Do you know what a ‘margin’ is?  It’s space… the space before the red line in your old school exercise book… the space between two events… You’ve heard of ‘margin of error’, meaning an ‘small allowance’ for something wrong.  So what sort of margin do you have between yourself and your limit? Margin is something you have  in reserve for unanticipated situations. 

 If ”God gives to His beloved, sleep..."  (Ps. 127:2)  why do we often feel worn out?  Is it the pressure of more commitments, more media, information, and technology, and finally, never-ending choices?  Saturday’s Herald would have contained more information than a typical person in the 16th century would encounter in a lifetime. 

With continual potential for involvement, we need to be a good sorter—you know, the old ‘Keep’ and “Throwaway’ piles.  But that’s not only: ‘Do I go to this meeting or don’t I?’, but also ‘Do I keep remembering what that guy did to me 20 years ago, or do I finally give it to God?’   Does it matter?  Your answer provides your margin.  Yes, you’ll be fine if nothing unusual happens, but neither God nor ‘Life’ have ever guaranteed unruffled waters.  “God sends rain on the just and the unjust.”

What wisdom does God have on this subject? 

 “If you sow to your human wants,

then you’ll reap what humanity can give you,

 but if you sow to your spirit which is towards God,

 you’ll reap eternal rewards (now and later).” 

   So when you are weighing up whether to do this or that, make sure God governs your assessment, so that as far as you can, you allow margins, and He is also supernaturally devising and adding blessing to your margin, in health and wellbeing.

Prophecy to Eden AOG:  28 April 1996

“Cast your mind back to the beginning and to where you have come from.  Look and see the work I have done in your midst today and the place that I have brought you from; the change that I have wrought in your lives; the increase that I have brought.  And indeed, remember that which I have done and focus your mind on that which I am about to do. Yea, I have been faithful in times past and will I not be with you for what I am about to do?  And I do have plans for you.  I have great plans for you.  I have plans for you individually and as a congregation.  I am not a man that I should lie, but I am a God who is Truthful and Faithful to His Word, and that which I have promised, I will bring to pass. And so, if you love Me, keep My commandments; walk in My ways; walk humbly before the Lord your God and I will exalt you and lift you up, and I will cause you to be a light in this place. But continue to seek My face.  Continue to pray.  Continue to worship Me and put Me first in your lives and indeed you will see My blessing.  But do not be distracted by the blessing.  Keep your mind focused on the purpose that I have for you.”

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