From where you are...

Blessed day to you all in Jesus name. 

From where you are...

I discovered that God's thinking is totally different from ours, yet, we still attempt to force Him into our mould. God operates from the end to the beginning, He knows what is to come and prepares you for it. God deals with you from where you are. That woman, a widow, wife of one of the sons of prophet cried unto the man of God in her desperation, she could no longer put up a front, things were getting out of hand "the secret was about to leak".

2Kings 4:1-2 NIV

"The wife of a man from the company(A) of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the Lord. But now his creditor(B) is coming to take my two boys as his slaves.”

2 Elisha replied to her, “How can I help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?”

She appealed to the emotions of Elisha, she presented her credentials but the simple question the Man of God asked was "how can I help you?, What do you have in the house?" When you seek help do you just expect people to give you, give you and give you through life? What are you willing to contribute to your own life? From your parents house to your husband or wife's house depending on how you approach life, you live daily wondering what others can do for you. Regardless of how many wealthy relations you may have, if you are not willing to start from where you are and grow, you will always depend on the kindness of others to survive.

For every need in your life, you must be willing to start from where you are! There is PROCESS to everything that will stand the test of time. That process yu may think will take a long time but that builds you and your fundation. It sounded somewhat cold for the MOG (Man of God) to be asking a poor widow in a desperate situation what she had at home eh? Why did he not ask the well to do member of his church to bless her, or why did he not dip into the welfare account to meet her urgent, desperate need? Well, all that would have helped only if he wanted her to remain in a desperate situation, be among the poor who would always be in the church, make himself a little god unto her or refuse to work with God to get her to a prosperous future. Those who will go far in life will not accept bandage solutions to their problems but would rather go through process.

I ask every man and woman where are you today? Jobless, the children are sick there is no money for medication, I am planning to get married but I have no money, two sisters have been "snatched" from because I have no money to marry hem on time,  all my friends are proud because they have good jobs, we are just managing, the economy is really bad and these days everybody is vain, my parents did not leave me a large inheritance, I do not have the same opportunities as my friends who were born with silver spoons in their mouths, I lost my parents when I was young, I grew up with a mean Uncle/Aunty, my step mother was a witch...the excuses are endless if you decide to go that route. 

You will have to start from where you are whether you are trusting God for the fruit of the womb, breakthrough, success in your examination or career change. Work with what you have regardless of how little you may think it is. The woman became a big time business woman after working with what "little oil" she had. What business are you aspiring to start but you have little or no capital? Is there a way to start small without your grand ideas? People will always owe you, cheat you and so on. That is not enough excuse to languish in poverty or live on hand out. Start from somewhere. "My husband does not want me to work outside", well,  can you work inside? Everyman loves the Proverbs 31 woman, you can start from where you are.

Where are you in your home? Are your bags at the door and you are ready to quit because it is no longer worth the stress and pain? There are endless possibilities....start from where you are to rebuild the broken walls of love, communication, godliness, humility, selflessness, devotion and commitment to your home. I have no doubt in my mind that your excuses for considering quitting are genuine and worth it, but in a few years time, it would not weigh much on the scale of life and its many happenings. God is stillin the business of moulding and remoulding. Start from where you are and let the light shine upon your darkness. Your testimony is due. 

Therefore, whatever it is you are desperate about, I decree in the name of Jesus that The Lord will attend unto your needs and make a way for you in Jesus name. I put a miracle on schedule that God will change your story today for better. I write and declare this in the name of the King of kings, I sign it with his signet, the blood of Jesus, I declare it irrevocable in Jesus name. 

Blessings!