You Already Have What You Are Asking For

A lot of us are waiting on some new experience from God before life changes. The Word you already have is the thing you are waiting for. It just has not been allowed to get down deep yet.

Psalm 1:2-3 describes the person who lets it, "But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper." Notice the tree does nothing dramatic. It stays planted near water.

Roots are slow and boring and nobody sees them. We want the visible part, so we get discouraged in the months where the only thing happening is underground.

Joshua 1:8 says, "This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success." Meditating is not straining to concentrate. It is turning something over in your mouth and your mind until you actually believe it.

Straight up, you do not need more power. You need revelation of the power God already dropped in you. The Holy Spirit was given to open up what God has said, and He does that while you keep the Word in front of you, not while you grit your teeth.

Pressure will show up and try to pull your attention somewhere else. It is not God teaching you a lesson. Stay near the water, let the Word go deep, and the fruit comes in its season without you forcing it.