"Spring up, O well! Sing about it." (Numbers 21:17)
"This was a strange song and a strange well. The children of Israel had been traveling over the desert's barren sands and they were desperate for water, but there was none in sight. Then God spoke to Moses and said, 'gather the people together and I will give them water'(v.16).
The people then gathered around with their rods. As they began to dig deeply into the burning sand, they sang, 'Spring up O well! Sing about it'. Soon a gurgling sound was heard, and suddenly a rush of water appeared, filling the well and running along the ground. As they had dug the well in the desert, they had tapped the stream that ran below and that had been unseen for a very long time.
What a beautiful picture this is! And it describes for us the river of blessings that flows through our lives. I we will respond with faith and praise, we will find our needs supplied even in the most barren desert.
Again, how did the children of Israel reach the water of this well? It was through praise. While standing on the burning sand and digging the well with their staff of promise, they sang a praise song of faith.
Our praise song will bring forth 'water… in the wilderness and streams in the desert"(Isa.35:6), while complaining will only bring judgment. even prayer by itself may fail to reach the fountain of blessing.
Nothing pleases the Lord as much as praise. There is no greater evidence of faith than the virtue of genuine thanksgiving.
Are you praising God enough?
Are you thanking Him for the countless blessing He has bestowed on you?
Are you boldly praising Him for even the trails in your life, which are actually blessings in disguise?
And have you learned to praise Him in advance for answers yet to come?
You're waiting for deliverance!
O Soul, you're waiting long!Believe that your deliverance
Does wait for you in song!Complain not till deliverance
Your fettered feet does not free:Through songs of glad deliverance
God now surroundeth thee."
Boldly praise Him now no matter what your circumstance looks like
If you're in a season of blessing: praise Him with thanksgiving
If you're in a season of incomprehensible joy: praise Him with thanksgiving
If you're in a season of trail: praise Him with thanksgiving
If you're in a season of pain: praise Him with thanksgiving
For this is His will for your life right now, and in all things no matter the situation, we are to PRAISE Him- for He will never put something in our path that we can not handle.
With Him, you WILL persevere and do great things. Believe that today.
Where He has you today, is meant to bring Him glory.
Be thankful.
"Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." -1 Thess 5:18
"…And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us." -Romans 5:2b-5
Speaking of thankfulness,
I have raised the 3,500 that I need for my first deadline in October! YUUUSS!
Thank you JESUS!
Thank you SPIRIT!
Thank you GOD!
Thank you FRIENDS!
You have blessed me.
But I still need 12,000 more to be fully funded! BE IN PRAYER ABOUT BEING A ONE TIME DONOR OR A MONTHLY DONOR! I need you and will continue to need you in prayer even after I'm fully funded!
PRAY for me as I continue to fundraise and prepare my heart for what is to come when I get on the field, I know theres no way to be fully equip for something like this… but pray for me as I pursue His word and seek after His heart, that I allow myself to be completely surrendered to the Spirit as He leads me.
PRAY over yourself if the spirit is leading you to give to my race.
If He is leading you, you are doing an act of obedience.
HE WILL BLESS YOU!
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