More Than Enough

'My grace is sufficient for you.' (2 Corinthians 12:9)

"The other day I was riding home after a hard day's 
work. I was very tired and deeply depressed, when
quickly, and as suddenly as a lightning bolt, the verse
came to me: "My grace is sufficient for you." When
I arrived home I looked it up in the Word, and it 
finally came to me this way: MY grace is sufficient
for you." My response was to say, "Yes, Lord, I 
should think it is.!" Then I bust out laughing.

Until that time, I had never understood what the
holy laughter of Abraham was. This verse seemed 
to make unbelief totally absurd. I pictured a thirsty
little fish who was concerned about drinking the 
river dry, with Father River saying, "Drink away,
little fish; my stream is sufficient for you." I also
envisioned a mouse afraid of starving after seven
years of plenty, when Joseph says to him, "Cheer
up, little mouse; my granaries are sufficient for you." 
Again, I imagined a man high on a mountain peak,
saying to himself, "I breathe so many cubic feet of 
air every year, I am afraid I will deplete all the
oxygen in the atmosphere." But the earth says to 
him, "Breathe away, filling your lungs forever; my
atmosphere is sufficient for you."

O people of God, be great believers! Little faith
wil bring your souls to heaven, but great faith will
bring heaven to your souls. (Charles Spurgeon)

Reader, I love the men and women who have gone
before us and proved that God is more than enough!

Be Still Before the Lord

"Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him."
Psalm 37:7

'Have you prayed and prayed, and waited and waited
and still you see no evidence of an answer? Are you
tired of seeing no movement? Are you at the point of
giving up? Then perhaps you have not waited in the
right way, which removes you from the right plane--
the place where the Lord can meet you. 

"Wait for it patiently" (Rom 8:25) 
Patience eliminates worry. The Lord said he would 
come, and His promise is equal to His presence. 
Patience eliminates weeping. Why feel sad and 
discouraged? He knows your needs better than you 
do, and His purpose in waiting is to receive more glory 
through it. Patience eliminates self works.
"The work of God is this: to believe." (John 6:29)
Once you believe , you may know all is well. Patience 
eliminates all want. Perhaps your desire to receive 
what you want is stronger than your desire for the will 
of God to be fulfilled. Patience eliminates all weakness. 
Instead of thinking of waiting as being wasted time, 
realize that God is preparing His resources and 
strengthening you as well. Patience eliminates all 
wobbling.
"He touched me and raised me to my feet." 
(Dan 8:18)
God's foundations are steady, and when we have 
His patience within, we are steady while we wait.
Patience yields worship. Sometimes the best part
of praiseful waiting is experiencing 
"great endurance and patience...joyfully." 
(Col 1:11)

While you wait, 
"let (all these aspects of) patience have her perfect 
work. (James 1:4)
You will be greatly enriched.'
(CHP from Streams in the Desert)

Reader, this was the perfect word for me today.
How about you?

Are You Listening?

Samuel answered, "Speak for Your servant hears."
                              1 Samuel 3:10)

'The goal of my spiritual life is such a close
identification with Jesus Christ that I will
always hear and know that God always hears 
me. What hinders me from hearing is my 
attention to other things. It is not that I don't
want to hear God, but I am not devoted in
the right areas of my life. God may say 
whatever He wants, but I just don't hear Him.'
(Oswald Chambers)

Reader, there are so many distractions and
so much noise in our modern world that it
is almost impossible to hear that still small
voice throughout the day. Samuel heard the
voice of the Lord in the dark of the night.
His spirit was always awake to the call of
God through the priest, but that night God
had something very personal to share with
Samuel himself. Are you listening?

He Prunes

"Every branch that does bear fruit he 
prunes so that it will be even more 
fruitful. (John 15:2)

It is the branch that bears the fruit,
     That feels the knife,
To prune it for a larger growth
     A fuller life.

Though every budding twig be trimmed,
     And every grace
Of swaying tendril, springing leaf,
     May lose its place.

O you whose life of joy seems left,
     Of beauty shorn;
Whose aspirations lie in dust,
     Each hope of thine
Will fall and fade; it is the hand
     Of love Divine.

That holds the knife, that cuts and breaks
     With tenderest touch,
That you, whose life has borne some fruit,
     May now bear much.
(Annie Johnson Flint)

Reader, I hardly know anyone who is not
under the knife. I love the line, "With
tenderest touch." Our hope must be in a
God who is working in our lives--for
good!

Life of Praise

"I am still confident of this: 
I will see the goodness of the Lord in that land of 
the living. (Ps 27:13)

'The psalmist had not yet seen the Lord's answer to 
his prayers, but he was confident he would see, 
and his confidence sustained him.

Faith that believes it will see, will keep us from
becoming discouraged. We will laugh at 
seemingly impossible situations while we watch 
with delight to see how God is going to open a 
path through our Red Sea. It is in these places of 
severe testing, with no human way out of our 
difficulty, that our faith grows and is strengthened.'
(Streams in the Desert)

Dear One, ponder the verse. Speak it out loud.
Write it on your heart. Use it in prayer every
time your heart sinks. 

What Time is It?

That is a very important question because if you don't
know the time, how will you be ready for the next
event in your calendar? God has a calendar also and
if we don't follow His calendar and see the things
coming upon the world as part of that calendar, we
will also miss out.

To know the time is to be wise.

Events seem to be moving at a terrific pace and it
is difficult to keep up on what is happening in a
variety of areas. For instance, the whole
Pacific Plate is moving and the number and the
severity of deep earthquakes is increasing and these
cause shallow stronger quakes. The volcanos also
seem to be more active, some blowing daily. Krakow
has had some activity this week--it was the volcano
that kept the earth in winter for a couple of years.
Recently, a new continent was discovered that is
forming underneath New Zealand. This past week
all eyes have been on California and the series of
storms that have passed over Oroville.

Jesus says, "And there will be signs in Sun and 
moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations 
in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and 
the waves, people waiting with fear and with 
foreboding of what is coming on the world. For 
the powers of heaven will be shaken. And then 
they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud 
with power and great glory. Now when you see 
these things begin to take place, straighten up your 
heads because your redemption is drawing near." 
(Luke 21:25-28

Why would the Lord say to look up? Earlier in these
verses he specifically mentions the sun, moon and
stars and it is here that the story of redemption is
told.

In Amos 5:8 we read, "He who made the Pleiades 
and Orion, and turns deep darkness into the 
morning and darkens the day into night..."
Then in Job 38:31 we read, "Can you bind the 
chains of the Pleiades or loose the cords of Orion." 

In the video I have posted below, you will see so many
things you have probably not known before. Daniel puts
things into perspective; signs in the heavens, events on
earth, how the enemy is messaging as to what time it is
from their perspective. I had to watch it twice and took
notes the second time. I have been watching things
unfold in his videos for a year now. It is truly amazing
what God is revealing to his team and to us on every
level.

"Be on guard, keep awake, for you do not know when 
the time will come." Mark 13:33

See the Radar Update from 2/19 and notice the extra
information in the description box.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGyT0PTmJofBlTTpgW1Pp1g

The Now of God

The land I do give to them, even to the children
of Israel. (Joshua 1:2)

God is speaking about something immediate in 
this verse. It is not something He is going to do 
but something He does do, at this very moment. 
As faith continues to speak, God continues to 
give. He meets you today in the present and tests 
your faith. As long as you are waiting, hoping, 
or looking, you are not believing. You may have 
hope or an earnest desire, but that is not faith, 
for 'faith is being sure of what we hope for and 
certain of what we do not see. (Heb. 11:1)...
Have we come to the point where we have met 
God in His everlasting now? 
(from Joshua, by AB Simpson)

Reader, the verse at the top was penned before
one battle was fought, or one inch of land taken.
We dwell in the Eternal Jesus where all is in
the now.