The Jump
I had a dream that a family friend from church needed help and called me. I was apprehensive because I could not truly understand what she wanted, but I told her to meet me at a certain location and I would help her out.
In the next scene, I was with my daughter on a high bridge looking down for the church friend. It was a long way into the water. I said, “I am glad that she is not coming this way because I would be afraid to have to go get her down there.” But my daughter did not understand me and said “Oh, she’s coming from down there,” and before I could say “no”, she had jumped off the bridge into the water.
I screamed and started praying and pleading the blood of Jesus as I watched her body go into the water. I waited and kept praying and she finally came up. She was happy, and perfectly fine. I was so grateful, and then I woke up. I immediately knew what God was showing me. I was too afraid to jump into the deep. My daughter jumped, but I did not. I did not even go after her. I stood on the bridge and prayed.
God showed me that a lot of people are moving but they are on the bridge where it does not require faith. I told him I wanted to jump off the bridge and began to pray. He showed me that every time I tried to move, something was holding me back - it was fear.
Jehovah is so gracious. As I prayed, He reminded me of Yeshua in the garden of gethsemane and how He prayed. I then understood that my prayer would give me the strength to move in faith. I read Hebrews 11:1 which says, “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” Three words from that scripture attached themselves to me: assurance, hoped and conviction, so I looked them up.
Assurance: a believer's confidence in God, God's response to prayer, and the hope of eternal salvation.
Hoped: the confident expectation of what God has promised, and its strength is in His faithfulness
Conviction: A belief that is God-ordered
After reading the definitions I wrote my own faith meaning: My confidence is in God that He responds to my prayer, and I have complete assurance that what I prayed for will happen because I believe it is God-ordained. If that is not the case, I will not pray.
While in prayer, Jehovah showed me that He was holding up the bridge, and Yeshua and the Holy Spirt were holding me in my jump to them. I was jumping into them, and I was never alone! When you jump with Him, you are right where you are supposed to be.
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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