Don't get tired of waiting for God to bring you out of the pit! Through
faith and patience, you obtain the promise (Hebrews 6:12, 15; 10:36)!
God is working in the background to bring you out so just wait on Him
to do it. While you are waiting, praise God for bringing you out and have a
grateful heart; be thankful to Him for where He HAS brought
you from. Don’t complain while you are in the pit; it will only delay God
bringing you out. We need to use Joseph as an example of what to do while we
are in the pit; he never complained while he was in the pit or the prison.
Joseph’s own brothers (family, flesh and blood) put him in the pit. But from
the time he got thrown into the pit to the time God placed him in the palace,
Joseph never complained, nor did he hold any grudges against his brothers; and
that is why God could take him to the palace. Joseph thrived everywhere he was
placed because he did not complain or hold unforgiveness in his heart.
Therefore, if you are in a pit today, check your attitude! Are you
complaining like I use too? Asking God, "Are we there yet?" “God how
long am I going to have to be in pain before my healing manifest”? These are
some of the questions I use to ask God. I am still in pain, but now I am
looking in expectation for my full manifestation of healing to come; I am
waiting for my change to come. I know what the Word says that I am healed
already by Jesus’ strips so I keep going and claiming my healing!!
Another check, are you bitter at the person who threw you in the pit (even
if that person was yourself – you might have jumped in yourself – whether on
purpose or by accident)? You got in that pit in one of three ways, either you
put yourself there by making wrong decisions, the devil put you there by
listening to him, or you got there by disobeying God; you wouldn't listen to
Him and He allowed you to fall in the pit (God is a gooooooood God but He gives
each of us choice and when you choose your way instead of His, there will be
negative consequences.
But God will take everything that was meant for evil in your life and turn
them around for your good – Yeah, God loves you just that must). But don’t get
bitter while you are in the pit; begin to praise God in the pit, thanking Him
for bringing you out of the pit before He actually does.
Give thanks to God with a grateful heart, no matter what you are going
through. Thank God for everything He has brought you out of! You must be
thankful for where you came from before you can truly be thankful for where God
is taking you.
Therefore, praise your way out of that pit! Make up in your mind TODAY that you are going to let go of all
bitterness, all jealousy/envy, all malice, all anger, all strife, all
unforgiveness, all hatred, all blame, etc. and be thankful to God for what He
has already done; look to Him to bring you out of the pit.
Your palace is waiting for your arrival! There are people waiting for you
to help them; the ones (souls) that God has assigned to your hand to help.
Therefore, come on up out of that pit and take your place in the palace.
Remember, God might not take you directly from the pit to the palace; you
might be thrown into prison before you reach the palace; just as Joseph. God
might have to do more work inside of you before you reach the palace. But stay
faithful to Him; being thankful? - being
grateful to Him for bringing you out of the pit (I can't express this enough).
Be patient! God knows what He is doing? He is a pro at what He does!
Dr. Dorothy E. Hooks
God’s Servant
Scripture for
today:
"For you have
need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive
what is promised."
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