Remember a time in your life when you were maybe two or three years old and you’re standing on the edge of a swimming pool or on the edge of your bed and standing in front of you is someone you know you can trust? And they say, “Jump!”
You get your bearings and without hesitation you, JUMP!
That’s what our Heavenly Father is saying today… “Jump, you can trust me, I’ll catch you.”
Troubles come to our lives in all kinds of different ways…
Some sickness, some financial, some relational, some addiction, some abandonment, some death, some life…
All these things are part of life…
We may be alone, or in a crowd…we may be the CEO of a company, or a Street Person…race or gender makes no difference. God is no respecter of persons…He loves us all the same.
But the thing I want to talk to you about today is this… “Reckless Abandonment” to a God you cannot see…the invisible world where He lives but with our eyes and ears we cannot see or hear…I want to talk to you about a King who wants to bless you more than you deserve and love you more than you can imagine!
This morning I was troubled in my spirit about some things, God knows all about it. He reminded me to get His Word and speak it Out Loud…because Faith really does come by hearing…
When I was finished declaring God’s word to me…I JUMPED…into the arms of my Heavenly Father and He caught me…He caught me…All I know is that I have an assurance I didn’t have before…I know beyond a shadow of a doubt…not even the shadow of doubt, that God’s got me and I have nothing to fear. Praise God. Not in a haughty way or self-confident way but God’s way. Not just words to read and hope they are real…They are real…like someone I heard once say, “I know in my knower that I know.”
Jesus wants you to have that assurance too. All you have to do is, JUMP…He’s right there and He will catch you. God does not lie and, He, can be trusted!
–Marla Shaw O’Neill April 7, 2017 (AMELB)
And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.
And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters. Exodus 15:26-27 King James Version (KJV)
The words of Jesus…
Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. Matthew 21:21-22 King James Version (KJV)
