Your Choice determines God's intervention

Text: Psalm 119:173, Deuteronomy 30:19, Proverbs 1:29

The Psalmist tells us in our text that because he chose God's precepts , then he is assured of help from the hand of  God.

Holiness, Righteousness, grace, peace, riches and all blessings  from God to us is waiting for us to say, Yes, which confirms our faith and God will put them in our lives.(Provebs 1:29, Jeremiah 32:40). The choice has to be both from our heart and  from our mouth, because the eyes of the Lord is focused on our heart.(2 Chronilcles 16:9, Matthew 15:8)

Joshua in Joshua 24:15 admonished the children of Israel to choose to serve the Lord. He intoned that as for him and his house, they have chosen to serve the Lord.(Joshua 24:22)

Our Lord Jesus admonished Martha in Luke 10:42, that while she was troubled about many things, the sister, Mary had chosen the one thing that is needdful-the Word of God. Jesus said the Word of God which Mary had heard and received(Luke 10:39) is the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

The counsel today is for you and I to give attention to the Word of God and the instructions therein as the central part of our daily lives. Read, study, think and meditate on the Word of  God daily. It is Light that will shine in any area of darkness in your life and bring a turn around in your life.(2 Peter 1:19)
God's method in every situation is to give us  or show by His Spirit the way out through the Rhema Word that that will show us what to do, for God to intervene. It is the Logos Word(the written Word of God) that attracts the Rhema Word of God, because Jesus stands behind and as surety  to the Logos or written word of God. Alleluia(Hebrews 7:22). The greatest indestructible treasure for the believer is the Word of Grace and  God Himself, that is able to build us up and give us our inheritance .(Acts 20:32). Take advantage of it today, making a choice to devote time and energy and attention to the Word of God.

I recall a testimony from a sister in our church. She had on a Sunday service heard the message on the
importance of reading and studying the Word of God, because it is light that will shatter any darkness or any challenge in our life. That  day very late at night at home, she had a severe sickness and remembered the message she had heard in the church earlier that morning. She took her Bible and began to read from one of the books of the new testament. She read  many chapters until she fell asleep. She had a dream and the Lord Jesus himself appeared to her and touched her. She woke , up totally healed from the sickness, Alleluia. So choose and say Yes and engage the Bible today as your most precious possession and your life will never be the same again, Amen, Alleluia.

RECIPE FOR LIVING AN ABUNDANT LONG LIFE

Text: Psalm 34:11

The recipe for living abundant prosperous life is to fear the Lord. The fear of the Lord is the key to God’s treasure chest (Isaiah 33:6). The fear of the Lord produces in our lives wisdom, knowledge and understanding which all comes from God when we ask. (Proverbs 2:6). The fear of the Lord also produces holiness, righteousness and integrity and ability to love God and love one another and grace to obey his commandment and to maintain the good works, the Holy Spirit is doing in our lives(Philippians 2:13,Titus 3:8) The fear of the Lord is a gift of grace  for those who desire it.(Jeremiah 32:40, 31:33).The fear of the Lord is a choice we make (Proverbs 1:29),  and then ask God for it and He is willing to give to us  generously without finding fault or upbraiding us. (James 1:5, 1 Kings 3:9). So how do we practice the fear of the Lord?

The Bible in our text explains it! Come, my children, and listen to me, and I will teach you  how to fear the Lord. Does anyone want to live a life that is long and prosperous?

a)Then keep your tongue from speaking evil ! and

 b) Keep Your lips from telling lies!

 

c)Turn away from evil and do good! That is:

 

i)Keep your eyes  and heart from evil(Job 31:1,7),

ii)Keeping your thoughts and then imaginations from evil or anything that exalts itself above the knowledge   and thought of  God.(2 Corinthians 10:5).

iii)Rather casting  down those vain imaginations and bring the thoughts to the obedience of Christ before they graduate to become imaginations and become strongholds.

d)Search for peace, and work to maintain  peace everywhere and always.

What is faith(4)

Text: Romans 4: 3, 13

Faith is trusting God to keep His promise, because God cannot lie like men do.(Numbers 23:19, Romans 3:4).

Abraham trusted God to keep His promise and God counted that as righteousness.

What is faith?(3)

Hebrews 11:1, Romans 4:13, 1 Corinthians 3:21
Faith  is the title deed or the certificate of occupancy of the things hope for or that we are expecting as a seed of  Abraham.

It is the proof of things  that are already ours in the spirit realm, that we do not physically see  yet.

It is the conviction of their reality even though these things are not yet revealed to our five physical senses of seeing, hearing, touching, smelling or feeling.

What is faith?(2)

Hebrews 11:1, Romans 4:13,1 Corinthians 3:21
Faith is the certainty, confirmation, assurance  that  what we hope for or are expecting as a seed of Abraham is already waiting for us in the spirit realm  even though we cannot see them yet ahead in the physical realm.

What is faith?(1)

Hebrews 11:1

Faith is the confidence a person has that something  he or she wants is coming to fruition.Abraham offered up his son, Isaac to be slayed as a sacrifice to God, at God's command, because he had confidence(faith) that if Isaac died, God would bring him back to life again.(Hebrews 11:17-19)

HEARING THE VOICE OF GOD FOR ABUNDANT LIFE

Text: John 10:3-5

The most intractable problem in our lives is one word from the Lord away from complete breakthrough. The Lord knows how to turn situations of ill-health, financial crisis, family turmoil, joblessness or any challenge we are facing around. We only need to get a word from the Lord by hearing His voice. One word from the Lord came into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel uptil date providing unending breakthrough (Isaiah 9:8).

Howbeit, the Lord is always speaking to us and giving us direction from our text. Our text tells us we always hear His voice, and not that we can or are able but that we definitely do hear. The challenge is that we are not tuned in to God or giving attention to God(Matthew 6:22-23). Psalm 46:10 tells us to be still to know and then hear from God. God speaks to us in a “STILL SMALL VOICE”(1 Kings 19:12),but it is  often drowned in the busyness of the day. So to receive from Him, how do we tune in?

1)      First, by faith. That is by believing that God is already speaking  to us and for us to start listening deliberately to God

2)      God speaks to our spirits in thoughts and impressions, and our spirits speaks to us in words. Often times we mistake or confuse our personal thoughts with God’s voice and miss the leading of God.

Psalm 37:4 tells us to delight thyself in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Job 22:26-27 tells us that we delight ourselves in the Lord by lifting up our face unto God and making our prayers. This means that as we are seeking the Lord, He will put His desires into our hearts. God will make His desires our desires. Our wants become God’s desires. Alleluia.

3)      How do we know the thoughts are from God. The Bible tells us in Psalm 85:8 “ I will hear what God the Lord will speak: and he will speak peace unto His people, and to his saints: but let them not to turn again to  folly(foolishness)”, and Colossians 3;15 says “And let the peace of God rule in your hearts”

4)      Another litmus test to God leading us through His voice (thoughts and impressions)is that there will be profit, progress and prosperity and blessing in that direction and leading(Isaiah 48:17,21, Proverbs 4:18)

Our gracious heavenly Father speaks to every one of us in thoughts that cannot be numbered (Psalm 40:5) constantly, giving us needed direction and guidance that we need to be overcomers in life to subdue the challenges of life for abundant living. It is our responsibility to connect to His voice(thoughts and impressions) and receive our breakthrough, Alleluia. The Holy Spirit was sent to the Body of Christ to lead, guide and direct the believer. Infact the qualification of sonship in the Kingdom is to be led by the Spirit of God(Romans 8:14). So let us be sensitive to the presence, guidance and leadership of the Holy Spirit for abundant living. Alleluia. Begin right now and turn the corner in that intractable situation.