Hagar was in a dry desert place, her search for water felt futile, so she decided to just give up the fight...but then something amazing happened. God sent an angel of The Lord to her in her distress, and encouraged her so Hagar found out one of God's names in a deep and personal way: El Roi, the God who sees. I was having a not so great day, though I tried to keep my anxious thoughts at bay, I could feel the cares and worry nagging at the back of my mind. Then something amazing happened while I was getting coffee, a stranger came up to me and began pouring words of encouragement into my soul, and like Hagar I could say God sees me. You see it's not just the giants in your life that He's interested in slaying, but even the small cares of your life concern Him, because He cares for you and delights for you to not only know about His many names, but to also experience them first hand.
Image via : indescribable love.com One of my favorite characters in the Bible is Joseph. He was known as a dreamer, and the dreams he had were God sized dreams. Dreams which were bigger than his current circumstances, dreams which would follow him for years without bearing fruit, but like all God given dreams in the end, at their proper, appointed time they would have to come to pass. Do you have any God given dreams? Maybe ones that are so huge that when you share them with others they laugh ? Or maybe like the case of Joseph's brothers they become envious to the point of plotting your down fall? You see , what Joseph's brothers did not understand- and what Joseph himself did not recognize-was that this dream did not speak about God lifting Joseph up just to be honored , and glorified above his brothers. No, God was going to use Joseph on the platform he would be given to save a nation. The thing about God given dreams is th...
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