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he goes down to bring you up

8/29/2018

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And I will make all my mountains a road, and my highways shall be raised up. Isaiah 49:11
God knows exactly where you are. He hears your cries and feels your pain; and He does not want you to stay in that situation. Instead, He wants to bring you up to where He is. Because this is His desire, He will go down first to where you are.

Our deep and darkest times are actually times when we cry out the most for His help. Those times when we wonder why God is not answering our prayers are times when He is actually waiting for us to get to that place of desperation for Him. He knows that until you reach that place, you won't come up with Him when He comes down to get you. In fact, it is your desperation that ushers in His Spirit to come down and swoop you. 

For most of us, we have been in this place of up and down so many times -- situations that made us cry out to God for help, experience His move, and then forget about it ... until the next time. If you have been in this same boat, and you are now crying out to God again, and you feel like He is not hearing you, let me tell you something.

God knows that you will forget again after He comes down and brings you up. He knows how fickle your emotions are. He knows how easy it is for you to forget. He wants you to Himself, and not back and forth. When He has you, He doesn't want to let go of you; yet something in your world keeps beckoning you to return to it. So, this time around, when He comes to get you to bring you to where He is, He wants to make sure that you are not going anywhere anymore. 

I hear you say, "I will not leave anymore. I promise." Yet, God knows your heart. He knows if you are really ready or not. Once He sees that you truly are, He will come down and bring you to the mountaintop. When that happens, you will never leave His presence again. You will be so desperate and hungry for Him. You will not exchange His love for anything or anyone. You will remain faithful to Him for the rest of your life. This will not only change you, but the people around you. This intimacy with Him will release you to the purpose that He has given you. It will bring about your healing and deliverance. It will catapult you to a higher level in Him.

This is why you are where you are. This is why you are so tired and weary. You are finally at a point of utter desperation. You've tried everything and nothing works. This is exactly the place where He wants you to be. Then, He will come and you will not want to be anywhere ever again.
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who are you?

8/14/2018

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You are he who took me from the womb; you made me trust you at my mother's breasts. On you was I cast from my birth, and from my mother's womb you have been my God. (Psalm 22:9-10)
Have you experienced wondering who that person is inside of you? Have you had moments when you felt you didn't even know who you are? You are not alone. I've been there myself, just like so many other people. And I continue to discover myself each day.

Everything you know about yourself is what was formed in your mind that are mostly from other people. What your parents said about you ... what your friends thought of you ... what you heard other people say -- all these have been received by your mind. The thing is, the mind does not always filter. What your mind receives, your heart feels, and most of the time the heart takes over and validates the negative things your mind has received. Once the heart is hurt, two things can happen: (1) it feels defeated and creates labels such as "you are a loser", "you are no good", "you are ugly", etc.; or (2) it defends itself and goes the opposite extreme, creating labels such as: "people are just haters", "they are jealous of me", "I don't care about what they think," etc. The first one leads to inferiority complex, depression, and isolation; the second one leads to rebellion, superiority complex, and anger.

Which one were you ... which one are you still?

You will not discover who you are with all these labels still attached to you, otherwise you will simply cover it up until the day it resurfaces again.

A woman for instance who has labeled herself 'ugly' and overcame this through make-up will look at herself in the mirror saying, "I am beautiful". However, because of that label still attached to her, she will one day see her self in the mirror and still feel ugly.

To discover yourself means going back to who God created you to be from the day you were born. 


You are he who took me from the womb; you made me trust you at my mother's breasts. On you was I cast from my birth, and from my mother's womb you have been my God.

I want you to read that verse above over and over again. Say it to God Himself. Speak to your Father and say this.

Do you realize what this means? God is the One who took you from your mother's womb and placed you at your mother's breasts. You were a tiny little baby who knew nothing, yet you knew how to suck your mother's breasts because God was with you. You were a vulnerable little baby, yet you survived because God was with you. From your mother's womb, God has been your Father. He has been with you, watching you all these years. And even during those years when you walked away from Him because you chose to do those things that He told you not to, He was still there waiting for you to return. Even during those times when you blamed Him for what happened to you, even if you were the one who walked away from Him, He was still there receiving every hurtful word you have said to Him. Even during those times when you didn't want to think about Him, He was still there thinking about you. Until now He is waiting ... waiting to reveal Himself to you ... waiting to reveal you to yourself.

You will never know who you really are outside of knowing who created you. How can you know "you" if you do not know your Father? You were created in His image and likeness, yet, if you do not know Him, you will not even begin to see who you really are.

"Come My child and let me show you who you are. Come and look into My eyes ... the mirror where you will see a reflection of you. Come and let Me show you how beautiful I have created you to be. Come and let Me reveal My heart to you, so you can also see the heart I have placed inside of you. This will be a beautiful journey, I promise you. Let me show you who you really are."

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