21 min
Understanding Now God’s Family Plan: Establishing Generational Blessing
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- Christianity
Yesterday was a long day of preparation for today’s podcast. When I went to sleep last night, I was still not fully ready to record it…But, this morning, I woke up to a God encounter. I want to share that first.
As I woke up this morning, God began to talk to me about time, eternity and the Great I AM… But, in all of that, God has a sense of humor. Things turned humorous when He reminded me of an old TV show called the Flip Wilson Show and one of Flip’s skits called the Church of What’s Happening Now.
For those of you too young to remember. Flip Wilson was a comedian and in the early 1970’s he had a TV Show on NBC called the Flip Wilson Show. On that show, he did a skit that featured “Reverend Leroy” and the “Church of What’s Happening Now.”
God did not show me anything regarding the dialogue of that skit…just the Host’s name and the title…”The Church of What’s Happening Now.”
God was telling me about Himself, the Church and His perspective of NOW.
You see….God is eternal…He functions in eternity…But, he created something we call time. I think it was Dr. Robert Heidler who said, “Time is God’s way of making sure that everything on earth doesn’t happen all at once.” I like that.
But, God reminded me that He revealed Himself to Moses in Exodus 3:1 as “I AM.” He always IS. And, He always is NOW. He is not the “I Was” or “I Will Be.” He is NOW… He is past, present and future…God IS.
So, whatever your past has been or your future will be…God is there! He is The God of NOW! You can call it predestination…You can call it fatalistic…You can call it what ever you like…But, God calls it redemption.
The God who is NOW…can take your NOW repentance…Your NOW confession of faith and in His NOW…redeem your past…because He is there…your past is not finished…Because God is there…He can clean up that mess.
But, there is more, The future you thought you had forfeited by your past can be restored….because He is there! Read about it in Joel 2:25. In Christ, In the Eternal One…HE is NOW…HE is Then and He is forever our Savior, our Redeemer and Lord. Jesus IS the same yesterday, today and forever!
Today…in the midst of COVID, confusion and chaos…I AM wants to meet with you NOW! Today, God has a NOW moment for you!
So, what does that have to do with today’s message? Well…let’s find out.
Yesterday was a long day of preparation for today’s podcast. When I went to sleep last night, I was still not fully ready to record it…But, this morning, I woke up to a God encounter. I want to share that first.
As I woke up this morning, God began to talk to me about time, eternity and the Great I AM… But, in all of that, God has a sense of humor. Things turned humorous when He reminded me of an old TV show called the Flip Wilson Show and one of Flip’s skits called the Church of What’s Happening Now.
For those of you too young to remember. Flip Wilson was a comedian and in the early 1970’s he had a TV Show on NBC called the Flip Wilson Show. On that show, he did a skit that featured “Reverend Leroy” and the “Church of What’s Happening Now.”
God did not show me anything regarding the dialogue of that skit…just the Host’s name and the title…”The Church of What’s Happening Now.”
God was telling me about Himself, the Church and His perspective of NOW.
You see….God is eternal…He functions in eternity…But, he created something we call time. I think it was Dr. Robert Heidler who said, “Time is God’s way of making sure that everything on earth doesn’t happen all at once.” I like that.
But, God reminded me that He revealed Himself to Moses in Exodus 3:1 as “I AM.” He always IS. And, He always is NOW. He is not the “I Was” or “I Will Be.” He is NOW… He is past, present and future…God IS.
So, whatever your past has been or your future will be…God is there! He is The God of NOW! You can call it predestination…You can call it fatalistic…You can call it what ever you like…But, God calls it redemption.
The God who is NOW…can take your NOW repentance…Your NOW confession of faith and in His NOW…redeem your past…because He is there…your past is not finished…Because God is there…He can clean up that mess.
But, there is more, The future you thought you had forfeited by your past can be restored….because He is there! Read about it in Joel 2:25. In Christ, In the Eternal One…HE is NOW…HE is Then and He is forever our Savior, our Redeemer and Lord. Jesus IS the same yesterday, today and forever!
Today…in the midst of COVID, confusion and chaos…I AM wants to meet with you NOW! Today, God has a NOW moment for you!
So, what does that have to do with today’s message? Well…let’s find out.
21 min