Believe!
Last night as I stood in line at the grocery store, the gentleman who was checking out my groceries — a fellow believer — began to talk about how stressful the times are. With unemployment so high, and hours being cut, people who have never known lack are having to do without. Many even wonder where their next meal or house payment will come from.
After he briefly shared his own personal struggle, he pointed to one of the other cashiers as if to emphasize the common plight. She’s a working mom with three kids who has worked at this particular store for years. He lowered his voice, “She’s crying continually because her hours have been cut and she doesn’t have the means to care for her family.”
Then, as believers do, he sought God’s promise as he paraphrased Psalm 33:19:
The Lord will deliver our soul from death
And keep us alive in famine.
“Famine” comes in many different ways. Famine speaks of lack or scarcity. Yes, it can be financial, but it can also come in so many other ways. We can even experience a famine of faith.
Let’s remember that with every test comes an opportunity to see the majesty and glory of God! The majesty of God is often more sharply defined in difficult situations. What we think about God and His heart to care for us is what rules over the enemy from our inner man of the spirit.
Let majesty dominate your mindset and be at peace. Expect to see His hand move on your behalf this Holiday season.
I love this Christmas carol written by Charles Wesley:
Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus
Born to set Thy people free:
From our fears and sins release us,
Let us find our rest in Thee
This season is a wonderful time to let the world see what Jesus came to give mankind. He came to give us life abundant and to let the world see His radiance in His people.
Celebrate His coming! Believe!
Strange that I would read this story at 6:15 am after waking up from a dream. I coulnd’t go back to sleep so I came in to check my e-mail and seen the title of this story and my first thought was ” God my dream was from you” I would like to share it with you. I had been in a meeting somewhere and everybody that I walked up to fell out in the spirit. Some I touch and some I didn’t. I left the meeting and walked to a grocery store. God was all over me. I was walking thu the store saying” Who says revival can’t happen in a store.” Walked in to a back room where the store manger was having a metting. He ask what I was looking for. I took his mike and spoke the same words. Everyone in the meeting fell out under the power of God.
Thank you for the blogs.
This is wonderful, Jane! I have always cherished the fact that, unlike happiness, JOY is not circumstantial! My own family is experiencing cutbacks: one pay decrease that was effective on the first of December. I suppose the humor is that my husband’s employer is telling us to quickly replace the loss of our second vehicle while he deducts resources to make that happen. But God! Unlike the systems of this world, we are richly plugged into GOD’S DIVINE PROVIDENCE!
PRAISE HIM!!!
Karen June Miller
Placentia/Linda Aglow, CA.
yes I believe Oh it is so wonderful these blogs thank you Jane
may God continue to use you in his kingdom in Jesus Name
Jane,
I love the way you have lived you life before us. This blog brings a greater connection for us with the God in you. Thank you for allowing us to reap the benefits of the life you have lived. We are rich because of it.
I believe!
This is a devotion from today that I send out, it fits so with the whole idea of this blog!
Oh Yes Lord, I Believe You!
Your needs and My riches are a perfect fit. I never meant for you to be self-
sufficient. Instead, I designed you to need Me not only for daily bread but also
for fulfillment of deep yearnings. I carefully crafted your longings and feelings of
incompleteness, to point you to Me. Therefore, do not try to bury or deny these
feelings. Beware also of trying to pacify these longings with lesser gods:
people, possessions, power.
Come to Me in all your neediness, with defenses down and with desire to be
blessed. As you spend time in My Presence, your deepest longings are fulfilled.
Rejoice in your neediness, which enables you to find intimate completion in Me.
Philippians 4:19; Colossians 2:2-3
Father, I need more of you, in every fiber of my being, and every portion of my life.
You have designed me to desire after You, to need You, and I know that I do! Without
You, I can do nothing! With You, “nothing is impossible!” I humbly draw close to You to
fulfill my deepest longings, I am made whole and complete in You. Our continual,
intimate relationship is where I find the Peace I need to “Press in and Press on!”
This is the day You’ve made, and I do rejoice in it! Looking forward to the new things
You’ll instill within my heart and life today. Before I see them, I recieve them!
Hallelu-jah! In Jesus Name Amen!
Jane,
These blogs are wonderful! Really powerful to see “Believe” where the total is usually displayed. Thanks for sharing your heart!