Daily Huddle - Tue Feb 11, 2020 Rise

Love you all, praying for you
 
Praise God!  Nothing He ever does is without purpose.  He has a purpose in everything.  Even what the devil intended for evil, God intends for good.   Have you ever awakened in the middle of the night?  Maybe the baby was crying or the dog was barking, did you ask God for His purpose for you – even in this?  Psalms 119:62 – At midnight I rise to give you thanks for your righteous laws.  When you wake in the middle of the night, do you rise and give him thanks – for his righteous laws?  For His principles, for His Words and His Ways and His judgments in your life?  His decisions – some you understood, some you just couldn’t at the time…  But they are good and kind, and loving and right.  He saved you from sin, from slavery, from guilt, from everything the devil planned against you… from grief, from loss, from betrayal, He turned the dessert into springs.  Whenever David would awake, he would rise – to give Him thanks.  He spoke out loud – that he would continue to do it.   It’s amazing to me – how many times PRISM – Praise the Word – ties directly to what God reveals in Read the Word, or Insight from the Word, Study the Word or Meditate on the Word.   Isaiah 22:10 - Now will I arise,”  says the LORD.  “Now will I be exalted, now will I be lifted up."  God just said "you rise," now He said – "I will rise."  We always ask God “ When will you arise?  When will you get up and do something – this thing...  that I want you to do – for me…  When will you arise and show your strength?  When will you fix this – and turn my situation into what I want it to be?  "Now I will arise, now will I be exalted."  He doesn’t get exalted by doing what we want – He always gets exalted by doing what He wants.  If you want Him to arise – you do it.  Whether midnight, or mid-day – you can rise to give Him thanks.  You do it, right now.  Then God says – “Now will I be exalted”  when you do it!  He is telling you to do it.  Exalt Him, and He will be exalted – right now.  Lift Him up, and He will be lifted up right now.  In our culture – virtual reality has exploded – a multi-million dollar industry.  Why – because your life is really experienced, really determined in your mind – more than in your circumstance.  Just like people want to escape their reality and take on another – your mind determines your life – not your physical circumstance.  Paul and Silas were in stocks – still praising God!  Their physical condition – could not limit their spirit and their mind.  Their words directed their praise to God - and their praise to Him affected their mind, their heart - their soul and their situation.  They were in chains – but free in their spirit and in their mind – to praise.  Do you remember when you were little?  You were poor, but you didn’t know it...  Are you really poor if you don’t know it?  You lived with all those kids in that little house.  You were lucky to get a little toy for Christmas – but you were thankful - you didn’t know you were poor, your life was wonderful.  You had food to eat, even if it was just soup beans.  God provided and you took joy in the little things.  You didn't know you were poor until you went to school and saw all that the other kids had.  Your life is in your spirit and your mind, not in your physical situation.  If you rise – to give Him thanks.  He will arise to show himself strong.  And if you see Him how He truly is – high and lifted up – it doesn’t matter what timing He chooses to move in the natural.  You already see in the Spirit – what will surely come to pass in His perfect plan, and His perfect time.  When you rise to praise Him, to give Him thanks – He rises to inhabit your praise – and bring you peace in any storm.  If you have peace – the storm is all but over - already.  It’s just a matter of the reality of earth – catching up with the reality of heaven.  Praying that when you wake up – you would awaken praise.  Praying that your PRISM time – would fill your mouth with His Word – to fill your heart.  Praying that your PiVAT before dinner – would have you hearing His plans, but also remembering His faithfulness as you write out the testimony of what He did and revealed.  Praying that every day you will overcome with one other – just as He commanded.  To exhort one other daily.  Praying that you will rise to give Him thanks.  He promised that He will rise to come and live in it.  When He takes over your praise – you see Him in new ways – you see His promises that are true and His victory that is sure, His help that is already on the way – and His joy for you right now.  Right where you are, in this day and this hour. 
 
Love you all,
dad