From the desk of Steve Shultz:
This is a courageous word and it reminds me of the Scripture about Gideon being called in a mighty way: "When the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon, he said, 'The LORD is with you, mighty warrior'" (Judges 6:12).
I know this will speak to those who KNOW they are called to build and build something new with the Lord.
You will be highly encouraged as you read this statement from Joey LeTourneau:
Now isn't a time to be timid, but bold. Your time of breakthrough isn't a one-time occurrence that you need to protect, but a heavenly storehouse of grace from which to build and go forward with. Those who are called in such a way haven't been preparing all this time for nothing. No, you are builders who will now watch God build through you, amid the resistance you have fought. You have been prepared to be a faith-FULL, wise and bold builder with Him.
I pray this word by Joey will empower you in faith...that it's your time to Boldly Build! (To Subscribe to the Elijah List subscribe here.)
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"As Breakthrough Arrives - Boldly Build!"
Joey LeTourneau, Coarsegold, CA
"...On this rock I will build My Church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it." (Matthew 16:18)
There has been tumultuous preparation and ground-taking many have been through in this past season or seasons even. There is a certain mindset that is cultivated to persevere through the challenges and to keep moving forward by faith. At the same time, the flip side of that experience can bring a form of fear, of being "snake-bit," or the feeling that when breakthrough does arrive, you need to be more careful than ever to avoid returning to the pressures you fought through in past seasons.
Your resistance this past season has not only fended off the onslaught of the enemy from overtaking you, it has taken new ground, pressing through the enemy's lines with the bloodline of Jesus that is on your life. And now that you've broken through, it's time to boldly build!
"For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind." (1 Timothy 1:7)
We must be ready to build by faith with Him as breakthrough arrives as if none of the hardship, none of that lack we've experienced ever existed. We must not surf the wave of breakthrough as if to protect ourselves, our board, or with fear of losing the wave that finally arrived. Rather, we extend our faith with Him like it was the very first time as if hope deferred never, ever happened!
When breakthrough arrives, it's time to build! It's time to take that breakthrough and steward it forward with faith, resisting the timidity that would implore us to not move. Let's build with every ounce of breakthrough we receive with joyful expectancy that the God of the universe is backing us. (Photo via Unsplash)
A Time to Live Like "One Who Has"
"'[I] was afraid and went and hid your talent in the ground'...But his lord answered and said to him, 'You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed...For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance...'" (Matthew 25:25-26, 29)
This is a time to live like "one who has." This is a time to use what we've been given to build with Him and to let our faith in our Lord's goodness continue to multiply it, even when we do not yet know how.
The world tries to get into our faith and change how we steward what God has given us. This is very evident in the parable of the talents. The first two servants both increased their talents, while the third buried theirs because of fear of losing the little they had. The world would have us call that kind of fear "wisdom." But in the Kingdom, stewardship is much less about protecting and much more about multiplying, building, and growing. The "Master" seemed far less worried about the amount of talents each one had than he was about "how" their faith or fear guided that amount. More was waiting, and that "more" was not tied to an amount, it was tethered to the abundance of their faith.
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