Many of you are at a crossroads. If you turn left, you could
literally fall apart but if you go right, your breakthrough could smack you in
the face because it’s just that close. God wants you to know today that He is
in the business of restoration. He’s a pro at healing. He has a long history of
mending broken hearts and calming frantic minds. He is the God of peace and has
the power to speak to storms. He is the God of right now. He is Jehovah
Shammah, present with you. The question is do you trust Him at your crossroad? When you don’t know what to do or how to act,
can your faith sustain you? Right now, in your tired moment, your frustrated
moment, your hard place, can you look up and know that you serve a God that
will do what He promised you? These are not easy questions, even for believers,
because life is real. The enemy is real and if He can get you to lose your
focus, he can cause you to step out of alignment and position. But God wants
you to know quite simply that He is able. The key is you activating your faith
and seeing His power working in you and in your life.
I have heard so many people quote part of Ephesians 3:20 and
shout. I mean it’s definitely “shoutworthy.” “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we
ask or think…” Yes! Hallelujah! But we have to read the whole verse. The
last section of that verse says, “…according
to the power that works in us.” That sounds to me like God has the power to
do beyond amazing things but you have a part to play as well. You have to be
open to His power. You have to believe that He has this awesome power and that
it will work through you. Paul was writing this letter from his own hard place,
a prison cell. But I love that he highlights unity, encouragement and spiritual
redemption throughout the book of Ephesians. To me, chapter 3 speaks to your
hard place. He lets you know that God has a plan for the Gentiles, the non-Jews…you!
“And this is God’s plan:
Both Gentiles and Jews who believe the Good News share equally in the riches
inherited by God’s children. Both are part of the same body, and both enjoy the
promise of blessings because they belong to Christ Jesus” (Eph 3:6 NLT). You have a right to see God move miraculously in
your life! It’s a crossroads moment…
I believe God gives me essentially the same
message every week. He wants you to know that no matter at what place you find
yourself in, He is there and working. When you arrived at your crossroads, He
was already there and knew that you would be at that place at that time. The
problem comes in when you choose your own way instead of listening to the voice
and direction of God. Think about it. Most
of the times you wound up in a mess came from you moving forward with your own
plan. I can look back over my own life and pick out all the times that I
refused to wait for God to move and took matters into my own hands only to end
up with a mess. But you have a chance now to make a good choice. You have a
chance to go right towards your breakthrough. Do not let the enemy trick you
into abandoning your path. It may be that the scenery is not how you would have
drawn it or the script how you would have written it. Okay…that might have been
too artsy. Let me make it clearer. Maybe it’s not the man you always pictured
in your head but he’s hardworking and showing you the love you desperately want.
Maybe it’s not the picture perfect pregnancy you believed it would be but it’s
a reliable adoption agency with children that need your love. I’m not saying
you have to settle for anything but I am saying that God has a plan for you and
your life and it’s not always the way you pictured it being. Don’t miss His
perfect will because the package is wrapped differently than what you expected.
It’s a crossroads moment.
I want to end with Paul’s prayer from Ephesians
3. This is my prayer for you as you make the choice to let God lead and direct
you. Oh yeah and He is ready to do that exceedingly abundant work that He
promised! “I pray that from his glorious,
unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then
Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will
grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all
God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is.
May you experience the
love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be
made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.” (Eph. 3:16-19 NLT)
AMEN
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