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Lately, I’ve been noticing a clear pattern in Scripture: God is always partnering with people to accomplish His will. While in some instances God specifically directs a person’s course of action, many times a believer’s own ideas and initiative actually spark a move of God. Consider these two stories:
Stories like these demonstrate the power of hope—an overall optimistic attitude for the future based on the goodness and promises of God. People of hope give God a LOT to work with because they believe the future will be better than the present and they have the power to help make it so. This “power to help” mentality enables us to join with God and take risks to try new things. People who do not have hope will tend toward passivity and fatalism, believing they are victims of God’s inactivity.
God partners with what we give Him to work with through things like:
There are many other ways we can give God something to work with, and these biblical examples illustrate a few:
We not only need faith in God but also in what He has given us. When we activate our faith by taking steps into the unknown, we keep our angels busy with kingdom-advancing work..
People whose hope is being ignited believe: there is always a solution (1 Corinthians 10:13), they will thrive no matter what happens (Philippians 4:11-13), they will see the goodness of God in the land of the living (Psalm 27:13), and even the little things they do make a huge difference (Zechariah 4:10). These beliefs will dramatically increase the likelihood of giving God great things to work with.
What can you do to give God more to work with? Here are some ideas which will help keep your angels and the Holy Spirit busy and which will cause many good things to happen:
God’s faithfulness will be powerfully displayed in our lives. As He partners with our faith-filled steps forward, we will see breakthrough, salvation, provision, healing, and victory for many as the fruit of our efforts. We can and will make a difference!
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Steve Backlund is a prolific encourager, catalytic author, joy activator, and revivalist teacher. He brings transformational levels of hope to churches and organizations around the world. He is uniquely gifted to release hope, joy, and healthy leadership everywhere he goes.
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