Get 'er Done

Did I get your attention with my Larry the Cable Guy reference? Good! The boys are watching Cars this morning, and it just seemed to fit. I'm ready to get some things done today! How about you?

 Dueteronomy 1:6-8 "The Lord our God spoke to us at Mount Horeb. He said, 'You have stayed long enough at this mountain.  Take your tents down. Go into the hill country of the Amorites. Go to all of the people who are their neighbors. Go to the people who live in the Arabah Valley. Travel to the mountains and the western hills. Go to the people in the Negev Desert and along the coast. Travel to the land of Canaan and to Lebanon. Go as far as the great Euphrates River.
  'I have given you all of that land. Go in and take it as your own. I took an oath. I promised I would give the land to your fathers. I promised it to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. I also said I would give it to their children after them.'"

  I woke up this morning feeling so refreshed and thinking of this passage of scripture. The very fact that I woke up feeling so good and thinking so clear was proof that God was involved! My mind has been full this week of the promises God has given me over the years, and with this train of thought, the understanding that He is waiting on me has becoming more and more clear.

I haven't read this passage in a while, but it was bursting in my mind immdeiately upon waking. I couldn't even remember where it was found. I called Jeff to ask him, and he blurted it out before I finished asking. He had just been reading it! It is so cool when God works that way! There is much to be learned from these few scriptures!

If you stop here, you'd think it was a glorious beginning to His children taking the land he'd promised. Unfortunately, that isn't the case. Moses is retelling the story to the children of the people God was originally speaking to because their parents were all deceased and, after 40 years, they were finally going to do what their dads and moms couldn't: Claim God's promises!

Joshua and Caleb are two of my very favorite characters in the Bible. I like to think that I could be determined in my faith like they are. However, I can be a little like the others at times. People tell me the obstacles between me and my dreams are too big, and I listen to them instead of God. I'm tired of wondering around my mountain of doubts! I've heard the Lord and the promises He has given me, and I'm ready to claim them!

Has God promised you things in your life? Is there a dream He has given you, that you are reluctant to claim? Here are some verses to encourage you!

Habakkuk 2:2 "Then the LORD replied:
   'Write down the revelation
   and make it plain on tablets
   so that a herald may run with it.'"
-God is speaking to Habakkuk about what he has just been shown, but it is a good principal to follow. Write down the promises God has given you and the scriptures that go with them.

Phillipians 3:13-15 "Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus."
-Read what you've written down periodically to help you stay focused on the goal He has given you.

2 Corinthians 1:20 For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.
-Memorize this verse! Anytime someone tries to tell you that your dreams are to big or that maybe you misunderstood God. Quote this verse. Anytime it looks as though you'll never see the fullfillment of His promises, quote this verse! Anytime you grow weary from waiting, quote this verse! Just quote it as often as you need to until its embedded in your mind and spirit. Never let go of the hope that is found in this promise!!

Be blessed! And remember "Stand firm, and you will win life. " (Luke 21:19)