#Monday Motivation – Unshakable

“…you who are the confidence of all the ends of the earth…” – Psalm 65:5b

It’s another week! A Beautiful one that the Lord has made. Anytime I have the privilege of opening my eyes, I get so excited because of all the possibilities that I can see.

So what about you? Are you excited about the new week? Or are you apprehensive about it? Are you looking at your own capabilities and telling yourself, “No way”? Are you checking out your present circumstances and you just know without a shadow of doubt there’s no way you can achieve all that you have set out to do?

That’s fine. You really don’t need to have it all together. It’s not really about you or your abilities we are talking about here, you know. It’s about God and His immeasurable power. He is able to do so much more than you can imagine. Let your eyes be on him and not on your abilities.

He is the confidence of all the ends of the earth. Make Him your confidence too.

As you move into this week, see yourself riding on the wings of God’s grace and power. Keep your eyes glued to Him for underneath you are His everlasting arms. He can carry you.

Remain unshakable. Keep Your confidence in Him.

Keep Soaring,

I Don’t Believe This!!!

“The daughters of Zelophehad showed up. Their father was the son of Hepher son of Gilead son of Makir son of Manasseh, belonging to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. The daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. They came to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. They stood before Moses and Eleazar the priest and before the leaders and the congregation and said, “Our father died in the wilderness. He wasn’t part of Korah’s rebel anti- God gang. He died for his own sins. And he left no sons. But why should our father’s name die out from his clan just because he had no sons? So give us an inheritance among our father’s relatives.” Moses brought their case to God . God ruled: “Zelophehad’s daughters are right. Give them land as an inheritance among their father’s relatives. Give them their father’s inheritance. “Then tell the People of Israel, If a man dies and leaves no son, give his inheritance to his daughter. If he has no daughter, give it to his brothers. If he has no brothers, give it to his father’s brothers. If his father had no brothers, give it to the nearest relative so that the inheritance stays in the family. This is the standard procedure for the People of Israel, as commanded by God through Moses.”
Numbers 27:1-11 MSG

Anytime I read this story, it baffles me.
You mean even God knew that daughters could inherit their father and He didn’t say anything to Moses or to those before him before this time?
I find it amazing that something that was a valid desire, an acceptable longing, was there for so long and no one thought it was fine to ask for it.

You mean God was waiting for them to get up and stand up for what belongs to them? Something generations before them had suffered for?
You can imagine that some female children would have been thrown into penury following their Father’s Death simply because they didn’t want to rock the boat. Some girl must have gone hungry because they needed to stay politically correct, they didn’t want anyone to label them the Rebels of the society!
But it was fine to be disinherited, it was fine to go hungry, it was fine to go begging because you had nothing, even though your father died rich?

These 5 ladies refused to follow the norm. They didn’t care what anyone thought of them. They believed the laws should change and they demanded just that.

The fact that God sees Something as being right for you does not mean you will have it.
If you don’t get up, make a move, rock some boats, you will not get things done!

So, dear Sister, what are those legitimate desires you have?

Those valid dreams, those great ideas you will like to see happen?
You need to press into God today and have them delivered to you.
It’s your right, it’s your inheritance. Even God will be delighted to hand them over!

Have a wonderful Day Sisters.

Oluseye.

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STAY WITH HIM

 

“There once was a man who lived in Ramathaim. He was descended from the old Zuph family in the Ephraim hills. His name was Elkanah. (He was connected with the Zuphs from Ephraim through his father Jeroham, his grandfather Elihu, and his great-grandfather Tohu.) He had two wives. The first was Hannah; the second was Peninnah. Peninnah had children; Hannah did not. Every year this man went from his hometown up to Shiloh to worship and offer a sacrifice to God -of-the-Angel-Armies. Eli and his two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, served as the priests of God there. When Elkanah sacrificed, he passed helpings from the sacrificial meal around to his wife Peninnah and all her children, but he always gave an especially generous helping to Hannah because he loved her so much, and because God had not given her children. But her rival wife taunted her cruelly, rubbing it in and never letting her forget that God had not given her children. This went on year after year. Every time she went to the sanctuary of God she could expect to be taunted. Hannah was reduced to tears and had no appetite. Her husband Elkanah said, “Oh, Hannah, why are you crying? Why aren’t you eating? And why are you so upset? Am I not of more worth to you than ten sons?” So Hannah ate. Then she pulled herself together, slipped away quietly, and entered the sanctuary. The priest Eli was on duty at the entrance to God ’s Temple in the customary seat. Crushed in soul, Hannah prayed to God and cried and cried—inconsolably. Then she made a vow: Oh, God -of-the-Angel-Armies, If you’ll take a good, hard look at my pain, If you’ll quit neglecting me and go into action for me By giving me a son, I’ll give him completely, unreservedly to you. I’ll set him apart for a life of holy discipline. It so happened that as she continued in prayer before God , Eli was watching her closely. Hannah was praying in her heart, silently. Her lips moved, but no sound was heard. Eli jumped to the conclusion that she was drunk. He approached her and said, “You’re drunk! How long do you plan to keep this up? Sober up, woman!” Hannah said, “Oh no, sir—please! I’m a woman hard used. I haven’t been drinking. Not a drop of wine or beer. The only thing I’ve been pouring out is my heart, pouring it out to God . Don’t for a minute think I’m a bad woman. It’s because I’m so desperately unhappy and in such pain that I’ve stayed here so long.” Eli answered her, “Go in peace. And may the God of Israel give you what you have asked of him.” “Think well of me—and pray for me!” she said, and went her way. Then she ate heartily, her face radiant.
1 Samuel 1:1-18 MSG

The Story of Hannah is one that inspires hope anytime I read it.

Hannah was waiting on God for a Miracle.
She knew God COULD do it.

She knew God WOULD Do it.

She maintained a positive attitude.
After she prayed, she got up rejoicing. She trusted that her prayer had been answered.
Sometimes when we pray, we believe that God can do what we have asked. We just don’t fully trust that He Will Do It as He has Promised.
Today, let me encourage you that God is too faithful to fail.
Resolve to have an attitude of worship.
Believe that God has done what He promised.
I tell you that God is making necessary arrangements concerning your matter.

You Just Stay With Him.

“Up before dawn, they worshiped God and returned home to Ramah. Elkanah slept with Hannah his wife, and God began making the necessary arrangements in response to what she had asked. Before the year was out, Hannah had conceived and given birth to a son. She named him Samuel, explaining, “I asked God for him.”
1 Samuel 1:19-20 MSG

A wonderful Day to you all Sisters!

Waiting…

Waiting for anything at all takes patience and probably much more. Because there is a time for everything under the sun, it’s typical to expect things to take its natural course.

But how do you cope when it doesn’t? 

I am Confident, He Hears

He Hears.

He most definitely does.

Even the quiet whispers, and the silent screams.

He hears.

Every Thought, Every Prayer.

Even in His Silence.

Be sure, He Hears.

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No Need to Wait…Your Time Starts Now

Really, there’s no need to wait.

All those limitations around you.

Really, they are just stepping stones.

As He Has Said…As He Has Spoken

God is not a man that He should lie.

God is not the son of man that He should repent.

Once He has said it, He will do it.