212 degrees

Psalm 27:13 " I would have lost heart unless I had believed....wait on the Lord; Be of good courage and He will strengthen your heart." (NKJV)


At 211 degrees water is just hot. At 212 degrees it boils and as it boils it produces steam which can power a locomotive (train)!!!!


1 degree separates unrealized potential from exponential advance!!


Two differences in the Bible: One is to stand and another to wait on Him.


To stand before God is to stand...period...do nothing but be in His presence, bask in His Glory, be refreshed by His Spirit.


To wait on Him is different. Wait (Hebrew) qavah: wait for, expect, or hope. This appears 50 times in the Bible. It is an active expectation!!! It is knowing that God will meet your need as you walk in His truth.


To wait on God is to move that 1 degree where most people would have given up!!!


"Many of life's failures are men who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up!!!" (Thomas Edison) And the Great Military Commander Patton said in a speech, " Don't give up, don't ever, ever,ever, ever give up!!"


Saul in I Samuel 13:7-15 could not wait on God and the Kingdom was stripped from Him
Abraham in Genesis 16 could not wait on God and he birthed an Ishmael ( we'll talk about that later)
And the disciples could not wait on God for one hour and they all fled or denied Him

3 men who could go that extra degree were:

David: He was anointed King 3 times until he finally stayed on the Throne but all the while he continually pursued God's heart
Joshua: Though he lost the battle at Ai he pushed through failure got rid of what was holding him down and lived a life of back to back to back victories in the promised land.
The Disciples: though they ran away from Jesus in the Garden they were all instrumental in establishing the church and all but one gave their lives for the cause.

The difference many times between 211 degrees and 212 is the difference between complacent belief or passionate conviction. Passion, determination, persistance or stubborness are all character traits that a believer must posess in the face of obstacles and adversity. We must be able to say with full conviction "I know in whom I have believed"!!!!! We must PUSH!!!!!!!


God will meet you at the point where the enemy is trying to resist you!!! Just wait on God be in expectation of Him to find you and strengthen you to take that extra step of faith; to move that extra degree into exponential advance for Him and in Him!!!

Persevere 212 degrees!!!!!!!