“The LORD will lighten my darkness.” 2 Samuel 2:29
“The deep things of God.” 1 Corinthians 2:10Archive for distracted
Remember whats involved to work for God!
Shout out to… All those who work for God anyways!
Lately I’m thinking… My heavenly employer gives the best benefits!
Currently reading… 1 Corinthians 15:58
This is really interesting… When the heart is right in the work of God, His Spirit grows richly in us!
The Apostle Paul knew the work of God at the hands of man, for the most part, would be thankless, ego driven, pride filled and selfishly motivated. Its sad that so many of God’s people are discouraged and distracted from the work of God by men who lack the spirituality needed to be something for God! But to those who hear the calling to work for God deep in your spirit, work for the Lord Jesus Christ NOT because you OWE him, but because you LOVE him! Be stubborn in your resistance to worldliness and steadfast in your stand and work for God! Abound in the increase of him through you! Pastor Greg
“Earnestly contend for the faith!…” St. Jude 1:3
Shout out to… My Brethren who are ready to fight!!
Lately I’m thinking… Are we really prepared to “earnestly contend for the faith?”
Currently reading… Jude 1:3
This is really interesting… Are you ready to be a competitive rival and defeat the enemy?
The soapbox: The Apostle Jude gave us quite a challenge and perspective of the fight we actually face! By using the word “contend” he actually kicked up the circumstances of the fight a few notches! A contender is a challeger! One who wants to fight because he feels that he can actually win the fight! I’m here to tell you that the battle is already won! We win! Satan knows it! He hates us for it! And there is nothing he can do about it! He is trying to get us to be distracted from the facts of the ensueing battle and get caught up in the appearance of the details! But thank God for the promise of Romans 8:28! I don’t have to be concerned with his manipulation of the details as long as I genuinely love the Lord Jesus Christ! Thats how we win the fight!
However, we must be ready to fight! I read an African proverb about the Gazelle and the Lion, It said, “When the sun comes up,the gazelle wakes up knowing that it must out run the fastest lion or it will be eaten. The lion knows it must out run the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. So it doesn’t matter if you are gazelle or a lion, when the sun comes up, you had better be running!” The interpretation I got was this… “When a new day is given to a Saint of God, that Saint must know that the battles is on, and that he must be stronger than the strongest demon or he’ll be defeated! The demons, even Satan himself knows that if he is not stronger than the weakest Saint then he will not win the fight that day! So when the sun comes up, you better be ready to fight!” Know where your battles are! Remember 2 Corinthians 12:10 “for when I am weak, then am I strong.” Satan! Get where you belong! Under my feet! Pastor Greg
