Dec 2, 2019 |
Surely I spoke of things I did not understand
Then Job replied to the Lord: “I know that You can do all things; no plan of Yours can be thwarted. You asked,‘ Who is this that obscures My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know. You said,‘ Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall answer Me.’ My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You. Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes” (Job 42: 1-6).
From who’s perspective are you speaking?
What is your view about your life and the events surrounding you?
Much more, how do you judge others?
Job initially thought he understood how the Almighty God works.
Even his close friends from their insider position got it all wrong.
When God finally asked Job some basic questions, his views changed
Then he realized he has been speaking of things he did not understand
What about you?
”Afterward, as Jesus walked down the street, he noticed a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Teacher, whose sin caused this guy’s blindness, his own, or the sin of his parents?”
Jesus answered, “Neither. It happened to him so that you could watch him experience God’s miracle.”
John 9:1-3 (TPT)
The disciples also initially got it wrong.
Jesus corrected their understanding.
Today before you speak on that issue or offer your insights on that person
Do you really understand what God is doing?
Job finally did, he repented, and God restored him much more than his beginning.
Do you really understand what you are speaking about?
Nov 29, 2019 |
The Set Time Has Come.
“You will arise and have mercy on Zion; For the time to favor her, Yes, the set time, has come. (Psalm 102:13) NKJV
During the time of Henry IV, King of France, a peasant once rode from his native village to Paris. He had almost reached the gates of the city when he met a gentleman on horseback.
It was the King. His escort had remained behind at some distance. “Where do you come from my friend, have you some business in the city?” asked the King. “Yes,” answered the peasant, “and I have also come to see our dear king; I have never seen him before.”
The King smiled and said, “You should have no difficulty in seeing him today.” “Yes, if only I knew how to distinguish him among so many courtiers,” the peasant wondered.
“It is quite easy,” said the King. “If you see a gentleman riding through the street of the city and everybody standing reverencing him, you may be sure that the gentleman is the King.”
The peasant was now riding through the streets beside the monarch, and when he noticed the people looking at them from every window, and the passersby reverently lifting their hats, he looked at the King in amazement. At length, he said: “Sir, either you are the King, or I am.”
The problem with many of us today is not different from that of this peasant.
We pray and believe God for the manifestation of certain things in our lives, but are hesitant, or blind to the fact that the God of faithfulness, is already bringing that which we so much desire to pass.
Be encouraged now, and let your heart be fixed on the Promise of God to fulfill your expectations.
Why wait, like the peasant, to be shocked into the fulfillment of God’s promise, when all He asked of you is to believe?
To believe is to be expectant.
Ask, and it shall be given unto you, for the time to favor you have come.
” I know you are about to arise and show your tender love to Zion. Now is the time, Lord, for your compassion and mercy to be poured out— the appointed time has come for your prophetic promises to be fulfilled! “Psalm 102:13 (TPT)
Yes, Your appointed time has come.
The Holy Spirit is at work inside of you.
You have met the King, and you are riding together
Nov 27, 2019 |
Compare themselves with one another
“Not that we [have the audacity to] venture to class or [even to] compare ourselves with some who exalt and furnish testimonials for themselves! However, when they measure themselves with themselves and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding and behave unwisely.” 2 Corinthians 10:12 AMPC)
Stop comparing yourself with another person.
You are a unique gift from God.
You have your definite purposeful assignment in life.
God, in His wisdom, does not duplicate destiny.
As you interact with one another, celebrate each person’s uniqueness.
“compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding and behave unwisely.”
“make up their standards to measure themselves by, and then they judge themselves by their rules. What self-delusion!
“they are foolish to compare themselves with themselves.”
“in all this comparing and grading and competing, they quite miss the point.”
Don’t be unwise.
Don’t live in self-delusion
Don’t be foolish.
Don’t miss the point.
Stop Comparing yourself with another.
Nov 25, 2019 |
The servants came and asked.
“Jesus then told them this story: The kingdom of heaven is like what happened when a farmer scattered good seed in a field. But while everyone was sleeping, an enemy came and scattered weed seeds in the field and then left. When the plants came up and began to ripen, the farmer’s servants could see the weeds. The servants came and asked, “Sir, didn’t you scatter good seed in your field? Where did these weeds come from?” “An enemy did this,” he replied. His servants then asked, “Do you want us to go out and pull up the weeds?” “No!” he answered. “You might also pull up the wheat. Leave the weeds alone until harvest time. Then I’ll tell my workers to gather the weeds and tie them up and burn them. But I’ll have them store the wheat in my barn.” Matthew 13:24-30 (CEV)
Whom do you ask when there is a problem in the vineyard you are assigned?
Who do you turn to when there are challenges in the field you have been working?
Who are you talking to when what you planted is not what is growing? The servants went back to the Owner of the work before they took a decision.
How often do you go back to the Owner for consultations?
Recognize that it is God who owns the work HE has given you the privilege to work.
When challenges came :
The servants came and asked, “Sir,
His servants then asked,
Please always go back to the Author and Finisher of your Faith.
Don’t just goggle to get the solution.
Don’t just gossip about the problems you are seeing.
The Owner of the work whom neither slumber nor sleep knows
The Almighty God, who owns the job, has a significant and total picture.
The Owner has:
Servants and the Workers.
Hired hands and Harvesters.
Servants and Reapers.
HE alone in His wisdom knows when and how HE gives them instructions.
Are you a Servant, Worker, Hired Hand, Harvester, or Reaper?
Again who are you talking to and taking Instructions from?
Nov 22, 2019 |
The strength of Christ’s explosive power infuses me to conquer every difficulty
” I know what it means to lack, and I know what it means to experience overwhelming abundance. For I’m trained in the secret of overcoming all things, whether in fullness or in hunger. And I find that the strength of Christ’s explosive power infuses me to conquer every difficulty” Philippians 4:12-13 (TPT)
You have the Grace in Christ Jesus to do all the things Christ has assigned you to do.
Sometimes when you look at the pending things to do, it may be overwhelming.
” Christ gives me the strength to face anything.” Philippians 4:13 (CEV)
As you rise today to draw the power from the Author and Finisher of your Faith
“You will find true success when you find me, for I have insight into wise plans that are designed just for you. I hold in my hands living-understanding, courage, and strength.” Proverbs 8:14 TPT
Yes. Courage and strength comes with the understanding of God’s purpose for your life
“I pray that you will continually experience the immeasurable greatness of God’s power made available to you through faith. Then your lives will be an advertisement of this immense power as it works through you! This is the mighty power” Ephesians 1:19 TPT
As Paul prayed and experienced Gods immeasurable power so also you can
When Elijah felt overwhelmed, God’s Grace strengthened him. (1 Kings 19:8)
” for I can do everything God asks me to with the help of Christ who gives me the strength and power.”
By His Grace, you have the strength to do all that is for your purposeful Life.
