The Storm Does Not Stop The Promise

I just have to share with ya'll a message our guest speaker gave us last night!

The title of his message was "There is a Blessing on the Other Side of the Storm" and it was awesome!

He spoke about how God shows us a promise or we pray very hard for something but before we get our promise, up comes the storm! God told us that we would be blessed but He neglected to inform us of the impending storm! We are sitting there excited about what God is about to do when WHAM! The world seems to come crashing down around us! Then there we are, confused and wondering if God really said anything to us at all. Then there we are, praying. Wondering "where is God now? He was talkin up a storm before but now He is quiet. And if God has something to do with this then why amI going through this mess!?"

Look at this though ya'll! The minister went on to say that it is in the storm that God manifests Himself. He told you the promise before the storm so that you can exersice your faith (the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen)as you go through the storm. Sometimes the storm can be so vicious until you can totally lose focus of your promise. The thing is, the storm does not stop your blessing. It does not disqualify you from what God has for you! It only gives God his time to shine in your life! Think about it, If everything is going great in your life and you are blessed with something, what is the difference? God's promises are best made manifest in the middle of total disaster. Need examples? Daniel in the Lion's Den, Jonah in the belly of the Whale, The Egyptians being freed from Pharoh (the whole Red Sea thing?),The Hebrew Boys, Jesus being crucified, need I go on? Think about your own life. Think about a time when you were at a very low time and God delivered you! See what I mean? If you are in a storm right now, you are right where God wants you and you are about to be miraculously delivered!

Wow.

Until next time!