You are not forgotten.

I think about Joseph, he was betrayed by his brothers, he was falsely accused by a lady, and he spent 13 years in prison for something that he didn’t do. I am sure he would have felt, that God has forgotten about me, look how my life has turned out, I thought I had a dream, I thought I had a promise, I must have been wrong, well those times, when things are not going our way, those are seasons of testing. What are we made of, what kind of attitude are we going to have, are we going to get negative, bitter, blame God or, are we going to stay in faith, knowing that God has us in the palm of his hands. Joseph had this gift of interpreting dreams, one day he interpreted the dream of his cell mate. He told Pharaohs’ butler, that this butler was going to get out in three days time. He said listen I have done you a favour by interpreting his dream, do me a favour when you get out, tell pharaoh about me. Sure enough the butler got off three days later but would you believe, he forgot all about Joseph. And sometimes the people that owe you the most, will forget about you the quickest, but don’t worry, don’t get discouraged. Just because they forgot about you, does not mean, God has forgot about you, it wasn’t long after that, Joseph got out ,he got promoted, and I loved what he said, “What was meant for my harm, God used to my advantage”. When you are in those difficulties, when it looks like it’s never going to change, keep reminding yourself that God has not forgotten about me.

Unusual Blessings - Hand full on purpose.

I think about a young lady in the scripture, her name was Ruth, she had a very difficult life, her husband and brother in law were killed on the same day, in the battle. Ruth was upset, discouraged, didn’t look like she had much of a future. She moved into another country with her mother in law Naomi. Now she was a stranger in a foreign land. She was seen there as a 2nd class, they had no food, no money, everyday they would struggle to survive. Ruth could have easily got bitter, discouraged and think that life is not fair. This is so difficult. God why did this happen to me. But there was something different about Ruth. She knew, that God was still in control. There was still something great in her future, every morning Ruth would go out into the field, and pick up the left over wheat, that the reapers had missed. This is how she and Naomi survived, of the left over’s. It was a constant struggle. But one day the owner of that field, his name was Boaz, the wealthiest man in the area, noticed Ruth. He didn’t know much about her, but for some reason he had a desire to be good to her, he told his workers to leave a hand full of wheat on purpose for Ruth. The next morning when she went out, she had more wheat than she could handle, it wasn’t a struggle any more. I could imagine Naomi say Ruth, how did u get back so quickly today, and where did u get all this wheat. I don’t know, it was just lying in my path. I just stumbled across it. Ruth stepped in, into an anointing of ease. She began to get unusual blessings, favor, that she really didn’t have to work for, favor that she really didn’t deserve. Just like Ruth, God has left you hand full on purpose. He has already talked to your Boazes. He didn’t just meet Ruth’s needs, he made her life easier, he did more than she could ask or think, Boaz the man, who was in charge of it all, He and Ruth fell in love, he ended up getting married to her, and now instead of working in the field, Ruth owned the field. Now instead of getting the left over’s, she had someone getting her wheat. In other words, she had breakfast in bed. And you too, if you will stay in faith, just keep being your best each day, You’re going to come across your Unusual blessings 'Hand full on purpose'.

The Extreme faith of Joshua…

Have you asked God for unusual breaks to accomplish your dreams? This is just what Joshua did. He was in the midst of a great battle, he and his army men were trying to finish of this army. But the sun was going down; they were running out of daylight. And Joshua knew that if he didn’t totally defeat this army, later on they will rise up and cause him problems, he could have easily got discouraged, thought it was not going to happen, but Joshua had this uncommon faith . He was bold, he said God, I know this is out of the ordinary; I am asking you to stop the Sun, so that I can have more daylight and totally complete this test. Imagine the nerve of Joshua, he asked God to do something that had never been done before. God would have said, who do you think you are? I am not going to stop the sun, that kind of selfish, that might disrupt other people. Know this, When you have this uncommon faith; it brings a smile to Gods face. You can see God telling to his angels, listen to what this man is saying. He is extreme, he is radical, he is asking me to stop the Sun. God said in an effect to Joshua, Your bold enough to ask it, I am bold enough to do it. The scripture says, the sun stood still until he completely stopped the army. It goes on to say that, there has never been a day like that before. The people stood there in utter amazement. What happened? God interrupted the entire universe, just because one man had uncommon faith.