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(2 Corinthians 1: 20)

This scripture is a reminder that we need to actively pursue the promises of God because they are real and true.

God's promises are part of His divine plan for our lives. Not only does He have a divine plan for our lives, He also is the author of our hope in that plan. "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." (Jeremiah 29:11)

Since God is the author of our hope, we can be totally confident that our hope for His promises are not in vain - God said they are "Yes"! When God says yes, it doesn't matter who else says no; that yes is a part of creation which means it already in our destiny.

You may be waiting for a promise from God to manifest in your life. Things may look stacked against you or you may be facing a lot of opposition. But none of that matters because God already said yes and no one can change that!

(Romans 13: 11)

I'm sure there are many of us who are believing God to do something great in our lives and He has confirmed that truth to us one way or another. But yet, many of us are facing great storms (inwardly and/or outwardly) that tries there best to topple us over.

For some, the desire to walk away has never been so great, others are just barely hanging on by faith and for others it's a struggle just to even pray.

It's during these hard times that our will clashes with God's will as we struggle to do His will and remain humble so we can receive the blessings He has promised us. But God isn't just preparing you for a blessing, He's also preparing you for heaven.

As you are reading this post God is actively preparing you to be heaven ready; the storms you are in are meant to pull out all the fleshly ways that are standing between your and eternity.

God is working in the midst of your storm to bless you and prepare you - He's always doing more in our lives at once than we could ever imagine.

Christ is preparing His bride (something He can only do) and the things He sees in us are being pulled out of us. The process hurts at times! It pushes us to our limits, but still, He is making us ready for Him, and that's awesome to know.

The Lord knows that the hour is approaching when He will meet us in the air (1 Thessalonians 4:17).

All God wants you to do is trust Him. That situation you're in, that mountain that looks unmovable, that bad report you received, God wants you to give it to Him and not doubt.

So many people are holding up their own blessings because they fail the test of going from one level of faith to another. So instead of reaping the blessings, they just keep repeating the test.

If God called you to a higher level of blessings, He also called you to a higher level of faith.

People like to say that all you need is faith the size of a mustard seed to move mountains, but fail to understand why Jesus said that. Jesus saw the unbelief in His disciples and He wanted them to grow in faith, and as they started to have faith the smallest amount would be powerful, but it was just a starting point.

(2nd Samuel 12:8-9)

Trying to make moves without God will always backfire one way or another. David wanted Uriah's wife, Bathsheba, but he knew while she was married to Uriah, it would have been against God's law to have her. So David, trying to be slick, had Uriah sent to the front lines of battle for the sole purpose of him being killed so he could then have his wife. But David forgot the fact that our intentions are not hidden from God - He sees all! David's plan was fully exposed before God and the very sin he tried to get around (adultery), He walked right into and worse - murder.

(Matthew 8:34)

After being told by eyewitnesses what had just happened, the people of that region wanted Jesus to leave. Why? Well, Jesus told us why in Matthew 6:21, when He said "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."

The people valued their herd of pigs so much that they were blind to the miracle that took place.

Is there anything in your life that's valued so high, you're missing out on what God is doing?

So many people say they never see the hand of God in their lives, and this is one reason why. They can't see His hand moving because their heart's focus is elsewhere.

(Hosea 1:7)

Sometimes when we're waiting for God to move in our lives, we try to depend on our own logic to determine how He's going to move. We sit back, racking our brains, trying to figure out what will be the method of the Almighty.

But when God told Hosea He was going to free His people, He said He would not do so with weapons and armies or horses and charioteers - not with anything Hosea was familiar with, but He would do so by His power as the Lord.

God was going to bring His promise of freedom to pass in His own way, according to His own counsel.

Are you trying to figure out how God is going to bring your promise to pass in your life? Are you frustrating yourself and causing yourself to doubt by trying to figure out the methods of the Almighty?

(Exodus 33:22)

There will be times when God will hide us on purpose, for His purpose and for our good. But being hidden for a season can be uncomfortable and frustrating because we tend to feel as if we're missing out on the good times going on in life. But it's not the good times God is trying to keep us away from, it's those hindrances and hidden dangers that you are either unaware of or ignoring.

Take Moses for instance, Moses asked a request of God but didn't consider the dangers of His request. God told Moses no man shall see Me and live (Exodus 33:20); but death was not a consequence FOR seeing God, it was a consequence OF seeing God. This was something that Moses obviously didn't know and therefore had no reason to consider it, but God knew and protected him.

It's the same way when God has an assignment for your life and because of the level of that assignment, He has to hide you for a while. Look at John the Revelator, he was on the island of Patmos as a punishment, but God was also using the island as a hiding place. What John didn't know was that God was about to use him to write the book of Revelation and because of the spiritual level and visions John was about to receive, he had to be isolated for a while.

(Exodus 33:22)

There will be times when God will hide us on purpose, for His purpose and for our good. But being hidden for a season can be uncomfortable and frustrating because we tend to feel as if we're missing out on the good times going on in life. But it's not the good times God is trying to keep us away from, it's those hindrances and hidden dangers that you are either unaware of or ignoring.

Take Moses for instance, Moses asked a request of God but didn't consider the dangers of His request. God told Moses no man shall see Me and live (Exodus 33:20); but death was not a consequence FOR seeing God, it was a consequence OF seeing God. This was something that Moses obviously didn't know and therefore had no reason to consider it, but God knew and protected him.

It's the same way when God has an assignment for your life and because of the level of that assignment, He has to hide you for a while. Look at John the Revelator, he was on the island of Patmos as a punishment, but God was also using the island as a hiding place. What John didn't know was that God was about to use him to write the book of Revelation and because of the spiritual level and visions John was about to receive, he had to be isolated for a while.