Give Me This Mountain!

Matt and I have always felt like we were walking through the wilderness with God, always aiming for but not reaching the Promised Land. We have dreamed of owning a property of our own for nearly 16 years and planned all the various ways we could make it a sustainable haven for not only our family, but for the ones He would bring us who needed a place of rest and restoration. Now is the time to make that a reality. I believe our family has now crossed over into our promised land and with that comes the time to leave behind the easy manna and to stir up a will to fight for what we want. I never dreamed about the giants we would face bringing this dream from the spirit world into the natural. We are birthing a vision, and in true only-God-could-dream-this-up fashion, it is messy, uncomfortable and a lot of hard work, but there is always Favor. Most days, We are here for it! With a cry like Caleb of "Give me this mountain" in our mouths we grasp hands and charge at our giants fully knowing God fights with us and for us. "The battle is the Lord's!"

But there are other days when the vision isn't quite so clear. When what we are fighting for is not at the forefront of our eyes and the giants start to eat our lunch. There are days when we forget who we are and WHO'S we are. Days when the darkness closes in and the "impossibles" begin to mount and we find ourselves staring down a valley that looks a lot like death. Key words here are "looks like", not "is". I have noticed that fear paints a picture of worst case scenarios in a fictional world that is Godless. In this make believe realm of the mind and imagination, there is no great loving presence that comes to your aid, binds your wounds and counts your tears as you walk through trials. But know this, fear is a LIAR. If we have learned nothing else over the years of trusting God it is this....

"The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked came against me to eat up my flesh, my enemies and foes they stumbled and fell. Though an army may encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war may rise against me, in this I will be confident."

Eventually, we snap out of the disillusion on those dark days and take steps back towards the light of truth. Steps that confront the lies we were believing. In place of "I can't" we start making "I CAN" lists. In place of the anxiety producing "What if's", we start playing the positive What if game where we coming up with good what if's to directly replace the lies trying to creep in.

When you realize the battle is mainly in your mind, you begin to wage war differently. "We wrestle not against flesh and blood..." (Ephesians 6:12). You begin reclaiming the inner territory that the enemy has laid claim to for too long. You begin resisting the fear, anxiety and poverty inside and begin seeing ground in the natural world changing as well.

We are seeing it. You can see it too. Papa God is a redeemer of ALL THINGS.... even you. And as you press into His light and Love, things change inside and outside. Who will join us in taking the land and crying "Give me this mountain"?