After carefully assessing the situation, the farmer sympathized with the mule, but decided that neither the mule nor the well was worth the trouble of saving. Instead, he called his neighbors together and told them what had happened...and enlisted them to help haul dirt to bury the old mule in the well and put him out of his misery.
Initially, the old mule was hysterical! But as the farmer and his neighbors continued shoveling and the dirt hit his back...a thought struck him. It suddenly dawned on him that every time a shovel load of dirt landed on his back...HE SHOULD SHAKE IT OFF AND STEP UP! This he did, blow after blow.
"Shake it off and step up...shake it off and step up...shake it off and step up!" he repeated to encourage himself. No matter how painful the blows, or distressing the situation seemed the old mule fought "panic" and just kept right on SHAKING IT OFF AND STEPPING UP!
It wasn't long before the old mule, battered and exhausted, stepped triumphantly over the wall of that well!
What seemed like it would bury him, actually blessed him...all because of the manner in which he handled his adversity!!
POSTS FROM PASTOR OLIVER
Whenever God anointed someone in the Bible, He anointed them for a position, plan or purpose. True anointing is birthed out of pressure, through adversity. When you experience challenges God has a way of releasing His glory in your life. The greater the pressure, the more powerful the anointing you receive.
Have you ever seen the movie Caesar? I love it because Caesar (the ape) recognized that even though he was put in an unfamiliar cage (place), with unfamiliar creatures (people), and faced with unfamiliar issues (things), he never lost his identity. His identity caused him to understand; where he was, did not dictate who he was, and what he would become. Caesar used what God put in him to rise from the bottom to the top! Like the Butler forgot about Joseph, he didn't forget about those who were struggling with "Identity Crisis." When God blesses you because you know; whose you are, and to whom you belong to. Don't forget about those that help you get up to the top.
Here is your word today: don't you ever forget who you are, because God is so good, that he has given you a sense of identity, and who you are is never determined by where you are. As a matter of fact, who you are can reshape wherever you are, if you remain true to who you are.
“Today we fight. Tomorrow we fight. The day after, we fight. And if this situation plans on whipping us, it better bring a lunch, 'cause it's gonna have a long day doing it.”
DAILY SCRIPTURES
Romans 12:3
[ Serve God with Spiritual Gifts ] For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.
2 Timothy 2:10
Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Colossians 1:16
For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
Philippians 2:14
Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
Ephesians 5:20
Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
Romans 13:10
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Ephesians 3:20
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
Psalm 15:2
He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
Romans 8:28
King James Version (KJV)
28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
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