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Take a Stand...

I was reading Isaiah 7 in the Message this morning in my devotion and God began to speak to me in verses 9-11. It says "...If you don't take a stand in faith, you won't have a leg to stand on." ..."Ask for a sign from your God. Ask anything. Be extravagant. Ask for the moon!"

As I was reading this my insides began to come alive. God was telling me it is the season of harvest, the season for faith to be increased. He literally issued a challenge to me this morning to ask him for anything. I believe there are many of us who have sown in tears, but now is the time to bring in the harvest rejoicing. Now is the time to store up.

Stand in faith, pray in faith, walk in faith, ask in faith, and give in faith. Ask for great things from your God. Stop asking for "believable" things, the things you are pretty sure God can do - meaning the things that if God does not do, you can pull off yourself. Be extravagant, over the top in your faith. Design the ministry God has placed in your heart, plant the churches, start the campuses, and believe Him for the finances, the staff, the facilities, the people, and the resources to make it a reality.

Ask for the moon! The time has come that we lose our "reasonable" thinking. It's time to shoot for the stars, to have faith that propels us to the heavens.

God is challenging us to move beyond this life of doubt cloaked in false humility. Walk in boldness and confidence knowing that he who began a good work in you is able to finish what he started. He is able to do EXCEEDING, ABUNDANTLY ABOVE ALL we can ASK or even IMAGINE!


So dream big dreams, pray big prayers, walk in big faith because if you don't stand on faith you won't have a leg to stand on!

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