Week 2 Day 10- March 15
/uhh, YUP. It's late. And in my mind, there is a perfectly valid reason. See this past weekend, I got bit by a bug. A little bug called fear. Currently in our family situation, due to the demands of a volatile market, our normal sales/income is decreasing. Sometimes when I am in a good state of mind, I have the ability to see past the current and into the vision of the future and the up-turn, and then times, like Friday, I take on a little poison from that fear that bit me.
Luckily this time, the poison was able to make it's way out of my body rather rapidly...within about 36 hours. Historically, it used to eat at me for days... I consider this progress.
So this weekend I have been contemplating what it means to walk like a king in the midst of hard seasons. And though I have known that poverty thinking, fear, and just grit are not part of my kingdom inheritance, I want to make sure that I don't pick any of them up, or let any of those things into my house in this season. I have to decide what will be in me and in my house.
I know that I will operate with eyes of faith and a heart full of revelation. I will stand in peace, and I will continue to have favor. I will expect doors to open to me/us that won't open to anyone else ...simply because of the anointing that Jesus adds to the picture.
But, I also want to be wise and grow in these times as well. So while we were driving in the car for several hours, I began to play some of the best TED talks of all time. Paul and I listened to one on the science of motivation. IT WAS FABULOUS. <http://www.ted.com/playlists/171/the_most_popular_talks_of_all >
One of the statements he said grabbed both of us. He said that to move forward well in this day and age, you need autonomy, mastery, and purpose. And I fully agree with him. He says that when these things are in place, i.e. freedom to do your job how you feel like it needs to be done...ability to do it well ... a reason to do what you are doing that will sustain personal motivation ...that you will remain creative and have ingenuity.
I want to work with ingenuity and creativity. I want to work my business in such a way that I have the ability to see past the obstacles and think outside of the box. I want to think large and wide. I want my scope to dream and have a foundation.
One of the sayings of our era is that as believers we have answers and solutions to the world's problems. This is true and great. BUT I have come to dislike spiritual sayings that remain etherial and have no practical use in my world. Up until this month, I have thought of the problems in such a way that it was how to solve the border crisis, how to fix immigration, the Fed, and so on and so forth. Big things....
But you are supposed to have answers and solutions to the world's problems that affect you as well. We all know that the world around us creates problems that just aren't supposed to exist. Somethings that hit us are out of our control, but the way we respond isn't. We can get with the Lord, tap into the creativity and ingenuity that HE offers and have solutions to the problems that the world is throwing our way.
Simply put, even in down turns or difficult marketing times, we can have the breakthrough we are needing and craving. So since I have made this post longer than usually, I will simply leave you with these 2 questions and then our B & D.
1.) Do you allow yourself to be creative and have ingenuity or do you stifle it?
2) What creative solution is God wanting to pull out of you that solves one of the problems that the world is throwing your way?
Bless
__________, I bless you in the name of Jesus. I bless you with the creativity of heaven. I bless you to flow with inspiration from on high. I bless you with the breathe of God upon your work and your problem solving. I bless solutions to rise to the surface as soon as a problem arises. I bless you with quick resolutions and continued momentum.
Declare
I declare that I will not trudge through the same old way. I will put my trust in the Lord and I will expect our partnership (mine and Jesus') to produce vision, ideas, and solutions that the world and my company has yet to see. I declare that I will never fail to produce fruit...I have His favor and anointing for success.
**In closing... you were made in His image... and He...King Jesus... was the solution for the fallen world. Don't be afraid to be an answer to someone's...maybe your ... problem.
