A GAME OF UNO!?!?!

Being in the presence of God has really opened my eyes to seeing different things, and actually being able to hear the message that God wants me to hear. Today, i received a message of increase while playing UNO. YES, UNO! Who would of thought that God can send a message to you while playing UNO? It happens.

So today we had a staff meeting for a department in my church. After the meeting we ate, fellowshiped with one another and decided to play UNO. During this game of UNO, the rules were clear. No ghetto Stuff. No trains, no doubles, no picking cards until you get the color none of the foolishness we picked up as children. Just a simple hand of UNO. One card, one turn, only using wild cards and Draw 4's when you don't have the color, one pick if you don't have the color and then on to the next person. It did make the game longer, but we still had fun and played the game. On one particular hand there was a bunch of randomness, we were all reversing everyone was throwing out Draw 2's and Draw 4's, but it was the way this occurred that caught my attention.

The Draw 4 is a special card. When we have this card in our hands we all seem to want to hold on to it. We also have this burning desire to use this card to prevent someone from getting out before us. I call the Draw 4 the Love/Hate card. While 6 of us were at the table our Assistant Pastor, Pastor B.J had it out for him this hand. It amazed me how he was used in this particular situation. One person through out a Draw 4, the next person doubled it given Pastor B.J 8 cards to pick up. Then the card's were reversed, he then had to draw another 4 cards. Now, you might think I'm crazy because UNO's whole purpose is to not have any cards in your hand or the least cards in your hand and Pastor B.J had about 20 at this point.

At that same moment God revealed to me just how quickly he can bring increase to your life. I was amazed Pastor B.J was used because he is a man of integrity, a man who has a heart for God, a heart for God's people, faithful, and a doer of God's word. God showed me because of his faithfulness this is how quickly he can be bless, and so can I. Not only will that blessing come from the right, that blessing will also come from the left. Seriously, think about it. If we were given away money Pastor B.J would be loaded because he got it from the left and the right of him. God was using his enemies to bless him. At that table, although it was a friendly game of UNO we only had one goal in mind and that was getting ourselves out.

Follow God's word. He can bring increase to your life. You miss out on a blessing by not following his word. Malachi 3:10 (NIV) states "Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it"

Although he is talking about tithe, guess what? It is his word. How grand would that be to have the passage read "Follow my word. Test me in this, and see if I will not throw open the flood gates of heaven and pour out a blessing that there will not be room enough to store it." That blessing may or may not come in financial increase. It could come in the form of health, your esteem, school any area of life you are lacking in he will give it to you in more abundance. Just follow his word.

~Amen