/7!
We’ve all witnessed God do the miraculous when we declared what He was going to do right here in the church concerning paying off the church’s mortgage and the thousands and thousands of dollars God has brought in!
As amazed as we are at what God is doing at this very moment, God would have me tell you, He wants to do more!
What kind of declarations are you making over your life each day?
How easy are you making it for God to work in your life today?
Are you starting each day, giving Him free reign to work in your circumstances, or continually tying Gods hands with your focus on the reins of your circumstances?
TBS. in Psalm 81:10 NKJ.
10. I am the LORD your God,
Who brought you out of the land of Egypt;
Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Are you expecting God to fill you and increase you beyond measure and that your possibilities are large?
There are those who adhere to the line of thinking, we ask to much for ourselves from God. That line of thinking is not of God, that line of thinking is straight from the accusers handbook of steal, kill and destroy!
We need to realize that we are the ones who set the parameters, of what God can do in our lives and Gods Word instructs us to set the bar high!
Listen friends, If we can obtain and have the funds to meet the need of the miracles we’re asking God for, then we’re guilty of setting the bar too low!
Instead of asking God to fill the seat next to you, why not ask God to allow you to be a part of making His church a lighthouse to the world!
Jesus declared, “According to your faith, it will be done unto you.”
2 Kings 4:3-7 MSG
3-4 “Here’s what you do,” said Elisha. “Go up and down the street and borrow jugs and bowls from all your neighbors. And not just a few—all you can get. Then come home and lock the door behind you, you and your sons. Pour oil into each container; when each is full, set it aside.”
5-6 She did what he said. She locked the door behind her and her sons; as they brought the containers to her, she filled them. When all the jugs and bowls were full, she said to one of her sons, “Another jug, please.”
He said, “That’s it. There are no more jugs.”
Then the oil stopped.
7 She went and told the story to the man of God. He said, “Go sell the oil and make good on your debts. Live, both you and your sons, on what’s left.”
What’s your prepared vessel of containment for Gods Blessing in your life?
*A thimble?
*A cup?
*A bucket?
*A swimming pool?
*Or something like the Grand Canyon? Really? Yes...REALLY??
Illustration by Nick Scarpa
Seeds In a Mustard Plant
A gardener, prompted by curiosity, counted the seed pods on a medium-sized mustard plant. There were 85. The average number of seeds in each pod was eight. Since two crops in a given year could be matured, the gardener figured that it was possible in the interim between February and mid-October to produce a yield of 462,000 seeds, all from one original plant.
If God has put that kind of ability to reproduce into the mustard seed, how much more will you be capable with the ability, the measure of faith and the plan for your life God has put in you?
The Good News is, God has more than enough to fill whatever level of blessing you ask Him for!!
So what are you waiting for?
ASK AWAY! Exercise your God given supernatural measure of faith and fasten your seatbelt of expectation, the plans of Gods great adventure awaits your arrival!
