I hear the rain on the outside of my house pounding on the roof and watering the dry ground!
I sense the rain of the Spirit gathering up power and getting ready to pour out upon the Church; upon the government; upon our country and upon the world!
Can you feel the change in the air? Can you hear the distant rumbling?
Get ready! Get ready to receive and revive! Prepare your “house” and get ready to drink deeply!
The RAIN is coming!!
May you “walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints of Light.”
Colossians 1:10-12
Sitting in my recliner – where I have been sleeping and resting and praying. I am gazing at the beautiful flowers on the table across the room and they have given me such joy!
More blooms have opened and I am reminded of how the Lord continues to work in our lives day-by-day.
We bloom in different ways at different times in our lives. Some times we may feel that our “blooming” is done. But, I would say to you that it is just that your blooms are changing! Be patient if you are at the end of one blooming. A new blooming is getting ready to burst forth!! And it will be beautiful!!
I was so blessed to be able to pray for our waitress as a friend and I had a late breakfast in a local restaurant today.
“Can I pray with you? Do you have a need this morning?” That is all it takes to open the door to being that connection between God and a miracle waiting to be released into a person’s life!!
Do you believe that?? Do you believe that God not only WANTS to use you…but WILL use you to bring healing, restoration, deliverance, hope, encouragement, and love to others?
If you do believe…I would encourage you to be BOLD! Take the opportunity to be that person that God can use to change a person’s life for His glory!!
Are you willing? Be expectant as you go about your day tomorrow! Speak Life! Speak Blessing!! Speak Love!!
“I would believe in their salvation if they looked more like people who have been saved.” [German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche ~ about Christians of his day]
Oh Beloved! Do we look like people who have been given a gift beyond any other gift – the gift of eternal life with our God?
When people look upon us – what do they see? Do they see JOY, PEACE, and LOVE…or do they see sadness, worry, and a countenance full of judgement?
When people overhear us – what do they hear? Do they hear words of LIFE, ENCOURAGEMENT, and LOVE…or do they hear words that tear down and criticize?
May we be a people who cause those around us to be drawn to the Love of God! May we truly be a people that SHINE with the Light of Christ in word and in deed!!
Each day we wake up and begin to let our minds focus on different things. It may be something that happened yesterday or further in the past. It may be something coming in the future.
But, yesterday is gone…and the future is not yet. We have TODAY!! We have this moment! What will we choose to focus on!
I choose JOY!! I choose to focus on the Giver of Joy! And as I focus on the Lord, HIS JOY will rise up and pour forth from me!! Thank You, Lord!
I was looking at my Facebook page, Reflection of Glory, and I noticed the big discrepancy in the number of “Likes” a post receives and the number of people “Reached.” One post only received 3 likes…but the number of people reached-the number of people that saw the post was 1,209!!
My goal for posting is to first glorify God! But, I also want to reach as many people as I can to encourage, equip, and challenge them as we journey together. And I pray that is the goal of our lives apart from social media as well — to first glorify God and next to reach as many people as we can for Him!
We may not receive praise and feedback from the people that we come into contact with…but that is not why we reach out to people. I would say to you that you influence far more people than you realize on a day-to-day basis. I don’t believe that we will really ever know how many people we have “reached” while we are still on this earth. But, I do believe that we will come to that awareness once we reach our heavenly destination.
Lord, help us to reach out to those that we come into contact with – whether it’s through social media; church; our jobs; places of business, or someone we happen to connect with on the street. May we not do it for recognition or for our own self-glorification…but, for YOU, Lord! May YOU receive all the glory; all the praise; and all the “Likes!” In Jesus’ Name, AMEN!!
Reflection of Glory! 