"ONE DAY" Perhaps The Lord Will Act

I've noticed over the past few months that I keep getting to the end of my rope financially, and every time - God provides exactly what we need for the upcoming month.

But it has been a month to month process.  Sometimes he has provided enough for a little more, but mostly it's enough for the next month.

How about you?  Ever owned your own company and started from scratch without any form of predictable income source?

Ever been in a hole and didn't think it was possible to climb out?

Ever been stuck in a degrading rut and struggled to find a glimpse of hope?

Ever felt like shrinking into a hole and telling the whole world to go away?

Ever asked God, "When are you going to end this cycle?"

Ever been in any of these situations or other times of feeling symptoms of hopelessness and then ONE DAY - BAAAAMMM something inside you snapped!

I LOVE the ONE DAY moments in life - it's like God gives us a supernatural rush of faith, hope, adrenaline, vision, courage, guts, passion...! 

I'm starting to think that God made us all this way...

This morning I was reading one of my favorite stories in I Samuel 14 and I found one of the ultimate ONE DAY - BAAAAMMM moments.

Background:

If you're at home and you live in a residential neighborhood and have a 1/2 acre lot - imagine your tiny little fenced-in back yard being occupied with 20 armed terrorists.

You've known about this for several days - but none of your family or friends or even fellow americans are able or willing to really do anything about it.

Your people don't even have any weapons to fight with or resources to produce weapons.

But you have a sword.  You have something.

And you have a friend who will die for you.  You have someone.

And the two of you come upon a ONE DAY - BAAAAMMM moment.

In that moment, something shifts inside of you and you rise up and say, "Come on, lets go over to the terroists camp,... 'Perhaps the Lord will act in our behalf.  Nothing can hinder the Lord from saving, whether by many or by few!" (paraphrase of I Samuel 14:6-7)

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Ever been pressed into a corner and been under the control of someone elses expectations, someone elses limitations, someone elses judgment, snare, or sneer? 

Ever felt as if the world was stacked against you and you had no one to fight with you?

I love these "ONE DAY" moments.

It's on these days that the Lord rises us up with courage and vision for one more day.

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Here are 4 things that will happen if you're obedient during these ONE DAY BAAAAMMM moments:

1.  God will accompany you with someone who is with you "HEART AND SOUL" - That's all we need in life sometimes isn't it?  A soul mate to believe and press in with us.

2.  God will give you discernment so that you can know if it's him leading you or not.  You will have several lightbulb moments that you'll have to listen and respond to.  You'll have warning signs that you'll have to KNOW whether or not it's the Lord or if it's the enemy.  In these times, it's critical - even life or death - that you discern the Lord's voice clearly and OBEY IT!!!

3.  God will use what you have to accomplish more than you could ask for - He gives us ideas of resourcefulness and creativity.  For Jonathan - he only need to wound 20 men and take the blunt of the pressure - he had an armor bearer to finish the fight for him. 

Resourcefulness is a Spiritual Gift!  If the Creator created us in his image, then resourceful creativity is in our DNA!  What are the people in your life there for?  What are your resources there for?  Ever thought about it?

Question:  Do you have an armor bearer in your life who is doing business, family, warfare with you.  Does ANYONE have your back right now?  Is anyone with you "Heart and Soul"?  Is anyone helping finish what you're starting in life?

4.  God will initiate a "Terrible Panic" into the middle of your trouble and work things out in ways that you can never plan for.  He makes the earth shake on our behalf when necessary. 

He sends "Terrible Ground Shaking Panics" to people and even ideas, emotions, thoughts, and memories which/who stand against you.  It's as if there come moments in life when ALL of your troubles scatter in an instant - all fear disappears - all lies are revealed - all anxiety becomes courageous fortitude.

God raises us up and fights our battles for and through us.  Sometimes He even does it WITHOUT us just so that we know that there was nothing we could ever do about it in the first place.

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Just a note of encouragement! 

Hey, ONE DAY Jeff Jenkins woke up and said, "come on, lets go..."

I love those stories in my own life; do you have any too?

Comments

[Wendy odell]

Ok. This is an incredible post. My family has lived this over and over. To the point where I am so confident in God's Provision that we just get excited to see how God is going to work. To those on the fence, test Godon this...it's amazing! Thanks Jeff!