A little something to ponder.........
This is the year of 2009 and the question that plagues my mind is what’s so special about this year as compared to all the other years past?
This particular year, my mind has been battling with optimism and I have worked hard to change my way of thinking so that I may be optimistic.
As you probably have experienced yourself, in order to be optimistic about something you must work at it very hard. Optimism requires you to think out of the box. To think out of the box means to live, breathe and have your being strictly on the basis of FAITH!
Go with me to Matthew 14:28, here we have Peter seeing his savior walking on water and because he knew that the Lord was out there, he wanted to be out on the water with him. Peter said unto the Lord “Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water”. Peter was thinking out of the box. He had never known of man to walk on water but because the Lord bided him to come, Peter stepped out of the boat and began to walk in confidence knowing that the Lord was right there with him.
We consistently quote verbatim Hebrews 11:1 which says, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” But we won’t live by the same faith that we are spewing out of our mouths. Just like Peter, when the storms began to roar and circumstances seem hopeless, we start to sink with doubt and fear.
To become unplugged is to become equipped with FAITH! Faith tells you to go after the impossible; faith helps you to see the invisible; faith allows you to touch the untouchable! The problem is that we as people won’t get out of our box; we won’t step out of the boat and those of us that have tried to step out of the boat only got so far before they began to sink with doubt and fear.
People of God, the hour has passed and the time has come for us to operate in our gifts and talents. We have a dieing world out there that is dark; cold; foggy; and hazy and the people need a light bright enough that they can find their way to Christ. We are that light but we must first become unattached from our own idiosyncrasies or hang-ups that keep us bond to the box and become unplugged by personally going to the Lord and asking him to bid us to come out in the un-chartered waters and walk by faith knowing that He is with us all the way especially in the midst of the storms and rains.
By FAITH, step out of the box and BECOME UNPLUGGED!
This particular year, my mind has been battling with optimism and I have worked hard to change my way of thinking so that I may be optimistic.
As you probably have experienced yourself, in order to be optimistic about something you must work at it very hard. Optimism requires you to think out of the box. To think out of the box means to live, breathe and have your being strictly on the basis of FAITH!
Go with me to Matthew 14:28, here we have Peter seeing his savior walking on water and because he knew that the Lord was out there, he wanted to be out on the water with him. Peter said unto the Lord “Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water”. Peter was thinking out of the box. He had never known of man to walk on water but because the Lord bided him to come, Peter stepped out of the boat and began to walk in confidence knowing that the Lord was right there with him.
We consistently quote verbatim Hebrews 11:1 which says, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” But we won’t live by the same faith that we are spewing out of our mouths. Just like Peter, when the storms began to roar and circumstances seem hopeless, we start to sink with doubt and fear.
To become unplugged is to become equipped with FAITH! Faith tells you to go after the impossible; faith helps you to see the invisible; faith allows you to touch the untouchable! The problem is that we as people won’t get out of our box; we won’t step out of the boat and those of us that have tried to step out of the boat only got so far before they began to sink with doubt and fear.
People of God, the hour has passed and the time has come for us to operate in our gifts and talents. We have a dieing world out there that is dark; cold; foggy; and hazy and the people need a light bright enough that they can find their way to Christ. We are that light but we must first become unattached from our own idiosyncrasies or hang-ups that keep us bond to the box and become unplugged by personally going to the Lord and asking him to bid us to come out in the un-chartered waters and walk by faith knowing that He is with us all the way especially in the midst of the storms and rains.
By FAITH, step out of the box and BECOME UNPLUGGED!
May the grace of God encamp you, the mercy of God protect you and the peace of God comfort you always!
This is AWESOME and very INSPIRATIONAL. I am so glad that you are finally stepping outside of the box to do and be everything that God has called for you. I pray that your ministry will continue to be enriched with Gods FAVOR and may God continue to show and bloom in you. God bless!
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lisa am so proud of you well i wish you all the best of luck.am sooo impressed.may God bless you,keep it up.
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