Be Hoopoe

The Power of our testimonies are often overlooked and we tend to forget the testimonies of our ancestors and the victories of their relationship with God.  It is good to reflect on the personal deliverances we have in which God as made a way for us out of impossible situations and circumstances.  Some of us have witnessed miracles and healing to name a few to include many answered prayers as we intervened in petition to Christ for the souls and needs of others. We are in the days that many will be seduced into leaving the true and living God and his Christ for what seems to be correct.  The spirit of the Antichrist is exalted and many who are not grounded or committed in relationship will be deceived.  The word of God is yet a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path.  Its is time to remember, reflect, mediate, practice and enter into relationship through faith in order to remain grounded in the faith in a world full of false gods. 

Sometimes our weeping and labors seem to be useless and for nothing in our lives.  Everywhere we turn we see no evidence or result of our prayers and efforts we have put forth time and time again.  This can become so disheartening as we begin to question if  we have been in the will of God or if we have missed the mark concerning the things he has promised us.   Remember in your anguish that the timing of God is not the timing of humans, and we must allow patience to have a perfected work in our lives.  This is not easy, especially for those of us who have been waiting for years for the manifestation of our promises. 

Remember to trust in the Lord God with all of your heart.  Do not attempt to be comfortable in the correct way to go or the steps you should take based on your past experience and your knowledge.  Instead, do not depend on your own understanding but acknowledge God, Christ and the Holy Spirt in all things you do and your pathway and process will be guided by the trinity and he will direct you way of life. 

We have managed to commercialize every significant holiday and observance for monetary gain and to marginalize or totally remove the significance of the original intent. We no longer give space of the time of reflection, thankfulness or gratefulness the holiday was designed to provide. We have allowed the customs and manipulations of men to dominate our reasons and purposes for these special seasons.  Let’s go back to the original meanings so that we can once again give reverence to God every day of our calendar year. 

There will come the day of the Fathers Glory in which he will be acknowledged by all men and women of the earth from the beginning of our creation.  Everyone will bow in respect and confess in truth that Jesus Christ is Lord.  He has so many titles and is worthy of them all.  On this day of recognition Christ will be Glorified in the Father and the Father Glorified in the Son. 

The enemies of God, his Christ and his Church are active in the Earth and we must be watchful for the attacks in our personal lives, as well as our professional lives.  There is no area in our lives that will go unchallenged and targeted for destruction.  Remember you have recourse in what has been stolen and destroyed through Christ Jesus our redeemer.  I is written when the robber is discovered or caught they are required to restore seven times the items or cost of the items stolen.  Our righteous Judge will in his perfect timing render judgment concerning you and require restitution.  Our God will also elevate us for his Glory so that the world will see we serve the true and living God. 

Sometimes in our distress we believe that our cries for help go unnoticed.  And in many situations unanswered according to our desires.  This is often the case, but we must hold fast and know that even in these things we are not forsaken. 

It is easy to become wrapped up in the things of the world and get off focus on the things of God.  We can  quickly change back to our old ways of thinking and acting.  This is so common because they have been our original ways of piloting our courses of action with a great deal of these techniques providing us with some level of success.  Now we must rely on the guidance, timing, patience, and mercies of God in these situations we often know are in our power to control.  We must refocus our reflexes in the physical and seek what is more beneficial in the spiritual as well as the physical that is pleasing to God.  This often will require a change in our strategy and behavior to align  us with the will and word of God and not  our own way of handling things. 

It is written that a person who is in right standing with the Lord may fall many times, but they will recover and rise again.  His grace and mercy for recovery and help is always extended to those who strive to live a life and lifestyle that is pleasing to him.  We are not given to live a life that is free from the evils of this world and world systems, however we are given the promise and guarantee that in the forms that he chooses help will come at the appropriate time. 

Often, we must remind ourselves that we are conquerors in Christ Jesus and to encourage ourselves in the things of God. Difficulties are common to men and women and we are in the world but not of this world and world system. Perfect timing is of the Lord who see’s all things in our lives. Let us allow patience to have its perfect work in our vessels so that we will produce this precious fruit which is pleasing to God and beneficial to the perfecting of our souls and to the ministries we have been appointed .