CAN YOU SEE THEM? THE
FINGERPRINTS OF GOD? They are all over
this earth, more than ever before … if you will just look! Actually, how can anyone not see that God is
writing His story in these days? His
perfect will in heaven, is being carried out on earth in these present
days! Do you see? God is revealing Himself like never before, and
we are witnesses in front-row seats.
Yet, we dare not just sit and look.
God’s plan is that we will be awakened, and stirred to arise. To be activated to shine as He writes our
names into this present-day story, putting us as main characters on the front-lines
– or main characters behind the scenes.
To God, each of our parts in His ultimate plan is just as important as
the others! Dear people, do you realize
that God could simply with one flourish of His hand write His story without our
help? But He desires to have us be with
Him wherever He is at work ~ and so He calls
us to be a part of what He is doing on earth in these days. Will we answer?
These are perilous, treacherous days filled with evil. And yet, these are exciting, blessed and favored
days! We could very well be the
generation that is physically raptured from this earth and caught up to meet
Jesus in the skies as He comes to take us Home!
What a day that will be, children of God!!
God’s Word says that in the last days people will be inventors
of evil things (Romans 1:30). Can you
think of anything more evil than just walking up to a child in a crowded,
public place and throwing him off a three-story balcony to the floor below? Just because you decided you want to kill
someone that day? It seemed like a
certain death sentence for that little boy.
But … enter GOD! This evil act
took place on a world stage. The world
is well aware of the Mall of America.
And the media streams events live – and instantaneously the world knows
what just took place. As soon as I heard
about this horrific act of evil, I pleaded with God for the life of little five
year old Landen – that God would spare him and heal him supernaturally and
raise him up miraculously for all the world to see that OUR GOD IS AN AWESOME
GOD! He has always been – and will
always be, the One and only force to be reckoned with at the end of the
day. What Satan meant for evil and harm
… was turned around for God’s glory when He showed up! How I love that this little boy’s church
rallied around him and his family and prayed, as well as millions of believers
around the world! Result: his doctors say that his injuries are typical
of those received from falling off a bicycle – not from being hurled three
stories off a balcony! How could the
world refute a real live miracle? GOD’S
FINGERPRINTS!!
Just open up your newspaper, or read the news on your phone or
watch it on TV … and you will see the marks of God’s fingerprints all over this
earth! God is revealing Himself in every walk of life! Protection in the midst of violent storms and
in mass shootings and bombings in public places. Christian movies in the theatres, like
UNPLANNED, forecasted by the world to be a fail … but after viewing it in its
opening days, over one hundred employees of abortion clinics sought help as
their eyes were opened to the evil of this slaughter of innocent babies. They now are choosing life over death. And I am sure those numbers are
climbing. A win for God’s plan to give
His creation a hope and a future. GOD’S
FINGERPRINTS!!
Doctor’s diagnoses amongst our own church family: blood clot in the lung of a husband; mass
thought to be cancer in the lung of his wife; major weakness and a pacemaker
procedure; tests for tumors and Parkinson’s; cervical cancer surgery; back
surgery; torn retina; major injury of fingers in table saw accident; and many more
not disclosed, but prayed for as unspoken requests! And the list of prayer requests constantly
streams in – for tests yet coming up and the anxiety of the unknown; the needs
for housing and provision; for healing of loved ones; for salvation of loved
ones; for strength and the desire to be Christlike in all things. When we feel fear or hopelessness … God shows
up! What happens? Doctors cannot find the blood clot; there is
no cancerous mass – just an infection; no evidence of tumors or Parkinson’s;
miraculous results in the other surgeries and procedures; and as the needs
continue to flow in, so does God’s supernatural blessing and favor flow out to
those who need His touch. Is God alive
and real at Elevation North? Ask our
church family! GOD’S FINGERPRINTS are
all over us!!
God IS writing His story all over the earth in these days … and
that includes our stories! Don’t you
love having the God of all creation co-author your story? Yes, we are writing it by our decisions,
choices, and actions … and by our obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ who leads
us, empowers us, and protects us! THANK
GOD FOR HIS FINGERPRINTS in our lives!!
REMEMBER . . .
So do not
fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
~Isaiah
41:10
Joyfully Serving Christ . . .
Pastor Doug & Debbie