Let’s be honest!

Being still is hard. Why is it so hard? Being totally honest again, in our natural self, we want to see results, or changes. We want to see them fast or how and when we want them but God doesn’t work like that. The bible never states that this walk with God would be easy but it is worth it if we choose it.

Matthew 7:13-14 – You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad , and it’s gate is wide for the many that choose that way. ¹⁴⁾But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it.

Few find it….

Few find it because many are unwilling to allow God to lead us. Many of us can’t or won’t BE STILL long enough so that God can do what he needs to do in us, through us, and for us. Is anyone thinking. Am I getting in the way? To be honest, YES and this honesty doesn’t come lightly because I have had to tell my own self “MELISSA, GET OUT OF THE WAY!” a time or two or more. All we do is delay what God is trying to do. The few that do find it are the ones that are ready to leave it all behind even if it hurts or seems hard, but they want everything God has planned for their lives to glorify Christ through it.

That Battle! Its not easy to walk through, let alone be still but I want you to know that God walks with you during, through it, and after it. All we need to do is believe, trust and Be Still and I remind you of the verse Exodus 14:14. In that battle or storm, you may hear “Be Still, Be Still.. but you feel uneasy or nervous because it looks dangerous and like its gonna wreck you. You want to say, “but God… how can I?”….. “but God don’t you see this situation?”…”don’t you see it’s getting worse?” …”look at the brokenness going on over here.”…”look at how far I fell”…”look at how I just cant get up” or maybe you fell so hard you just don’t see the point anymore. I want to share that the God that says. “BE STILL!” isn’t just anyone. He is the God that breaks chains…He is the God that moves mountains…He is that waymaker…He is the God that fights your battles so that you wont have to. He is the God that calls you to BE STILL when your at the end of your rope because as long as the other end of the rope is anchor the HIM all you need to do is trust him and BE STILL.

I encourage you with this thought, you can’t get through the storm or battle with out the mighty God that has the power and authority to command it to be still. Mark 4:39 – When Jesus woke up, he rebuked the wind and said to the waves, ” Silence! Be still” Suddenly the wind stopped, and there was a great calm.

Galatians 6:9 - So let's not get tired of doing what's good. At just the  right time we will reap a harvest of blessing you you don't give up.  

Everything in you is saying, WALK AWAY!

Everything in you is saying, IT’S NOT / YOU’RE NOT WORTH IT!

Everything in you is saying, GIVE UP!

BUT GOD…

But God is saying, GET UP AND WALK TO ME!

But God is saying, YOU’RE WORHT IT, YOU’RE MINE!

But God is saying, DON’T GIVE UP! KEEP GOING YOUR BLESSING IS COMING!

We all been there at some point in our lives or maybe you’re there now. I want to tell you that even as you look around and everything seems as if it’s destroyed, you look in the mirror and you don’t see anyone worth anyone’s time, you feel your heart has been shattered and there is no putting it back together,

But God says, THAT DESTRUCTION IS ABOUT TO BE RECREATED,

But God says, WIPE THAT MIRROR AND THOSE TEARS AND SEE THAT YOU ARE WORTHY, I SENT MY SON TO SAVE YOU!

But God says, I’VE PICKED UP EVERY PIECE OF YOUR HEART AND IM ABOUT TO RESTORE IT BUT YOU GOTTA GET UP, YOU GOTTA TRUST ME, YOU GOTTA BELIEVE THAT PROMISE I GAVE YOU BECAUSE IF YOU DON’T GIVE UP AND YOU LET ME STRENGTHEN YOU, YOU’RE ABOUT TO SEE YOUR PROMISE.

Your promise is what you have been praying for and its that harvest that, that lying devil is trying to take away from you, your children, your children’s children. Don’t give up! Stand up! Let God do the preparation in you and for you and just get ready!

IT’S TIME TO REAP YOUR HARVEST!!

No one sees you! You’re invisible! You’re unseen! You’re forgotten! LIES! LIES! LIES of the enemy! His strategy is to trap you. If he can trap you, you will stay in place, you won’t move forward, and you won’t seek God. Maybe you been sitting in that dark space so long that now you’re not sure what to do because you’re starting to believe the lies. Maybe in your walk with God, you found yourself in your prayer room crying and saying, “God, I’m doing what you asked, I’m doing it all and no one is seeing…I’m still broken, and no one sees… I’m still broken, and no one sees…I’m still hurt, and no one sees…I want to forgive but I can’t and no one sees!” Maybe you don’t know God…YET..but you’re wondering if you even matter. No one sees you, no one noticed you haven’t called or text in a few days, no one noticed that you haven’t even come around in a few days, so maybe you don’t matter. Right now you maybe even thinking yes that is or was me but I want you to see you aren’t alone. Those thoughts were mine. I fell into the trap the enemy was throwing at me. I started to believe the lies. I want to encourage you right now like someone did for me to tell you that there is always light. John 8:12 -Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, ” I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life. I want you to see that the lies were never true because what I failed to see was that God was always with me then, now, and always but I had to decide if I wanted to continue to sit in the darkness with the enemy or walk in the light with God because he saw me and took me as I was at that moment. You have that choice too and I want you to know that it isn’t a coincidence that your reading this because God loves you, He calls you HIS and HE SEES YOU!!

Waiting……No one really enjoys these moments to be honest.

We all have stories we can share or relate to, I can imagine. We pray and we fast, hoping that whatever it may be, that it not take too long. That new thing we been praying about often has us searching. Being honest we most often search for the shortest route, the fastest route, and even the easiest route, that we think no one could know or even think about. We want the path leading us to our new thing that will only have us endure the least battle or fight. BUT GOD…knows why or why not, how, and how long. We may not understand why HE is bringing us through a longer rougher route. It may seem like everything we been praying about was never even heard, but HE knows this is the route we need to build our faith and trust in HIM for what lies ahead. It may seem like we may have been praying and fasting for so long and have yet to see any evidence of any new thing. Whatever that new thing is that HE is holding and waiting for that right time…HIS time, is HIS to reveal. It may look hard, it may hurt some but “the wait” was never said to be easy, only that it would be worth it. It is worth it to be able to experience and see the Glory of God bring to life what you once thought was dead. We read in the bible of many that had to be in a season of waiting to receive their promises with most having to wait year after year and I can imagine a few are popping in your head now. They weren’t alone and neither are we, the same God that got them through is getting you through. Be confident, patient, strong, courageous, and stay focused and don’t rush the wait.

Psalm 27:13-14 - 13 Yet I am confident I will see the Lord's goodness while I am here in the land of the living. 14 Wait patiently for the Lord. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the Lord.