The hardest part in labor is usually the moment right before birth. You're tired. You're in pain and you don't feel like pushing anymore. But sometimes all it takes is one more push before the baby will be born.
I remember when I was in labor with my youngest son, his head was stuck and the doctor was saying he was going to use a suction to get him out. I had known someone who's daughter had this done during childbirth and the compression on her head ended up causing brain damage.
I really wanted this to be over, but I didn't want to risk the health of my unborn child; but exhaustion and pain were getting the best of me.
I told God, "Lord, I really don't want this suction used on my child. So, I am going to push one more time. Please let him come out."
I mustered up the strength and gave it all I had. One more push.....and then it happened. My son was born.
For those of you who can relate to feeling like a woman in birth; you're tired, you're in pain and you don't feel like pushing anymore, I'm here to tell you to hang on, because you're almost there. One more push.
Whenever God is really trying to highlight a message to me He will send me multiple signs to make it very clear. And lately He's been speaking to me through signs on the road. Probably because I spend so much time driving, but I believe it's also because driving represents a journey to a destination.
And in the road signs He gave me this past week, He's definitely letting His warriors know that we aren't on this journey to nowhere. He has a planned destination for us.
So, the signs started about a week ago when I was on the phone with a friend and we were praying together. She had been going through a very difficult time financially so she began praying for a shift to happen in both of our finances. As soon as she prayed this, I looked in front of me and there was a car with the license plate URMONEY.
I was so excited! I told my friend and we both agreed this was a sign from God that He had heard our prayers and He was getting ready to move in this area. There were two messages I got from this.
"You are money." Meaning, everything you need to create money is already within you.
And the second message I got was the Lord saying, "Don't worry. Your money is in my hands." As we continued praying I saw two more license plates with messages on them that were driving side by side.
One said, IDEABOX and the other one said HIM1121.
Later that day I was driving and I saw a license plate that said 2MILION.
So, here is what I got from these messages.
Many have felt like they have been confined into a box, and no matter what they do or how hard they try it's like an invisible prison that they can't escape. They know they are meant for so much more, but they keep experiencing blocks, hindrances and delays.
Not only have they felt stagnant in their callings, as if they are going nowhere; but they have experienced major financial setbacks. It's as if they can't seem to rub two nickels together to make a dime. And even if they are able to take a step forward financially, something out of the ordinary happens to devour the money.
But the Lord is letting us know to hang on, that all of that is about to change. What I heard from these signs was the Holy Spirit saying, "I am going to give you IDEAS to get out of the BOX you have been confined in and if you will trust in HIM (the Lord), these ideas will bring you MILLIONS.
Several days later I was on the phone with another friend and we were praying and encouraging one another. We were saying how God was about to take the people who had always been overlooked, put last and treated unfairly and put them in the positions of those who had been put first, but had abused their position and power.
We began praying for God's grace and mercy over our lives. Just as we were praying I passed another car with a sign on its license plate. It said GRACE8.
The word grace means "undeserved favor". We knew this was yet another confirmation from the Lord letting His people know that He is about to pour out His undeserved favor on His faithful ones.
As I looked closer at the license plate I noticed two more messages. On the encasement around the plate it said "Premier Auto Group, and the expiration date for the tags was 12-24.
When I looked up the word PREMIER in the dictionary it said, "first in importance, order or position; leading". This was further confirmation that the Lord is saying, "those who are first will be last and those who are last will be first."
He's sending a message to those who have followed Him, despite being overlooked and mistreated; and having to watch many, (including the wicked), excel in their pursuits and get ahead of them, (while they have felt like Joseph locked away in a prison); that the time is coming very soon where they will be put to the front of the line.
You may feel like too much time has passed for you to ever catch up, let alone surpass those ahead of you, but the Lord is letting you know He is sending his undeserved favor that will bring a supernatural acceleration that will cause you to have multiple suddenlies in your life that will have no natural explanation.
The only explanation will be God's supernatural grace that no man or woman, not even you, will be able to take credit for; which is exactly why God has allowed you to be walled in with nowhere to go.
I felt as if the date 12-24, which is Christmas Eve, was God's way of saying, "I want you to get excited for what I am about to do, just like a kid gets excited on Christmas Eve wondering what is going to be under the tree when he wakes up".
God is letting us know to be in expectation of presents under the tree; things we have prayed and longed for, for many years; and even some things we didn't pray for that He is going to bless us with.
A couple days after this, I was on the phone with the same friend and I was sharing with her about how I had thought the Lord was telling me to take a trip back out to Los Angeles concerning a promise He had given me concerning the film industry.
I had flown out there a number of other times after promptings by the Lord, and even though each time the Lord had guided me and met me in supernatural ways on each trip, I had yet to see the manifestation of this promise.
So, to say that I wasn't excited about the thought of taking yet another trip was an understatement. However, even with all the past disappointments swirling around in my head, I still want to be found faithful to the promises God has given me and obey Him even when it makes no sense.
But with all that being said, I certainly didn't want to take this trip on my own premonitions. I wanted to be sure He was telling me to go. So, I asked my friend to pray with me that God would give me a sign if I was to go back out.
The very next day, I took my youngest son to Kings Island, an amusement park near us. We were waiting in line for one of the roller coasters when I noticed a sign on the tracks that said "Welcome to Los Angeles". I told my son I felt this was a sign from God telling me to go back out to L.A.
When we finished the ride and were about to get off the cart, I saw that the cart in front of us had a license plate that said HANG ON with California license plates.
As soon as we got off the ride we stopped at the restrooms. When I went inside the restrooms the song "California Dreamin" was playing.
I knew this was the Lord saying, "HANG ON a little while longer. All the promises and dreams that I have given you are going to come to pass. All your trips to California have not been wasted. Go back out to California ONE MORE TIME and I will bring all the visions to pass and pour out my UNDESERVED FAVOR".
So for all of you who feel like you have labored in vain and you cannot hold on any longer, I am here to tell you:
Give it one more push. Try one more time. Hang on just a little longer. And you WILL see your dreams and promises come to pass.
Just HANG ON!
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