Ever wondered why you are where you are? or even why has GOD connected you to this particular person or better still why are you blessed the way you are blessed? If we all could be asking ourselves or even better ask GOD why are we connected to this person.
My wife has some friends who have no Idea why they are connected to her well one needs a baby desperately and one wants to be used by GOD mightily. Yet both have no Idea that their breakthrough depend on them being a blessing to my wife. The problem is they approach things with logic and things of GOD do not work with logic.
It is written obedience is better than sacrifice that is to say complete obedience not partial obedience. Most of us tend to be obedient partially not fully and that is a problem with GOD. Partial obedience is as bad as disobedience. Are you asked to do something by GOD go for it and GOD will surprise you with his goodness.
As with Abraham if he had stopped and begin to apply logic to the whole thing he would have missed GOD. What ever we give to GOD or his saints GOD does not forget as it is written in Hebrews 6 : 10 besides what ever GOD asks us to give him he always gives back. We call those the Isaac's that is what ever GOD ask you to give sacrificially even the tithe he gives back to us. As it is written give and it shall be given back to you pressed down shaken and running over shall men give back to you. GOD owns it all he does not need anything from you but he wants to bless you.
Are you asking for a breakthrough from GOD maybe He wants you to bless some one first. Heard of a testimony of a woman who owed this bank here in Malawi. She made this excuse and that so that the bank should not reposes the house but it never worked till a day came when the bank people came and told her tomorrow you have to vacate the house. She just started packing her things that day ready to move out the next day. By 8pm that day they heard a car horn they opened the gate three men walked into her house. One of the men told her that GOD had told him that he needs to bless her with money in order for GOD to release his breakthrough. She received the full amount from this man and paid the loan in full the next day.
Like this man GOD may be holding your breakthrough till you release whats in your hand to someone else. GOD has connected us for a reason find out why and do just what GOD has said without questioning. Soon you will find yourself breaking through. In Hebrew there is no word for coincidence and this also applies to Christians we are all connected for a reason.
Saturday, 30 August 2014
Tuesday, 5 August 2014
We Add Nothing To GODS Goodness and Faithfulness
Often we have like a mental picture of how GOD is going to come through for us. There is a great debate on how to go about when we are asking GOD to intervene in our circumstances. One thing that I have come to realize is that GOD operates on instructions.
Often we hear men of GOD tell you how to manifest your breakthrough in such and such ways or steps to get GOD to do this and that. One of the things that I came across when I came to pentecostal church was the statement that says "GOD is good"and then we answer "all the time" then they say "all the times" then we answer "GOD is good". At first I used to say it as a routine just like many fellow Christians. However This is a bold statement and one day I meditated on those words. It then dawned on me that this is an eternal truth that we add nothing to GODS goodness.
Even if we are not good he remains good. It is also written that even if we are faithless GOD remains faithful, He cannot deny himself (2 Tim 2:13). We add nothing to his faithfulness and goodness even all his characters. He has remained the same through all the ages. We however as humans, have added so many things supposedly to make GOD do certain things to us which he is gonna do anyway because it is his nature. He gives rain even to those who are evil, why? it is his nature to provide.
In Genesis 18: 9-15 Sarah did not believe GOD could make her have a child as old as she and her husband were. She even laughed and honestly speaking that was lack of faith on her part. But the amazing thing is GOD still fulfilled what he promised her as we can see from Genesis :21:1-2 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken. For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
Here GOD clearly stated that he fulfilled his promise to Sarah because he promised her that at that set time it was going to happen and second because He GOD had spoken as I clearly underlined those three times. Though Sarah doubted but GOD fulfilled because it is his nature to be faithful. Sarah or Abraham added nothing to his faithfulness because even Abraham great man of faith laughed Ge:17:17:. GOD fulfilled what he promised because he always fulfill his promises and because he never alters what he says. He is faithful period and we add nothing to his faithfulness.
Like Abraham you maybe waiting on GODS promises in the bible or his word through prophesy or word of knowledge. It will come to pass as it is written in Numbers:23:19: God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should change his mind: what he says is as good as done or when he promises he always fulfills. When the word of prophesy is spoken and you pray about it and GOD confirms then consider it done. Then check the bible what did GOD promise concerning the same issue and if they agree your can bet he will fulfill it. However there is one thing that most people forget or overlook the set time.
Whatever we are waiting for there is a set time, and it is in GODS control and believe me when that time comes no one can stop it from manifesting. Even the devil or demons can not stop or delay. You see GODS time is not our time. The timing of GOD however sometimes has an knock on effect on our faith. However strengthen yourself in the lord. Abraham is the father of faith not because he never doubted but he was blameless before GOD. Once GOD said he counted Abraham righteous because of faith it meant that everything afterwards that he blundered was not counted against him.
Like me and you who are waiting on GOD remember GOD is not counting our sins against us, in actual sense he overlook and forgets. It is GOD who calls a sin a sin so if he lets it go then who can accuse us. Armed with the fact that we are blameless before GOD and that it is his nature to be good and faithful for eternity. Then we are guaranteed that what he said or promised he will fulfill. Stop thinking that maybe you have done something wrong and start thanking Him that it is coming to pass no matter how long it take.
When the time came for GOD to give the land of Canaan to the children of Israel GOD said in Deuteronomy :9:5: You are not possessing this land because of your righteousness, or for the uprightness of your heart: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD the God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Imagine GOD fulfilled every good promise to Israel and gave them all he promised despite being a pain in the neck for GOD. For the sake of Abraham Isaac and Jacob. How much more will GOD fulfill his promises and his word to us, now that we are under grace and we are basing our promises on JESUS. GOD is not giving us things because of our faithfulness but it is all about GOD and his grace. It is a process of selection by grace once we come to the understanding that GOD is truly in control, the less anxious we become.
All of Gods characters are there for us to benefit and we add nothing to them, it is his nature and he will do as he says he will period. Do not worry rather celebrate that he who promised if faithful and he can not help but be faithful. God loves you and just relax, he has got your back. Believe right and you will live right.
Often we hear men of GOD tell you how to manifest your breakthrough in such and such ways or steps to get GOD to do this and that. One of the things that I came across when I came to pentecostal church was the statement that says "GOD is good"and then we answer "all the time" then they say "all the times" then we answer "GOD is good". At first I used to say it as a routine just like many fellow Christians. However This is a bold statement and one day I meditated on those words. It then dawned on me that this is an eternal truth that we add nothing to GODS goodness.
Even if we are not good he remains good. It is also written that even if we are faithless GOD remains faithful, He cannot deny himself (2 Tim 2:13). We add nothing to his faithfulness and goodness even all his characters. He has remained the same through all the ages. We however as humans, have added so many things supposedly to make GOD do certain things to us which he is gonna do anyway because it is his nature. He gives rain even to those who are evil, why? it is his nature to provide.
In Genesis 18: 9-15 Sarah did not believe GOD could make her have a child as old as she and her husband were. She even laughed and honestly speaking that was lack of faith on her part. But the amazing thing is GOD still fulfilled what he promised her as we can see from Genesis :21:1-2 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken. For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
Here GOD clearly stated that he fulfilled his promise to Sarah because he promised her that at that set time it was going to happen and second because He GOD had spoken as I clearly underlined those three times. Though Sarah doubted but GOD fulfilled because it is his nature to be faithful. Sarah or Abraham added nothing to his faithfulness because even Abraham great man of faith laughed Ge:17:17:. GOD fulfilled what he promised because he always fulfill his promises and because he never alters what he says. He is faithful period and we add nothing to his faithfulness.
Like Abraham you maybe waiting on GODS promises in the bible or his word through prophesy or word of knowledge. It will come to pass as it is written in Numbers:23:19: God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should change his mind: what he says is as good as done or when he promises he always fulfills. When the word of prophesy is spoken and you pray about it and GOD confirms then consider it done. Then check the bible what did GOD promise concerning the same issue and if they agree your can bet he will fulfill it. However there is one thing that most people forget or overlook the set time.
Whatever we are waiting for there is a set time, and it is in GODS control and believe me when that time comes no one can stop it from manifesting. Even the devil or demons can not stop or delay. You see GODS time is not our time. The timing of GOD however sometimes has an knock on effect on our faith. However strengthen yourself in the lord. Abraham is the father of faith not because he never doubted but he was blameless before GOD. Once GOD said he counted Abraham righteous because of faith it meant that everything afterwards that he blundered was not counted against him.
Like me and you who are waiting on GOD remember GOD is not counting our sins against us, in actual sense he overlook and forgets. It is GOD who calls a sin a sin so if he lets it go then who can accuse us. Armed with the fact that we are blameless before GOD and that it is his nature to be good and faithful for eternity. Then we are guaranteed that what he said or promised he will fulfill. Stop thinking that maybe you have done something wrong and start thanking Him that it is coming to pass no matter how long it take.
When the time came for GOD to give the land of Canaan to the children of Israel GOD said in Deuteronomy :9:5: You are not possessing this land because of your righteousness, or for the uprightness of your heart: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD the God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Imagine GOD fulfilled every good promise to Israel and gave them all he promised despite being a pain in the neck for GOD. For the sake of Abraham Isaac and Jacob. How much more will GOD fulfill his promises and his word to us, now that we are under grace and we are basing our promises on JESUS. GOD is not giving us things because of our faithfulness but it is all about GOD and his grace. It is a process of selection by grace once we come to the understanding that GOD is truly in control, the less anxious we become.
All of Gods characters are there for us to benefit and we add nothing to them, it is his nature and he will do as he says he will period. Do not worry rather celebrate that he who promised if faithful and he can not help but be faithful. God loves you and just relax, he has got your back. Believe right and you will live right.
Saturday, 2 August 2014
GOD Is Faithful
To tell you the truth GOD is so big, I sometimes wonder who am I that GOD should be mindful of. I am just like an ant to GOD, If he wanted to squash me I will be gone in an instant. Yet he loves us so much that he took one of our own(JESUS) and seated him at his right hand. Gave him the name that is above every name in heaven and here on earth. His understanding is past finding out aaah! saints GODS ways are not our ways indeed.
I think on my part I try to explain who GOD is to me and what he is doing in my life, by no means do I try to explain GOD to you. Somehow there maybe some similarities between my experience and yours and you may be encouraged to know that If GOD can do this for me he can do for you also. Let me stress however that just because GOD did things this way for me does not mean he will take the same route for you. He is a dynamic GOD. The whole idea is you get to experience GOD yourself.We are are only shown a part of GOD that is needed for us to fulfill the part he has for us.
GODs instructions are tailor made for a specific individual. From the beginning of the world as we can read from the bible GOD has done many miracles that were and still are diverse. As a child of GOD I have gone through so much learning and training by GOD himself. Of course I like to listen to many preachers if they are preaching about Christ, but if it is one of those sermons that tell you know your enemy the devil. I switch off. To me it does not make sense to learn about the father of lies who is out to steal, kill and cheat. His tactics changes but if you spend time learning more about Christ you can smell the devil a mile away. JESUS is the same yesterday, today and forever he has stayed the same through the ages.
JESUS said my sheep hear my voice. At first it did not make total sense but then, the holy spirit made me to understand that the devil also comes like an angel of light so he devil also speaks. So JESUS speaks in codes that only his sheep hears and the good thing is we have the bible to check whether the word agrees with the bible or not. The fact is if you are his sheep you will hear him. GOD is not out to mess about with you or catch you unaware. He knows how to get to you with his word or with his help.
The good thing about GOD is that he confirms his word and he makes sure you understand what he is on about, at that particular time. Saints GOD loves you and me so much that he gave his only son as sacrifice, so that we should walk before him and be blameless. I know sometimes GOD allows us to pass through pain and it can get unbearable sometimes. But what ever GOD allows in our life is for our own good.
You see we are clay and he is the porter and he has every right to shape us to his standards. Frankly speaking no one really understands completely why GOD made man. Of course some say to worship him but I think there is more than that.
I like the question GOD asks JOB "where you there when I created the world?" That is the mother of all questions. I have been asked the same by GOD. Frankly speaking I was not there and Like clay I really have not much say on how GOD is going to use me. All GOD wants is that we offer ourselves as a living sacrifice. We ought to stop complaining and start praising our GOD. I mean come on as vast as the whole universe is he fills it all, there is not even a leaf that falls to the ground that he does not know about. Birds daily get fed without even owning anything themselves, yet man is too busy worrying about what he needs. Between You and the birds who is great.
Sometime I worry, well I am only human then I remind myself that I am child of GOD really I should have more faith than this. I have come to realize that bad things happen to all but as a child of GOD our response must be different from those of the world. We ought to rejoice always as JESUS said rejoice always and be thankful in all things. I recently fell ill with flu it was so intense on Sunday I failed to make it to church. As usual I prayed for quick recovery and bound all that needed binding but nothing happened so I just lay there in bed and started worshiping GOD and praising all day. The flue did not leave but I did not allow it to stop me from worshiping and praising GOD. Looking back that was one heck of a fellowship time I had with the LORD.
You may be going through some difficult moment or are sick, no matter what it is just start to worship, not that you should get well or get out of the predicament but just because your father is worthy the praise. It is written all thing work for the good of those who love GOD. Friends our GOD is so awesome try him and taste his goodness he will never let you down.It is written he who looks after Israel neither sleeps nor slumbers. He knows exactly where you are he already has a rescue plan in place for you.
I think on my part I try to explain who GOD is to me and what he is doing in my life, by no means do I try to explain GOD to you. Somehow there maybe some similarities between my experience and yours and you may be encouraged to know that If GOD can do this for me he can do for you also. Let me stress however that just because GOD did things this way for me does not mean he will take the same route for you. He is a dynamic GOD. The whole idea is you get to experience GOD yourself.We are are only shown a part of GOD that is needed for us to fulfill the part he has for us.
GODs instructions are tailor made for a specific individual. From the beginning of the world as we can read from the bible GOD has done many miracles that were and still are diverse. As a child of GOD I have gone through so much learning and training by GOD himself. Of course I like to listen to many preachers if they are preaching about Christ, but if it is one of those sermons that tell you know your enemy the devil. I switch off. To me it does not make sense to learn about the father of lies who is out to steal, kill and cheat. His tactics changes but if you spend time learning more about Christ you can smell the devil a mile away. JESUS is the same yesterday, today and forever he has stayed the same through the ages.
JESUS said my sheep hear my voice. At first it did not make total sense but then, the holy spirit made me to understand that the devil also comes like an angel of light so he devil also speaks. So JESUS speaks in codes that only his sheep hears and the good thing is we have the bible to check whether the word agrees with the bible or not. The fact is if you are his sheep you will hear him. GOD is not out to mess about with you or catch you unaware. He knows how to get to you with his word or with his help.
The good thing about GOD is that he confirms his word and he makes sure you understand what he is on about, at that particular time. Saints GOD loves you and me so much that he gave his only son as sacrifice, so that we should walk before him and be blameless. I know sometimes GOD allows us to pass through pain and it can get unbearable sometimes. But what ever GOD allows in our life is for our own good.
You see we are clay and he is the porter and he has every right to shape us to his standards. Frankly speaking no one really understands completely why GOD made man. Of course some say to worship him but I think there is more than that.
I like the question GOD asks JOB "where you there when I created the world?" That is the mother of all questions. I have been asked the same by GOD. Frankly speaking I was not there and Like clay I really have not much say on how GOD is going to use me. All GOD wants is that we offer ourselves as a living sacrifice. We ought to stop complaining and start praising our GOD. I mean come on as vast as the whole universe is he fills it all, there is not even a leaf that falls to the ground that he does not know about. Birds daily get fed without even owning anything themselves, yet man is too busy worrying about what he needs. Between You and the birds who is great.
Sometime I worry, well I am only human then I remind myself that I am child of GOD really I should have more faith than this. I have come to realize that bad things happen to all but as a child of GOD our response must be different from those of the world. We ought to rejoice always as JESUS said rejoice always and be thankful in all things. I recently fell ill with flu it was so intense on Sunday I failed to make it to church. As usual I prayed for quick recovery and bound all that needed binding but nothing happened so I just lay there in bed and started worshiping GOD and praising all day. The flue did not leave but I did not allow it to stop me from worshiping and praising GOD. Looking back that was one heck of a fellowship time I had with the LORD.
You may be going through some difficult moment or are sick, no matter what it is just start to worship, not that you should get well or get out of the predicament but just because your father is worthy the praise. It is written all thing work for the good of those who love GOD. Friends our GOD is so awesome try him and taste his goodness he will never let you down.It is written he who looks after Israel neither sleeps nor slumbers. He knows exactly where you are he already has a rescue plan in place for you.
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