Warriors Arise: December 15, 2023
Matthew 6:9a In this manner, therefore, pray:
Our Father in heaven,
When Jesus begins to pray, "Our Father in heaven," was He making sure all who heard knew exactly who He was praying to? "I want to make sure you know, I am talking to God, our Father, the One who reigns from heaven." Why does He give the location of God?
So many Scritpures come to mind. God is in heaven and yet, He is here with us. He is omninpresent. Heaven is not only His address, but it is His the place in which He has the best perspective. He sees what is happening right now in our lives, as well as into our tomorrow. He is not caught up in our here and now becuase He knows tomorrow is coming. How many times does our persepctive change when we wake up tomorrow?
Not only does or perspectie change but we realize we made it into our tomorrow. No matter what is going on, He is in front of us, waiting with great anticipation for us to arrive when He has already been.
He goes before us and makes a place for us.
He goes bvefore us and clears a path.
He goes before us and has provision.
He goes before us and establishes protection.
He goes before us and positions us to receive the resources we need.
He goes before us and sets in motion relationships that will benefit us.
He goes before us and releases healing inour body, soul and spirit.
He goes before us and sets the captive free.
He goes before us and has the solution to our problem waiting on us to see, recieve, establish, and walk in.
He goes before us becuase He is our Father who is in heaven.
God, our Father who is in heaven, is not bound by earthly rules or restricitons. He sees from the persepctive of knowning exactly what we need, when we need it and meets us in that particular time and space with what we need.
Jesus is going to share a little later in Matthew 6:34, "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble."
There are times when I am driving our family to the movies and when we arrive, I let the everyoen out at the door. Scott will pay for their tickets as well as mine. When I go and park the van and walk in, I fully expect that he has taken care of my ticket. He has already paid for me. I do not intend to have to pay when I get to the counter. God is with me as I park the van and He goes before me into my tomorrow. He already has things covered for tomorrow. I do not have to worry about tomorrow. He has gone before me and paid my way.
You and I can focus on today. God will meet us in our tomorrow. We need to make sure we do what needs to be done today for we do not know what tomorrow holds. Many times our tomorrow gets so full and causes us stress becuase we haven't finished what God has given us grace to accomplish today. When we put off to tomorrow what we should have done today, we create our own stressors and compound a situation that had it been done in the time is was supposed to be accomplished, it wouldn't have caused the stress is is causing for us now (Proverbs 6:4).
Our Father in heaven, knows what we can accomplish today. He gives us strength and wisdom to do what needs to be done today, for our today. He sees our tomorrow and knows today is when we need to finish a task, resolve a conflict, or make a change. Too many times we put off making a change because ultimately, secrectively, we are hoping we don't have to do what we know we need to do. In the deep parts of our heart, want God to mirculously make the change in our life so we do not have to. It will take too much effort on our part so we secretively hope He will work the miracle, so we don't have to make the changes we know we need to make.
Our Father in heaven, opens the door, but we have to we are responsible for walking through. We are to complete what is our's to do today and meet Him in our tomorrow with empty hands. We are not to carry yesterday's responsilbities into today. We are to meet Him with completed task and making the changes He has provided for us with the people He has placed in our lives.
Our Father in heaven, You are holy and wise. You are powerful and full of peace. You are abounding in love. I stand in awe of You. I am thankful You give me only what I can handle today. I am grateful You are with me in my today and go before me into my tomorrow. You strengthen me to accomplish today waht has been put on my plate. I will not carry it into my tomorrow. Tomorrow already has a full plate. I will not put off to tomorrow what I need to complete today. You are my source of wisdom and strength. I will not put off the changes I need to make in my life. You are the potter and I am the clay. I will be molded by the Master. I will not resist the change that needs to take place in my life. Your love empowers me to make the changes You have shown need to change. I will trust You and believe that with You I can do all things, the thing You have shared that needs to change within me. You are my God in heaven, who has gone before me. I trust You in Jesus' name amen.
A Warrior in the Lord’s Army,
Veridee Joy Hand
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