His glory will be seen upon you.

You know what happens when you start to live a fully dedicated life to God? You get filled with His joy. The more you trust Him, the more He blesses. Even in sudden times of conflict, you trust Him, He still blesses. You trust Him more, He blesses more. He will bless to the measure that you trust Him.

And you know what else? His glory will be seen upon you. (Isa 60:2) Yep. Other people will see the blessing of God on you. If they didn’t know you before you became a believer, they’ll just think that you are naturally awesome. If they did know you before, they’ll be amazed at the transformation they can see happening, because living in faith will transform you.

Even though you don’t feel it, God’s glory is on you. It’s actually shining out of you. The more joy and love of God in your life, the brighter that glory will shine. You’ll be a lighthouse in dark places. Do not feel bad because you don’t see it. You probably won’t see it. That’s the way humility works, but others will see it.

Live with faith and joy and God will do things in you and through you that will affect people far beyond anything that you know. One day you will be amazed and bless God for it.

Some people know how to live in blessing.

Have you ever met people who seem to get all the blessings? I mean, all of them? Everything they touch is golden, and favor follows them around like a puppy. They even boast about being God’s favorite. Now you know that’s not right, because God doesn’t have favorites. Or does He?

Why is it that those people are so blessed! It’s because they know that God actually does have favorites. In point of fact, we are all His favorites. It’s just that some people understand it and others don’t. The ones who do understand live in the favored blessing.

So how do you get in that club? It’s easy. You just believe God. You believe everything He says. If He says to stop worrying, you stop worrying. If He says to love Him with all your heart, then you love Him with all your heart. Believe the Word of God as truth, and live it, and you will be smack in the middle of the Favor Club.

If you fuss about what is right and wrong, if you stress about being perfect or out of order, you will not get in. Your attention has to be fully on Jesus so that He can work out all the details you stress over. If you are not living in favor, then ask God why. Let Him show you what He wants from you. Favor can be yours if you are honest before God and want His will above yours.

**************************************************************************The Key of David, by Diana Symons                                                                                             A story that’s been told for thousands of years…  The Bible’s Book 1 Samuel tells the story of David’s life – from an obscure family to an unlikely king, from shepherd to warrior, from champion to king-maker. What does it mean for a man to love God and be loved by Him? This book explores what it means to be human in the light of the Kingdom.

Faith is just trusting God to be God.

It almost seems cavalier to say, Oh, just trust God. Like you know what that means, when really, you don’t know what that means. I’ve been there. I thought I was trusting God, until it became clear that I wasn’t. I only knew about God.

Faith requires some level of activity on your part. Let’s say that you are worried that you’ll never get all the things done today that have to be done, because all of them are urgent or necessary. First, calm yourself. Settle your spirit in peace. Ask God to manage what you cannot. Ask Him to help you do what needs to be done.

Then do what you need to do. Faith is not about sitting on your hands and watching angels do your work. But as you work, trust that God will help you do it all. Don’t stress. The second you start to stress, you stop trusting God. Thank Him for what He is doing for you. Be happy. He is working on your behalf, because you asked Him to.

Looking for a job? Keep sending out the resumes, but know that God will take care of you. Don’t stress. Stress is agreeing with the enemy. God will do what He promises to do, and He promises to take care of you. Believe Him and be happy.

Living in faith is all about trusting God to be God and not worrying. He’ll be there for you. He really will.

You know those days when Murphy’s Law goes into overdrive? I had one of those yesterday. I won’t go into details, but trust me. at the end of the day I was miserable. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong. I was bothered by it all night and kept claiming the peace of God to settle my spirit.

When I got up this morning, I wasn’t looking forward to going to work. I knew what I had to face — the effects of yesterday. But then a wonderful thing happened. The Lord spoke to me. Quietly, in my heart, I heart Him say, When the enemy comes in like a flood.

At first, I didn’t pay attention to it until it repeated two or three times. Then I had to stop and think about. What is that verse anyway? So I looked it up. When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him. (Isa 59:19)

The Lord will go before you.

Awesome! Suddenly my day went from depressing to jubilant. I could easily see the angel of the Lord planting a huge flag on a pole in front of the hoards of the enemy. Planting that flag sends shock waves through the enemy ranks and the scatters them like fleas.

My day has been nothing like yesterday. The atmosphere has been completely different and I am so grateful to God for going before me. He worked because I trusted Him to work. If I had ignored His word, or failed to trust Him, I would still be stressed. So, how is your day going?