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Do you have faith to believe in what others have given up on?
Do you have faith to believe in what others have given up on?
Whenever people see dreams or potential die in their lives, a common reaction is to do nothing about it. The enemy wants to deceive us into thinking that we cannot approach God for lost potential; that our life is subject to or defined by our last defeat.
BUT IT IS NOT. Sometimes God has to allow a dream to die, so He can resurrect it with greater power, authority, favor and blessing. Your dream can still live - Your promise can still live - Your ministry can still live - Your marriage can still live - Your son, daughter, family member or health can still live - Your business can still live, Your passion to lead can still live, Your book you wanted to write can still live, or Your desire to finish college can live again.
But William, what if the dream is not resurrected?
Then He will give you another one. Paul wrote in Phil 3:20: "But we are citizens of the state (commonwealth, homeland) which is in heaven, and from it also we *earnestly and patiently await [the coming of] the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) [as] Savior, who will *transform and fashion anew the body of our humiliation to conform to and be like the body of His glory and majesty, by exerting that power which enables Him even to subject everything to Himself."
God wants to transform our bodies of humiliation and defeat into vessels of honor and conquest.
He causes all things that have failed us to conform to His body of glory and majesty with the power to subject everything to Himself.
Mark 5:22-24+35-36 +38-42 "And when Jesus had recrossed in the boat to the other side, a great throng gathered about Him, and He was at the lakeshore. Then one of the rulers of the synagogue came up, Jairus by name; and seeing Him, he prostrated himself at His feet; And begged Him earnestly, saying, My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay Your hands on her, so that she may be healed and live. And Jesus went with him; and a great crowd kept following Him and pressed Him *from all sides [so as almost to suffocate Him]. While He was still speaking, there came some from the ruler's house, who said [to Jairus], YOUR DAUGHTER HAS DIED. Why bother and distress the Teacher any further? *OVERHEARING BUT IGNORING what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, Do not be seized with alarm and struck with fear; ONLY KEEP ON BELIEVING. When they arrived at the house of the ruler of the synagogue, He looked [carefully and with understanding] at [the] tumult and the people weeping and wailing loudly. And when He had gone in, He said to them, Why do you make an uproar and weep? The little girl is not dead but is sleeping. And they laughed and jeered at Him. But He put them all out, and, taking the child's father and mother and those who were with Him, He went in where the little girl was lying. Gripping her [firmly] by the hand, He said to her, Talitha cumi — which translated is, Little girl, I say to you, arise [from the sleep of death]! And instantly the girl got up and started walking around — for she was twelve years old. And they were utterly astonished and overcome with amazement."
Imagine the scene: Jesus arrives at Jairus' house and sees everyone weeping over the death of the "promise" and says, "Why do you cry, the girl is just sleeping?" As their cries turn to scorn and laughter, Jesus puts them all out and firmly grips the little girl's cold, lifeless hand and says to her, "TALITHA CUMI -LITTLE GIRL, I SAY TO YOU, ARISE [*from the sleep of death]!"
In other words: "I know what people have spoken over your life; I know people have said, you are finished, defeated, unsuccessful, gone, lifeless, dead, unable to get out of this, but LITTLE GIRL, I SAY TO YOU, ARISE!" And in verse 42, it says: "And instantly the girl got up and started walking around - for she was twelve years old. And they were utterly astonished and overcome with amazement."
Today, something is going to get up in your life. And you will be resurrected from any and all things that have spoken against your success and accomplishments in life. I command what has died; what has been crippled with death, crippled with doubt, fear and alarm, crippled with hopelessness to get up and start walking.
I pray that God astonish and amaze those that were laughing at your faith in your greatest season of loss and paralysis and command the greatest miracle you have ever seen.
- IF you will only dare to believe.
Whenever people see dreams or potential die in their lives, a common reaction is to do nothing about it. The enemy wants to deceive us into thinking that we cannot approach God for lost potential; that our life is subject to or defined by our last defeat.
BUT IT IS NOT. Sometimes God has to allow a dream to die, so He can resurrect it with greater power, authority, favor and blessing. Your dream can still live - Your promise can still live - Your ministry can still live - Your marriage can still live - Your son, daughter, family member or health can still live - Your business can still live, Your passion to lead can still live, Your book you wanted to write can still live, or Your desire to finish college can live again.
But William, what if the dream is not resurrected?
Then He will give you another one. Paul wrote in Phil 3:20: "But we are citizens of the state (commonwealth, homeland) which is in heaven, and from it also we *earnestly and patiently await [the coming of] the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) [as] Savior, who will *transform and fashion anew the body of our humiliation to conform to and be like the body of His glory and majesty, by exerting that power which enables Him even to subject everything to Himself."
God wants to transform our bodies of humiliation and defeat into vessels of honor and conquest.
He causes all things that have failed us to conform to His body of glory and majesty with the power to subject everything to Himself.
Mark 5:22-24+35-36 +38-42 "And when Jesus had recrossed in the boat to the other side, a great throng gathered about Him, and He was at the lakeshore. Then one of the rulers of the synagogue came up, Jairus by name; and seeing Him, he prostrated himself at His feet; And begged Him earnestly, saying, My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay Your hands on her, so that she may be healed and live. And Jesus went with him; and a great crowd kept following Him and pressed Him *from all sides [so as almost to suffocate Him]. While He was still speaking, there came some from the ruler's house, who said [to Jairus], YOUR DAUGHTER HAS DIED. Why bother and distress the Teacher any further? *OVERHEARING BUT IGNORING what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, Do not be seized with alarm and struck with fear; ONLY KEEP ON BELIEVING. When they arrived at the house of the ruler of the synagogue, He looked [carefully and with understanding] at [the] tumult and the people weeping and wailing loudly. And when He had gone in, He said to them, Why do you make an uproar and weep? The little girl is not dead but is sleeping. And they laughed and jeered at Him. But He put them all out, and, taking the child's father and mother and those who were with Him, He went in where the little girl was lying. Gripping her [firmly] by the hand, He said to her, Talitha cumi — which translated is, Little girl, I say to you, arise [from the sleep of death]! And instantly the girl got up and started walking around — for she was twelve years old. And they were utterly astonished and overcome with amazement."
Imagine the scene: Jesus arrives at Jairus' house and sees everyone weeping over the death of the "promise" and says, "Why do you cry, the girl is just sleeping?" As their cries turn to scorn and laughter, Jesus puts them all out and firmly grips the little girl's cold, lifeless hand and says to her, "TALITHA CUMI -LITTLE GIRL, I SAY TO YOU, ARISE [*from the sleep of death]!"
In other words: "I know what people have spoken over your life; I know people have said, you are finished, defeated, unsuccessful, gone, lifeless, dead, unable to get out of this, but LITTLE GIRL, I SAY TO YOU, ARISE!" And in verse 42, it says: "And instantly the girl got up and started walking around - for she was twelve years old. And they were utterly astonished and overcome with amazement."
Today, something is going to get up in your life. And you will be resurrected from any and all things that have spoken against your success and accomplishments in life. I command what has died; what has been crippled with death, crippled with doubt, fear and alarm, crippled with hopelessness to get up and start walking.
I pray that God astonish and amaze those that were laughing at your faith in your greatest season of loss and paralysis and command the greatest miracle you have ever seen.
- IF you will only dare to believe.
