Who Am I? I Am A Blaster.

In life, it seems, things can be moving along just great, everything going smoothly.  Then, all of a sudden, "BAM!", a mountain pops up right in front of you.

That mountain may be an illness, a job loss, a child in trouble, or a parent hit with disaster.  Mountains are any circumstance that comes up between us and living the life God has intended for us to live.

Recently, my mountain happened right in the middle of a church service.  I had a full stroke.  What made it worse was that it was three days before I got to the hospital for treatment, and the damage was done.  Healing is quickly taking place just as God has promised.

I will give a full testimony another time, right now I want to share one of the many things during this time that the Holy Spirit has shown me regarding faith.

When a mountain pops up right in front of you, what do you do?

You're walking along, the earth shakes, and a mountain just rises right in front of you.  It's huge!  You cannot even see the top of it through the clouds.   You cannot see around it, and you cannot see the other side but you know this is the route you should take to get to what is on the other side.  Now, how do you get there?

Three tools appear right before your eyes; a a shovel, a bulldozer, and dynamite.  

What are you going to do?  You know you need to get to the other side.   

Some will sit down on the ground, scratching their heads, and say, "It's too big.  What do I do?"  And they just sit there staring at it.  

Others will take the shovel and begin to dig into the mountain.  Some of these will grow weary and quit, while others will persevere and dig till the mountain is moved.  

Those who are a little more educated and know how to run a bulldozer (licensed to use it) will dig faster and move the mountain at a much greater pace.  They, also, are more likely to succeed because they are a little more experienced at moving mountains.  

Then, a few who are experienced, trained to use dynamite, and understand their authorization (the rules and regulations of how to use it) will take the dynamite and blast the mountain right out of the way.

Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.  Our words are the tools God has provided us to move the mountains (as we speak His Words) that pop up in our life.  As our faith increases (as we renew our minds and get to know how to use God's Word and the authority we have in the name of Jesus) we move from shoveling, to bulldozing, to blasting right through the mountain.

The key is to get up and start using the tools, and do not quit.  He has given us all the tools we need to live an abundant ly blessed and overflowing life if we just start digging into the Word of God and renew our minds, gaining wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him.