“Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast!”

Today I have found a new faith exercise… Something that I can focus on that will build my faith. As of late I have been having a difficult time with some things in my life as I have felt a little, scratch that, a lot shaken on every side. I got a little boost this past Sunday when my Pastor gave a great message on "discouragement"; of all things the timing could not have been better for me. I got another boost, when yet again; God gave me perspective on something through a movie. If you have seen the movie the title of this blog would have already shed light on my insight.

We rented the movie "Alice in Wonderland" and watched it earlier today. A very interesting movie, one I was not sure of going into but turned out to be quite good. Alice's father was a big dreamer and was noted for saying that he made a practice of "believing six impossible things before breakfast." Alice followed in his footsteps and was able to overcome by doing the same.

It is interesting to me that the Bible often tells us to remember what God has done. The instruction to remember is never a gentle suggestion more of a: "you must do this!" We so quickly forget what God has already done when we come to our next crossroad of needing to see Him come through again and again. By the time we are at another significant crossroad we have already forgotten His faithfulness. Thus, the faith exercise is to think of the things that God has already done in your life and be reassured that the thing you need to walk through right now will come to pass also.

For Alice, she needed to think and count aloud the six impossible things so that she could slay the jabberwocky. Alice thought of five impossible things that she had already seen and experienced and counted the sixth as the thing she was currently facing. The logic being that these five things occurred before so the sixth will be no different as they are all in the realm of impossible. The logic of faith and walking with God is the same and the instruction to remember what God has done in the past is significant to build our faith in the present!    

For me it goes something like this: One, getting to and going through Bible school both physically and financially. Two, meeting my husband and marrying him one year later, to the day. Three, giving birth to twins when I was never supposed to conceive or carry to term. Four, getting a much needed larger vehicle for a steal of a price and getting them to take my very old mustang at a steal of a price. Five, moving to Hollywood for my husband to return to school. And Six, seeing our next step – receiving the financial provision we need through being Realtors and the open door for my husband in the post production audio industry in whatever location God has for us to live in with incredible pay!

The five things and many others God has already come through for me. I know Gods faithfulness! The sixth thing is my current need and I can trust that God will be faithful here too as He has always been. What are the things in your life that serve as a reminder of God's faithfulness? What do you need to trust God for now? Think of your "six impossible things before breakfast!" God is faithful.

“Know Your Place”

As Christians I think it is sometimes easy to overlook or forget our true position in our good fight of faith. It is easy to fall in line with the message the world gives that we are unworthy with insignificant desires. As a believer we have been set apart, placed in a position of authority and no longer under our sin or shame. However, we continue to approach the Throne of God with the same timidity that we have been delivered from. As most often occurs I have gotten a glimpse of this truth through a film I enjoy; "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian." I think a lot of the time our hesitation to approach God or even circumstances boldly is due to the fact that we just do not know our place, for whatever reason.

There is a scene in the film of "Prince Caspian" where the kings and queens of old approach the location where they are to gather and come up with their battle strategy. When the kings and queens approach, the Centaurs line up and raise their swords in a bridge to show respect for the kings and queens as they walk in. Prince Caspian being with them, who is also noble and called to do great things, hesitates to walk with the kings and queens. My thought is that the kings and queens entered in walking tall because they knew their place. Prince Caspian did not enter boldly or walk tall as he had yet to learn his place.

As believer's we need to know our place and walk tall, enter in to His presence boldly. God has called us His righteousness once we are in Him. He called us to be the head and not the tail, above and not beneath. We see many biblical examples of what it is to walk boldly with God yet somehow we minimize ourselves as not able to accomplish the same things that were done in the Bible. The reality is that Jesus has called us to do "greater things" in Him than we have seen in the Word! Doing some "greater things" will require that we know our place!!!

If we do not know who we are in God, what He has brought us out of, or where He has placed us, we will be very ineffective in the Victorious Life He has called us to. Sometimes I will take time and think of what I desire to do and then think of what it is that holds me back from doing it. One thing I know is that any time fear or a sense of inadequacy tries to creep in that, it is not from God and thus not something I should be carrying with me. As a child of God I am destined for greatness, I am called to come boldly, and I am told that greater things will come out of my life! Think for a moment what are the reasons that roll around your thoughts that ultimately keep you from knowing your place? What prevents you from doing the things you can only do from the position that God has already given you as His child? Know your place and walk boldly!