It’s amazing to me what God can do with well…nothing!
It started in creation when God formed the beauty of creation from nothing but it did not stop there! In Isaiah God gives beauty for ashes, but what does that mean? It means he takes the nothingness of our lives and in exchange makes something beautiful from it!
So whether you feel like your life has amounted to nothing or you simply have nothing at all, you are in a perfect place! Bring your nothing to God and watch Him do something amazing with it!
Nothing in our hands is nothing, but nothing in God’s hands becomes something beautiful!
Not only can you give God your nothingness, you can give Him your everything! Give Him your stress, worries, burdens, pride, sin, broken relationships, hurt, pain, trouble, hopelessness, struggle, shame, give it all! Not just the bad, give Him the good too: your hopes, dreams, prayers, gifts, talents, and resources. Because not only does he take the nothingness and make something beautiful, He takes the bad and exchanges it with good and He takes the good and makes it great!
Like King David said, “He makes me great.” Psalm 18:35
That’s just who God is and what He does! So no matter what you have remember to give it to Him today and watch Him make something beautiful from it!
In the beginning God said, “Let there be light” and then there was light. God spoke and the world was formed, everything we see in creation was formed by what God said. Right after all of creation was made we were made to rule over creation. We were made in very image of our Creator.
Scripture later tells us in Proverbs 18:21 that “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.” There is great power in God’s words and there is great power in ours as well. In the same way that God’s words created the world, our words create our own little worlds. What I mean is the very course and direction of our lives is largely influenced by the very words that come out of our own mouths.
The third chapter of James tells us that our tongue is like the rudder of a ship – it determines it’s course. As we are well into 2015 I would challenge you to keep a guard over your words. Watch what comes out of your mouth. Be sensitive to the Holy Spirit and do not allow any negative speech to leave your lips. Rather let your words be filled with faith, hope and love.
Remember our words are seeds. We must be conscious of the kind of seeds we are sowing. If we are not happy with the current season we are in we must evaluate what our words were like in the previous season of our lives. I challenge you to begin to sow three faith filled seeds into your daily life by saying these three things everyday:
I AM WHO GOD SAYS I AM
I HAVE WHAT GOD SAYS I HAVE
I CAN DO WHAT GOD SAYS I CAN DO
The above three statements are absolute truth, so agree with God and begin to say what He says. And one day in the very near future you’ll be glad you did!
This time last year God put it on my heart to begin to increase my influence. What does that mean? ha Basically he began to stir my heart to do three things:
1. Invest more into a small group of people on a regular basis.
2. Write blogs, books and the like to get into the hands of all who would read them.
3. Record videos and audio teachings to share what He puts on my heart.
And so it began, in January I began writing, meeting with and investing myself into a small group of believers, and I began recording short encouraging videos each week to share what the Lord was putting on my heart. I didn’t know all what I was doing, I was simply obeying Him and doing all that He put on my heart to do. (Click here to watch my very 1st video – an insightful message on Honor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0ZIlmOskfM)
As I continued to do this, He began to expand and develop what I was doing and He began to give me more and more thoughts and ideas. At times it seemed overwhelming but I was excited and I knew it was the Lord. I began to work with a good friend in order to develop a website. I began to write the book the Lord was putting on my heart. I became a student again and began to learn many new things in order to fulfill the dreams He was putting deep down within me.
Fast forward almost one year and I’ve made 50+ videos, wrote and released my first e-book, mentored several individuals, and created my own website. I’ve begun to write a couple blogs a week in addition to the weekly VLOG’s I release. Next week I will be releasing my first Audio Course titled, “Hearing God’s Voice – When it Matters Most” and as we enter into 2015 I plan to have my 501c3 Non-Profit Status. And all this is just the beginning as He continues to give me direction and enlarge the vision within my heart.
Think about all of that though. All of this has transpired in just one year! Which by the way was the busiest year of my life (my wife and I learned to balance taking care of three children and not just two, we moved from Ohio to Florida to answer God’s call, worked hard to sell our house and many other things along the way)!
I say ALL this to encourage you with this one thought:
“Do not despise the day of small beginnings.” Zechariah 4:10
Regardless of what it may look like, no matter how impossible your dreams may seem if they are from the Lord then give your heart to them. Work diligently to do all that God puts on your heart and as you do He will open up even greater doors for you and you will look back and be amazed at all that you and the Father have accomplished together.
Go ahead, get excited! Give God praise now and begin to pursue the dreams He has put deep within your heart. Remove all excuses, step out in faith and get to work! Don’t despise the day of small beginnings because as you are faithful God will richly bless you and the work of your hands. To God be the glory!
God put it on my heart to pray a prayer of blessing over you so that is just what I did. Agree with me in prayer! Let’s see the hand of God in our lives, silencing the enemy and awakening faith, hope and love.
