He said it, He'll do it...

hello friends :)  do you like the new layout and design?  :)  sarah spent some time on it and did an amazing job...she's so so good at this stuff.  love love love it.

i just want to share some encouragement today...
this morning at church we sang the song Our God by chris tomlin.
it says -
"Our God is greater, Our God is stronger, God - You are higher than any other..."
and then goes on to say...
"and if our God is for us, then who could ever stop us?  and if our God is with us, then who could stand against?"

and lately i have been struggling with trusting God for a few things that He's promised me...like I give God an easy out........."ya know, maybe God didn't mean He's gonna do that right away...maybe He'll just tell me something.  or maybe i'm just hearing wrong, or maybe......"  -basically lowering standards...so if by some chance what i'm expecting to happen - doesn't...i won't be disappointed.  i mean - what if God's wrong?  then what do i do?
does that make sense?
and i kind of just came to a place where i settled for that.  logic says that what God told me probably won't happen - so i'm just not gonna put that much pressure on Him...

however...this morning while singing that song all of a sudden i felt God there with me and He was saying - sing those words.  mean them.  "Our God is greater, Our God is stronger, God YOU are HIGHER than any other."
and then i just pictured Him standing there with a look on His face showing He knows that nothing can ever be greater than Him...and He said "you know what I told you.  and if I said it would happen - who can say that it won't?  I AM the Lord.  I said it, I can do it."

what a cool promise!
so if you are hearing some crazy promises from God and are tempted to brush them off - just in case God can't actually pull it off...dont.
take what He says to heart, expect big things and raise your expectations so that He can exceed them.
He says in 2 Corinthians - "no heart of man has imagined what God has prepared for those who love Him..."

and a couple verses from Isaiah 51  v. 12-15...
I, even I, am he who comforts you.
Who are you that you fear mere mortals,
human beings who are but grass,
that you forget the LORD your Maker,
who stretches out the heavens
and who lays the foundations of the earth,
that you live in constant terror every day
because of the wrath of the oppressor,
who is bent on destruction?
For where is the wrath of the oppressor?
The cowering prisoners will soon be set free;
they will not die in their dungeon,
nor will they lack bread.
For I am the LORD your God,
who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—
the LORD Almighty is his name.

Only He knows how to move and stir the waves so that they ROAR with every ounce of their full potential...Only He knows how to move and stir in you so that you fulfill the plan he laid out for you...so that you IMPACT (in the full meaning of the word) people for His kingdom...

if God says it, He can do it.
He will do it.
no other opinions matter.
;)

-ALIVE