Today's Devotional Written By A Heart That Is Expanding: Tracy Koweh
Blood is Thicker than Water
All Stretched Out
Blood is Thicker than Water
All Stretched Out
Yesterday morning on my drive to work, I was feeling rushed and overwhelmed and it wasn't even 7am yet. The night was crazy because Jai woke around 1130pm throwing up, and it appeared to have carried over. As usual I was praying, but it was for survival in that very moment. I knew I needed a peace and serenity that only God could give me. While praying, I see the past 4 weekends behind me and the 6 ahead, all jammed packed with things to do, and I'm thinking to myself when will I get a break. When will my life start to slow down? On top of the physical draining, I’m also going through a complete spiritual renovation, and that’s when it hit me. I'm just all stretched out. My spiritual state of being and my natural body are both being pulled and stretched to its maximum ability and without God, I will surely burn out.
As I’m driving, I’m waiting on God to speak some great revelation to me, some deep word of healing or power, but all He does is show me a vision. A simple picture etched into my mind, but so profound in meaning. God showed me a bridge with a missing section right in the middle. He was on one side and my family was on the other. I was in the middle with one hand reaching out to God, and the other reaching out to my family. It was then I noticed my arms stretched wide, like Christ on the cross. In no way am I saying I am the savior or the only the one in my family who is able to touch Heaven. But I recognize that Christ did instruct us to crucify our flesh as He did on Calvary, and that means being stretched and going through some trying times so that God can get the glory.
Some of us have been called to stand in the gap for our families, until they are at a place where they can stand in the gap for the next person. Some times we are called to intercede on behalf of people who have mistreated us, abused us, lied on us, taken us for granted, or even tried to take us out one way or another. But the same was true for Christ. He was falsely accused intentionally for a crime He did not commit. Then He was mocked, beat, spit at, denied, and killed by the very people He was born to love, heal, deliver, protect, and bless with eternal life.
Today, stand in the gap for someone who is unable to stand on their own. Pray for those who spitefully come against you, and release generational blessings over your family. Take up your cross and watch God keep you. Sunday doing the message, my bishop pointed out that throughout the crucifixion, God made provisions to get Christ to Calvary. The greatest was just as the cross got to heavy for Christ to carry alone, Simon was right there to help Him lift it up. God knows what we need and just when we need it. Trust Him with your faith, your future, and your family and watch Him turn it all around.
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