“Let me fill you in on a little secret, my daughter”, God said to me as I was marching around my living room in prayer and singing praise music yesterday, battling some fears.
“It wasn’t the marching that took down Jericho’s walls. It was ME. I took down those walls, single-handedly. But what moved me to take them down was seeing my child, Joshua, trusting and obeying me and honoring me to the point of not being afraid of looking foolish in front of anyone, because his eyes of faith were on ME and nobody else!”
Me: Wow. That’s pretty cool, God.
I want to honor you like that.
God: Wanna know something else?”
Me: OF COURSE!! ALWAYS!
God: “It wasn’t David or his stones that took out that giant either. That was all me too. But what moved me to do it- to take that giant out for him- for them, was his heart! His heart that sang to me, that worshipped me, that faced the lion and the bear and killed them and gave ME all the glory, really knew inside that it was me who was protecting him even if I used his hands to do it. That’s a faith that MOVES ME TO MOVE!”
Me again: WOW! God you are so amazing!
I want to have a faith like that.
God: “I’ve already been working on that. 😉
That doesn’t have to come from you either.
The reason I say all that’s required is a mustard seed (the smallest seed) of faith, is that the only faith you have to muster up is the faith to tell me you can’t do anything on your own, but you’re willing to do whatever I ask you to. I already know you are powerless without me, and you don’t have to feel bad about that. I never designed you to be self-empowered. I designed you to carry whatever power, whatever spiritual weapon ⚔️ I place in your hands at any given moment, and just follow my instructions on how to use it. SAY WHAT I SAY, DO WHAT I SAY TO DO, AND YOU WILL SEE WHAT I SAID. 👊🏻 I’ve got this. Those walls keeping you out of the places I’m sending you, and those giants trying to stand in your way- they’re coming down!”
Friends- faith isn’t easy. But you can do hard things, with God. And he will make them look effortless to others. But you will know. You will know that all the effort in your entire being couldn’t have ever pulled off the things that he does for you. Mountains move when he tells them to. And he moves mountains for us, as we do what he tells us to do.
Lap by lap.
Song by song.
Stone by stone.
Step by step.
It’s all Him, but He asks us to join in!
{Photo Credit: Today Daily Devotional}
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