Believers Blessings

One of the things blogging has done for me is that it has opened some friendship doors for me. I am the kind of person that would rather be on my own, than hang out with a crowd, and my job doesn’t really afford me the opportunity to meet people. So my chances of making new friends are quite limited. But with blogging, I have been able to meet like-minded and faith-full people, who have been a source of support, and inspiration. I know that there are days when, no matter how much faith you have, you will ask certain questions like “what’s the point?”, or “what difference does it make anyway?” it is in those moments that the beauty of friendship is better defined – be it virtual or physical.

Today, I want to appreciate the blogger and my very own cheer-reader, Believer. In more ways than one, her posts have been a source of inspiration, but the one that stands out most is her faithfulness in believing prophecy. I think that alone has gone a long way in shaping my life this year.

You see, I have grown used to attending cross-over services at the end of each year, and awaiting the preacher make a declaration of God’s will and plan for the New Year. And yes, we believe and go into the New Year with expectation, but for many including myself, the days turn into weeks into months and the demands of life tend to make those prophecies sound like faraway pep talk.

But with Believer, she has consistently reminded me that God doesn’t forget his prophecies. Almost everyone of her posts this year has ended with the reminder that “ 2008 continues to remain our year of UNCOMMON TESTIMONIES.” That’s the prophecy she got and she has made a deliberate and conscious effort to walk in this word. That’s great inspiration for me.

I was going through some of my previous posts and I realized how much this blog has been about the fight of my life(*grin*…I finally got my long awaited Kirk Franklin CD, Fight of my Life, and couldn’t resist using the title….i think it rocks). And for me in my ministry, the prophecy for 2008 is that it is a year of fulfillment. For the first half of this year, I kind of just trudged along hoping I could smile at the end of the year and say yes, I walked in that fulfillment. But honestly, it is probably a prophecy I would have quickly forgot, but thanks to Believer who kept reminding me of her own prophecy.

You know, one thing I have learned is that faith is not automatic. There is some amount of work you have to do. The preacher could give you God’s word for you, and it’s all true and everything, but there is a certain homework you have to do if you will be seeing that prophecy play out in your life. Joshua lets us see a little of how this works, when God instructed him not to forget the book of the law. The word is effective, but we must not forget it; we must learn to activate it in our lives, by a conscious belief, meditation and confession.

Pastor Chris once explained the image in revelation of Jesus with a sword in his mouth that it was symbolic of the word of God, the Hebrew word used there, meaning “edge of a weapon”. The word of God in our mouth is like the edge of a weapon that cuts through the distractions of the enemy and activates the promises of our Father.

This is what Believer has been doing every time she ends up her post with the reminder “ 2008 continues to remain our year of UNCOMMON TESTIMONIES.” And it has also activated the prophecy in my life because I did not forget.