You Have All You Need

This morning I had a revelation whilst at the gym! It wasn't anything crazy, rather a reassurance of something I already knew. 

I set my iPod app on my iPhone to play as I usually do and it was on "All I Need" by Tedashii. Now I have listened to this song so many times but this morning something happened; as I listened it was as if dark stormy clouds were being pushed apart and a light was beginning to shine! It was like that glorious moment when the sun stars to shine after a terrible storm! If felt The Lord saying to me "trust me" and in my heart I responded "even if I had nothing left, in you I have all I need". I replayed the song over and over again as I worked out feeling the feeling etch itself into my being! Over the last couple of days I felt God opening my eyes to what he is doing in my life! I realised that God was working on me to refocus me and clear my eyes of my endless distractions! I had been chasing the things I wanted and not appreciating the path that he had set me on! I had squandered opportunities that he had given me because I was dissatisfied and wanted what I believed I needed. I was chasing a dream and that dream took my time! It took me away from my family and took me away from seeking his kingdom! It's as simple this, we don't just fall away, it is a slow gradual process usually brought about by a desire to put our own plans into effect but our plans are nothing compared to Gods plan for us.

I revisited the story of Moses at the burning bush in Exodus 3 and 4. Moses saw something amazing, a bush engulfed in flames but not being burned up! He went to explore and he walked into the place where God wanted him to be! How did he get here? Well Moses had run away, he was a fugitive and an enemy of the state. He was a murderer and an outlaw. He had fallen from grace as the Prince of Egypt. Now I can only imagine how Moses was feeling, he must have been thinking how he had lost it all, he must have felt like it had all been ripped away from him in an instant! It would have left him feeling like he was a rock bottom but the reality was that God was moving him from a temporary position to and preparing him for a position of honour! He was being removed from a place of mans honour to a place of God's honour. I realised that God allowed Moses to face his adversity so he could demonstrate his power to Moses and also to those he was supposed to be setting free. God needed Moses to understand that he is God, as he said in burning bush, "I am that I am"! God could have used Moses whilst he was still prince of Egypt, it would have probably been a lot easier and straightforward. Instead he allowed Moses to go through a trial so that we would know that it is not by his power that the Egyptians were being freed but rather the power of Yahweh!

Our destinies are already written out, and in the midst of all adversity God has planned a route to freedom and restoration! The beauty of Gods restoration is that it is really promotion! God does not take you back to where you were, he raises the bar and places you on a new platform! Moses went from being a Prince to being the leader of the Nation of Israel. He had direct access to God, and he was a flawed individual! That is proof to me that God does not expect you to be perfect, he just wants you to be willing to be used by him. When Job came out of his period of tribulation, everything he had was restored to him and multiplied by 2. God's maths in restoration is not addition, it is multiplication and it is through grace! We need to cast aside our self righteousness because we are undeserving of what we receive from God, it is unmerited favour!

I don't know what you are going through at the moment, I just want you to remember that God will not allow you to go through more than you can bear and he had made a way out for you! Trust in his leadership and let him lead you to your place of honour! Do away with you plan and seek his! You may be looking at life like there is no hope, remember that you are blessed and highly favoured! You are a precious gem in the eyes of God and his hand is on you!

God bless you!