Daily Huddle - Sun Sep 13, 2020 Begin

Love you all, praying for you.
 
How do you eat an elephant?  One bite at a time.  This old saying has an element of truth.  Have you ever been discouraged, overwhelmed?  Have you ever wondered how you are ever going to get over this hurdle, or out of this ditch.  Sometimes life has challenges that are tied to many others.  It’s easy to become entrenched.  Have you ever wondered how things will ever change?  Maybe in your marriage, or your kids, or your job or your career? The devil wants you overwhelmed.  Because overwhelmed people never start, they never continue, overwhelmed people quit.  Joshua 3:7 – And the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the in the eyes of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you as I was with Moses."  God is faithful, He is with you – no matter what you are facing or stuck in.  And there’s a secret in this verse.  Today and Begin.  God is a God of beginnings, just like He is a God of endings.  He has something to begin in you today!  Today is a good day to begin!  It doesn’t matter if it’s unlikely to be fixed in a day.  Today is a day to begin.  God will help you.  If today is too overwhelming, than this hour is the hour to begin.  If an hour is too overwhelming right now.  Then for 15 minutes or for the next 5 minutes – I will do the first step that God told me to do. There is power in taking the first step.  The ten lepers that were healed.  Jesus spoke – they obeyed, and as they went – their healing came.   The best thing to do about overwhelming things – is ask God what the first 5 minutes looks like, or the first 15 minutes?  And just do that.  Learn to celebrate the first step – the first step of obedience.  Then God will give you grace for the next step.  Just 5 minutes or 15 minutes or one hour today.  And tomorrow the same.  Let God bring momentum to your mountains.  Let Him bring progress to your deliverance.  Sometimes God sets you free all at once.  Sometimes God takes you on a journey that every step brings more freedom.  Every little act of obedience brings joy, and overflows to the next step.  Praying that PiVAT today – will direct your steps.  That you will take just a few minutes with Him, to get His PiVAT for you for this week.  Praying that you will never be overwhelmed with anything you face, or that’s facing you.  Because compared to the God you serve, this mountain is nothing.  It’s just a word away – from being cast into the sea.  It’s just one obedience away from being of no consequence any longer.  Praying that you will learn to obey today, just the first five minutes - and take joy in the journey.  That your mouth with declare your action, His praise, and His promise. 
 
Love you all,
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