Endure - There is Joy ahead

Dear friends

I came to a place this week gone, where I felt a bit wearied. I have always been a giver ...that is really who God made me to be. I can find at times I am "pulled" here, "pulled" there, helping others, pouring out, pouring out and pouring out some more. I tell you these are challenging times and there are so many in need. I know the wisdom of rest and I know it is a must do. Sometimes I honestly do get caught in the cycle of "overDO". I am thanking God though, because he just prompts me to stop rejuvenate and replenish.

I know when I begin to feel drained it is time to stop and replenish ie. Receive from God.

Dearest friends please do get enough rest

Well to amuse you a bit...it's not just as simple as God prompting, it is a more like self-pity begins to creep in. I laugh at the conversations with my Abbah Father at these times as I run to him because I have learned he is the one we should run to as he is the problem solver.

So my question like many of you this week was "Daddy don't you think I have waited long enough?" And I honestly shed some tears. I heard God say these words ENDURE FOR THE JOY IS AHEAD and then God said, you are about to cross over into your greatest miracle yet.

Amen

Well I didn't quite get out of the rut of "overdoing" so easily until I heard God say PUSH Jacqueline PUSH. Like when you're giving birth, weary Jacqueline but now is when you must PUSH

Well God gave me the strength and I haven't seen the physical answer yet but I know something happened and I am expectant for that miracle any day now. WE SHALL TESTIFY OF THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING.

AMEN

Push dearly beloved friends PUSH.

Your miracle is about to be birthed.

It is when you feel the worse with the greatest pain (they call it transition in labour) that you need PUSH - P-ersevere (in Prayer)

U-ntil the

S-upernatural

H-appens

It is the point just before the birth of the baby - the miracle

PUSH!

Of course in order for God to have his glory with everything we walk through like Jesus we must ENDURE.

Jesus was able to endure because he kept his eyes fixed and focused on THE JOY AHEAD.

He had no doubt God would do what he said he would do. May we have this mindset too.

Hebrews 12:2 tells us very clearly: “…who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

Here is an adaptation on the matter:

This verse says Jesus focused on “the joy” that was set before Him as He endured the Cross. Just like a runner focuses on the finish line, like a builder forges ahead to view the completed project, and an author anticipates the last written page of a book, Jesus was looking forward to “the joy” of finishing. I’m sure that as Jesus hung on the Cross, He looked out across eons of time and saw the faces of people who would be saved because of what He was doing. He saw you, He saw me — but what else did He see that motivated Him to stay faithful to the end?

The word “joy” in Greek has a definite article, which means this wasn’t just joy in general, but it was a specific joy. What was it? The verse goes on to describe that joyous “finish line” that Jesus set His face like flint toward: “…who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Jesus had His eyes of faith fixed on the empty throne at the right hand of the Father that was reserved for Him once His victory was complete. Upon that throne, all enemies would be His footstool, and He would commence the next part of His high priestly ministry to intercede for everyone who would ever come to Him in time of need

Jesus had His eyes, His heart, His mind — His whole being — fixed on that highly exalted place. That was the joy set before Him. When sin and hell were defeated and Jesus was resurrected, that was the seat of authority He ascended into Heaven to occupy. And ever since that time, from that highly exalted position, Jesus has been serving as Lord of the Church and as the High Priest and Intercessor for every believer.

What is the goal in front of you that keeps you motivated to move ahead even when things are difficult? If you have no goal, it’s likely you’ll give up. That’s why it is so important to know exactly where you are headed, what will happen when you get there, and what kind of victory you’ll experience when you attain that long-awaited position.

Amen here ends the adaptation

God has given us promises for everything we face on this earth...

We need to endure into the Promise

Hebrews 10:36

36 For you have need of patient endurance [to bear up under difficult circumstances without compromising], so that when you have carried out the will of God, you may receive and enjoy to the full what is promised.

Amen

Thank you Lord for sending help to all reading this message may, make us aware of the promises, comfort and strengthen us, remove weariness from us, cause us to get enough rest and have balance in all areas of our lives in Jesus name. Amen

Walk good in Christ

Till we meet again

Pastor J