Pop-Up Power



There used to be a really popular toy called, Jack-in-the-Box. I'm not sure if children still play with it, but it had an interesting design.  Housed in a wooden music box was a clown.  When you cranked the handle on the box, music would begin to play.  The sound flowed out easily in the beginning, but the more you cranked the handle, the slower the music played.  All the while, the handle would get harder and harder to turn.  When it seemed like the handle couldn't move any further and nothing else could be done, the clown popped out of the box.  For some children, it was scary to see the clown pop up because it was seemingly unpredictable and unexpected.

Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.  The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.  Isaiah 43:19-20

When I read this passage of scripture, it makes me think of the Jack-in-the-Box. He could only rise from the box when pressure was applied.  Can you imagine the pressure of being in a wilderness without escape or in a desert without water? The first few steps might be easy, but as time winds, you feel the pressure mounting.  Sometimes life is just like this.  We go through things that seem to hold us down.  We can't see a way out, and we thirst for deliverance.

If you know what I'm talking about, let me encourage you! The scripture begins with, "I will do a new thing."  God knows what you are facing, and he wants to do something new in you! Don't be like the children who were afraid of the jack coming out.  See yourself as the jack and expect to come out! Every crank of the handle is pressing out your power.  Pressing out your deliverance.  When your back is against the wall is when you pop up with power.

You can't stay at the same level when God is pushing you out of the box! Don't be afraid to outgrow your current station in life.  God wants you to take the kingdom,  and how can you do that if you stay locked in the box?  God chose you! Pop up with power!

Reaching the lost at any cost,
Pastor Odie Kennedy


Image Credit: Christiano Galbiati

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