Several months back I heard a message called “Breath on the Page” by Louie Giglio. That’s what stirred my thoughts for yesterday’s writing, Be Prepared.
When we truly realize, not just with our heads but with our hearts, that God’s word, the Bible, is God-breathed, God-inspired and powerful bringing life-changing effects it will begin to jump off the page and into our circumstances.
We have a great need to elevate God’s promises, His word, over the circumstances we face.
“Rise up, O God, and scatter your enemies. Let those who hate God run for their lives.
2 Blow them away like smoke. Melt them like wax in a fire. Let the wicked perish in the presence of God. 3 But let the godly rejoice. Let them be glad in God’s presence. Let them be filled with joy. 4 Sing praises to God and to his name! Sing loud praises to him who rides the clouds. His name is the Lord— rejoice in his presence!
5 Father to the fatherless, defender of widows—this is God, whose dwelling is holy. 6 God places the lonely in families; he sets the prisoners free and gives them joy. But he makes the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.” Psalm 68:1-7 NLT
God is not a sleeping giant that we need to “wake up”. God is always on point. Always ready to defend His children.
“For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him…” II Chronicles 16:9a NKJV
God is always looking for ways to help His children. The problem is we aren’t always looking for or to Him. We try and try to do things on our own and then after all our failures we call out to God. Or we even blame Him, “why isn’t God helping me or why did He let this happen?”, but we haven’t let or invited the Father in to help us.
When the Israelites left Egypt pharaoh pursued them. They complained to Moses – “why is God letting this happen to us, now we will die in the desert”. Moses called on God, God revealed His plan. They walked across the Red Sea on dry ground and pharaoh’s armies drown.
“I sing praises to the Lord for his great victory! He has thrown the horses and their riders
into the sea. 2 The Lord is my strength, the reason for my song, because he has saved me.
I praise and honor the Lord— he is my God and the God of my ancestors. 3 The Lord is his name, and he is a warrior!4 He threw the chariots and army of Egypt’s king into the Red Sea, and he drowned the best of the king’s officers. 5 They sank to the bottom just like stones.” Exodus 15:1-5 CEV
Remember, we are told to “ask and it shall be given, seek and we will find”. It’s silly to blame God or make it His fault, if we aren’t asking. A few days back we saw that the Father is a rewarder of those that diligently seek Him by faith. (Hebrews 11:6)
To let God arise means we elevate Him in our own eyes; in our estimation we lift Him to a place of highest priority. He is the creator of heaven and earth, there is no one higher.
Until we trust His word and let Him rule in our hearts, we aren’t letting Him “arise over our situation and scatter our enemies”.
Let God arise today!
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