Tag: promise

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Can’t Touch This

The Manna Chef

Sisters, you are not on this planet by chance, and nothing about you is coincidental.  God designed you specifically for His use for such a time as this.  You matter to God; you always have!  He cares so deeply for you and everything that concerns you. 

I want you to take some time to reflect on what God has promised to you—personally.  If you have a moment, actually write some promises down on paper so that you can read them repeatedly.  The Bible is full of promises to us, but we may be unaware for a number of reasons, including (1) we don’t spend time in the Word of God, and (2) we don’t actually believe that God will do what He said He would do for us.  (Father, please have mercy on us!)

Many of us are living beneath our privileges because we voluntarily give them up, and not as the result of some fierce battle.  We give up so easily when things seem rough or when things don’t turn out the way we thought they would.  Sometimes, the enemy fools us into believing that so much time has passed that maybe God is not going to come through for us.  And other times it’s not even the enemy—we simply throw in the towel and quit before the promise manifests. 

Sisters, don’t give up and walk away from your destiny.  What you carry is so important in the Kingdom of God.  We need you!  You are fully equipped for what God has ordained in your life.  You have what you need; you just need to tap into what is already inside of you.  Ask the Lord to show you the strategies you need in this season of your life.  And then do what God requires of you. 

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Spring Forward

The Manna Chef

It’s that time of year when we move the clocks ahead one hour.  I’m sure we all know some people who dread Daylight Saving Time because, in their minds, losing an hour of sleep equates to missing out on something in their lives.  Yes, our sleep patterns will be interrupted for a bit, but we will adjust.  Sisters, I want to offer you a different perspective in this season.

We may be a little sleepy over the next few mornings, because daylight is coming an hour earlier—but that sunshine (SONshine!) will be glorious.  You now get to experience daylight for a longer period of time each day.  Sisters, it’s time to shift in the spiritual as well as in the natural. 

It’s time to shift our thinking and our level of expectation.  Winter is coming to a close, and spring is just ahead.  Spring is a reminder that God is making all things new in our lives. 

And the one sitting on the throne said, “Look, I am making everything new!” And then He said to me, “Write this down, for what I tell you is trustworthy and true.”  (Revelation 21:5 NLT)

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Don’t Wait, Part Three: Focus on the Promise

The Manna Chef

In parts one and two of this series, I shared some details about the journey of the children of Israel from Egypt as they approached Canaan.  If you missed either part, I encourage to go back and read them. 

In Numbers 14:1-4, the Israelites decided it would have been better if they had just died in Egypt or even in the wilderness than to continue the journey to their Promised Land.  They were even prepared to select a new leader and head back.  Keep in mind, they had witnessed God supernaturally save them.  He moved beyond the laws of nature and held the Red Sea back just so they could walk on dry ground. 

As they were headed to their Promised Land, they found out there were giants living in Canaan—on the land God had promised to them—and they were afraid.  Those giants were nothing but distractions to get the people to focus on the challenges instead of the blessings that God promised.  Did you get that?  They focused on the giants instead of focusing on the promise from God.

I have experienced some moments when there were obstacles in the way of what God promised to me.  I knew what God said, I just couldn’t figure out how to get to the manifestation.  (That’s its own entrée, how to move from the promise to the manifestation.) 

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Don’t Wait, Part Two: Missing Out on the Promise

The Manna Chef

Sisters, if you missed part one, I encourage you to go back and read it.  We discovered that the people of Israel heard conflicting reports about their Promised Land.  Moses sent out spies to check on the land.  One spy, Caleb, returned with this report: “The land is amazing.  It’s all that God said it would be.  Yeah, there are some giants there, but we can beat them with God on our side.  Let’s go occupy our land!” 

But there was another report, one that wasn’t so positive.  That report said, “There’s no way we can get that land.  Those giants are huge, and we can’t beat them.  We’re like grasshoppers to them.  We’ll get devoured in that land.”  … So, guess whose report the people chose to believe?  Let me give you a hint, it wasn’t Caleb’s.  As a matter of fact, the people wanted to stone Joshua and Caleb!  They allowed fear to take the place of their promise.  And God took notice!

“How long will these people treat Me with contempt? Will they never believe Me, even after all the miraculous signs I have done among them?   I will disown them and destroy them with a plague.  Then I will make you [Moses] into a nation greater and mightier than they are!”  (Numbers 14:11-12 NLT)

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Don’t Wait, Part One: Grasshopper Thinking

The Manna Chef

Sisters, how you think is just as important as what you think.  If your thoughts are shaped from fear, apathy, anger, or even hate, the choices you make will not manifest blessings.  They will lead you away from what God has promised.  You’ll find yourself spinning your wheels but actually getting nowhere.  So, let’s look at a Biblical example of this very thing: the children of Israel as they leave Egypt and head toward Canaan, the Promised Land. 

God rescued them from Pharaoh and the Egyptians in miraculous fashion.  And as they were on the way to Canaan, Moses sent spies to scope it out.  The spies made it to Canaan and found that, among the things that God had promised, there were giants occupying the land.  Two of the spies (Joshua and Caleb) came back with a good report.  In Numbers 13:30, Caleb said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.” 

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