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2089 Wash the Dirt Off
APR 1, 2026
2089 Wash the Dirt Off
<p>John 13: 1-17</p> <p>“Before the Passover celebration, Jesus knew that his hour had come to leave this world and return to his Father.”<br /> Jesus knew when it wasn’t yet his time &#8211; and now he was very clear, this was his time. His final night. This was the beginning of the end, knowing in just a few hours, he would be on the cross. He was fully aware of what was next, and he was fully aware of what was important now. What was most important now was to show us how to how to lead, and how to follow. How to be important and be unimportant. How to truly love and serve.</p> <p>“He had loved his disciples during his ministry on earth, and now he loved them to the very end.”<br /> Better translation is “Having loved his own, he had loved to the utmost”<br /> There is a love Jesus has for all people, and then there is a love for HIS OWN. His own people were the people who loved him back. You can and should love everyone, but the few who truly love you back get so much more from you. I may not know you at all, but I assure you, I love you. But some of you I have met &#8211; I have shared life with &#8211; we have memories together &#8211; you have loved me back. That love is naturally deeper. And this is what John is writing about. Jesus has a love for all people, but for the people who love him back, they are HIS OWN and that love is different. It is a love to the utmost, meaning to the extreme and maximum limit.</p> <p>My friends, Jesus loves you. No matter what, he loves you. If you never love him back, never acknowledge his sacrifice for you, never speak his name, he still loves you. But if you love him back, then you become his own and you experience a love to the very end like his disciples. Now, Jesus is going to show us how he loves HIS OWN &#8211; the ones who love him back.</p> <p>“It was time for supper, and the devil had already prompted Judas, son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. Jesus knew that the Father had given him authority over everything and that he had come from God and would return to God. So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the disciple’s feet, drying them with the towel he had around him.”</p> <p>Jesus was not detoured from the evil he was fully aware of. He was not distracted, in fact he didn’t even allow it to steal the preciousness of this moment. That’s how you respond when someone is being a jack wagon. That’s how you treat family vacation when one is trying to ruin it. That’s how you handle a day at work when a coworker is on a mission to kill the mood. This is how you move forward when the devil is attacking. You refuse to be distracted. You don’t give it breath. You focus on what you’re there to do. You are there to love. You are there to serve. You are there to be different. Jesus didn’t stop everything and address the one who Satan was using to betray him. Jesus didn’t let it spoil the meal. Jesus didn’t even dismiss Judas from the foot washing. Jesus was totally unbothered.</p> <p>Satan’s gonna do what Satan’s gonna do. And some people are going to partner in his nasty plans. You don’t have to give your time, your energy, your mood or your thoughts to that. Proceed with the beautiful things God has called you to do. Continue to serve. Continue to love. Continue to give. Girl, just choose to be unbothered!</p> <p>Now, notice this &#8211; it says “Jesus knew that the Father had given him authority over everything and that he had come from God and would return to God. SO ….<br /> Don’t miss that this goes together. Jesus knew his position, he knew his authority, he knew his power, he had full awareness of his identity, SO he acted from that. What was his act? “So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, and poured water into a basis. Then he began to wash the disciple’s feet, drying them with the towel he had around him.”</p> <p>These were some dirty, nasty feet. Feet that had traveled dusty roads in sandals. Washing feet was a service offered for very practical reasons &#8211; those feet were nasty! The lowest of servants in the building were the ones assigned with this undesirable task. But guess what, here they were at the table to share this meal together and no one had washed their feet. Do you know why?</p> <p>Luke 22:24 tells us that the disciples entered the room that night arguing about who was the greatest. And because they were arguing about who was the greatest, no one wanted to be the lowest. If there were no lowest, there was no one do do the job of washing their feet. And there they sat at the table with Jesus with their disgusting feet because no one was willing to be the lowest. And here’s what Jesus does &#8211; knowing he was truly the GOAT (greatest of all time), knowing fully he held all the power, he chose to assume the lowest level and serve in humility.</p> <p>“After washing their feet, he put on his robe again and sat down and asked, “Do you understand what I was doing? You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord’, and you are right, because that’s what I am. And since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash other’s feet. I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you. I tell you the truth, slaves are not greater than their master. Nor is the messenger more important than the one who sends the message. Now that you know these things, God will bless you for doing them.”</p> <p>Jesus was not referring to a ceremony or ritual here. This is about anything we can do to wash away the grime of the world for others. This is about helping was away the dust of defeat from the soul who has lost a battle. This is about washing discouragement off the depressed soul who is sitting in darkness. This is about washing away shame for the one who has been wrong and carries the weight of it all with them. This is about us truly helping others.</p> <p>We are quick to criticize those with dirty feet instead of washing them as Jesus has told us to do. It’s hard to throw stones if you’re busy washing feet.</p> <p>Every day, you’re surrounded by people with dirty feet from the journey. Those who are walking through divorce, those who are walking in grief, those who are walking in hard seasons, those who are walking in regret, those who are stumbling in darkness &#8211; and you can be the one to wash their feet. The one who smiles and encourages them. The one who sits beside them so they’re not alone. The one who prays. The one who makes them feel seen and wanted.</p> <p>And do you know what happens when we do? Jesus says, God will bless you.</p> <p>This is how Jesus spent the final night of his life. He spent it washing feet. He asks you to spend your life doing the same.</p> <p>Follow Pamela on Instagram &#8211; <a href="https://instagram.com/headmamapamela">https://instagram.com/headmamapamela</a><br /> Or Facebook &#8211; <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pamela.crim">https://www.facebook.com/pamela.crim</a><br /> Find out more about BIG Life &#8211; <a href="http://biglifehq.com">http://biglifehq.com</a></p>
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17 MIN
2088 Humility, Joy and Grief
MAR 31, 2026
2088 Humility, Joy and Grief
<p>Here we are, the week of Jesus’ crucifixion. The week he very well knew was his last here on this earth. A week he knew would include more suffering than our human minds can comprehend. And guess what &#8211; he walked right into this week, facing it head on with intention, knowing what he was doing he was doing for me and you.</p> <p>Over and over again, Jesus shows us how to live in a way that makes it about others more than it is about ourselves. How can we take this example of Jesus in the final week of his life and live more like him? Let’s see how Jesus did it!</p> <p>All 4 gospel accounts of this final week begin in the same way, “Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem”. Now if you were making a triumphant entry, what would that look like? Oh girl, what would you wear? You have to be triumphant in your appearance. Make a grand entrance. Que the walk-up music, this has to be dynamic! Smoke and lights! Energy! All the hoopla for a triumphant entry &#8211; right?</p> <p>We really have a special way of making things about us, don’t we? We try so hard to be impressive. We have a hard time choosing what to wear for the flight home from vacation, let alone a triumphant entry for the most important and final week of your life. We overthink … you know why &#8211; because we’re thinking about ourselves. Really we are &#8211; even when we think of others, we’re typically thinking of how they receive us, how they treat us, and how they make us feel. It’s all about us.</p> <p>But Jesus shows us how to make a triumphant entry that’s all about HIM, without making it all about him. Now, let’s be clear. This really is all about Jesus. Everything in our Bible is ultimately about Jesus. It’s about how Jesus saved us from what we couldn’t save ourselves from. It’s about how Jesus changed absolutely everything for us.</p> <p>So, how do you show up and make an entrance when in fact, it really is about you? Answer: With humility!</p> <p>It was time for Jesus to willfully walk toward Jerusalem, knowing this was the place he would sacrifice his life. Knowing this was the place he would be betrayed. Knowing this was the place he would suffer. Knowing this was the place absolutely nothing would be fair for him, and he would endure it to make it right for us. And do you know how he makes his triumphant entry?</p> <p>Does he show up with chariots? No.<br /> Does he call out the band to play his walk-up song? No.<br /> Does he even ride in on a horse? No.<br /> Jesus chooses the most humble entry &#8211; riding on a donkey.</p> <p>A donkey was not a sign of power. A donkey was a sign of humble work. Jesus was making his entry to Jerusalem for his humble work of saving both me and you!</p> <p>Matthew 21: 1-6, “As Jesus and the disciples approached Jerusalem, they came to the town of Bethphage on the Mount of Olives. Jesus sent two of them on ahead. ‘Go into the village over there,’ he said. ‘As soon as you enter it, you will see a donkey tied there, with its colt beside it. Untie them and bring them to me. If anyone asks what you are doing, just say, The Lord needs them, and he will immediately let you take them.’ This took place to fulfill the prophesy that said, ‘Tell the people of Jerusalem, Look your King is coming to you. He is HUMBLE, riding on a donkey &#8211; riding on a donkey’s colt.’ The two disciples did as Jesus commanded. They brought the donkey and the colt to him and threw their garments over the colt, and he sat on it.”</p> <p>So now we see Jesus didn’t only choose the humble means of a donkey, but he chose even lower &#8211; the donkey’s colt. The colt wasn’t as strong, wasn’t as experienced, and not as useful.</p> <p>It’s the equivalent today of traveling on an airplane, not choosing first class, not choosing business class, not even choosing the isle or the window &#8211; but choosing row 41, middle seat &#8211; ON PURPOSE. Who does that? Nobody does that. Especially not when you have not only the power to fly the plane, but the RIGHT to fly the plane.</p> <p>Jesus had the power to show up any way he wanted to. He had the right to make an entrance in any manner. He could have made it all about him, and absolutely no one would have blamed him. I mean really, do you blame the person riding in first class for getting extra leg room when they can afford it and paid for it? No, you just envy them a little bit as you walk on by and get yourself to the back of the plane.</p> <p>Jesus knew his assignment, and he walked in it perfectly. He rode in, entering his final week of life on a donkey’s colt, with the ultimate humility. And here’s the wild thing &#8211; God had always planned it that way. Many years earlier, God had spoken to Zechariah and told him the King would come to save the world, and he would come with absolute humility on a donkey’s colt. This is now being quoted in Matthew. And remember, when God spoke those words to Zechariah through the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament, Jesus was there, because Jesus is God in human form. The trinity. With all the power in the world, LITERALLY, God planned his own entry into the world … with humility. And he planned the joy of saving his children while holding the grief of sacrificing his son.</p> <p>Jesus was born in humility to a virgin girl in a stable &#8211; and now Jesus would enter into his final week knowingly with that same power contained in humility. He didn’t make it about him. But let’s be clear &#8211; IT WAS ABOUT HIM. It’s all about Jesus. But do you know what Jesus made it about &#8211; HE MADE IT ABOUT YOU.</p> <p>Imagine going to a concert and your absolute favorite artist walks out on stage holding a sign with your name on it. And imagine every song they sing, they sing looking directly at you in the audience. THAT’S WHAT OUR JESUS DID, and he did it for you.</p> <p>At the end of this week, Jesus is betrayed and arrested, which he knew was coming since the very beginning. He didn’t fight it. He didn’t run from it. He endured it all with humility and a focus on us, not on himself. There, surrounded by a crowd of men with swords and clubs, being arrested and ultimately led to his death, Jesus says in Matthew 26: 53-54, “Don’t you realize that I could ask my Father for thousands of angels to protect us, and he would send them instantly. But if I did, how would the Scriptures be fulfilled that describe what must happen now?”</p> <p>Jesus knew his mission, and although he knew he held the power to do absolutely anything he wanted, he chose to humbly surrender to the Father’s will &#8211; even when it was hard. Jesus shows us how to live in the hardest seasons of our lives and walk with purpose. We restrain ourselves from doing the things we could do, and focus on doing what God wants us to do.</p> <p>Jesus doesn’t just tell us to surrender and submit to God &#8211; he shows us how to do it.</p> <p>Jesus is here in his final week, holding the grief of being betrayed in one hand, and the joy of walking in his purpose in his other. The grief of suffering in one hand, and the joy of knowing his suffering was temporary but forever good in his other hand. Jesus is showing us how to hold grief and joy at the same time.</p> <p>When you hurt, it’s okay to hurt &#8211; but there can still be joy knowing this hurt isn’t all there is. When there’s joy, you can feel the joy knowing everything doesn’t have to be perfect and fixed to experience moments of beauty.</p> <p>On our final night together here in the retreat house in Hawaii, we sat together and we each shared two things &#8211; what is the sweetest thing in this season of your life, and what is the hardest. We all had something hard we’re currently in, and we all had something so sweet too. We’re holding both, at the same time.</p> <p>One who has lost her husband. Three who are going through divorces. Many who have hard to love children. Some who battle health issues. And yet, each who have immense awareness of their blessings straight from heaven.</p> <p>There’s a song called “Evidence” by Josh Baldwin that says:</p> <p>In every season<br /> from where I’m standing<br /> I see the evidence of your goodness<br /> All over my life<br /> All over my life<br /> I see your promises and fulfillments<br /> All over my life<br /> All over my life<br /> Help me remember when I’m weak<br /> The fear may come<br /> The fear will leave<br /> You lead my heart to victory<br /> You are my strength<br /> And you always will be<br /> I see the evidence of your goodness<br /> All over my life</p> <p>With humility, Jesus shows us how to take the focus off self, while holding grief and joy at the same time. He reminds us of the evidence of God’s goodness all over our life, even in the midst of a hard season.</p> <p>Wherever you are standing, may you humbly see the evidence of God’s goodness all over your life. In every season, may you always remember it’s never all bad.</p> <p>Jesus faced this final week of his life, holding the grief and weight of all the sin in the world, yet he held joy knowing it was about YOU! Saving you. Redeeming you. Making a way for you.</p> <p>May you humbly hold your joy and your grief, and walk your path knowing there’s a greater purpose.</p> <p>Follow Pamela on Instagram &#8211; <a href="https://instagram.com/headmamapamela">https://instagram.com/headmamapamela</a><br /> Or Facebook &#8211; <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pamela.crim">https://www.facebook.com/pamela.crim</a><br /> Find out more about BIG Life &#8211; <a href="http://biglifehq.com">http://biglifehq.com</a></p>
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21 MIN
2087 How To Live
MAR 27, 2026
2087 How To Live
<p>The final week of Jesus’ life shows us how he prepared for the end by living now. His final week shows us how to live, knowing our time is limited, this life is temporary, and we have a mission to fulfill.</p> <p>Matthew 11-15</p> <p>Mark 11-15</p> <p>Luke 19-23</p> <p>John 12-19<br /> Scripture: Philippians 2:5<br /> &#8220;You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.”</p> <p>We know how the final week for Jesus ends &#8211; and so did he. He knew the cross was coming, and he knew his death was not defeat, it was victory. It was mission complete.</p> <p>With the example of Jesus, knowing he was about to die, knowing every detail of what was to come in his final week, what if we stopped fearing death and truly lived in the time we have? What if we truly treated each day as purposeful and valuable, knowing it takes us one day closer to our reward &#8211; an eternity in Heaven. What if we could treat our time here as important, but remember this is just the beginning. When our time is up on this earth, it’s not over, it’s just the beginning of what we were truly created for.</p> <p>You were created for eternity. Your soul was designed for forever connecting with your Creator. Your existence on this earth is a tiny pre-show where you grow to know your Creator and choose his path of salvation so you can dwell in your forever with him. The Garden of Eden is restored. We’re back where we belong. A perpetual paradise with God. The only way we get there is with Jesus. And what Jesus did in his final week not only makes it all possible, but his final week gives us a blueprint for living well.</p> <p>The final week of Jesus’ life wasn’t just about what he endured &#8211; it&#8217;s about what he demonstrated. He shows us how to live with purpose. He shows us how to love under pressure. He shows us how to surrender through struggle. He shows us how to trust God completely, even when it’s hard.</p> <p>Jesus Didn’t Just Die for Us—He Modeled Life for Us</p> <p>In His final days, Jesus compresses a lifetime of teaching into lived example. Under pressure, facing betrayal, injustice, and unimaginable suffering, He reveals what a God-centered life actually looks like.</p> <p>We often ask, “How should I live?”<br /> Jesus answers that question most clearly in the week leading to the cross.</p> <p>The cross is where He paid for our salvation. But the path to the cross is where He showed us how to live.</p> <p>In 1 week, Jesus would finally hang on the cross and speak the words, “It is finished” … but before he said ‘it is finished’, he showed us how to begin. To begin our journey to our final destination. Final destination is where Jesus was going to prepare things for us. That’s where God’s children are destined. That’s our promised land. And this entire life here on earth is the beginning of our journey there. You’re in the beginning &#8211; already on your way to Heaven. Now, live well, my friend. This will all be over soon.</p> <p>This week, study the path to the cross Jesus walked with tremendous intention. He moved forward without rushing. He was fully present in every opportunity. He sought his Father through the struggle. And oh how he loved with his life.</p> <p>He did more than die for us. Dying for us would have been enough. But Jesus showed us how to live. To live with eternity on our mind. To love with our entire being. And to be loved by God.</p> <p>Follow Pamela on Instagram &#8211; <a href="https://instagram.com/headmamapamela">https://instagram.com/headmamapamela</a><br /> Or Facebook &#8211; <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pamela.crim">https://www.facebook.com/pamela.crim</a><br /> Find out more about BIG Life &#8211; <a href="http://biglifehq.com">http://biglifehq.com</a></p>
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16 MIN
2086 What Is This?
MAR 26, 2026
2086 What Is This?
<p>Have you ever asked God for one thing and you feel like you got something totally different? Jesus tells us, “ask and you will receive”, but maybe you’re not so sure that applies to you because you haven’t gotten what you’ve asked for.</p> <p>Yes, girl, ask. He wants you to ask. He answers every time you ask &#8211; it just might not look like what you thought it would.</p> <p>The Israelites were hungry in the desert and they asked God to supply their needs and give them food to eat. AND GET THIS &#8211; The next day they woke up to manna!!!! We know manna as this miraculous bread directly from God which sustained the Israelites where there was nothing else to eat. But let me tell you, THIS WAS NOT WHAT THEY WERE EXPECTING.</p> <p>Exodus 16: 13-15 “The next morning the area around the camp was wet with dew. When the dew evaporated, a flaky substance as fine as frost blanketed the ground. The Israelites were puzzled when they saw it. &#8216;What is it?&#8217; They asked each other. They had no idea what it was. And Moses told them, ‘It is the food the Lord has given you to eat.&#8221;</p> <p>I propose they woke up that morning and saw this white dewy, sticky substance all over the desert ground and they really said “What in the world is THIS?” I don’t know, maybe they were expecting Sarah Lee herself to appear at sunrise baking her fresh loaves of bread, but this … this is not what they were expecting. What is this and what am I supposed to do with it?</p> <p>Understand, nothing like this dewy, flaky substance had ever been seen before. This was totally new to them. And quite honestly, it didn’t look like the miracle they were expecting of the God they were counting on for survival.</p> <p>And this is why they called it manna. Manna literally means “What is it?” For real, that’s the defintion of manna &#8211; what is it? And if you don’t know what it is, you certainly don’t know what to do with it. The Israelites expected food they recognized. God gave them something they had to learn HOW to use.</p> <p>Sometimes the reason we miss God’s provision is because it doesn’t match our expectations. We expect things to look a certain way, but God works in the unexpected. You can’t figure him out. You can’t predict him. Your God is continually going to show up in ways that surprise you. And honestly, sometimes it’s initially a disappointing surprise. A question of, really, what is this? What do I do with this now?</p> <p>Can you see how what God has given you is provision, even if it doesn’t look like the “bread” you were expecting?</p> <p>The confusion you currently feel is the first stage of revelation to God’s answer. In the beginning, you’re asking, “Why did this relationship end?” &#8211; later you see God’s protection in it.</p> <p>In the beginning you’re asking, “Why did I lose that job?” &#8211; later you see God’s great redirection.</p> <p>In the beginning you’re asking, “Why did this happen to me?” &#8211; later you see God’s preparation for something better he had for you next.</p> <p>Just because you don’t understand it doesn&#8217;t mean God isn’t in it. The Israelites didn’t understand this bizarre looking substance all over the ground that morning, but it was still their miracle. Now it was time to learn what to do with their miracle. And my friend, if you’ve asked God to show up for you, he has … maybe you just don’t understand what he is doing. It’s time to learn what to do with the minunderstood miracle he has given you.</p> <p>In studying manna, this miraculous bread from Heaven that appeared on the desert ground each morning, I’ve learned the most practical and applicable lessons for exactly where we find ourselves today. Lessons on what to do with God’s answers that you don’t understand.</p> <p>It is believed that this manna was like a coriander seed covered in dew. Not loaves of bread, but a seed which could become something. Not a seed to be planted, but a seed to be ground. When worked, when crushed by hand, when grinded out, this substance miraculously covering the desert floor each morning became much like wheat and could be used to make bread.</p> <p>It wasn’t what they expected and they didn’t recognize its potential because IT HAD TO BE WORKED. They prayed for bread and they got something they could USE TO MAKE bread.</p> <p>God didn’t drop baked loaves into their hands. They had to go out each morning, they had to gather this strange substance from the ground, then they had to prepare it. Now remember, they’re in the middle of the desert where nothing grows or flows. This is literally a life-saving miracle. This was bizarre and beautiful.</p> <p>But it was only bizarre until they worked with it &#8211; then it became beautiful.</p> <p>I don’t know what bizarre thing you might be facing right now, but maybe this is God’s answer to your prayers, but some effort is required from you now to see it as beautiful. You have to get out there and gather this up. You’ve got to grind this out. You’ve got to work with this. And when you do, it will become exactly what you truly need.</p> <p>What if the very thing you’ve been confused about… The thing you’ve been questioning … The thing you’ve been overlooking … IS ACTUALLY YOUR MANNA?!!!! What if you’ve been asking God for bread, and he’s been faithfully covering the ground in front of you every morning and you just keep walking past it because you don’t recognize it.</p> <p>Well, my friend, you’ll never recognize it for what it could be if you don’t work with what God has given you!</p> <p>If you’ve asked God, he has heard you and he is moving on your behalf &#8211; just perhaps not in a way you recognize. But it’s here. Can you see it? What will you do with it?</p> <p>Follow Pamela on Instagram &#8211; <a href="https://instagram.com/headmamapamela">https://instagram.com/headmamapamela</a><br /> Or Facebook &#8211; <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pamela.crim">https://www.facebook.com/pamela.crim</a><br /> Find out more about BIG Life &#8211; <a href="http://biglifehq.com">http://biglifehq.com</a></p>
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12 MIN
2085 This Is Enough
MAR 25, 2026
2085 This Is Enough
<p>Sometimes it feels like we don’t have enough. There’s not enough time. Not enough money. Not enough help. Not enough energy.</p> <p>Sometimes we feel like we’re not enough. We’re not good enough. Not smart enough. Not pretty enough. Not anything enough.</p> <p>So, we walk around looking at our life as if nothing is enough. We’re always lacking. Always in need. Always coming up short. Always feeling if we had more of this or more of that we would be better and do better, but we don’t.</p> <p>So we don’t. We don’t live better because we’ve blindly assumed we always need more in order to do so. All while the one thing we truly need, and already have, is God. If you have God, then you will always have what you need. He’s a good father and he takes care of his girls.</p> <p>So here’s what’s really happening &#8211; God designed your entire life around a relationship with him. If you have an abundance of everything, guess what … you no longer need the Almighty. When life is good and easy, you fail to recognize your total dependence on the One who has made every single detail even possible. Hey girl &#8211; you didn’t wake up today without God.</p> <p>God allows a need to bring you back to him. Your daily need actually creates a daily relationship with your Creator. Your need and his faithful provision forms a level of trust you wouldn’t know otherwise.</p> <p>In our study of the Israelites in the wilderness, they’re now free from slavery in Egypt, but wandering through a desert without provisions. Nothing grows or flows in a desert. They have a daily need and that daily need was designed by God to bring his people to him. Here, God shows up in really out of the norm ways to provide precisely what is needed.</p> <p>Exodus 16: 4-5, God says, “Look, I’m going to rain down food from heaven for you. Each day the people can go out and pick up as much food as they need for that day. I will test them in this to see whether or not they will follow my instructions. On the sixth day they will gather food, and when they prepare it, there will be twice as much as usual.”</p> <p>Yes, God gave them enough for the day only. Enough. Just for one day. Why? To build their trust and test their faith.</p> <p>Maybe that’s where you are today. You have enough, but it’s only enough for today. You have no idea how you’re going to make it through tomorrow. You don’t see tomorrow’s provisions here today. And what are you going to do next month? How the heck is this going to work next year?</p> <p>What you have certainly doesn’t look like enough and the truth is you’re freaking out a little. How will you make this work? How will you find the strength? Where will you go for what is needed later? But maybe, just maybe, in this season God is building your trust and testing your faith.</p> <p>Will you trust his provision is here for today and see that it is enough? Will you have faith he will do the same for you tomorrow too?</p> <p>See what God has done for you today and trust he will do whatever is needed tomorrow too. Maybe you’ve gotten ahead of yourself and that’s why you’re so overwhelmed. Your mind is already in next week, next month and next year. Girl, you can’t see God’s hand way out there, but you can see his hand right here. Just stay here with God.</p> <p>What happened when the Israelites didn’t trust for God’s provision the next day and gathered extra of this bread from heaven on the ground just in case? Verse 19-20, Then Moses told them, “Do not keep any of it until morning.” But some of them didn’t listen and kept some of it until morning. But by then it was full of maggots and had a terrible smell. Moses was very angry with them.&#8221;</p> <p>This break in trust and lack of faith created a rot in their provision. It went bad. And sister, the same exact thing happens to us now. When we start thinking God is not trustworthy for our tomorrow, we create a rot in what we do have. Things go rotten for us.</p> <p>What has grown rotten in your life? What has gone bad? Could it be because you tried to do this thing on your own? Could it be because your priorities got all out of order? Could it be because God was no longer the recognized provider? Could it be because deep down, you really didn’t trust God was going to show up and do anything for you? Could it be because you needed to know exactly what you would have tomorrow, and this need for security and certainty just turned everything bad?</p> <p>God wants us to depend on him daily. Honey if you have this whole thing figured out with your fool proof 10 year plan, why would you need God? Eventually you would stop seeking his hand because your hands are already full. So, he fills your hands, but he fills them with only enough for today.</p> <p>And that is enough. Yes, this is enough. Say it … I HAVE ENOUGH.</p> <p>Why does God work this way? So you keep coming back tomorrow. A daily relationship. A daily trust. A daily connection.</p> <p>That’s the whole point. God wants a daily connection with you. You were created to need him, so stop trying to build a life where you don’t need him for every day.</p> <p>I may not be exactly comfortable with the unknown. I may not see how in the world this is going to work out. I may not understand how God is going to show up tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. But, I know today he has given me enough. I have enough.</p> <p>So do you.</p> <p>The Israelites soon became ungrateful for their daily supply of ‘enough&#8217; and started grumbling and complaining. Whining and wallowing. As a result, they sacrificed where God was leading them and settled in the desert for the rest of their lives. Their potential was unmet. Their Promise Land was unattained. All because what was enough for the day was not enough for their happiness.</p> <p>Read that again. What was enough for the day was not enough for their happiness.</p> <p>Oh sis, don’t let that be us. If it’s enough for today, will it be enough for you to be happy over?</p> <p>Don’t let us be spoiled brats complaining over the miraculous provision of God each day.</p> <p>Don’t let us complain over the job we hate while we’re not doing a darn thing to change it.</p> <p>Don’t let us worry over the stresses of tomorrow when tomorrow hasn’t even shown up yet and today is going unlived.</p> <p>Don’t let us waste what we have been given today with an arrogant assumption there will always be more. More time, more opportunities, more blessings. No, what we have is for today. You can’t save this time for tomorrow.</p> <p>You can’t hold back these opportunities for when you feel more ready. You can’t store up these blessings and hope to pull them out in the future. It’s here for today.</p> <p>Girl you have enough. Enough for today. Receive it with gratitude, don’t waste it, and trust that tomorrow will come with tomorrow’s provision. Enough.</p> <p>This is enough. It is enough for me to be happy. It is enough for me to be grateful. It is enough for me to work with. It is enough for me to trust God.</p> <p>This is a test. A test of trusting God on the daily. How are you doing with that test?</p> <p>Look around, God has given you everything you need for today. You have enough. Now gather up what God has given you and use it today because this stuff can’t be saved for tomorrow!</p> <p>You’ve got some living to do here and you have just enough to live today!</p> <p>Follow Pamela on Instagram &#8211; <a href="https://instagram.com/headmamapamela">https://instagram.com/headmamapamela</a><br /> Or Facebook &#8211; <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pamela.crim">https://www.facebook.com/pamela.crim</a><br /> Find out more about BIG Life &#8211; <a href="http://biglifehq.com">http://biglifehq.com</a></p>
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