What is not seen Richard V. Milner Nov 26, 2002

When I woke up this morning it was really hard for me to get out of bed. I am trying to make a routine of getting up with Renee and doing prayers of protection, Blessings and good health. And I have been doing a pretty good job. But this morning, I couldn't get out of bed and the reason was, in my mind I didn't have anything to do. Then the Father reminded me of something called “Faith.” We are people of faith, what we go by is what we don't see not what we see. So I got encouraged and started looking at what He was saying and got up. I have mention a time or two about our budget. Well today when I got up I realized that I had a short week and I didn't have enough stuff in the shop to meet the budget. But that is not how I operate. I was operating out of what I see, not what I don't see. The stuff I see is just things I believed that would come to me out of the unseen. The things I have in my shop are the manifestation of what I didn't see in the past that I now have to work on. So what I got encouraged on, is what I don't see. Our budget is not going to be met with the stuff we have in the shop. But I was looking in the wrong direction. I am looking at the seen. So I decided to get up and believe that the Father could do again exactly what He has done so many times before. Match or exceed our budget. And that is exactly what He will do. What I have done is placed my faith in motion for Him to open a door or a job for me to go and meet the budget on a week that has been shorten. Now He is doing this for me, He will do it for you. Think about it. If you need extra money to get those things needed to prepare for your dinner and you don't have it. Stop worrying about what you don't have. Look to what you do have. You have the promise that the Father said, "I will provide for you". The reason you don't have is because you don't ask. So what you are looking at is the seen not what you are suppose to look at. Look at the unseen. Ask for what you need and believe that you will receive it. So if you need $20.00 for a turkey cause you dropped the last one in the yard as you were coming in and the dogs ran off with it. Believe that Dad will bring an opportunity to get another one. HE might bring it by the ways of someone needing a baby sitter and at the last moment call you and say. " I haven't anyone to keep the kid, I will pay to $20.00 if you will stay with Jr. for 10 minutes while I run to the store." These are the blessing that the Father is trying to bestow in your life and most people are not willing to receive it. If it was me, I would have put the choke hold on and not received the blessing and said I will keep Jr. for free, and I would have lost out on my blessing that I needed. So watch for the little blessings. If you own or operate a business, then you have it made. Just believe that the Father is going to send in a lot of people or jobs for you and you will be doing what the principles of YHVH are supposed to do. In 1 Thess. 3 it speaks of "if you don't work, you don't deserve to eat". This is an incredible principle. The supernatural blessing you are looking for from the Father will usually be in the form of some kind of work. Don't turn anything down if you need something. He may be sending you that rowboat. BE Blessed! Richard