Make sure you have first read Grounded With Wings Part I
“Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much” (NIV).
Do you ever have that feeling that no matter how hard you try, or how much you do that you never seem to get ahead? That you are not quite in the position that you want to be in. The more you do, the less progress you see.
It appears that things are not moving on your behalf in the way you would like them to fast enough. You are trying your best to do things in a “Godly” fashion, but it appears that in the world around you everyone is getting Blessed walking into their new, but you are just right there stuck in limbo.
Yes, God has given you Blessings, but you feel like you are ready for the next level of Blessings and nothing seems to be happening, well at least not at the rate you believe they should be happening anyway.
Has God forgotten about me? Have I done things, or said things that are unpleasing to him? What have I done that makes me think God is not moving on my behalf right now? The answer to these questions is simple. No! God has not forgotten about you, No! You may not have done anything necessarily unpleasing to him, and God is ALWAYS moving on your behalf.
" God has not forgotten about you.... A relationship of trust is being established because sometimes in order for us to receive lots we’ve got to be assessed with how we are handling the little amounts we are given to work with."
A relationship of trust is being established because sometimes in order for us to receive lots we’ve got to be assessed with how we are handling the little amounts we are given to work with.
I know that when we look around and see that things may be going a lot easier for someone who has low or no faith, or even worse no acknowledgment or belief in God that it can become frustrating and we want to know God where are you? He is right there whispering, hold on your breakthrough is coming. The Holy Spirit will encourage us to stand strong and not to give up because the Bible reminds us in Numbers 23:19 (NIV) that our God the living God is not a man that he should lie, nor will He speak and not act, nor will He promise and not fulfill. God will bring everything to pass, just as He originally told you He would. The beautiful thing about God is that I don’t care how many times I try to figure out how He is going to Bless me, or when He is going to Bless me, it never comes when or how I think it should, because the timing and the Blessing is always perfect the way He delivers it to me.
It is not healthy to look at the way God is Blessing someone else or to envy another’s path or choices because that may only set you back. It is always the wise thing to do and praise God and celebrate the accomplishments of others to show God that you are excited for the way He is working in someone else’s life so that the celebration will be all the sweeter when God has delivered to you what He said He would.
Continue to walk in obedience to His will and His way within your life. The Bible speaks of countless factors of walking in obedience and what that obedience brings. My favorite chapter on the
"....we don’t have time to look at how someone else might be becoming established because God has so much more to equip you with to walk in and be able to receive your own Blessing."
"God’s promises are real, we just have to wait until God says it is the right time for us to excel."
Continue to walk in obedience to His will and His way within your life. The Bible speaks of countless factors of walking in obedience and what that obedience brings.
My favorite chapter on the Blessings of obedience is in Deuteronomy 28, because from the very beginning of the chapter the Bible reminds us that “If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all His commands He gives you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on the earth” (Verse 1 NIV).
This specifically reminds us that we don’t have time to look at how someone else might be becoming established because God has so much more to equip you with to walk in and be able to receive your own Blessing.
Be encouraged to keep praising God and thanking Him for what you have already received. Continue to Pray and ask for direction as to what you need to do to get completely prepared for your Blessing. The reason I like to remind you to keep Praying over your new is because in Daniel chapter 10: 5-13 these particular verses are dealing with Daniel and when he prayed to God for something specific, and an angel came and told him to look, "God heard you the very first time you Prayed, but the prince of the Persian kingdom (the enemy) has been resisting me from getting to you for 21 days." It wasn’t until Michael the chief prince (an archangel) had to come to assist the other angel to be able to get the message back to Daniel. Daniel never stopped being steadfast, he wasn’t doubting God. Daniel continued to Pray and wait. He knew when the exact moment was right God was going to use his testimony to make sure God received the glory for His faithfulness. Daniel had been trusted with very little in the beginning but because of his faithfulness to God with the very little, Daniel was established with very much and a very high esteemed position.
In Galatians 6:9 the Bible encourages us to not become weary in doing good, because in the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Don’t give up hold fast to God’s promises and be diligent in the commands He has given you about walking in obedience in your life. His word will not return void, and He will set you up in due season and you will reap a harvest continually.
Key Thought: Believe that God has not forgotten about His promises to you, stay diligent in your walk of obedience towards Him and He will set you up in high places He has established just for you.
Prayer: "Lord help me to remain trustworthy in the little you have given me, help me to remain focused on the Blessings and the harvest you have in store for me. I am grateful to see your hands at work in the lives of other people, and I will praise you for the great things you have in store for me. In Jesus name, Amen."
