Big Leagues and Big Hits Go Together By Bill Yount
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By Bill Yount
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During the recent Super Bowl
game, the kickoff receiver caught the football deep in the end zone and ran
like a deer only to hit a brick wall of opposition at about the 20 yard line.
Even the announcer sounded shaken at the sudden impact felt high above the
stadium. The receiver held on to the football with a vengeance, and the
opposing players' frantic scramble to steal the ball was all in vain.
Later in the game, unable to
forget this play, I said to the Lord, "Why have I been in a season where I
have been taking so many hard hits?" The Lord answered, "Son, I have
put you into the big league. Big leagues and big hits go together!" His
words were life to me. The enemy almost convinced me, "God has left you
and He doesn't care about you." I thought it was God letting me down when
He was actually raising me up. I could see where God was now. He was on the
sideline as my coach. Coaches are not allowed on the field when the game is
going on. That's why He didn't seem near. Could it be when we experience His
awesome presence is when we are on the sidelines with Him receiving
encouragement and instructions for the next game play? All of a sudden, I felt
honored by those hits and assaults from the opposition coming against me. They
were now signs and confirmation of my promotion.
Many others have been promoted into the big
league of God's kingdom and are unaware of it. When the enemy hits you hard or
life itself comes against you, hold on to the football with both hands. Hold on
to God's word that He has spoken to you. The enemy's job is to strip the
football or God's word from you. And when you get knocked down, get up proudly,
for you are in the big league and the game is not over.
Bill Yount
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I once heard a testimony where the Holy Ghost was falling upon the people during worship. The preacher, R.W. Schambach, testified how the piano player got so filled with the Spirit that she fell off of the piano bench and the piano kept right on playing. No other explanation could be found except, "Jesus knows how to play a piano!" I believe we are entering into a time and place of worship and praise where we will experience some unusual anointings upon musical instruments that will be played, at times, with heavenly fingers - either through His people, and sometimes without them.
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"If your heart is broken, you'll find God right there; if you're kicked in the gut, he'll help you catch your breath" (Ps. 34:18, MSG). Broken: having been fractured or damaged and no longer in one piece or in working order, (of a person) having given up all hope; despairing. It seems no matter who we are and how much we love Jesus, there remains a broken area in our lives that God is still working on. I said to my wife recently, "Do you know anyone in the body of Christ, including us, who's not broken in some area of their lives? Do you know anyone who is normal?" She said, "Bill, normal is the setting on the dryer downstairs."
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"To whom He presented Himself alive after His passion by many infallible proofs, appearing to them for forty days, and speaking concerning the kingdom of God" (Acts 1:3). For several days, I kept hearing the Lord say, "I've got something up My sleeve." I said, "Lord, what is it?" He said, "Only those who are close enough to Me, leaning against My breast, hearing My heartbeat and leaning on My everlasting arms, will see what it is. My people have heard from CNN, Fox News, NBC, MSNBC, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. It is high time they hear from Me."