Dig'em Now Cuz It's Coming

[S] 2 Kings 3:17
For thus says the Lord, 'You shall not see wind nor shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, so that you shall drink, both you and your cattle and your beasts.

Isaiah 41:18
"I will open rivers on the bare heights
And springs in the midst of the valleys;
I will make the wilderness a pool of water
And the dry land fountains of water.

Isaiah 43:18-21
"Do not call to mind the former things,
Or ponder things of the past.
19 "Behold, I will do something new,
Now it will spring forth;
Will you not be aware of it?
I will even make a roadway in the wilderness,
Rivers in the desert.
20 "The beasts of the field will glorify Me,
The jackals and the ostriches,
Because I have given waters in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert,
To give drink to My chosen people.
21 "The people whom I formed for Myself
Will declare My praise.

Isaiah 44:3-4
3 'For I will pour out water on the thirsty land
And streams on the dry ground;
I will pour out My Spirit on your offspring
And My blessing on your descendants;
4 And they will spring up among the grass
Like poplars by streams of water.'

Isaiah 45:8
"Drip down, O heavens, from above, And let the clouds pour down righteousness; Let the earth open up and salvation bear fruit, And righteousness spring up with it. I, the Lord, have created it.

[O] These verses all came in a single day's reading (except 2 Kings 3:17 which was last Sunday's sermon) with the theme of how God is starting new works (Isaiah 43:18-19) and that He will quench the dryness in and around us with the miraculous springs of water that only He can provide.  In fact, His abundance will not only cover the people but the beasts will benefit also.  Sunday's sermon was about how we just need to keep digging the trenches (carrying out the mundane routines daily, such as my devotional time with God).

[A] I've been praying to seek how God was moving in our church lately, especially with respect to a couple of recent developments.  And He opened this flood gates of His word to me to let me know that He is starting something new which will go beyond any of our imaginations.  However this does mean that we need to work hard in digging the trenches so that when the springs of water gushes down, we will direct and distribute them to those in need (which is all of us).  For me, digging trenches means higher quality of prayer and devotional times.  I gotta prepare the way for His new and wondrous works.

[P] Dear Father, thank You for the providing me the vision and the blueprint to join what You're about to do in our midst.  I'm so excited to be the witness of that but I also request that my weaknesses that the enemy will try to lure me into laziness be plugged up by Your indwelling Spirit's workings as I desperately ask in Jesus' name.  Amen.

Don't Settle for Muddy Ground

[S] Joshua 3:17 --
17  And the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan while all Israel crossed on dry ground, until all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan.

[O] What amazes me is how the mud at the bottom of the river became dry ground for the Israelites to walk across. That is, couldn't God have just let the people walk across through the muddy ground?  This is where I am so blessed by God's perfect and complete provision for us in order to fulfill His purposes and to reveal His glory in the midst of that.  God doesn't just put together some solution to barely meet the goals.  He will provide it all and in completion. Serving such a God is a good thing but the only catch is that we need to fully abide in Him in order to receive His complete blessings.

[A] Don't settle for a muddy ground when God has a dry ground for me to walk on.

[P] Dear Father, I want o pursue Your perfect provisions for my life and not settle for the muddy ground.  I want to do that by learning Your heart through Your word.  Please show Your grace for my life to be molded for Your glory.  In Jesus' name.  Amen.