God will meet you wherever you are to get your attention. Someone close to me would pray to the Lord and every time the prayer would end, the Lord would say, "stop drinking" and the person would ignore Him. This went on for over a year until one day at the end of the prayer instead the Lord said, "stop drinking for 30 days, and I will grant your heart's desires". I told the person how honored they should be that the Lord God Almighty loved them that much to make such an offering. The Lord knew this person was not responding to the "all or nothing deal" nor the ultimatum, therefore he came down to the level they were currently at . That is the amazing God we serve. He is so awesome to have done that. I am happy to give the praise report that the person obeyed the Lord and the Lord honored His word and the person has not touched a drink in over 19 months! God is faithful. Another story was of a young man who was planning on doing something that was not of God and his mother happen to find out, now putting her faith in a compromising position. She cried out to the Lord in despair for help in blocking the situation from happening. He immediately laid on her heart to give the child money to shop in exchange for his promise not to do what he was planning on doing. Because he was a young adult that had very little money but had a liking for things, he agreed to the cash and made the vow to his mother that he would abort his plans. God was not rewarding the child through money or bribery but was speaking to the child on his level-he came down to the young man's level knowing that money would be the very thing that would deter his plans and it was,much to the relief of the mom. God is so wonderful to love us so much that He will use anyone or anything to draw us closer to Him. He wants what is best for our lives so that we may glorify Him always. So if you struggle with anything that you think is impossible to overcome, bring it to God and know that He can do anything, anywhere, any time. Amen!
John 14:21
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