Today’s Scripture Reading; ISAIAH 37:1-38:22; GALATIANS 6:1-18; PSALM 65:1-13: PROVERBS 23:24

 GALATIANS 6:9,10 So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up. 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.

Think about those words for just a moment … “Let’s NOT get tired of doing what is GOOD …” How can you really get tired of doing what is good? And then, what is the alternative stance? Do we do bad when we get tired of doing good? Or is it NOT in what we are DOING but how we are FEELING about what we are doing really the issue at hand? but what makes us tired of DOING ? Could it be we get tired of DOING when it does NOT seem to be making a difference or to put it in a scriptural articulation … when we see no FRUIT from what we are doing. The bottom line I believe is this … None of us what to “DO” what does not cause us to “SEE” as results from what we are doing. I believe also that the desire of “quick results” usually cause many to grow weary but the real frustration and exhaustion comes from a LONG TIME of “DOING” with not a glimpse of the results or at least what we would define as results. I had a friend who is a professional counselor tell me one time that when it seems to take a long time to see results in anything we do but especially in spiritual matters, we need to do two things; first, trust the process. There is so much that God is teaching us in the PROCESS of what He is doing. God is more concerned about making you in His image then He is about just making you happy. He longs to make us happy but the greater result of our lives is when we are developing the very nature of Christ in us. The children of Israel learned more of God in the ‘wilderness’ journey then they did during the breakthrough of entering the land of promise. When we despise the process of what God is doing IN US in the wilderness journey, we miss the point entirely. The second thing I remember was this; Trust the GOODNESS of God. That’s a BIG ONE for me especially in the present season of my life. When we DO EVERYTHING out of a mind-set that KNOWS GOD IS GOOD and HE IS IN A GOOD MOOD … that can have an effect on everything. Knowing GOD IS GOOD and trusting that belief is essential to coming from ‘DOING” to the place of “FRUIT-BEARING”. There are situations in our lives and during this journey that we will NOT understand everything. In fact it is in those places of NOT UNDERSTANDING that our FAITH is built and our TRUST can become deepened. When I don’t UNDERSTAND but I commit myself to TRUST GOD and to know that at all times GOD IS GOOD and that His ultimate GOOD will be seen eventually IN THIS season, then even in the mysteries that I steward, I can do so from the heart of worship and in sustained JOY. I have made a decision to continue in my life to do this; TRUST the process and TRUST His goodness! There is coming a day when the FRUIT of your moments now and the choice to TRUST GOD no matter what will become the fulfillment of the days to come.

I received an amazing prophetic text from Ryan McNutt that I wanted to share that wonderfully expounds on this point of PERSEVERANCE and CONTINUED PURSUIT in our journey … “In every race, the first of the race is fun for the runner because of the excitement and energy and motivation to run in the Olympics but shortly after the halfway point the remaining of the race starts to have obstacles and the runner begins to hit his time where he is tired and running low on energy , questioning what’s happening but then once he toughens it out and keeps his eye on the finish line and completes the race then he gets his reward and a check that carries him and allows him to celebrate from the financial payoff of winning the race and the trophy he gets to look at all leading up to the next race that is another part of the journey to the Olympics but with the effort, strength , passion, and encouragement knows that in the end he will get the Olympic gold medal ! All of that to say you are the runner just racing through the journey of your destiny and at times it feels like all is great , exciting , faith filled moments but after enough running there is your time where you must face the mystery of life and pains and things we don’t understand , but every race that you run in this life where you feel the negative and like giving up He reminds you that your trophy is around the corner . You are about to see your reward of breakthrough and the end of this chapter of you life that will set you up for the next race the must be run to see His face. Know that at the end You will get his face and KNOW that your season is about over. The reward He will give you will be such a heavy outpouring of His favor over you and your family that it will make everything you have been through worth it and will go into an off season where you will just operate under a manifestation of His comfort and increase of favor that you will have the plenty of rest and energy to make it to the next race to the completion of your destiny . Stay focused my friend , stay motivated , stay encouraged , keep your eyes on Him and you will make it through this . Don’t lose your faith and let’s get up and wipe our shoulders off and move on . This time is our time and it’s now and its prepped with the momentum we need to see for this next phase…”

The scripture says … “At just the RIGHT TIME … you will reap a harvest of BLESSING”. That’s the promise and the HOPE that carries with it the expectation to CONTINUE and to NOT GIVE UP! Our ministry just moved from a small 50 seat room to a High School theater that God opened up to us. My first thought was “no way”! I knew we had to find a space larger for growth but I did NOT anticipate such a large increase of space. In the NATURAL it would seem discouraging placing 60 people moving from a room that seats 50 to a room that seats 500. Most church growth experts would advise moving to a room twice your current size not 10 times. But it was God who opened the door and made the way and our determined stance has been that we will TRUST the process and TRUST His GOODNESS. The first Sunday we had 120 … the second Sunday 65 … the third … was less! (rainy SUNDAY’S in Florida always keep people home) … It could be room for us growing “WEARY”!! Moses had a group of spies that he sent out that brought back FRUIT and a REPORT … the FRUIT was good from a land flowing with milk and honey and the REPORT was bad … giants and inhabitants living in the places that God said was theirs. The FRUIT was a token that was to be a reminder of what they could enjoy through ownership of the promise … it was sweet and good … the REPORT was discouraging and caused the people of God to FEAR. The REPORT could also be defined as REALITY or the NATURAL. When we HEAR the REPORT, the REALITY, the NATURAL we force ourselves to have to make a CHOICE and that keeps our hearts DIVIDED from WHAT GOD SAID to WHAT IS SEEN. The lesson is when we know what GOD HAS SAID … then we need only to hear what He is saying and to do what HE IS DOING … Anything else is grounds for a divided heart and a DIS – COURAGED journey (Taking away COURAGE) The bottom line is this … If God ‘SAID’ then it does not matter what is ‘SEEN’ … We have to TRUST the process and TRUST His GOONESS and take the land HE SAID we are to possess and in that SUPERNATURAL possession He will grant us the FAVOR of the FRUIT of the land being ours to eat at anytime we choose. Your fight is NOT the enemy but the GOOD FIGHT of FAITH … keeping your eyes on the FRUIT and not hearing the REPORT of man. The runner focuses on the PRIZE … the farmer FOCUSES on the harvest … the child of God focuses on the FATHER! There may be difficult times now … there may be painful mysteries that cannot be explained … BUT THROUGH IT ALL … when we live out of a mind-set that GOD IS ALWAYS GOOD and we PRAISE OUR WAY through these painful moments, we honor Him and He will bless us. Bill Johnson stated in our teaching Tuesday night at BOAST School of Supernatural Ministry that in Heaven we will continually praise and worship the Lord … but it is only on earth that we have the honor of choosing to worship through pain and mystery. There will be NO PAIN in heaven so while we are on this journey here on earth … we GET to choose to worship, trust Him and love Him through the days or challenge, mystery and pain. There is a song by Brian & Kattie Torwalt that says “When I don’t understand, I will choose YOU …When I don’t understand I will choose to love You, God … ” Don’t get weary … don’t GIVE UP … keep your eye on the PRIZE, and the PRIZE is always CHRIST IN ME, the HOPE of Glory! Today, you can CHOOSE to worship through even pain & mystery …

Have a great day!

Love, PK