Trust in the midst of Crisis

I like to make these blogs transparent and refer to things that I have experienced and been through, as if it were you and me speaking in person.

I have been through different situations in my life, whether it have been emotionally, physically, financially, etc. I can truly say that one thing has grown in those situations. My trust in God. Was it easy? Definitely not. I do thank God though for each situation that I went through though. I find myself looking at the story of Joseph. I heard about this message spoken a while ago titled, 'From the pit, to the prison, to the palace.'

This a pretty extensive story but you can read it on your time to understand in a more clear way. But if we look at Genesis 37, we see Joseph having a dream of greatness and his brothers weren't too fond of that dream. So they come in verse 24 and decide to throw him into a pit. I can say that he was in a crisis through this situation, but he continued to trust God in the midst of crisis. Stay with me. I'm going somewhere. LOL!

We go to Genesis 39 and see Gods favor at work as Joseph served Potiphar, then became overseer of the house. Everything in the Egyptians house was blessed because of my man Joseph. Things were going great. Then Potiphar's wife had a thing for the kid and tried to get him to sleep with her but Joseph denied her. He ran but she was able to keep his garment and made up a huge story and told the master. What a crazy situation to be in. They believed her story and put Joseph in prison. BUT in verse 21 we see that the Lord was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and he gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. He was put in charge of all the prisoners and whatever he did, the Lord prospered it. I can say this was because he continued to trust God in the midst of crisis.

::in my preacher voice:: "And I finish with this! In Genesis 41, we find King Pharaoh needing a dream interpreted and who better than Joseph, one who could understand a dream and interpret it. The king was grateful to Joseph for allowing the spirit of God to lead him to interpret the dream. The result? He granted him access into the palace and put him as ruler over the land of Egypt. He made covenant with him, sent him out, and God used him mightily during the times of harvest and famine in Egypt. This was his reward for all that he had been through.

I say all that to say this. It may seem dark, lonely, crazy, confusing, tough, and all other feelings that can be felt during crisis, BUT GOD will make a way out of no way. He said in His word that he will never give us more than we can bare. Don't stop believing! Continue to trust in His word and in His promises!

RIGHT BEFORE A GREAT ANOINTING IS RELEASED, THERE IS A GREAT CRISIS! Hold on to this word and trust that He will lead you through. If He is for you, who can be against you?

My prayer for you
I declare that in the middle of your trials and crisis, you will experience great manifestations of glory! These things will not disconnect you from God, but I declare that they will draw you closer to Him than ever before! You may feel that you are in the pit or like you are in a prison, but God is ready to place you in the palace where you belong! Your future looks much better than your present!

Love you all

WAKE UP!

My Pastor shared this word on Sunday. Transforming from apathy to awakening. I wish I could buy a CD for all of you to be able to hear this message. There is an alarm going off in the spirit and many of us have been been pressing the snooze button.

Passion is waiting but we are pressing the snooze button.

Change is waiting but we are pressing the snooze button.

Breakthrough is waiting but we are pressing the snooze button.

This is very simple and I am writing to challenge you who are reading to wake up from the apathy, the slumber, the comfort, and answer the call. Proverbs 6:9 says, "How long will you slumber, O sluggard? When will you rise from your sleep?"

You have a lot to offer. The nations are waiting. Whether you are a worshipper, dancer, speaker, etc., someone needs to hear what God has deposited inside of you. There are words you haven't released, finances you haven't gotten, songs you haven't written because you have been ignoring the alarm.

I declare that we will WAKE UP from the apathy and do all that God has called us to do. We will be victorious. We will be more than conquerors. We will not ignore the alarm any longer.