Truth Moment

I have realized that it is easier to preach a great sermon than to actually walk it out. I have had a rough week, but I find myself in a situation where I am having to believe God like never before. Usually, most preachers wouldn't admit something like that. Some think that just because we are anointed to deliver the word of God from a platform that we are above the issues of this world or setbacks. I WISH!!! Let me put it this way, I stayed up all night because worry was beating me down. Frazzled even. If I told you some of the absolutely ridiculous thoughts that played in my mind.....ok I'll leave that alone, but it wasn't good. So, I get up this morning and on my coffee table is a CD of a recent sermon that I preached called Great Expectations. I have received so many emails about this message. How powerful it was, how it empowered people's belief in what God can do. Some things from that message came flooding back to me instantly: Cast your cares on Him, Y? Cause he cares for you; He is able to do exceedingly abundantly far above all we can ask or think; Jesus said, Did I not tell you that if you believe, you would see the glory of God? If you know me, I can get loud and I bring a force and a confidence that carries. I can PREACH!!! ;-) (LOL) BUT, when it was time for me to walk it out, where did that confidence go??? I have heard people say, "I can show you, better than I can tell you", but at times I find it easier to tell than to show. The same message that I preach, has to be alive in me. Not just words, but there has to be action, in my life. The Bible says, to not be hearers only, but doers of the word as well. Let me take it a step further, I can't be a hearer or a teller and not be a doer. It's easy for me to tell someone else to believe in the power of God, but I need to tell myself to do the same. God is great, and God is good. God is not just powerful enough to fix it, but because of His great love for me, He wants to fix it!!! The goodness of God that I experienced last year is helping to build up my faith through this situation NOW. (I'm using this space to preach to myself) The same things I tell others God can do for them, God can do for me. My hope is in the Lord!!! Ok, sorry for the rant, but sometimes I have to write it down to keep it in front of me. I don't care how hopeless it looks....Just because something is fact, doesn't mean it's the TRUTH. I have a letter that states facts, but God's word is TRUTH!!! Ok, I'm done. Just needed to free write some. Thanks for reading, Be Blessed.


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