You Empower and Give Dominion To The Things You Focus On
By Becky Porter
My ways are not your ways, and My thoughts are not
your thoughts. Some of you see where you need to go, but are not sure how
to get there. You were making great forward strides and accomplishing
much, but then you were struck with fear just as with Peter when he stepped
out of the boat and began to walk on water. He was doing fine his faith
kept him afloat until he began to question and ask, What am I doing how can
one such as I do something like this? As soon as he took his eyes off of
Me and began to doubt himself and question his own worthiness and his own
capabilities, and when he began to doubt Me and what I AM capable of, that is
when he began to sink. When he focused on the strength
of the wind and the waves instead of on My strength through him to overcome, he
immediately diminished My power in his life and instead empowered and gave
dominion to the very thing he was focusing on.
I have called you to do great exploits in My
name. The key is to never take your eyes off of Me. Do not look at
your own feebleness and doubt what you are capable of, because you can do ALL
things through Me, and I do mean ALL things! Every man and woman that I
have called to do great things through Me have all struggled in this area, as
can clearly be seen when you look at the life of Moses, Joshua, and Jeremiah,
but they trusted Me in spite of their own fears and feelings of inadequacy, and
they accomplished great things through Me!
Man knows only too well their own limitations and
weaknesses and it can truly be a stumbling block for them, and many are unable
to overcome this barrier, but I do not want you to focus on what you think you
can or cannot do, but instead focus on Me and what I can do! If you keep
your eyes on Me and keep holding onto Me, you will go places and accomplish
things you never dreamed would be possible! Do not limit Me by your own
assessment of what you think you are capable of doing, because ALL things are
possible through Me!
If I can make a donkey talk and if I can part the
Red Sea, and if I can raise a man back to life that has been dead for four
days, do you not think that I can do the seemingly impossible through
YOU? I AM all powerful and all knowing, and I have chosen you as a vessel
of honor to accomplish great things through Me. Step out of the boat and
out of your comfort zone, and let go of those things you have held onto for
security, and instead cling to Me. When you let go of old ways, means,
and methodologies that you thought were keeping you afloat, and when you
embrace the new that I have for you, you will quickly pop to the surface like a
cork released from a bottle that is being held under water, and you will be
unstoppable in all that you will be able to accomplish in and through Me!
Remember, you empower and give dominion to that which you focus on, so focus on
Me and KNOW that I AM the Great I AM that I say I AM, and I AM able to do
exceedingly abundantly above all that you ask or think!
Ephesians 3:20-21 NKJV
Now
to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask
or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in
the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
2 Corinthians 12:9 NKJV
And He said to me, My grace
is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.
Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of
Christ may rest upon me.
Philippians 4:13 NKJV
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Psalm 18:32-33 NIV
It is God who arms me with
strength and keeps my way secure. He makes my feet like the feet of a
deer; he causes me to stand on the heights.
Isaiah 40:29-31 NKJV
He gives power to the weak, and
to those who have no might He increases strength. Even the youths shall
faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall, but those who wait on
the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like
eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
Exodus 4:10-17 NIV
Joshua 1:1-9 NIV
Jeremiah 1:4-10 AMP
Matthew 14:25-33 NLT
Becky Porter
lovetoencourage@yahoo.com