LABOUR PAIN IS PROOF OF A NEW BEGINNING

When the labour pains for our second daughter intensified. We had to stroll in our compound. Around 5am, Danielle woke up. I am sure she was wondering what was happening. At a point, she just said, “Mummy Dance”. We were surprised but we asked, “What song should we dance to?” She supplied a song and we started dancing. We danced and joy filled the air. We even laughed. The baby was delivered with ease.

Friends, If you do not honour people and you get used to looking down on others, you will be stranded in life. God will place the answers you need in the most unlikely places. If you are not sensitive enough to pick it, you might lose the answer God has for you.

Take a little at instances in scripture:

The cure to Naaman's leprosy was in the mouth of his maid. The cure to his pride of not washing in Jordan was in the mouth of one of his servants. If he ignored both, he would have died a celebrated leper.

The answer to Saul's missing donkeys was in the mouth of his servant. He would have returned home and remained in his father’s business when kingship was right at his doorstep.

Second, you must know how to praise your way through your labour pains. If you allow the labour to dictate the pace of your spirit and you do not superimpose your spirit on the pains of labour, things will seem slow and unbearable.

Check out how the Psalmist put it:

What pleasure fills those who live every day in your temple, enjoying you as they worship in your presence! How enriched are they who find their strength in the Lord; within their hearts are the highways of holiness!

Even when their paths wind through the dark valley of tears, they dig deep to find a pleasant pool where others find only pain . He gives to them a brook of blessing filled from the rain of an outpouring. They grow stronger and stronger with every step forward, and the God of all gods will appear before them in Zion.

Psalms 84:4-7 TPT

Thanksgiving will make you turn unpleasant circumstances and your most painful moments into a pool of testimonies. You can get to a tight corner in a business proposal or academic research but with thanksgiving, you can open a well of inspiration for yourself.

When the devil sees you praising in the midst of pain, he knows that you understand how the Kingdom works and you are not his regular ignorant prey.

Change the game friend. It is labour but it is your opportunity to give thanks. The labour is not sign that things will die, it is proof that a breakthrough is close. Why won't you give thanks?