Tuesday, January 13, 2015. Good morning to all my Facebook friends and family! I love the Bible. It’s amazing to me how it is a “living” book; full of wisdom, insight, and revelation. Each time I read from it, no matter how many times I’ve read the same passages before, God always shows me some new lesson that can be applied to my life to make it better. This morning I was reading and meditating about Joseph but the Lord placed the crosshairs on Jacob, his father. In Genesis 45:27, the drama unfolds with Joseph’s brothers, liars that they were, trying to convince their father Jacob that Joseph was not only alive but the Prime Minister of Egypt. Jacob was stunned. As much as Jacob would have wanted to hear his son was alive, the boys simply didn’t have enough power in their words to convince him. He refused to receive and accept what they told him. But, when he saw the ten donkeys and the wagons loaded with grain, bread, and other sustenance his spirit was revived and he believed his son Joseph was indeed still alive. I believe a similar scenario happens to each of us on a regular basis. The Holy Spirit, resident in our hearts (if we have accepted the gift of salvation) is constantly speaking to us. His job is to reveal mysteries and hidden things, to teach us, comfort us, and guide us into all truth. But, like Jacob, we seem to have tremendous difficulty accepting, receiving, and believing unless there is first some magnificent physical manifestation. In other words, we refuse to believe God until we see something in the natural realm that proves He will keep His word to us. God is not a man that He should lie and He doesn’t have to prove anything to anyone. Over and over Jesus told His followers, “only believe.” I think we’ve got it all backwards. We’ve allowed the enemy of our soul to convince us to doubt God and in doing so we have created a stand-off with God. We’re saying to Him, “we’ll believe You when we see it” and He is saying to us “you will see it when you believe Me.” My prayer today is that each of us will remove the hindrances that prevent us from believing the Word of God, accepting His truths, and receiving the provision (both spiritual and natural) He has ordained for us. At the same time, if we look carefully, will we not find God has already sent the wagons; loaded, pressed down, and overflowing with blessings? The first wagon carries a broken heart, a wounded body, and an empty cross. It overflows with compassion, grace, and mercy and continually shouts to all “Jesus Loves YOU!”
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