The Reminder
The Reminder
“They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony; they did not love their live so much as to shrink from death.”
Revelation 12:11
When I was asked to write a blog this month this scripture was immediately imparted along with the title. I wrestled with the title. I thought maybe it sounded a little harsh and perhaps it should be changed to something a little more palatable. We are in a pandemic after all and people are tired, irritated, discouraged and more. Maybe something a little softer in tone would be better? The response in my spirit was “no”. I knew I had to keep the title as is. What I didn’t realize is how this title and verse were going to be tested in my life long before writing this.
Some of you know that I stopped working in December. I had been interviewing with another company and they wanted to hire me. I decided to leave my current position and take some much-needed time off before moving into a new work position. I had a couple of months of vacation on the books, so I decided to take it. The company I interviewed with said it would be just a matter of time before I would come aboard. They were waiting for the projects they had been seeking to have the final confirmation before I could join them. Then there was a delay, they went through a reorganization and then shortly after that the pandemic hit. This meant that hiring was pretty much non-existent and with the uncertainty of the future there was no ability to provide a timeline as to when hiring a person with my skillset could resume.
Needless to say, I have been struggling with some disappointment. My faith has been put to the test. When the request to write this blog came, I received a directive in my spirit to begin to write down the prophecies, words of encouragement, scriptures, prayers and testimonies that have been prayed over or have happened to me and my family. As I began journaling those, the words of Revelation 12:11 have been coming to pass. The overcoming started taking place.
God knew how VERY important it was for us to remember. To remember the mighty and incredible things He’s done for us as well as the small things. When we remember there is a shift that takes places in us and faith begins to rise. He also knew there were going to be times when we had to do this alone. Even David said in Psalms 42:5-6 “Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. My soul is downcast within me; therefore, I will remember you from the land of the Jordan, to heights of Hermon – from Mount Mizar.” David remembered and he spoke to himself to cause the remembrance. No one else told to him to do this. He told himself.
As I began to put pen to paper it was slow going. Discouragement is a horrible companion and incredible staller. As I began to press in, I remembered when God sent Larry’s miracle of a transplant. I remembered when we moved here and had nothing and then an unexpected financial miracle happened. I recalled the prophet who spoke over us in September and said, “You two are in your greatest season of breakthrough. God is removing the word impossible from your hearts.” I remembered when other seasons where hard, but provision always came. I was reminded of Psalm 37:25 “...I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread.”
Although our circumstances have not changed and there is no definitive answer as to when they will, we will remember what God has done before. We choose to trust and remind our souls to not be so downcast. We won’t stop praising Him and will remember to testify of His goodness and we WILL overcome. We will do this when we are alone and someday, we will do this together again.