Released……..For Blessings

Sometimes we are released FROM a relationship, a job, a ministry, and sometimes we are released TO minister, released to the Nations, to the people of God etc.

Pastor Steven Ferdickt of Elevation once said at every moment of our lives something is always dying and at the very same time something is being born.

When you are walking out of one place through a door you are also walking into a place.

Some of us need to release something(s), release some people… For the blessings to come. And some of us God is releasing from certain connections and we must GO no matter how badly we want to stay, no matter how comfortable it has gotten, no matter how comfortable the comfort zone is when God releases you… It’s for a blessing.

“For a seed to achieve it’s greatest expression, it must come completely undone. The shell cracks it’s insides come out and everything changes. And to someone that doesn’t understand growth it would look like complete destruction.” Cynthia Octaviani

Like the baby bird being pushed out if the nest.
Because it’s Time to fly!
Let it go!
Let them go!
Be released into your purpose & for blessings!

And Moses Did Everything God Commanded…..

And Moses Did Everything God Commanded…..

What if that could be said of us? And ” your name” did everything God commanded? What an awesome testimony that would be. In Genesis 6 God gave instruction to Noah to deliver humanity from COMPLETE destruction. This was a huge task for any one person. He gave Noah the “What” to do, although Noah didn’t know the “How” to do it initially. It doesn’t mention Noah being a master ship builder, but how many know that God EQUIPS the called. He will give you everything you need to accomplish what he wants to accomplish through you. God sets you up for success!

God went into great detail about how to build the ship, in so much detail that I got a little bored reading about it. But Heavenly Father, Daddy, gave Noah the divine strategy for what he was calling Noah to do. He does the same for you. The Master of the Universe gives exact instructions on how to do His will, how to solve your problem, how to pray for your wayward child, how to walk in victory over circumstances, how to get healing from cancer, how to endure the loss of a loved one, and any other life challenge you can imagine. God is concerned about the details. The word says He knows how many stands of hair are on our heads. He offers for each of us to sit under his tutelage.

We need to be “tuned-in” to the voice of God to receive guidance. We cannot follow instructions if we do not know what they are. Hearing from God is essential to accomplishing our life’s work -your calling. Often times God calls us to do things that we are not capable of doing on our own. This ensures that it is He who gets ALL the glory and God will not share his glory with anyone. Ask Lucifer.

Every GREAT work first starts with faith and one simple step of obedience after another. A simple “YES” to God. And you can be counted in the number as one that did EVERYTHING God commanded. Will you do it?

All is NOT lost

A good friend sent me an article today and two things resonated with me…….

http://kontrary.com/2014/11/13/back-up-plan/

One thing that stood out was this sentence:

“The therapy patient had a plan (timing, route, clothes), and a back-up plan (what coat he would wear if it was raining, pills if the pain were too much). In other words, he had a plan for success, a plan for failure, and a plan for recovery.” (removing all excuses for NOT executing the plan/back-up plan) He planned to walk and meet his wife at the bus stop everyday during his physical recovery from a sickness or injury. We do tend to focus on success primarily, when adequate time and effort should be spent on mitigating the risks of failure, or knowing what we will do if we fail as well. (FMEA)

For instance this morning, I did not wake up at 5:30am like I had planned to pray &write, well I woke up but didn’t get up. However, I did get my prayer/meditation time in while I worked out on the elliptical. And I plan to write during my lunch break. Hopefully at the end of the day I can check off “wrote for 20 minutes”.

And the other good point was:

From the lawyer example- since I tend to be that “all or nothing” personality type; no middle, no medium, just two settings “High and OFF” -(also known as “EXTRA” or EXTREMEly passionate when focused- depending on how one chooses to view it lol) it helps to see things from the “all is NOT lost” perspective -if/when I fail to execute a plan flawlessly.