Blessings (pt. 2): Faith During Patience

Sometimes, in regards to blessings, we have to accept God's "there and then" instead of impatiently reaching for the "here and now." Gods timeframe and ours are vastly different. ("To Him a year is but one hour."-Marvin Sapp.) If we should become impatient, perhaps then we should consider having more faith and look toward the Bible to give examples of having and retaining faith while waiting on what is promised. Abraham was told that his loins would produce a great nation innumerable as the stars in the sky. It would take until the adulthood of his son for this to manifest. What God promises to you He will deliver. This is the time when our faith must be unshakable. For the enemy knows what is promised you and will stop at nothing to discourage you into cursing yourself away from the birthright of they that follow Jesus. "...that you may have life and have it more abundantly."-John 10:10.

Faith keeps us stayed on Him. A belief with no proof (faith) in that which is not seen (God), with patience and action will in time manifest itself into blessings. And at that moment we, the believers, must give praise and honor to God, as is our duty. Great things happen to believers as well as unbelievers, but it is our responsibility to acknowledge where these "good happenings" come from. Spread the Word to all. "The testing of your faith produces patience.-James 1:3. I heard it said that Gods delay is not His denial. God wants to bless us...abundantly. But we must have actively working faith, be ready to receive, and then give thanks and due praise to Him.
Be blessed and be a blessing!

Blessings (pt.1): Patiently Waiting

"I thought I had it planned out, a smile that made me stand out
With happiness that wasn't due to me, now I'm a man down."
These are the lyrics penned by myself during a trying time of spiritual transition. Many of us know of God but we don't KNOW Him. It is because of this that we must learn of Him and His ways by experiencing Him up close. We are thus put into a position to be pruned by our Gardener. We are His beautiful creation. He has sustained us and made us to grow and must prune us. It is said that the gardener is always closest to his plants when he is pruning. Therefore, in times of transition toward our blessings, God must remove people, characteristics and attitudes, mentalities, or anything of the sort that would hinder or prove to be unproductive. Yet remember. This is the time when He is closer to us. Perhaps to get a better look.
The Heavenly pruning yields a stronger Christian with eyes and hearts open to the possibilities of an All-Powerful Provider. Blessings will be easier attained as ones mind is more stayed on the Father. But these blessings are dispersed in the time frame and leisure of He who has planted us.
If we reach for that which puts a sparkle in our eye simply because we feel that we are ready or even more boldly, we feel it is due to us because of some arrogant distorted reasoning, we run a terrible risk of being instead cursed and our pathway toward blessings being tainted. A blessing from God has no strings attached, in that there is no compromising, just reception. Should a blessing feel that maintaining it causes questionable reciprocity via actions or thoughts, then sadly it is not a blessing.