“Leap, My child....”
“But I can’t leap, Father!
Just look at me: I am locked into my infirmity, tied to my
circumstances, limited by a mortal body that’s handicapped and
marred through life’s unfair happenstance. My world is too small,
defined by four walls. I can’t even stand tall. I can’t walk at
all so of course I can’t leap!
“My child, you are not outside My
sovereign appointment and perfect plan. Your circumstances are not a
chance event, neither accidental nor incidental but providential.
Certainly not happenstance! No key has locked you in—I have set you
free. You are not tied down, I loosed your bonds. You are not limited
for I am extending your reach. You are not marred since I fashioned
you according to My best plan for you.”
“Father, I am as if in prison by the
walls that enclose me!”
“I orchestrate your life. Your walls
do not restrict you for I built them Myself—not to imprison you but
to keep you close to Me and transform you into My image. Walls cannot
prevent My care or hinder My power. According to My plan you shall
leap in My perfect time.”
“But I want to leap NOW—or at
least walk!”
“Trust Me, child. I chose the best
for you for the present—that you should walk with Me. My grace
flows to you abundantly, supplying you sufficiently. So leap your
walls one day at a time through special opportunities and endowments
I have given you and gifts of My Spirit bestowed. I have chosen you
to be My instrument of blessing to others and to Me right where you
are and just as you are.”
“I just don't get it, Father. How
can I leap without physical strength?”
“My child, you can leap each time
you enter into My joy through intimate prayer, your heart with My
heart, and as you learn the secret of thanksgiving and praise.
Disability, frailty, infirmity, confinement, weakness, or adversity
are not hindrances to My work in you and through you. None of these
things can separate you from My love. They are your opportunities to
lean hard on Me.
“So rise in your spirit. Take up
your bed and walk. Leap over your walls at My bidding and in My
strength to glorify Me by blessing your world and Mine!”
*****
From THE RESOURCE BOOK
“Then the lame will
leap like a deer....” Isaiah 35:6a
“And by my God I can
leap over a wall....” Psalm 18:29b
“...and a certain
man...lame from his mother’s womb...he raised
him up...and with a
leap, he stood upright and began to walk
...walking and leaping
and praising God.” Acts 3:2-8
“No, in all these things
we are more than conquerors
through him who loved us
For I am sure that
neither death, nor life,
nor angels, nor principalities,
nor things present, nor
things to come, nor powers, nor height,
nor depth, nor anything
else in all creation,
will be able to separate us from the love of God
in
Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:37-39
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