Hope Restored ~ Pumza Mooi

As 2014 is about to end. I believe that we each have some things which we prayed for but somehow have not received answers for. We have been asking ourselves why God has been so quiet about them? In our panic, we created our own answers, thinking that God helps those who help themselves. But we still are not finding any joy.


Today, God says He wants to do a new thing in your life. He wants to bless you with what He made especially for you. But you're holding on to this old self-made "blessing" that you're so blind to see what God is putting before your eyes.

Why are you still in that job when you know how frustrating it is, it’s killing you inside out and yet you're holding on because of fear. Fear of lack and poverty. Who's your source of provision? God or your unappreciative employer? Why are you still in that relationship? Its abusive and yet you're still there because you're scared of being alone, who's your most faithful companion? God or man? Why are you still hanging out with those friends, knowing that they are using you and sucking you dry? Who is your loyal friend? Jesus or man? Can God not position divine connections for you? So why are you still connected to these people you know do not have any ounce of integrity in them? Can God not prosper you and move you from one level to the next?

Just something to think about... You could be holding on to someone else's answer to prayer. Someone has been waiting for God to grant them work but you're still working there so how can they get their answer. Someone may be waiting for their husband/wife but you're holding on to their answer. You think you can change this person but they're not meant for you hence they're the way they are. You're depriving the man of His favour because God says he who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favour with God. And you're most definitely not that good thing. And you're wondering why you don't have God's favour, look at the one you think is the wife for you, she's not that good thing God intended for you. You’re holding to friends and connections who are not good for you and your divine connections are waiting for you to open space for them that they may enter your life and make a difference.

Let go of what doesn't belong to you. It’s frustrating you this much because it’s not yours. You're like a person who tries to fit a size 7 foot into a size 5 shoe. Its pinching, it’s painful, it gives you blisters and makes it very difficult to walk. Let go of what’s reached its expiry date in your life, just like an expired body lotion put on a freshly showered body. It can only give you an irritating rash. Just please let go, so that you get what's yours and someone else gets their much awaited blessing.

Isaiah 43:18 Do not [earnestly] remember the former things; neither consider the things of old. 19 Behold, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs forth; do you not perceive and know it and will you not give heed to it?