 1 Corinthians 3:7 “It’s not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What’s important is that God makes the seed grow.” ~NLT
When I was 25 years old, I joined the Army. I had a family and two daughters to take care of and the jobs I had were not making ends meet. I joined the military because at least I would know that wherever I traveled, my family would have a roof over their heads. I made a worldly decision. Decisions that I made to do under my own power. Those decisions have limits. At that time, I never thought to ask God what it was he intended for me to do in this life. I never thought to include God in my decisions that would affect my life. Everything I did to make a living had time limits and limits on provisions for me and my family. It wasn’t until I prayed and called on the Lord for direction and included God in my life, that I noticed things change. When I asked God to allow me the wisdom of HIS intent for my life, those limits disappeared. When God started directing me and my wife in His will for our lives, we found out that ‘time limit’ didn’t exist with God. God’s promise of abundant life is there for all of us, but we must be willing to obey Him in His direction for our lives. The text above says, “It’s not important who does the planting…or watering…” This means it doesn’t matter if you get every degree in whatever profession you are in. It doesn’t matter if you take every class to get trained in the area of expertise you choose to earn a living. If God is not in it, that seed will not grow. There will be a time limit on that ‘worldly’ success. But if you allow God to “...make that seed grow…”, you will see that what grows will never die. There is no time limit on that spiritual, godly success. Check with God on what you’ve got going on as far as your career, your life and your journey. Make sure to include Him in it and you will be blessed with an amazing future that will reveal the blessing of a legacy for you and your family. May God bless and keep you under his healing power of protection as you journey in Jesus name. Amen
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 John 10:17-18 “This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life so that I may take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own. I have the right to lay it down, and I have the right to take it up again. I have received this command from my Father.” ~CSB
Jesus Christ! By the authority of His Father, God gave him the power over His own life. This was done for the foundation of salvation! Given to lay down our sins and taken back so that we may have eternal life! This is the blueprint of God’s promise for eternal life! Let’s pause and give God a shout of praise! I know this power all too well. I learned firsthand what Jesus did for me in my transformation. There I was, twenty plus years in the grip of a poison so deep, I could not break free from it. I wanted it more than I wanted my family. It made me lie and deceive my wife. It was so satisfying that it kept me blind to God’s will for my life. I was on the path to lose everything. But then the Word of God pulled me from drowning in a sea of doubt, worry and alcoholism. The scripture in 1 John 4:4 grew in my spirit as it says, “…because the One who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world...” I began to read the Word every day and in turn my spirit became stronger and stronger. I realized that I was a part of something greater. Something inside me was shouting ‘NO MORE!’ When this happened, the gift of the Holy Spirit interceded in my life and a miracle took place. As the result of a tragic accident, mixed with my submission and God’s word in my heart, my old weak flesh was buried and I was created new! By the hand of God the poison of alcohol was taken from me and I craved it no more! The taste of God’s power replaced the craving of the poison! Being created, means we have been chosen. No matter what we go through, the enemy cannot claim us. So whatever situation we are in, the enemy can’t win! The reason why things seem so tough is because the enemy is holding on to our shirt, our pants leg, our coat, pulling us in his direction because he doesn’t want us going in the direction that was set in stone just for our journey! Just as Jesus said no one can take His life, He lays it down so that He can pick it up again. We can say the same, because our life is not our own. It belongs to God. And no one, not even the enemy can take ANYTHING from God! May God bless and keep you in His peace, love and protection as you journey in Jesus’ name. Amen Philippians 1:6 “I am sure of this, that He who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” CSB
There are many things in my life that I was excited about starting. For example, I remember when I was younger, I saw this picture in an old ‘Sears’ catalog of a model car. I told my mother I wanted to build one. She went to the store and got me a model car. I started the task with enthusiasm. I took the pieces apart and separated them. I followed the instructions to the letter and began building. Somewhere along the line, my excitement dropped. The car I was building did not look like the picture on the box it came in. Eventually I quit and the result was ‘half a car’. The scripture above talks about God starting a work in us and, “...carrying it on to completion…” You see God won’t start and not finish. What is so powerful is that even if we want to quit, God won’t. This year focus on the text above. We just came out of 2023 with some situations we may not have wanted to be in, but know that God will not let anything stop His work in us. So we must not quit, especially if He will not quit on us. As we enter 2024, let us embrace and practice four things, from Dr. Charles Stanley’s devotional, as we endure and allow God to know how grateful we are that He will not quit on us.
Let us make this year count when it comes to our spiritual maturity. It is in this maturity where God will reward us with that ‘resurrection power type of blessing’ He has uniquely created for all of us. And it was created by Him to complete His work ‘in’ us, no matter what we are going through. May God keep you safe in His arms as we journey through the new year in Jesus’ name. Amen |
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