Push
People Up
TODAY’S
SCRIPTURE
Two are better than one…if either of them falls down, one
can help the other up…
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10, NIV.
TODAY’S
WORD
We all need somebody to believe in us more than we
believe in ourselves. We all need people who will push us up, so to speak. After
all, there are enough people trying to push us down in life. There are enough
people telling us what we can’t become and how we don’t have what it takes.
I know in my own life, I wouldn’t be half of who I am if
it were not for Victoria. She has spoken so much faith into me. She has called
out the potential on the inside.
I believe we all have the responsibility to do this for
others. Let’s push people up. Let’s look with our eyes of faith and see their
potential and tell them what they can become. If you will be that person for
somebody else, God will make sure somebody will be that person for you.
Friend, every person has seeds of greatness inside. You
can cause your children to rise to a new level. You can be the catalyst for
your family to do things they never thought possible. Your words have creative
power. When you speak vision, that can be the seed God uses to thrust them to a
new level.
PRAYER
FOR TODAY
Father, today I commit to push people up. I choose to
speak life and call forth the seeds of greatness within. Thank You for using me
to help others fulfill their destiny in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
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“I can't be quiet! I am angry and bitter. I have to speak.” (Job 7:11 TEV)
God can handle your emotions — he gave them to you, after all! He can handle your anger, doubt, fear, questions, grief, and even your complaints. Be honest; tell it to God. Get it off your shoulders. Spill your guts! Tell God exactly how you feel: “God, I hurt!” This is exactly what Job did.
Job was brutally honest with God: “I can't be quiet! I am angry and bitter. I have to speak” (Job 7:11 TEV). He continues to unload in the following verses: “Why do you keep me under guard? Do you think I am a sea monster? I lie down and try to rest; I look for relief from my pain. But you — you terrify me with dreams; you send me visions and nightmares until I would rather be strangled than live in this miserable body. I give up; I am tired of living. Leave me alone. My life makes no sense. Why are people so important to you? Why pay attention to what they do? You inspect them every morning and test them every minute. Won’t you look away long enough for me to swallow my spit? Are you harmed by my sin, you jailer?” (Job 7:12-20)
If you were God, how would you react to that? Zap Job with a thunderbolt? Is that what God did? No!
Do you know why God didn't just zap him? Because God understood Job. God understands you, too, and he understands your hurt. When you say, “God, I don't like this. This stinks. It hurts!” God’s not going to be surprised. Who do you think created those emotions? Who do you think gave you the capacity to get angry and express those feelings? God did. God is not surprised by your emotional state.
God let Job get it off his chest. It was a catharsis, a kind of cleansing so that Job could get clean and be healed.
The right response to unexplained tragedy is not “grin and bear it” or pious platitudes but honestly telling God your struggle with him. Lamentations 2:19 says, “Cry out in the night ... Pour out your heart like water in prayer to the Lord” (NCV).
Job questioned God’s actions, but he never stopped trusting him. Did you know that trusting God with your feelings is an act of worship? “Job stood up, tore his robe in grief, and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground and worshiped” (Job 1:20 GW).
Unload all your feeling. Release your frustrations. God can handle it!
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