Gabby Douglas who won gold for
best gymnastics in the recent Olympics said in an interview. "Hard days
are the best, because that's when champions are made. If you push through the
hard days you can get through anything." She also shared when she looked
up at the score board and saw her name in lights with the gold medal, it dawned
on her that "all those days of practice when it was difficult and painful
and I wanted to quit; it was worth it all."
The hardest days ahead will be
our best days. It's what will make us champions and bring out God's almighty
strength in us. We would have never heard of David, if there hadn't been a
Goliath. We would never have heard of Moses, if there hadn't been a Pharoah.
God uses the enemy in our lives to turn things around. The lion that came out
against Samson only brought out God's anointing in him. He didn't know what was
in him until the lion came against him. The lion brought it out of him. He
later ate honey out of that lion's belly. Glory! These saints discovered that
their enemies and trials came with upgrade attachments.
A Champion's Medals are His Scars
I have never seen a champion bull
rider leave the arena without his face in the dirt, a limp, or wounded in some
way. In spite of the glory of the moment every bone in his body cries out with
pain and he often requires assistance to get away from the bull and out of the
arena.
When you see someone being used
by the Lord and you think they are a champion in the Spirit, you don't know the
pain that comes with overcoming their enemy. You can spot true champions from the false. They walk with
a limp, and if you look real close, they will have a tear running down their
championship face. And to your surprise, they are not confident after all, as
their security has just been shaken at the very core of their being at the
height of their success. I am learning not be jealous of anyone who seems to be
strongly anointed and being used by the Lord. I don't know how deep the scars
go that brought them to this place or the suffering their anointing will cost
them in the days ahead.
God's Delays are His Appointments
Waiting to become the next king
of Israel while stuck with those few sheep probably caused David great
frustration at times. The key to David's kingship was and still is, "Don't
focus on what you are waiting for. Focus on the blessing right where you're at."
What the Lord wanted to convey to David as well as us today is..."There's
a bear coming to give you an upgrade in the Spirit! And the lion rug you always
wanted on the floor of your tent is in the mail. If you miss Me in the waiting,
you will miss what you are waiting for!"
In all things behold the
blessings.
Bill Yount
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