Jesus returned to the Mount of Olives, 2 but early the next morning he was
back again at the Temple. A crowd soon gathered, and he sat down and taught
them. 3 As he was speaking, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in the act of adultery. They put her in front of the crowd. 4 “Teacher,” they said to Jesus, “This woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5 The law of Moses says to stone her. What do you say?”6 They were trying to trap him into saying something they could use against him, but Jesus stooped down and wrote in the dust with his finger. 7 They kept demanding an answer, so he stood up again and said, “All right, but let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!” 8 Then he stooped down again and wrote in the dust.
9 When the accusers heard this, they slipped away one by one, beginning with the oldest, until only Jesus was left in the middle of the crowd with the woman. 10 Then Jesus stood up again and said to the woman,“Where are your accusers? Didn’t even one of them condemn you?”11 “No, Lord,” she said.And Jesus said, “Neither do I. Go and sin no more.” John 8:1-11

At this weekends retreat we spoke about when Jesus stoops down. In this weeks blog, I wanted to remind you that Jesus stoops down for you and I. When our accusuers are stadning by, or the world is watching, waiting for you to fail, Jesus is in the stooped down position, writing your success in the sand.

I love verse ten when it says that Jesus stood back up and the accusers were gone. Can you see Jesus doing that for you and I? I can see the Messiah, coming down from heaven, sticking around until all our accusers are gone, then stadning up to say, " Im sorry, what were you saying about my girl?"

Thats right, Jesus thinks you're his girl, boy, woman, man. Jesus loves you so intimately that he stoops down from heaven when others are coming against you, He stays in the stooped down position, and looks up only to remind you that he paid the price, and that no matter who is coming against you, He is God and when he looks up the world pays attention.

You see the bible tells us that he stooped back down and began to write. He only looked back up when everyone was gone. Do you think he didn't know when there were 2 or 3 left in the crowd. He knew! He was just waiting for all the accusers to be gone, because the heart of that women was redeemed before she even got to the pit that day. You and I have been redeemed. When Jesus calls you to do his work, and there are people around you that mock and ridcule your efforts, remembers He stooped down for you. When people doubt your potential in Jesus Christ, remember he stooped down. God is there in the stooped down position until it becomes your time to walk. He stays there until you gain the strength to walk on your own. Then he sends you off to your destiny with the tiny reminder that he stooped down for you.

OUR GOD STOOPS DOWN

BE ENCOURAGED!

Jeremiah 33:3 states: Call to me and I will answer you, and I show you great and might things, which you do not know. 

Have you ever gone through a difficult situation and ask God, "God, why didn't you want me this was coming?" I know I have. Yet in his word he says, call to me and I will show you. Do you believe that to be true. I sure do. 

Our prayer lives are sometimes packed with so many things, that we spend most of it telling God what we need, as if he wasn't God and he didn't know. Recently I have been in utterly amazed by a song called "You don't miss a thing." If you have time you should stop and listen to the lyric. There is a verse in the song that says, "In a crowd of 10,000 you don't miss a thing." Well thats our God. He never misses a thing. He always knows what we need, before we need it and He is very much aware of how our heart feels as we are waiting in expectation. 

If we could simply allow that to sink in for a minute, the next concept will be so much easier to grasp. Since God already knows all your needs, and knows how your heart feels, it only reasons to think that he doesn't need you telling him for an hour all the things you have need of. Believe me I am not advocating for prayers that never bring our request to God because God actually tells us to bring out request to Him, however I am saying that your focus can't be limited to only what you need from God, it has to also want to hear from God. Receive from God what he has for you for any given season in your life. 

Here is where Jeremiah 33:3 comes in. He actually wants to use your prayer time to reveal to you things that are coming ahead. To set upon your heart the needs of other people and to share with you intimacy that he desires to have between you and him. God wants to show you things that are headed your way, so that before they even hit your door step you can be ready with the armor of the Holy Spirit to protect you. He wants to touch your heart to meet the needs of your neighbor who may be struggling financially or physically. He wants to show you the places he wants to take to in order to gain greater intimacy with you. He wants to prepare your heart for a deeper relationship with Him. God wants to take care of you. Isn't that amazing!!!

Before any of that is possible, you have to believe that He doesn't miss a thing. He knows you. He knows your needs, and He wants to meet all your needs. He needs you to trust that He is enough for you. The God in heaven wants to show you things that are unknown to you, don't limit His ability. Spend some of your prayer time waiting on God to reveal Himself to you, you might be surprised at what you hear. He always sends His warning signs!