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Rise up

Have you ever noticed how many times in the Bible the disciples tell people to rise up? I was reading in the book of Acts and I was surprised by how many times people were told to rise up.  "You've been sick and in bed for 8 years, "Rise up and make your bed."  It was like it should be the most common thing.  In Jesus Name, rise up and be made whole.  "You haven't been able to walk since birth? Well, rise up and walk."  Reading through these portions of scripture lately, it really struck me how it just seemed like something so simple to them.  You have an issue?  Rise up, God will overcome it.  God will take care of the rest.  Sometimes, when we are faced with issues, we want to lay down and curl up and just bury our heads, but God says, "Rise up" and let me overcome this issue.  

You need a healing?  Rise up!!!! You need a miracle?  Rise up, God will be there for you.  God will make the way for you.  


We often get to looking at our circumstances or the circumstances around us and we can't see how God can use this situation for His glory.  How can this circumstance be used to work things out for our good?  It is so difficult to rely on God and leave everything at His feet, but that is exactly what God asks of us.  We have to have the faith to rise up and walk.  What do you do when you are stressed out about something?  Do you stew over it and try and try and try to come up with the solution?  Or do you pray about it and let God do the work?  Personally, I pray about it and then stew about it and then try to pray about it and the cycle continues.

Let's get to that place where we can say, "Let's rise up!"  We can overcome anything in Jesus name.  It seems so simple, and yet at times it is the most difficult thing to do in life.  Especially when you want to see the results yesterday.  Some situations take time, but I know that God is in it or allowing it, even when we can't see to the other side. 

Imagine how the Israelites felt as they were standing at the Red Sea before God parted it?  There is an angry army behind you, an ocean in front of you and mountains on either side of you.  They trusted God and He parted the Red Sea and they walked across on dry land.  When you are down and don't know which way to go, just remember that God is telling you to RISE UP today.  Remember, God is with us in each situation and is just waiting for us to lay everything down at his feet and let Him do the work through us and for us.



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