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“But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”
Acts 1:8 KJV
If you’ve been around the church for any length of time, perhaps you’ve heard the old adage, “bloom where you are planted.” Simply put, it means to make use of right where you are instead of always desiring to be somewhere else. It can apply to many aspects of life but today I want to encourage you in your spiritual life, your personal walk with Christ. :)
Listen, we all have coulda, shoulda, wouldas. We all have God-given desires that seem at times they are never going to come to pass. Sometimes we get grandiose ideas of saving the world, doing something meaningful with our lives, making a lasting impact, leaving a legacy, and so forth.
These are all well and good and keep dreaming and hoping as high as you can! We serve a great big God who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all we could ask or think according to the power working in us - Ephesians 3:20, BUT if we aren’t careful, we can miss Him in the everyday.
He will walk right by us and we will have our heads so high in the clouds dreaming or so low to the ground sulking that we miss Him. Listen, be encouraged today God can be found all around us! All we have to do is keep our eyes open!
Jesus told His disciples to tarry in Jerusalem until they received power and then they would BE witnesses. He didn’t say anything about DOING, He said Being. That means there’s a God part and there’s our part.
Our part: show up, God’s part, show out!
That’s awesome news because Jesus made it abundantly clear that without Him we can do nothing, we need Him, every hour, every moment, we need Him! We prepare the horse for battle, but victory is of the Lord!
Listen, I want to encourage you! Perhaps you are in a place of waiting right now and the temptation to uproot, leave, and look elsewhere is strong, and there is a time for that, but if your only reason to leave, to give up is hoping that it gets better on the other side, you may miss Him!
He said I will never leave you! I will never forsake you! And oftentimes it's in the everyday mundane hum-drum of life when He shows up - be ready!
Bloom where you are planted. First in Jerusalem then Judea then Samaria than the uttermost parts of the earth. :) We can all do to learn more of this especially in these crazy times of pandemic and fear we are living in - it’s the people in our own homes, our workplaces, our churches, our very own backyards that are watching us - their camera is always running and we are called to BE witnesses!
BE encouraged today, there’s so much Jesus to be had right where you are! Don’t keep hoping and wishing to be somewhere else all the time, don’t be that person that always looks for the bad, looks for the trouble around you, looks for the faults - BE that witness who sees Jesus, and then you will be ready to share Him first in Jerusalem, then in Judea, then in Samaria, then in the uttermost parts of the earth.
Bloom where you are planted!
Remember: What you make happen for others, God will make happen for you!
In Christ,
Joshua Scott Zeitz
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By Joshua Scott Zeitz“But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”
Acts 1:8 KJV
If you’ve been around the church for any length of time, perhaps you’ve heard the old adage, “bloom where you are planted.” Simply put, it means to make use of right where you are instead of always desiring to be somewhere else. It can apply to many aspects of life but today I want to encourage you in your spiritual life, your personal walk with Christ. :)
Listen, we all have coulda, shoulda, wouldas. We all have God-given desires that seem at times they are never going to come to pass. Sometimes we get grandiose ideas of saving the world, doing something meaningful with our lives, making a lasting impact, leaving a legacy, and so forth.
These are all well and good and keep dreaming and hoping as high as you can! We serve a great big God who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all we could ask or think according to the power working in us - Ephesians 3:20, BUT if we aren’t careful, we can miss Him in the everyday.
He will walk right by us and we will have our heads so high in the clouds dreaming or so low to the ground sulking that we miss Him. Listen, be encouraged today God can be found all around us! All we have to do is keep our eyes open!
Jesus told His disciples to tarry in Jerusalem until they received power and then they would BE witnesses. He didn’t say anything about DOING, He said Being. That means there’s a God part and there’s our part.
Our part: show up, God’s part, show out!
That’s awesome news because Jesus made it abundantly clear that without Him we can do nothing, we need Him, every hour, every moment, we need Him! We prepare the horse for battle, but victory is of the Lord!
Listen, I want to encourage you! Perhaps you are in a place of waiting right now and the temptation to uproot, leave, and look elsewhere is strong, and there is a time for that, but if your only reason to leave, to give up is hoping that it gets better on the other side, you may miss Him!
He said I will never leave you! I will never forsake you! And oftentimes it's in the everyday mundane hum-drum of life when He shows up - be ready!
Bloom where you are planted. First in Jerusalem then Judea then Samaria than the uttermost parts of the earth. :) We can all do to learn more of this especially in these crazy times of pandemic and fear we are living in - it’s the people in our own homes, our workplaces, our churches, our very own backyards that are watching us - their camera is always running and we are called to BE witnesses!
BE encouraged today, there’s so much Jesus to be had right where you are! Don’t keep hoping and wishing to be somewhere else all the time, don’t be that person that always looks for the bad, looks for the trouble around you, looks for the faults - BE that witness who sees Jesus, and then you will be ready to share Him first in Jerusalem, then in Judea, then in Samaria, then in the uttermost parts of the earth.
Bloom where you are planted!
Remember: What you make happen for others, God will make happen for you!
In Christ,
Joshua Scott Zeitz