"Always something better"

God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect. Hebrews 11:40

Today I read about these great people of God who accomplished much for the kingdom and are influential even today because of their faith. Great faith led to victories in war, shut the mouths of lions, quenched fiery flames and even raised the dead. Incredible people lived incredible lives all of them faced great attack and opposition. Some received their promise and others did not but all of them lived with great faith. Then the last part of Hebrews 11 sums up why it's important to have faith because "God always has something better".

I have recently come out of a "heart attack". Not a physical one but a spiritual one, it was an attack on my passion, purpose, priorities, my family, even my faith. This attack was so bad that I felt like a hypocrite preaching about vision when I couldn't see it in my own life. I honestly feel like I have come out of a battle. Yes I am victorious, I always was, even though I didn't see it. Yesterday two ladies who visited the church were so impressed with the service. They said "we could feel the power of God" but not only that we felt the warmth of this church. Wow haven't heard that one yet, it pumped me up. I feel connected with my team again. I feel like we are on the right path. We have found heart again. Yesterday I know we did what God wanted. I feel like we are firing on all cylinders again, our faith, perseverence, and great desire to stay on the wall and to finish this project has pulled us though but still this morning I feel God stretching my faith. Wait a minute this is weird! I thought your faith only get's stretched when times are going bad. I thought it's when your struggling, when there's little hope, when there's little strength that your faith get's stretchec but I feel God still stretching "have I not got it yet God whats up?" I feel the Lord telling me "you haven't seen anything yet". In fact these are the words that I heard yesterday right in the middle of service. I thought I was supposed to speak it out but the Lord didn't let me because it was for me. Now today I feel God saying, expect more, because there's something better yet still. The work of the Lord is not over in us or through us, it's just beginning. It just seems like God has me up throughout the night more and more lately. I know that I'm not getting as much sleep as I am used to but I am not tired. So go ahead God lead us to what's bigger, what's better, what's of You and totally of You, an authentic, genuine, pure & concentrated move of God. Lead me to the BIG, to the BETTER. I will follow.

Thank you for showing me and building expectation. It's time to seize the day, dream big, live big, to live like I've never lived before because there's "still something better"