Words Of Encouragement To Start The Day ( Wednesday 1/7/09)

In The Newness...

Genesis 1:1-3 (Amplified Bible)
1) IN THE beginning God (prepared, formed, fashioned, and) created the heavens and the earth.
2) The earth was without form and an empty waste, and darkness was upon the face of the very great deep. The Spirit of God was moving (hovering, brooding) over the face of the waters.
3) And God said, Let there be light; and there was light.

As I think back to the time when I was delivering my children, during the course of labor and delivery there was a lot of movement in the room and an awful lot of noise and talk. Everything from people giving directions to the very sound of my own heart beat. When the doctor said one more push and baby will be here, it seemed as if during that moment, the room fell silent. It seemed as if time stood still and that everything else lacked significance, or substance. It seemed as if everyone in the room was holding their breathe waiting and in anticipation of the newness that yet was to be delivered. But it was once the baby was delivered it seemed as the room came to life and everyone in it could breathe again. It was as if the sound of the child crying announced that the wait for the new arrival was over and all was to begin from that point on.

Have you ever been in a place where it seemed like God fell silent, and that your life seemed to be standing still? For many of us in this moment we become depressed, complacent or frustrated. But could it be that God is delivering something in us, through us or to us? Could it be that the silence was God's concentration on the delivery process? Instead of us seeing and feeling that God is ignoring us or has left us to suffer, we should know that God is up to something in our lives, that He is in midst of bringing deliverance. In this time it is heaven and earth standing still in anticipation of His glory being revealed in our lives. Before God made the heavens and the earth it was void of sound, movement and significance. But when God broke His silence was when the manifestation came into volition. It is the same for us, before God's delivery, we lack what we really need and we lack substance, but it is when God's thoughts are towards us and He is concentrating on us, and then He speaks that we see the manifestation of God's wonderful and precious promises revealed and His silence broken!

When you are looking to the left and the right of you and all seems still and God is silent, know that He is concentrating on your delivery, He is concentrating on delivering life a new and abundant life. In that moment God is bringing you a life that is full of light, joy unspeakable and glories never seen. The way we do things is rarely God's way, so instead of complaining about the silence savor it realizing God is moving, on your behalf, and bringing you into a new place, a new anointing, a new season!