Posted: 01/23/2016 at 1:35pm
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When someone is pregnant, she is not "expecting a child" she already has
one."Travail and Birth Leads to Promise" by Kim Potter,
Dayton, TN
This past weekend I read a quote that impacted my heart and soul, I want to
share it with you today. Here is the quote...
When someone is pregnant, she is not "expecting a child" she already has
one. She is not "going to be a mother" she already is a mother. The baby is
not "on the way," the baby has already arrived. If we are going to change the
way society treats unborn children, we have to change the way we talk about
them. Frank Pavone
This quote caused a spiritual awakening in me concerning a principle we often
hear taught and preached in the Church today.
I don't know how many sermons I have heard on "giving birth" over the past
twenty-five years, but there have been many. As I pondered this quote, it became
a timely revelation to me the simple fact is that we are in travail over a
thing or a promise and that is PROOF it already exists and is a living,
breathing thing. And I was reminded...if we are going to change the way
we go through the process of conception, travail and delivery...we must change
the way we talk.
Isaiah 66:9 says, "Shall I bring to the moment of birth and not give
delivery?" says the Lord. "Or shall I who gives delivery shut the womb?" says
your God.
Isaiah 46:11 says, "Truly I have spoken; truly I will bring it to pass. I
have planned it, be assured I will do it."
Whatever has been birthed in you, was spoken to you, either through
the Word of God or through a prophetic word or from God speaking it to you
Himself...whatever it was, God promises us that if He spoke it, He will bring it
to pass.
God does not bring you to the moment of birth and not deliver He is not a
man that He should lie. The very fact that you are fighting for it, travailing
for it, is the undeniable truth that it already exists. It is not something you
are trying to create or speak into existence, it already exists. Just as a baby
already exists in a mother's womb...never forget that.
Let's look closer at Isaiah 66:7, "Before she travailed, she brought forth;
before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child."
To travail means to twist, whirl about, dance, fear, tremble, be in anguish,
be pained, to writhe (in travail with), bear, bring forth, to wait anxiously, to
be distressed. Have you ever felt any of these things as you are standing in
faith for the promise God has given you? I know I have.
To be brought forth means the day of birth and it means to declare
one's birth. It reminds me of what we hear from the doctor when a child is
born...it's a girl, or it's a boy! That baby wasn't just created in the delivery
room. Before it came forth, it was created nine months ago in the very
beginning it was a complete baby.
Now, let's look at verse 12 in that same chapter, "For thus saith the LORD,
Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles
like a flowing stream."
We are promised delivery of the very thing God has placed inside us we are
promised it will come to a time of fruition. For God says, "I will extend peace
like a river!" Peace is defined as completeness, soundness, welfare, safety,
soundness (in body), health, prosperity, quiet, tranquility, contentment, peace
(from war) nothing broken or missing in your life. This is what comes at the
destined time of delivery.
I know most of you already know this but God has a great plan for you. He has
not made you promises that He can't bring to pass if He said it, He will bring
it to pass. There is a reward for the spiritual "baby" that you have
been carrying the reward is the delivery. And again, the very fact
that you are carrying it declares that it is a completed work, something that
already exists! It is already done! It is already complete! It is already
yours!
Psalm 127:3 says, "The fruit of the womb is your reward!" Your reward is
real. It is not something you are hoping for or saying "maybe someday." No! It
is already done!
Let me share another Scripture with you that I found to be insightful. Psalm
29:9 tells us that the voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth. I believe
this is true for us as well. I know that many times in my life God has given me
a specific Scripture that has brought me through a season. He gives me a
Scripture to stand on until I see the birth of what I am praying for. I am sure
He has done the same for many of you.
Years ago, He gave me a Scripture
and told me, "This is your life Scripture." I can't tell you how many times over
the past 25 years I have been reminded of this very Scripture and it has
brought forth birth, as I stood on this word spoken from the very voice of God.
The Scripture is found in Psalm 27:13, "I would have lost heart, if I had not
believed I would see the goodness of God in the land of the living." The
voice of the Lord caused delivery to come forth.
Today, I pray God will speak to you and that you will hear His voice as He
speaks a word to you that will cause delivery to spring forth and you will see
the promise manifest right before your eyes. I pray you see the goodness of God
in the land of the living...even this day.
Friends, we WILL see the goodness of God in the land of the living we will
that goodness already exists and it is coming to delivery. The Lord has come
and His reward is with Him. Don't let go of the promise lay hold of all He
said is yours!
Kim Potter A New Thing Ministries kpotter@anewthingministries.com www.anewthingministries.com
Kim Potter is the founder of A New Thing Ministries, which
was established in 2005. A New Thing Ministries sends a daily teaching to over
ten thousand people all around the world. Kim was ordained through Norvel Hayes
Ministries over 25 years ago. It was at Norvel Hayes Ministries that she fell in
love with the Lord and began a life of worship. While Kim is known for her
practical and easy-to-relate-to messages, she is no stranger to the
extraordinary acts of God. Kim has witnessed God's dramatic healing power, both
in her own life as well as with her daughter and many others. Her message is a
message of hope. She speaks to the heart of women and men who have become
discouraged and disappointed by the circumstances they may face in life,
imparting to them the desire and ability to stand against all odds and see
themselves as victorious and able to overcome every obstacle through God. She
encourages people to press into God and discover that He is who He says He is.
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