You ASK.
GOD ANSWERS.
Because GOD ALWAYS KEEPS HIS PROMISES.
But what if you have been praying the same prayer
and you don't SEE GOD'S ANSWER?
I have to laugh
as to just writing that,
because who can SEE what only GOD can SEE.
GOD'S ANSWERS are HIS PERFECT ANSWERS.
But I want to SEE the ANSWER to my PRAYERS
in my way,
because to me my ANSWERS are what
I BELIEVE GOD wants,
as I am praying for GOD'S WILL.
GOD'S WILL WILL BE DONE
in GOD'S WAYS which are the
PERFECT WAY,
which are WAY BETTER,
IMMEASURABLY MORE,
then I can SEE.
FAITH can't SEE what GOD SEES,
yet KNOWS that GOD SEES.
The world wanted a SAVIOR.
The world PRAYED for a SAVIOR.
And GOD ANSWERED in HIS way,
that
DELIVERED THE PROMISE,
in a smelly stable,
birthed from the womb of a little virgin girl.
The little virgin girl,
who had no idea that she would be
THE FAVORED CHOSEN one
to carry JESUS.
Oh did this produce a stir?
Of course!
Would you have BELIEVED MARY
if she told you that
she is a virgin
and an angel visited her one night
and told her that she will be pregnant
by
THE HOLY SPIRT
with
THE CHRIST CHILD.
I wouldn't at all.
And this opens the eyes of my heart,
when my FAITH is questioned.
Oh the SILENCE OF BELIEVING GOD,
when others don't
BELIEVE.
The SILENCE is deafening,
that it can send you into
UNBELIEF,
wondering if GOD is really with you,
when FEAR takes the place of FAITH.
And maybe that is why
Gabriel
saw Mary's FEAR
after HE greeted her with the beautiful words,
“Greetings, favored one! The LORD is with you"*.
I don't know about you,
but if I am awaken at night with
an angel standing by my bed
and telling me that
I am GOD'S FAVORED ONE,
I would scream.
But would I wait to hear the next words,
"DO NOT BE AFRAID Mary,
for you have found favor with GOD" *(Luke 1).
And maybe that is why the angel greeted the shepherds in the field with,
“DO NOT BE AFRAID,
I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people"
(Luke 2:8).
Would the SHEPHERDS have
BELIEVED the angel
and traveled to see
THE BABY
if they were afraid?
I wonder.
DO NOT BE AFRAID releases you into FAITH.
DO NOT BE AFRAID is a PROMISE from GOD,
because if GOD sends an angel
to speak to you,
HE wants you to hear the GOOD NEWS
and not to run in the other direction in FEAR.
FEAR FEARS FEAR
because
FEAR DOUBTS GOD'S PROMISES.
FEAR paralyzes.
FEAR BELIEVES in the UNKNOWN.
But FAITH BELIEVES the ONE who is in the UNKNOWN.
Oh the POWER of the WORDS
"DO NOT BE AFRAID".
What if, just what if
this CHRISTMAS,
you GAVE JESUS
the GIFT of your
FEAR.
Do you have a FEAR that is overriding your FAITH?
It is in the RELEASE OF FEAR
for where you will
SEE FAITH,
because
you will
EXPERIENCE THE GIFT OF FAITH
right before your very eyes.
Just like the SHEPHERDS.
THEY CAME TO SEE JESUS IN THE MANGER
because
FAITH brought them there.
And
THERE HE WAS,
because
HE IS IMMANUEL,
GOD IS WITH US.
JESUS IS GOD'S ANSWER TO YOUR EVERY PRAYER~
"For no matter how many promises GOD has made, they are 'YES' IN CHRIST.
And so through HIM the 'Amen' is spoken by us to the glory of GOD"
(2 Corinthians 1:20).
Oh may you
SEE CHRISTMAS
by
EXPERIENCING CHRISTMAS
in a deeper way that you have ever experienced before,
because you
BELIEVE GOD'S WORDS
of,
DO NOT BE AFRAID
because
"UNTO US A SAVIOR IS BORN"
(listen to the song below)
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