09.28.06 thequest UPdate

thequest family,

This week I wanted to share a devotional thought. This is from Mindi. She read part of it in house church last Tuesday night and it gripped me then. She is passing it on like candy to others...so sweetin' up!



Dynamos of Praise

"Everyone who asks receives,

and he who seeks finds,

and to him who knocks it will be opened"

Matthew 7:8


O My child, lean on Me; for I am your helper; I am your shield and your buckler. Yes, I am your strong tower and support. No evil will befall you, for you are surrounded and protected by My presence, and no evil can touch Me. Yes, let your heart rejoice in Me, and occupy your heart with praise. There is no need I will not fulfill as you praise and worship--both your needs and the needs of others.

Man has contemplated the power of faith and of prayer, but only rarely have I revealed to men this far greater power of praise. Doors are opened by prayer and faith, but by praise and worship, great dynamos of power are set in motion, as when a switch is thrown and an electric power plant goes into operation. Praying for specifics is like requesting light for individual houses in vari�ous scattered places, while worshiping and praise flood the whole area with available current.

I do not discount prayer and petitions. I only show you a more marvelous way�a faster means of bringing more help to more people. So many need Me. So little time is available. Turn loose your praises, and in proportion to your liberality, you will see My generosity expressed in infinite magnitude.

Do not try to analyze each need. Leave the diagnosis and the mechanics of it in My hands. Complexities are nothing to Me. They exist only in your mind, sown by the enemy, to dull your faith. Ignore all this. Weigh nothing except the love of My heart. Ask nothing unless you ask your own heart how much love it holds for Me. Hold Me closely; never let Me go. I will bless you, and I will make you a blessing.

I will make you a blessing. Do not think you will take a blessing to someone, or hope that I will send a blessing. I will make you, as My ambassador, a sweet savor of life and grace. Through your saltiness others will become thirsty. Through your joy others will long for reality.

Through your peace and confidence others will seek Me, and they shall find Me even as you found Me. I will reveal Myself to them even as I revealed Myself to you--perhaps in a different way, because each has different needs, but I will open the door to all who knock. I will reward those who seek Me. I will reward. You need only preserve your soul's integrity. This is enough to fully occupy your energies and attention. Leave the miracles to Me. You be and I will do.

Come Away My Beloved. Frances J. Roberts copyright 1970, updated 2002. p. 158-159.


Press On,

Mike


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