Hope – Page 12

Steve Backlund in his book Victorious Mindsets hits on something that speaks into the global circumstances of the day and also speaks into our personal circumstances. When I read it again I could not help think that his words based on personal revelation and born out of experience of believing in a good God provides for us both a posture and belief that will help us not only withstand our circumstances but also thrive. It is so easy to be so overcome and drained by unresolved situations that we whither, withdraw from the fight, and even break. Steve Backlund, says the way he faces unresolved situations is ….

Having Done All I Know to Do, I Stand

“Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand” (Ephesians 6:13). Continue reading “Having Done All I Know to Do, I Stand”

When my grandchildren were young, they would love to watch the automatic pool sweep move around the bottom of our swimming pool to clean it. If they looked and it was still, they would say, “He’s not moving!” or “He’s not working!” They were disappointed because they thought he should be visibly moving all the time.

All of us have times when we are looking for proof God is working and we think, “He’s not moving!” Or we think we have done all the right things without seeing the results we expected. We may have prayed, fasted, kept our integrity, taken the high road in situations, raised our children in church, tithed, faithfully served in the church, and have been obedient to what God has said, but we are not seeing the fruit we were promised. We are tempted to think and speak out these words, “It’s not working! I have done the right things but God is not moving.”

Many in the Bible had situations where it did not seem to be working. Here are three:

Abraham and Sarah’s promised child had not come despite years of waiting
Joseph’s purity seemed only to make things worse as he ended up in jail
Elijah’s radical obedience in defeating the prophets of Baal led into a season where he became suicidal because of the opposition he faced

Continue reading “It’s Not Working”