Good Morning Sunshine! It’s Time To Move From Mourning To Morning!

1 Samuel 16:1 ~ The Lord said to Samuel, ‘How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and be on your way; I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I have chosen one of his sons to be king.”

Have you ever been discouraged before? Samuel was one upset man, and God asked him, “How long will you mourn for Saul?” How long will you mourn for that which did not work out the way you thought it was going to work out?

God gave you mourning as an outlet to process your pain, but it’s not the place for you to take up permanent residence. Samuel had exceeded the “expiration date” of mourning over Saul, and it was time for him to live again. I’m telling you that you have exceeded the expiration date, it’s time for you to live again! I know that you have had things in your life that has not worked out the way that you thought they would family, finances, jobs, relationships and ministry, Today I say to you and to myself, “How long will we mourn this?”

I was at a funeral on Saturday and the MOG said how the people that seem the least likely are the most likely to be blessed! How many times have you seen God use those people in the Bible, I get so encouraged by who God used in the Bible. There are many people God used who I would have not used if I was God, and this should give you hope!  This great man of God, Samuel, battled fear and disappointment, but our Heavenly Father still empowered him to move forward into new things and He is doing the same thing for you too!

God gave Samuel some specific instructions to follow, He told him to Arise! Today, God is saying arise, forget about what happened yesterday, and move forward! The Word says, “One thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:13-14! As you arise and move forward, you are moving out of disappointment and despair!

Next God told him to fill his horn, you have to feed your spirit man with spiritual food! Fill up on God’s Ways, Wisdom, and Word and His Holy Spirit will give you Power from on high! Ask God, what is it that He is calling you to do in this hour? Now that you have risen and filled your horn, you can step forward and give God you and get you into your what you were called, assigned and purpose to do in your new season!

Now you can expect the unexpected as you let go of your preconceived ideas of how it has to look. Ask God to give you new eyes to see the morning, because in this movement, you will be moving from mourning to morning! You will have to be like Samuel, you will not be able to use your human reasoning in this new season! (1 Samuel 16:6-7)! Man is always looking on the outside, but God looks at the heart! Stop looking for God in the old things, He is doing something new. What does your new day look like? You see when you go into situations with your mind on who God is, what He can do, and what it will look like, you open yourself up to the possibilities to what the Lord can do through you! But first you have to move past the mourning!

I know that you can relate to Samuel and what he was experiencing; put your name where Samuel name is and what you are mourning in Saul’s place and ask yourself this question, what are you mourning over, what do you need to move past? You see we all have experienced disappointments in life, but you can’t just stay in the mourning stage! At some point and you have to level up and arise and get your hope up and fill your horn with oil! Now you will be influenced by God and what He is doing! And you will experience and embrace the unexpected. As you move from mourning to morning God will usher you into a new season of blessing and joy.

Today, God is saying, how long will you mourn in this place? It’s time to fill your horn and be on your way! God has something new for you! And you can’t get the new until you rid yourself of the old, (this includes your thinking)! For Samuel, God had a new king for him to anoint and to become part of his future, but he couldn’t do that while he was still mourning Saul! The new king was waiting! What new thing is the Lord asking of you? Is there anything old or cold you’re still giving your thoughts, emotions or energies to? Do you need to let go of something in the past so you can embrace the present? I want you to know that your “New” is waiting on you in the fields to relinquish what had been so that you can be a part of what is to be! The New You is Waiting!

May you hear the beautiful and unwavering words of the Lord this morning, arise, be on your way, fill your horn and any way in which the Lord is leading you promises to be a good way, indeed. It’s morning time!

Let’s Pray:
Father, thank You! Thank You for a brand-new day, a new morning, for Your Word says that joy comes in the morning, so I’m going to Thank You again for a new morning. Father I’m so tired of mourning those that have hurt me and disappointed me and today I choose that I will not mourn them another day. I’m putting all of my trust in You to guide me through the process of forgiveness, and I choose to leave reconciliation in Your hands. Father forgive me for making anyone or anything an idol in my life, where my mind stayed on them in the good and the bad, I have to let go! Father, wash my mind and my thoughts, that I may think on good things that will bring You Glory. Father, please teach me how to pray for those that have hurt me, and I know that I can only do that through You God and the Holy Spirit. Father, Thank You for loving me and filling the gap with Your love and peace. Father l, Thank You for teaching and helping me to let go, even when it’s hard, but I know that I have to let go in order to move forward. Father, Thank You for Your patience, kindness, compassion and love, for me in spite of me. Father, I need You like never before in my life and I know that I can’t make it without Your love, for You are everything that I need, You are the very air that I breathe! Father, let me know when it’s time to move on and let go graciously that my heart won’t hurt or be hard, but that I will do right by others simply because I love them and that is all I want to owe someone, love! Father, Thank You for easing my pain as only You can and giving me a brand-new morning to praise and worship You. In Jesus Christ Name! Amen!

Blessings…
Love, Minister Jean