Advertisers and writers are told of words to avoid in their
usage of the Headlines. Here are the three: Easy, Credit and Free. May I
add, nowhere in God’s headlines for success are easy, credit and free.
Jesus tells each of his kids, “In the world you shall have tribulation,
but be of good cheer for I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33) Jesus never said that life would be easy,
or that you could charge your troubles and pay on some installment plan
for another season. Or that there would be no cost for our freedom and
liberty in Christ. HE paid it all!
Acts 27 tells us about the
apostle Paul who was a prisoner on a ship heading to Rome with 275 men. A storm
came down with such fierce intensity that it broke the ship apart. Paul had
warned the men, “You should have listened to me in not departing from Crete”,
but this night God sent his Angel who told me, “Stay with the ship and no life
will be lost.”
You may not realize it today, but God can turn your Disappointment into a Divine Appointment.
Paul and the prisoners after a long storm would eventually swim to the
shoreline of the island of Malta. There, the people would welcome them and
build a fire for the cold, broken battered men. While Paul was putting sticks
on the fire, a poisonous snake came out and bit him. The people said, “He must
be a murderer and will die.” Paul shook the snake off into the fire and didn’t
swell up and die.
When he didn’t die they said, “He must be a god.” Well,
Paul wasn’t a god, but He did rise up above his disappointment and
showed them how powerful his God was. God was about to bless the island
of Malta for their giving hearts to this group of strangers. Who would openly
give so willingly to prisoners? They did! They welcomed them and helped them with
their setback. When Paul didn’t die, they knew something miraculous was going
on.
Then they brought the sick to Paul and people were miraculously
healed and God was glorified and praised on that island. Did you know the
island of Malta is known today as the most giving island in the world? 83% of
that island gives to charity. Blessing 276 prisoners with a welcome turned into
them receiving healings and people getting well from their sicknesses and
diseases.
When will any of us see that God can turn our winds of
adversity, our pain of difficulty, our setbacks, struggles and our stress into Great Victories and Wins for the trajectory of our
life? Malta ended up being blessed with the lame walking, the blind seeing, and
sick bodies being healed and changed forever.
Why not start looking, hoping and expecting for God to turn
your disappointment into a deliverance, not only you but for somebody else
too. Be encouraged today that life may not be easy and free, but somebody
is watching over you to turn your disappointments into divine
appointments for you and somebody else.
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