Blizzards of Blessings

God will change the things you view as setbacks and use them to propel you farther into your destiny.

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Many years ago, when I was a young believer, I was an avid churchgoer. In fact, I was usually the second person at the church, right behind the church custodian, and I would often get there just as He was unlocking the doors to the sanctuary. 

One Sunday morning, however, it had snowed heavily the night before, so when I attempted to get up the hill to attend the service and do my usual church routine, the snow was too thick, and the roads were too icy. 

Being a teenager at the time, I had made the classic mistake of not buying snow chains for my car, so there was no physical way for me to get up there to attend the services that morning. So I retreated down the mountain and returned to a Burger King parking lot with a friend, extremely unhappy.

As I was sitting in this parking lot, the Lord dropped a thought in my Spirit (that seemed to come out of nowhere) to go to another church nearby that I had never attended before. Excitedly I turned on the car and began to drive to the door of this fellowship. I should also note here that I didn’t know the address of the church or where it was located, but the Holy Spirit directed me right to the sanctuary’s front door Supernaturally. He’s the best GPS that there is! 

As I pulled the car into the parking lot, the service was just starting, and I walked in the door as the first worship song started playing. I took my seat somewhere in the middle of the room, and it felt just like normal as I began to saturate in the Lord’s Presence. 

However, it was about halfway through the worship set that I began to feel the Presence of the Prophetic Mantle drop upon me in a very unusual way and the Holy Spirit said to me, ” I HAVE A MESSAGE FOR THIS GROUP, AND I WANT YOU TO SAY THIS.” He then began to download a word from heaven into me for these people that I had never seen before. 

As I stood with my eyes closed, shaking before God, actually arguing about the fact that I didn’t know these people or the situation they were facing, He continued to impress upon me the importance of this word for this group. 

So finally, I caved in and put this word forth in a place of utter silence. If it were possible, I would swear it got even quieter still until the suspense was killing me, and I finally opened my eyes to find myself the only one in the room still standing. 

As I looked up at the leadership of this church on the platform, they appeared to be in utter shock and amazement. I quietly took my seat, and the pastor asked the leadership to come up and see if the Lord had anything else to say.

To this day, I still remember the Word that the Lord had me deliver, ” I AM THE VINE, AND YOU ARE THE BRANCHES, BUT DON’T BE AFRAID IF A FEW BRANCHES FALL OFF FOR MORE WILL GROW, AND THIS PLACE SHALL PROSPER…” 

At the time, I knew nothing about their situation, and they knew it. The next day, I was told that they had just lost their pastor the week before, and the leadership was shaken because people were leaving the church, so here the Lord sends them someone who knows nothing about their situation to give them a message of hope. 

In the weeks that followed, the youth pastor took over that fellowship, and revival broke out in this church even though they had no pastor. Great grace and great power began to manifest in their services despite their circumstances.

To this day, I still believe that the Lord used that blizzard to redirect me to go and deliver a message of His Hope and His love to a people that I didn’t know and had never met before.

Sometimes the blizzards of your life can be blessings from the Lord if you’ll only turn your ears to hear His Voice and not harden your heart. It’s during those times that He will change the things you view as setbacks and use them to propel you farther into your destiny than you could ever imagine in your life. 

That church asked me to come back and speak to their youth group, and (after several weeks), revival broke out in their youth. All because He asked me to go give a word to those who were weary, and I was (reluctantly) obedient. He will use you when you least expect it. 

BE PREPARED FOR DIVINE APPOINTMENTS, EVEN DURING THE BLIZZARDS OF YOUR LIFE, BECAUSE THOSE BLIZZARDS MAY BECOME  BLESSINGS FROM THE HAND OF GOD!!

       

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Daniel Pontious is a Kingdom Winds Contributor and passionate about teaching and revealing the Heart of the Father and Drawing people Closer to Him. It is his desire to see every member of the Body of Christ Functioning in their Personal Identity In Him!

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