Feed on His Faithfulness
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August 31, 2009"Trust in the LORD and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on his faithfulness. Delight thyself also in the LORD; And He will give thee the desires of thy heart." (Psalm 37:3-4) Have you ever been in one of those places where "worry" eats you up? I have. Not too proud of that, but it's true nonetheless.Ê Worry is fed by fear and fear is something we are admonished over and over again to shun. But worry would disappear if we wouldn't feed it. We feed our worries by meditating on those things that threaten us. We think about the unpaid bills, what will happen if they shut this or that down, etc. We need to feed our faith and starve our unbelief! Take your thoughts in the opposite direction. Feed on His faithfulness and build yourself up in your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit (Jude 1:20) Stop right now from giving anymore time to anxiety! Get out your bible and read the Scriptures aloud to yourself. I have been known to get my bible, go into the bathroom and preach to myself in the mirror! (Sometimes you just have to encourage yourself!) I know that gnawing feeling in the pit of your stomach that keeps you awake at night. I know what it feels like to have creditors begin to surround you like wolves around wounded prey and there seems no way out. But there is always a way out. Just because you don't know it, doesn't mean there isn't one. I believe the best way to position yourself to see the way out, is to choose to feed on His faithfulness. When you're feeding on His faithfulness, it's hard to feed on doubt, fear and unbelief too. The answer may not appear immediately, but you will likely never see it as long as you are bound by worry and fear. You must lose the fear and worry first so you can see the way out and the best way I know to do that is to feed on His faithfulness.
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Thanks for the exhortation to be a Biblical Believer! Hebrews 11 describes people who "Believed God" and through their faith in God gave us a witness and testimony that "pleased God". The best response to the explanation of "how" concerning any of our lives is "Only God!". I respect your confession and have joined you both in the confession and in the repentant declaration of renewed Faith in God. It is time to "step out" into the arena of "at your Word, Jesus"....I believe, help my unbelief. Yours for a "life" of faith. Blessings, Dan
Daniel at 1:39pm EDT - August 25, 2009
Great posts. Great thoughts. I need to get specific with my goals. Looking forward to your next post. BTW - I'm wondering how you get the whole post into emails. I love being able to read the whole thing. Don't know if it does much for visits to your blog, but I know I appreciate having it all with me. Is it something you've automated?
Trevor at 1:39pm EDT - August 25, 2009
Thank you Michael your post today. It is a mixed blessing as anything that pulls me closer to God by necessity rips me violently from safety of my worldly life. You have fueled my desire to know Him ever more. Thoough I fear letting go of that which I have become dependent on in this world, I know He has so much more for me. I come to my Father this day in fear, but I do come.
Mark Minnella at 2:11pm EDT - August 25, 2009
Your post couldn't have come at a better time. The Holy Spirit is working. "I am probably not believing it will happen; only that it can happen." This is something I struggle with on a daily basis and from what I'm reading in "Experiencing God," that only shows what type of relationship I have with my God. I often struggle with my sales "goal" because I know it can happen, but until now I didn't think I had to "believe" that it will happen. Looking forward to this one.
Lucas at 2:18pm EDT - August 25, 2009
Thanks for this one Michael! I don't think I even realized I had a "can" instead of a "will" faith. Time to fix THAT!
Lorisa at 2:29pm EDT - August 25, 2009
Thank you so much for this one! This really rebuked me in terms of my motives for wanting to well in business. I always want to bring glory to God in everything that I do, but I definitely have not been approaching success in business as a platform for my testimony for Christ...certainly not consistently. I also agree, we do not see these results nearly enough. I am committed to increasing my faith to expect miraculous moves regularly, and using every platform as an opportunity to witness for our Savior!
Charlene at 2:53pm EDT - August 25, 2009
Thank you so much for this post. My devotion time last night focused on the very same verse. Also the past week I have been studying Mark 11:19-26. I am often amazed when God use various sources to bombard my mind with the truth I need to focus on. I will keep you and your ministry in my prayers.
Beth at 2:54pm EDT - August 25, 2009
Michael, I lost connection with your blog over a year ago and I am very happy to be back. You have a way with getting us to see ourselves for who we are and to see where we are in our relationship and our walk with Christ. We need to stop looking at ourselves in the flesh and start seeing ourselves in the spirit. The flesh distracts us from His voice and we start looking for what WE can do to make things better, but we know that we can do nothing without Him in our lives and in our decisions. I am going through a tough part of my life right now, but I know that as long as I stay focused on Him I can handle anything and that He will never give more than I can handle. He wants us to reach for best that He has for us, not just for the mediocre. But we also need to remember that when we pray and ask for these things, that He will answer in His own time and it will all be for His glory and the good of the kingdom. With God's peace.
Jeff W. at 3:03pm EDT - August 25, 2009
Great testimony. It's unfortunate that we don't see the need for a miracle more often. We are too comfortable with what we have and where we are.
Dave at 4:05pm EDT - August 25, 2009
Hello All... Your comments greatly encouraged me. Thank you for taking the time to post. I will be opening up the vault of my heart and sharing the inheritance HE has deposited in me. As for Trevor's question... please call Cheryl at our office 941-377-9384 for the answer. You all mean so much to me! Blessings, Michael
Michae Pink at 8:18pm EDT - August 25, 2009
Can ... will ... challenging words ... I know He can, I know He does, and I know He will ... but will He for me? ... blessings come with obedience ... so where am I missing it ... or to what degree am I not walking in love, mercy, forgiveness, or ? ... the doubt is with me not Him ... or is it? I look forward to each new message. I know we've been given wisdom, power, and authority ... yet I feel like a "staked elephant". Help me to break the mental rope. Blessings, Randy
Randy at 1:16am EDT - August 26, 2009
Trevor for me reading the email encourages me to go to the web site and read the comments. What I find interesting is that I struggle to compartmentalise my life. I take the ideas and principles that Michael shares and apply them to non-business situations. I struggle to see how anyone finds it hard to apply general Christian principles to their business and why it takes someone like Michael to help others see how and why. For example on Saturday I have a stall to demonstrate crafts at a local show. Some of the things I have done are meant to create witnessing opportunities. I wanted to use some text so I chose some proverbs for example "Bad advice is a deadly trap: but good advice is like a shield.". If you don't recognise this it is Proverbs 12:13 but taken from a modern yet copyright free version of the bible. Few will disagree with that biblical advice and hopefully it will build their confidence in the bible. Other items are done with the aim of publicising some of the business plans I have. There again I am walking by faith with those plans as the next project looks like it is becoming unravelled for a variety of reasons. There is a lot riding on this at the moment so it is a struggle being optimistic about it. We will see how it all works out at the projected launch on 12th September. Part of the problem is that I have been optimistic rather than practical i.e. I know things will work out rather than checking that they will. Now I am wondering if I have left too much for the Lord to work out for me. I am just praying that He will cover my failures in the practical and help me recognise how trusting Him to make things happen and doing what we should to make things happen go together. One of my problems is that He has been encouraging me to check something out for a while and I did not do so until the last minute. What is worse I am now struggling to get in touch with anyone who can help me check what is happening. My fault in terms of procrastinating and not doing what I should when I should but I am just praying that despite my failures the Lord will work it out for his glory. After all I am trying to do this to help Him others rather than solely for my own selfish reasons. Susan
Susan at 8:41am EDT - August 26, 2009