Wednesday, February 22, 2006

say YES and AMEN

While i tossed and turned in bed for a while after Arsenal's fantabulous victory against Real Madrid, something was stirring up on the inside of me which kept me awake, wide awake. After realizing that i only had an hour or so to sleep before i had to finally get up for school, i figured i'll rather spend that time more wisely. Since i couldn't sleep, i got out of bed and picked up the guitar and started praying just before dawn. It was an AWESOME time. A time i'll hang on to and one which will never leave my mind. Received something in that wonderful process- "who am i to say no?".
Who am i to say no to God's promises?
Who am i to say no to being the head and not the tail?
Who am i to say no that ALL things work together for good to those who love Him?
Who am i to say no to every promise He has made in His Word?
Many times, we find it hard to accept God's promises in times of crisis or failure and in the process, start to lose sight of our dream when faith leaks and hope differed. Verses like the ones above stated seem like a far cry from your current situation and may even seem like an impossibilty. EXACTLY. It was never meant to be possible! Another thing i've caught - A dream is NOT a dream if you know how to go about achieving it. A dream is only a dream if you have NO IDEA at all how to go about getting it and most important of all, if God is the LORD of it. If anything you want or desire seems POSSIBLE in your mind, you might want to consider dreaming BIGGER. Personally, i find the hardest and best thing a man can do is to live out a dream. Because while on the journey, it will seem that everything is coming against you and there'll be 2 possible outcomes.
1. It will cost you to lose sight of your dream and you might just say to yourself, "nah, it's too hard, what's e point of trying so hard anyway?"
2. It will lead you to lean onto God and trust Him even more, claim and confess his promises and in the process, build FAITH.
So if you're reading this and you're in a situation where you don't know whether to pursue your dreams or to just let it all go, be sure that WITH God, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE! What the devil meant for evil, God can turn it around for your GOOD. Remember, all He ever asks is for you to have FAITH.
Mt 17:20
"You didn't have enough faith," Jesus told them. "I assure you, even if you had faith as small as a mustard seed you could say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it would move. Nothing would be impossible."

Posted by kevin. at 7:04 am