Lil' Son Chronicles ~ From Complex To Simplicity...

This I wrote back 2 and half years ago. Check it out:

July 17, 2006

An interesting thing happen on yesterday. My best friend found out on yesterday that he was approved for new house. This was the call that he was anticipating but at the same time he didn't think he would get the call back. Well by the Grace of God he did get the call back; however, now he is concerned as far as the mortgage and the new household expenses. I thought about that and it reminded me of how when I found out about my new job and how nervous I was about accepting the offer. And then the Lord spoke to me and said...This is what you have been praying for...now that your prayer has been answered...are you ready for the blessing?

A lot of times we pray about things and we wonder...is God hearing me? And then we realize that God hears us because He answers our request. But we have to asked ourselves...are we truly ready to receive the blessing? You know that you are ready for the blessing when this happens...If you get that call back about a loan for new house, a new job, being delivered from drugs, the Holy Spirit falling down on you...the first thing you do is give God the Praise because He is worthy. Don't worry about how this will happen and that will happen. Just give the praise that He deserves and trust me...He got your back.

Let's pray that first of all we can boldly stand on the Word of God and know (Jeremiah 29:11 - For I know the plans that I have for you saith the Lord, they are plans for prosperity and not disaster, plans to give you a future and hope.) Know that God has plans for us and that they are to uplift and build His Kingdom...God doesn't bless us to make us scare. He's loves us so that is why he showers us with blessings. "For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” (2 Tim. 1:7)

So when you receive that blessing (from waking up in the morning to any and everything else you are believing to happen)...give Him the Praise and the Glory because God is truly worthy of it all and then some.

Be Blessed People and remember...You Gotta See It, Before You See It, or You Will Never See It... But once you see it manifest...go into praise...

December 4, 2008

Since then a lot has occurred. Some bad ... some good, but in actuality... all of it has worked out for the good. As much as we sit and complain about this and that, know this:

You are alive. God has granted you another day. This means there’s work to do. Souls to save. Addictions to beat. Insecurities to overcome. And so on... Know that with everything that goes on... that God loves you.

And while you have family and friends that may or may not know that you have the potential to do great things... know that God created you for greatness. So don’t sweat the things that are a challenge, because thru the challenge you will go to a new level in your walk with God and in who you are.

THOUGHT: If the challenges that we face are so complex then let’s try a simplistic approach... simply start off with ... “Because of Who God has been to me... I will give Him praise...” and take it from there...

Two of my favorite verses...

Because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

James 1:3-4