Hand Full part 2
When you have your hands full... use what's in your hand. I hear this phrase it seems like every day, "God works in mysterious ways." And I always have to ask myself, "Really? He does?" Because it seems to me like MOST of the time God works through people. Even when something miraculous happens, like, say, the calming of a storm, it's usually a man who calms the storm. My ultimate truth of the universe is that the Father loveth the Son and hath given all things into His hand. God love us. He has given us everything we need. He has blessed us with all Spiritual blessings. He has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness. He gave us His only begotten Son. His Holy Spirit--the love receptor, the Spirit of truth that leads and guides us into all truth. What else could we possibly need? And yet we walk around with our hands out like beggars waiting for God to do something. Waiting for God to move. Guys... God moved 2,000 years ago on the cross. We don't need a move of God. We need a revelation of Jesus. We need to know what the move of God was, and what it means for us today. God finished the work. And now we get to enjoy the fruit of His labor. Which is the fruit of the Spirit. Which is love. He did it all so we get it all. And now that we have it all, we don't need to keep waiting for God to do something. Especially when we realize that God is waiting for US to do something. Let me use Moses for my example again. Exodus 14:13-15 "And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward." The people of Israel were literally up against it. They had the Red Sea in front of them, and the Egyptian army behind them. They didn't know what to do. There was nothing they COULD do. So they cried out to God. Smart. When you can't... that's when He will. His strength is made perfect in weakness. But, rather unexpectedly, God flips the script. Moses said God would fight for them. But God said, "YOU do something." He told them to go forward. And then if we continued with the story we would see that Moses used the rod (that was in his hand) to part the Red Sea and make a way where there was no way. Something unexpected came from what God had already given. God didn't need to supernaturally supply something. Even though, again, He can, and will, and has done that. He simply instructed the people to do what they needed to do. To not be afraid. To go forward. Upward and God-ward. To trust the promise of the Lord. The Word of the Lord (which is Jesus, which is love). To be bold in the Lord and the power of HIS might. To take what we've been given and use it. Receive it and release it. Let what's inside come out, naturally, by believing it's in there. Don't stress about it. I've heard "worry" be described as praying for what you don't want. But instead of that, just use what's in your hand. Use what you've been given. Don't take what the world gives you, but USE what your heavenly Father has given you!