keep on keeping on

following the message from the pastor on sunday, i got another wakeup call in the evening. if you're left with 30 years to live, how will you spend the time? you're now given the wings of an eagle. all you have to do is put them on. do you want to soar over continent after continent, ocean after ocean? or are you content to stay on the ground as a turkey? let 2010 be the year of change, she offered. "不要怕。"

i'll be 40 next year. there's really not much time left to live out God's will for me. there're more bingo moments today.

vintage 9west pumps on kitchen floor

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Coming Out of the Stronghold

...“Do not remain in the stronghold; depart, and go into the land of Judah.”...

1 Samuel 22:5

David and his fighting men had been hiding in the cave of Adullam. He was fleeing Saul. Many of life's down-and-out had come and joined David's army. David was content to stay in the stronghold of safety. Then, God's prophet came to David and told him that he must leave the stronghold and go into the land of Judah.

When life beats down on us and we get to the place where we want to hide in a cave, God often places people around us who prod us into moving in the right direction. He does not want us to remain in the place of discouragement. He wants us to move into the land of "praise". Judah means "praise".

I recall when I went through a difficult time. It seemed to drag on and on with no change until finally I wanted to retreat to a cave and forget pressing on. It was a great time of discouragement. A godly man came to me and said, "You must keep moving! There are too many who are depending on you in the Kingdom." I didn't totally understand what he meant at that time. Now I know he was saying that God is preparing each of us to be the vessel He wants to use in the life of another person, but we will never be that vessel if we give up and hide in our cave of discouragement. Not only must we keep moving, we must move into a new realm. our attitude must move from discouragement to prise. It is when we move past discouragement to praise that we begin living above our problems. Make a decision today to go into the land of Judah.

exact source: not known.

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