Get up and eat

Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.” Then he lay down under the bush and fell asleep.

All at once an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.” He looked around, and there by his head was some bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank and then lay down again.

The angel of the LORD came back a second time and touched him and said, “Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you.” So he got up and ate and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God. There he went into a cave and spent the night.

And the word of the LORD came to him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

He replied, “I have been very zealous for the LORD God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.”

The LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by.”

Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave.

Bigger Dreams

Bigger dreams are not accomplished through greater effort. They are accomplished through greater faith.

He is looking, not for people who believe they can, but for people who believe He can.

But this truth can be one of the hardest to learn. Sometimes, we are brought to the limit of our abilities, because we try so hard to do the impossible.

http://bananaguy.blogspot.com/2009/05/dont-try.html

"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." @2Cor12:9

What if it is possible to accomplish our dreams, not by trying, but by resting?

Benefits

God, don't you get upset when I value someone more than I value You?

"Haha, not really."

What? Why?!

"Well, there are certain benefits to being God."

Hmm...?

"One of them is that I understand what you're going through now."

Depths

You take me apart, and You know me. You know me in my depths, in my chaos. And I rest.



"My heart is held by love so unconditional.
You captivate me,
You're the lover of my soul."

God always speaks clearly

Never allow yourself to believe that it's hard to hear God. Never.

God always speaks clearly. Sometimes in an audible voice. Sometimes in a gentle whisper. Sometimes in his peaceful presence. But He always speaks clearly.

But He doesn't always answer the way we expect Him to.

Sometimes, when we ask for Direction, He is more interested in teaching us Posture. Because Posture will bring us further than Direction can.

Focus on what God is saying, not on what He is not saying.

This is the same in relationships between people. Sometimes, we get so caught up in what someone is not saying, becoming angry or frustrated or disappointed with them. If we would just listen to what they are saying. This is the beginning of Communication.

Never allow yourself to believe that it's hard to hear God. Never allow this belief into the foundations of your relationship with a Father who loves you, knows you and desires to be known.

He can

God is not looking for people who believe they can. He is looking for people who believe He can.

For instance, it is not about our ability to hear Him, but His ability to speak to us.

When we say nothing is impossible with Him (no word from God will ever fail), how much of it do we actually believe?

It's also not about your ability to believe. Let go of that. Life's better that way.

Let His love convince you to believe.

Love empowers us to have faith. Experiencing His love -- the reality, rawness and intensity of the encounter -- causes our faith in His goodness, His power, His grace to explode.

Faith empowers us to hope. Knowing His goodness, His power, His grace causes us to dream wilder, crazier dreams. It gives us courage to move despite our fears, to take risks and not be afraid of falling.

Our risks open us to the wildest, uncontrollable, sweetest experience of His love, satisfying the deepest hunger of our hearts, ruining us forever. It cannot come by any other way. And we thirst desperately for more.

Love begets Faith begets Hope begets Love.

Words

Words are powerful. Use words to describe yourself, and to open new realms of hope, but never be defined by them.

Control and Choice

You may not always have Control, but you always have a Choice.