What a week. I'm not even sure where to begin. Has God ever caught you completely off guard by bringing life back into something you long since accepted was dead?
It makes me think of the story of Yeshua and Lazarus. Jesus walked into a community of people crying, devastated, wailing, and sitting shiva- observing the Jewish-mandated time of deep mourning- and brought life.
"I am the resurrection and the life," He told Martha.
This whole year for me has been one of God showing me that it's not over until He says it's over and this week was no different. This week, something I had long accepted was gone, done, dead...He restored. Out of seemingly nowhere.
When I first lost this valuable thing, I was upset and did pray about it (I think I did anyway), but if I'm being honest, I probably felt deep down as if it were too trivial and unimportant in a world full of big issues for God to bother much with. The forces stacked up against me also seemed too big.
I know this all sounds silly. What's bigger than God? Nothing. Who can out-scheme His plans? No one. But I accepted the loss and moved on quickly, only thinking about it in passing from time to time.
But then, almost two years later...He brought it back. The interesting thing is, the night before, I had a dream that hinted something was about to happen.
The atmosphere that this came about it was one where I'd experienced a renewed sense of fight: to not so easily accepting when things are taken from me, but push back.
When you've lost many things in life, it's easy to get in the habit of moving on quickly. It's a survival mechanism.
I believe God is right now teaching those who have picked up the habit of spiritualizing defeat to stand and fight knowing God is our strength and our shield. He goes before us.
He carries life and resurrection for any dead area of our lives.
I talk about all of this in the new episode of God of Miracles, my podcast about...well, how God is still the God of Miracles.
In this episode, I share how God reminded me this week through happenings and dreams that He’s got me (and you) and how I experienced my own unexpected restorative miracle. I also share three beautiful miracle stories.
Hang in there. Don't give up because unless it's good, God isn't finished.
Listen here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2368361/15558772-how-god-showed-me-he-s-got-me-three-new-miracles
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