Today - with Gloria Brintnall

Today.....

I'm getting a root canal!

Why am I sharing this on a blog that is meant to inspire and motivate? Root canals are neither inspirational nor motivational!

First of all, this blog is intended to be real.

I am a woman of faith. I am anointed to preach and teach the Gospel. I speak the Word and things change.  I pray and things move. I have followed God with all my heart for decades, but that doesn't mean I walk through life on a "flowery bed of ease."  (Thank you, Dad Hagin for that phrase!)

Second, like most preachers/teachers, nothing happens in my life that doesn't serve as a teaching point!

Have I lost you yet?

To the first point:  Why would I have to get a root canal?  I speak the Word over my body daily.  I confess that "The law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death."  (Romans 8:2)  and "He renews my youth like the eagle's."  (Psalm 103:5)

Lots of folks have stopped believing in the power of God's Word to effect healing because they heard of someone like me (or someone WAY more famous than me!).....having to get.... a root canal.....or a broken bone set.....or treatment for cancer....or........whatever.....

In an effort to protect people from falling into unbelief, a lot of preachers won't even let you know when they are needing prayer or receiving healing through natural means.

Well, I'm telling you...today... I'm getting a root canal, and if you want to pray for me, or bring me ice cream, or some home-made soup....then follow God!  No man/woman is an island!!!

Back to the point (ice cream always distracts me)....why would a person of faith have to have a medical or dental procedure done?

The Lord has shown me that there are things that, over the years, I have done to my body which have weakened my teeth....seedtime and harvest....Could I continue to stand on the Word and be healed?  Yes, I believe I could.  However, I believe the option is available to me to see a specialist and get it taken care of now, and, after seeking God, I believe that is the route I am to pursue.

Paul told Timothy to "Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for they stomach's sake and thine often infirmities."  1 Timothy 5:23.  What is that?  That is a natural, medicinal solution to a physical problem.  I am not condoning drinking alcohol, but seeking medical solutions is not contrary to the Word of God.  God wants you healed.  PERIOD.  Just like you want your children healed when they are ailing!

Any option should be entered into with prayer.  My husband and I prayed today for the Lord to guide the doctor and for my body to respond well and heal quickly.  There's nothing wrong with using the natural and asking God to put His "super" on that natural, making the healing supernatural! Pray and follow God!

To the second point:  This tooth is so small, and yet it has affected nearly every part of my life for the last 6 days!

Teaching point is this:  SMALL THINGS MATTER!!!  The little things you do every day will either promote you or demote you.  Things like being punctual, honest, meeting deadlines will promote....the opposite behaviors will demote!  It truly is the "little foxes that spoil the vine."  (Song of Solomon 2:15)

You may feel like you're a "small part" of your church, or at your job.  Yet, your function is important!  Never belittle whatever it is God has you doing at this moment.  It may not be what you are ultimately called to do.

 Perhaps you're called to pastor a church, but right now you're keeping track of how much toilet paper is in the church restrooms (been there, done that!).  Let me tell you what.....having that toilet paper in those restrooms is important!!  Handle that well, and God will promote you!

This is an entire message for another blog, but suffice it to say, that no one is unnoticed in God's eyes....He sees it all...He sees the diapers you've changed in the nursery.  He sees the way you welcomed that tatted kid who showed up in church for first time last week.  He sees the way you continue to tithe and give even when money is tight.  These seem like small things, but they are very big.

"For the body is not one member, but many.  If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?  And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?  If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing,where were smelling? But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him." 1 Corinthians 12:14-18

That little tooth is SO SMALL.....yet so important in my life! I was tempted to just have it pulled, but I've  decided to give it new life!

If you need a spiritual root canal, and need some new life in what you're doing....get in the Word, talk to someone, encourage yourself in the Lord by praising and worshipping Him today, but don't just pull yourself out....like I wanted to do with this tooth!

I'll blog ya next week.  In the meantime....fulfill your purpose....today....