We have finally come to the end of September and most can truly say it was a September to remember! One could even say it was the most challenging month of the year thus far.
September is said to be one of the hottest months on record of the entire year, and brought with it drought and a scorching humidity. However I am reminded that no matter how hot, or challenging it got, no matter the difficulties we faced, we made it!
GOOD NEWS!These challenges did not come to kill you but to make you! yes it made you even stronger and wiser, it changed your mindset and way of doing things, your attitude has even changed. It peeled away layers of not only self-reliance and dependence but even your dependence on others. You even look at people and situations differently, you have gained great insight and revelation through that short time frame and how you apply that new found knowledge and revelation gained will determine your next phase of your journey.
You were put in a position of complete and utter dependable on God, those challenges caused you to draw even closer to God, you found dependence on his word, through prayer and fasting and you can now prove that it worked! He is trust worthy and dependable. Yes there are some situations still up in the air but you now know that the God that brought you through the worst of times is also able to see you through the ones to come.
Yes there was a need for you to go through the month of September, just as there was a need for Jesus to go through Samaria. Change had to come to your life, just like the women at the well; a life altering and drastic change. He has changed you!
God needed to get you to that place of complete surrender and dependence on him, he needed you broken, to truly acknowledge him. He needed you to SEE him! Just as the king saw him as that fourth man in the fire.
There was an exchange that took place in your life, where there was doubt and fear, he has replaced with greater faith and trust. Where you were weak he has given strength. Your will to continue is even stronger!
Yes these challenges came to prepare you for more, more of what you might ask, the more that you cried out for in prayer, you said more of you God less of me, yes more power God, and he said, HERE IT IS!
You now truly recognize the power of His name through calling him in your midnight situations, you recognize his faithfulness through putting your trust in Him regarding that midnight situation.
We have heard countless messages of how to finish strong at the end of the year and they were/are very encouraging and uplifting, but I submit to you today, that the ONLY thing you NEED and will EVER NEED to make it the rest of this year and in the years to come is JESUS!
Here are some scriptures that will help you on the journey, any scripture that starts out saying 'They that wait upon the Lord...'
Isaiah 40:31 But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength.They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.
Philippians 1:6 And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.
The Apostle Paul said I beseech you... I say, I beg with you...
Seek Him, find Him, call Him, get to know Him, eat Him, drink Him,trust Him, share Him, BE HIM!