Leading
Others To Lead Others
From
The Heart Of God To The Feet Of The Hurting
(Finding Your Purpose And Living With Passion)
Introduction: First and Foremost We must find God to find ourselves. There
(In his presence) we find our purpose and destiny as well as an
unquenchable passion to fulfill that destiny and an irresistible desire to
lead others to do the same. From there the world can’t help but be
changed. It doesn’t stand a chance against the passion and presence of
the living God!
I.
Knowing God (not just about him)
A. A heart knowing that passes a head knowledge. Eph 3:19
I believe this is key for us to understand we are talking about more than
mere religion we are talking about a relationship. To long we have
settled for knowing about Jesus while he is calling us to intimately know
him in this verse the word know is the same as used in Genesis 4:1..
Adam knew Eve and she conceived ...Romans 7:4 talks of us being
married to Jesus and bringing forth fruit (spirit children).
b. We are no longer satisfied with hearing about Him we have a burning
desire to know him intimately. God is giving us a heart a desire a passion
to know him twenty four seven (the Holy Spirit spoke this to me one day
leading me to this verse Jeremiah 24:7). To have a passion to seek Him
with our whole heart . Jer 29:13 This generation has seen it all
done it all and we are numb ... we have become a passionless generation
...we've lost hope we've lost our fire our desire....but God has a way of
turning what seems bad around and he is taking us who have become
passionless and calling us into his presence stirring a hunger in us that
only his presence can quench a deep longing for not just a part of him but
all. Instead of being numbed we are realizing as king David did that
everything else this world has to offer leaves you empty no matter...
money sex power fame nothing compares to knowing Christ.
I proclaim this generation the generation that will seek His face Psalms
24:6 Lift up your heads oh yea gates... as we get in his presence His
glory is going to flow to us and through us ! I can hear the
sound of abundance of rain (read about Elijha and the rain...And
Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for [there is] a sound
of abundance of rain.he
spoke this to the king even though there was no rain in site in fact it
hadn't rained in three years , as he had commanded it not to rain in an
earlier chapter...but he had faith and new God would do what he said he
would do ..and would answer his prayer....
i hear the sound of abundance of rain.. no mater what it looks like now i
know God is on the move and he is stirring us and working in us. Only
believe and you will see the Glory of God !!!..we don't go by what it
looks like in the natural but what we know in the spirit..
2006 was to be year of Gods glory but never really was. He spoke many
times about his glory to me during the year and even through other
ministries who were proclaiming it the year of Gods glory ...so I said God
what happened ...He spoke to me and said "It is because I couldn't get my
people to spend time in my presence. I've got to get my glory to
them to get it through them." so that is what he is calling me to proclaim
. To herald to anyone who will hear. "Know me and you will know my
glory"...Spend time in my presence and you will come forth with my power".
Revolution is calling ... it isn't the loud sound of an anarchists
bullhorn or the screaming of another prideful religious ranter full
of rage but the still small voice of the Holy Spirit within you saying
"come away , for lo the winter is past; the rain is over and gone; the
flowers appear on earth; the time of singing; arise my love my
fair one and come away".
Hope is here .Yours and the worlds. Everything you need ,want ,long for is
waiting in His presence. Freedom is here in his presence ....no
longer must you be bound to the demons that haunt you... the addictions
that taunt you..2cor 3:17 where the Spirit of the Lord is there is
freedom...In His presence there is joy
(Psalms 16:11 Thou wilt shew me
the path of life: in thy presence [is] fulness of joy; at thy right hand
[there are] pleasures for evermore.)
NO longer will "Christian" be associated with dull lifeless and boring. We
are coming forth from His presence glowing like mosses from the mountain
top bringing God's Glory to a dry and weary land. He is
flooding to us and through us. We are mirrors reflecting His
glory (2Corinthians3:18...But
we all, with open
face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed
into the same image from glory to glory, [even] as by the Spirit of the
Lord.
kjv.. the new living version says ...an all of us
have had the veil removed so we can be mirrors that brightly reflect the
glory of the Lord) Earthen vessels flooded
with his presence(2Corinthians4:7
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the
power may be of God, and not of us.)
Gushing with His love(Romans5:5
And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love
of God is
shed abroad (gushing
out, overflowing ) in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which
is given unto us.)
if the glory of the old covenant of condemnation was glorious how much
more this new covenant of Freedom of Grace of Spirit of
life..(2corinthians 3:7
The old way,[b]
with laws etched in stone, led to death, though it began with such glory
that the people of Israel could not bear to look at Moses’ face. For his
face shone with the glory of God, even though the brightness was already
fading away.
8
Shouldn’t we expect far greater glory under the new way, now that the Holy
Spirit is giving life?
9
If the old way, which brings condemnation, was glorious, how much more
glorious is the new way, which makes us right with God!
10 In fact, that first glory
was not glorious at all compared with the overwhelming glory of the new
way. 11
So if the old way, which has been replaced,
was glorious, how much more glorious is the new, which remains forever!).you
see it is nothing that we can do it is what he is longing to do through
us.(Phillipians2:13 God is working in you
both to will and to do His good pleasure..)..to
flood a dry and weary land with the rain of His presence and it starts
with us ...when we "Know" him with our heart and not just our head then
the world will really know Him too. We can do more than just
tell them about Him we can introduce them as well... shouldnt we excpect
Far greater glory when the Holy Spirit is giving life..(2corithians
3:8 nlv)..that is it... God is longing to flood the earth with His glory
..we are his gates he will flood His glory through ...we only have to
believe.. Expect the greater Glory of the new covenant ..that comes not by
our works but by His Spirit...
A people filled with a passion for His presence-
Yes a people filled with His power , His Glory , His presence...Showing
the world Jesus is the same yesterday today and forever. He still loves
unconditionally , He still heals the sick He still raises the dead and
casts out devils ..How ? through His body (us), his hands his
feet...Through us His glory flows and devils tremble.
Devils no longer have us on the run we,ve got them on the run....They are
our food ..no longer are we theirs...the greater one lives in us and
through us. We realize that we are strong in the lord and in the power of
his might (eph 6:10 ). We realize his great love for us( eph 2:7 ) and
that we are complete in him (eph 3:19 filled with all the fullness of God
=complete nothing wanting...also Col 2:10)..and that in his prescence we
are no longer in want (psalms 23) we are complete at peace ...then demons
can no longer drive us through discontentment and hunger.We awaken to
righteousness...(realizing we are righteous because of Jesus and his blood
not by anything we do or do not do..) . We realize how much Jesus loves us
and we fall in love with Him and it is that love that compels us, that
drives us( 2corinthians 5:14 ).
Mother Theresa said ,"God so loved the world He sent His son ,now He loves
the world so much he sends us to be His love, His compassion, His
presence."....
How awesome is that.... Galatians 2:22 says you were crucified with Christ
it is no longer you that lives but Christ that lives in you...it isn't
something you have to work for it is something you only have to believe by
faith. the next verse says the life i now live in the flesh (this earth
realm) i live by faith (by trusting God and what he says about you not
whether or not it looks like your measuring up). the GOSPEL the good
news is you are righteous because of Jesus you are free because of Jesus
...you have been made right with God...its done.. 2000 years ago on the
cross of Christ.. you only have to believe it....and you know what ...then
you will see the Glory of God in your life....
only believe and you will see the glory of God...(John 11:40)
He has freed you from the powers of darkness to live a life of love a life
of destiny a life of purpose on purpose ...no longer pushed around by the
lure of additions and the chains of evil but free to choose free to love
free to live...
This is the generation that will seek His face( Psalms 24:6 )...seek his
presence ...will know Him and make him known...
This One Thing
we've been a passionate less (king Solomon) generation
that says "vanity vanity all is vanity", but God is calling us ,stirring
us too be a King David generation that says ,"All is vanity but you"! I
cant live without you.
Psalm 27:4 this one thing i desire that i may dwell in your presence all
the days of my life. To gaze and behold and meditate on your beauty.
David was a man that had it all, power ,women ,money and still nothing
satisfied Him but the presence of God...He even cried out to God after
sinning with Bathsheba begging Him not to cast him from His presence or
take his Holy Spirit from him. (Psalm 51:11)that was the one thing he was
unwilling to be with out, the one thing that satisfied him.
And God is telling us as He did David in Psalm 27:8 Seek my face inquire
and require my presence as your vital need (amp version) and Our heart
says as his ..."your face (your presence ) Lord , will i seek inquire for
and require...God is calling us ..this generation .. you.. a people after
Gods Heart as David was ... the bible says he was a man after Gods own
heart...
His desires become our desires His passions
our passions. We long to see His power and Glory in this dry and weary
land...to see his power not only in the sanctuary of a church but every
where we go.. Psalm 63:1-3. We are no longer
satisfied with a Sunday experience we are a Jeremiah 24:7
generation....24/7 !
we are acknowledging God (making Him our familiar friend)...and he is
directing and empowering our destiny..wow.
Part 2.
Destiny
A. In His presence you find your purpose.
Samuel 2:12 The sons of Eli the high priest were priests they knew about
God but the bible says they didn't know Him. There is a big difference .
You can be religious and know all about God but be a son of belial,
of the devil. you can , as Jesus said of the Pharisees and Sadducees ,
praise Him with your lips but your heart be far from Him, but
God is looking for hearts that beat with
His. Believe me if you spend time at his feet
gazing into His heart you will find yourself at the feet of the hurting
with His power Glory and love flowing out of you ! ...Yes ...! that is
true destiny. Nothing less will suffice.! ( Acts 20:22nlt)
| Act 20:22 |
"And now I am going to
Jerusalem, drawn there irresistibly by the Holy Spirit, not knowing
what awaits me, |
| Act 20:23 |
except that the Holy Spirit
has told me in city after city that jail and suffering lie ahead.
|
| Act 20:24 |
But my life is worth nothing
unless I use it for doing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus-the
work of telling others the Good News about God's wonderful kindness
and love. |
Also note: here that destiny isn't always the easy thing but if you have a
heart after Gods and you are filled with His Holy Spirit you will long for
destiny and not be satisfied with anything else.
Samuel 2:35 "and i will raise me up a faithful priest that shall do
according to that which is in my heart and in my mind".
Proverbs 3 "Trust in the Lord with all of your heart lean not unto your
own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct
your paths( in the Strongs concordance this means to make him your
intimate familiar Friend.. and he will guide you in this destiny he
planned for you before the foundations of the earth).
- Again destiny is found in His presence and it is not something you can
figure out with your head , as the scripture says lean not unto your own
understanding, but you follow with your heart trust Him Follow Him with
all of your heart and you will be a world changer...
Wow, in typing out these notes i was reminded of the Scripture i
will guide thee with mine eye...i have a drawing i did of an eye and i put
this verse with it...anyway i looked it up in the strongs and eye can also
mean presence.
God is saying get in my presence and i will instruct you and teach you and
guide you.
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which
thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. (with my presence)
psalm 32:8 kjv
The Lord says, "I will
guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and
watch over you.
psalm 32:8 nlt
and the next verse shows us clearly what God is after He wants us to
freely come after Him and not have to be forced to want a relationship
with Him to want Him to guide us on this path called destiny...
Don't be like the horse, or like the mule, which
have no understanding, Whose are controlled by bit and bridle, or else
they will not come near to you.
psalm 32:9 hmv
i just have to throw this next verse in too its so good...then we will get
back to the notes..
Many are the woes of the wicked, but the
Lord's unfailing love surrounds
the man who trusts in him.
He wants to surround you with His
unfailing unconditional love. His tender mercies. He is for you not
against you . (despite popular belief God isn't an ogre ready to smash
you. just in reading today i was reading Romans 8 in the amplified bible
and was reminded of this fact...why would God be against us if He sent His
only Son to die for us? why would his son be against us if he was willing
to die and shed His blood so we could live and is risen and actually at
the right hand of the father crying out on our behalf ever living to make
intersession for us...and if they are not willing to condemn us who
can....so if God before us who in the heck can be against us....and what
can possibly separate from His great undying unconditional Love..?In fact
romans 8:39 says nothing in all of creation can seperate us from His
love..(the Holy Spirit nudged me to add that in :-))He longs for a
relationship with you He longs to talk to you to Guide you to help you He
loves you ...trust Him
Ok back to the notes...for now !
b.
DESTINY DEFINED
The Holy Spirit told me to look up the meaning of destiny in the
dictionary and i was amazed. Let me share these meanings with you.
Destine = to decree beforehand; predetermine; to designate, assign or
dedicate in advance; to direct ; devise or set apart for a specific
purpose.
Destiny = Something to which a person or
thing is destined.
Note: destiny implies something Foreordained often suggest a great or
noble course or end.
On the other hand fate implies an inevitable and usually adverse outcome
Fate = an inevitable an often adverse outcome condition or event -
disaster-death.
I want you to see and understand that each of us are unique made for a
specific purpose. Each of us were fearfully and wonderfully made the bible
says Created by God .(psalm) that means He made each one of us unique and
special he created us He stood back in awe and said this one ! this one is
my masterpiece. Each of us was created with a special purpose, A destiny a
plan we were set apart for before we were even born. Foreordained for by
God .
Let me share some scriptures with you that should help you see this.
Jeremiah 1:5 Before i formed thee in the belly i knew thee and before
though comest forth out of the womb i sanctified thee SET YOU APART for a
purpose (destined), and i ordained thee prophet unto the nations.
Isaiah 49:5 thus says the lord who formed me from the womb to be His
servant
Isaiah 49:3 He will be glorified through us.
2 timothy 1:9 who hath saved us and called us with a Holy calling given us
in Christ before the world began. wow!
(note: from this verse we can see that it
isn't about our works (abilities) but his purpose, what he set us apart
for-destined us and His grace -his strength his ability to fulfill
it.)
Stand for Destiny or fall to Fate
I want you to see through these
definitions that there are two plans for your life one is your God given
destiny a great and noble cause you were set apart for and the other is
fate. You have a choice you can
stand for destiny or fall to fate. If you will believe by faith that God
has a plan for your life planned for you before you were born and he sent
His son to free you from the chains of darkness the kingdom of despair so
you could have a hope and a future .So through Him in His strength you see
past the lies of the evil one and awaken to your destiny. Or you can go
along with the lies and the illusions, never realize who you were created
to be, never realize the greatness within you. never realize that you are
more than a conqueror that you are a champion that you were to rule and
reign with Christ that you were to be filled with the power and Glory of
God. yes you can believe what the liar says.. the one who blinds minds and
veils destinies.. and fall to fate ....You were to be a world changer
instead you will let the world change you...no...Don't let it be said that
you fell to fate realize today you were created for more! destined before
worlds began for a purpose, set apart for a destiny ...Yes you are a world
changer ! except nothing less...You must choose...will you stand for
destiny or will you fall to fate...?
You do not have to fear fate if you
will have faith for destiny.
Fear is faith in the enemies plan for your life which is fate. he wants
you to believe the worst and that it is inevitable, that there is nothing
you can do but except and believe his lies...like that you are nothing
that you are worthless that bad things happen to you that you are
powerless that God doesn't love you...these are some of his favorite lies
... Don't fear Him and His lies Don't fall to fate .Have Faith in what God
says about you and live your destiny !
Your Fearlessness is an omen of doom
to your enemy satan and his minions.
Phillipians 1:28 Moffats translation
Never be scared for a second by your opponents; your fearlessness is a
clear omen of ruin for them and of your own salvation- at the hands of
God.
They only rule while you sleep. they
Only have power if you believe their lies only if you have faith in what
they say only if you fear... If your heart was ever to turn to Christ and
the veil of illusion lifted and who you truly are realized then their rule
would be over they have no power over you only their lies...Much
like the old movie labyrinth when the girl at the end realized that the
Goblin King really had no power over her and she said it .." you have no power
over me "and he made a face like he had been found out and began to
disappear. It was true he was trying to get her to believe he had power
but when she awoke to the fact that he didn't he disappeared...wow sounds
familiar...!
we will talk about this later but what you believe in your heart and
confess with your mouth you will have. this is why the bible tells us to
guard our heart and that life an death are in the power of the tongue. So
believe what God says about you and not the lies of the enemy Speak out
those things speak life over yourself and not death. Words of faith and
not fear. no it doesn't matter what things look like because as the bible
says we walk by faith and not by sight...That means we are walking by the
sight of our spiritual eyes and we are believing what God says no matter
what the natural situation looks like.
Your enemy the devil goes around like a roaring lion seeking whom he may
devour but God in you is greater if you will only believe.
mark 9:23 "All things are possible to him that believes".
PREDESTNED
Romans 8:29 -30
says We were predestined - set apart by God
for a purpose.
To predetermine to foreordain,
appoint beforehand. That is
the meaning for predestine in the strongs. Do you realise that is the same
meaning for destine...destiny in the websters dictionary. Isnt that
awesome !!
from these verses
in Romans 8:29-30
we see that he knew us before we were born
just as he did Jeremiah in Jeremiah chapter 1.he foreknew us -new us
before ...Predestined us -has a destiny planned for us that he has called
us to and he justified us -made us just as if we never sinned and one more
thing don't forget this one ..He glorified us...Fills us with His Glory
and power. We have a destiny and the power of God to fulfill it. Wow now
we can see why it says if God before us who can be against us ! We are
blessed !
Psalm 139:16(nlt)
says
all of our days were written in his book
before we live out any of them.
(He has a plan for us)
Jeremiah 29:11
says it is a good plan..."I
know the plan that i have for you, they are plans for good and not for
disaster to give you a future and a hope."
Ephesisan 2:10
God has planned things for us to
accomplish in and through Christ. (note: not to buy our salvation but
because of it.
Christ freed us so that we can bring
Freedom !)
Just as Paul said of His call from Jesus in acts, it is our call as well.
Acts 26:18
..I send thee
To open their eyes, [and] to turn [them] from darkness to light,
and [from] the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness
of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is
in me.
Ephisians 1:18 Paul prays that the eyes of our understanding would be
enlightened that we would know what our destiny is (the hope of our
calling ) and His power in us to fulfill lit. That is my prayer for us
today as well !
Eph1:18-20 new living translation
I pray that your hearts will be flooded with
light so that you can understand the wonderful future he has promised to
those he called. I want you to realize what a rich and glorious
inheritance he has given to his people.
pray that you will begin to understand the incredible greatness of his
power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power
that raised Christ from the dead and seated him in
the place of honor at God's right hand in the heavenly realms.
Get a hold of this let your
Spiritual eyes see this! You have a destiny, a calling and God calls you a
saint why because he has made you rightouss .You are who he says you are
..A SAINT no longer a sinner...you say "but i did this and i did
that"...it doesn't matter when you believe by faith ,you are who God says
you are! ..And when you begin to believe it you will no longer be a slave
to sin .It will have no power over you no dominion .No rule.
romans 6
This is the power of the holy Spirit
that fills you and as Jesus overflows out of you .Rivers of living water
Bringing life to all of those around you .That is why
Isaiah 61:1says..
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen
upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross
darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory
shall be seen upon thee.And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and
kings to the brightness of thy rising.Lift up thine eyes round about, and
see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee.
They are drawn to you because you
are full of God, full of His Glory, full of hope, destiny, purpose. Things
they are so desperate and hungry for. The world is a valley of dry bones
longing for their Ezekiel to come and speak hope to them .they have lost
all hope v11
all sense of purpose, all passion . Depressed in the valley dry, bitter,
broken ,hopeless bones. You have Gods words in your mouth as the prior
chapter in Isaiah says Isaiah 59:21My
spirit that [is] upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth
...see you are speaking good things over people things that edify as
ephisain 4 says..You are full of Gods prescence His life His glory His
Spirit .You are water , rain bringing life to a dry weary land...This is
what the world needs you to awaken to See that God has created you for
more and has freed you to bring Freedom. You are a world changer and
destiny is calling ! can you began to see it
God is calling you to His Presence to fill up and then to go and fill .
The World sees a pile of dry dead bones but we see a Great army of God .an
army full of hope destiny and purpose just waiting to arise !
the world sees trash but we see Gods treasure .His Masterpiece they might
be drugged out and hopeless but in their spirit they are crying for
freedom crying for God and He is crying for them.
you must show them they are His masterpiece and He has a plan and a
purpose just for them and he has paid the price for them to be free to
fulfill that purpose.
Ephesians 2:9-10
9
Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us
can boast about it. 10 For we
are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can
do the good things he planned for us long ago.
c.
Power For
Destiny
Now we have established from scripture God gives you a destiny a purpose
something he has set you apart for . Now i want you to see he gives you
His power and ability to fulfill it.
2Corinthians 4:7 We
have this treasure in earthen vessels that the Excellency of the power may
be of God and not of us
N.L.T. translation says ..
So that everyone can see that our Glorious
power is from God and is not our own.
Phillipians 2:13
For it is God who worketh in you both to will
and to do His good pleasure.
You see He gives you a destiny and the power to fulfill it.
N.L.T.
For God is working in you ,giving you the
desire to obey Him and the power to do what pleases Him.
Amplified version 13
[Not in your own strength] for it is
God Who is all the while effectually
at work in you [energizing and creating in you the power and desire], both
to will and to work for His good pleasure and satisfaction and
]delight.
Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost has come
upon you..
amp version
But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency,
and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My
witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very
bounds) of the earth.
Wow do you see it ! He gives us the
power of The Holy Spirit to fulfill our call ...we are unstoppable.
That does away with us feeling inadequate because it is His ability not
our own. eph 6:10
We are strong in the lord and in the power of His might. It is His
strength, His might, and His Glory. The very strength and might of the
Holy Spirit that Filled our Savoir when He was on the earth going
about doing good and healing all that where oppressed of the devil now
fills us to do the same. Like Jesus said as the father sent Him Now he
sends us... John 17:18
Acts 10:38
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth
with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and
healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with
him.
You see he did all he did by the power of the Holy Spirit to be our
example to show us what we were to do and by the power of the Holy Spirit
in us have the strength to do it. That is
why he said if we have faith we would do even greater things then he did
because he went to the father and would send us the Holy Spirit ! read
John 14
2 Timothy 1:
is a Beautiful passage. Here Paul is
encouraging his young protégé his son in the spirit to be fearless to be
bold not ashamed of Jesus and his gospel. To fearlessly live a life of
destiny was The call he must answer ...lets look at
verse 9
Who hath saved us and called us with a holy calling not according to our
own works (abilities , good deeds , talents) but according to His own
purpose (the plan He has for us -destiny) and grace (His unlimited power
and ability in us to fulfill that destiny), which was given us in Christ
Jesus before worlds began...before this realm came to be God had a plan
and purpose for you Now through Christ he fills you with his Holy Spirit
and empowers you to live that purpose....aka destiny...
Not by power not by might but by my Spirit says the Lord..
You cant fulfill this life of destiny in your own strength. The devil will
have you flat on the mat...you see we wrestle dark lords rulers of
wickedness in the unseen realm and your little talent your little
abilities your strength just wont get it...We must have His...you see its
like mosses coming down from the mountain glowing with the presence of
God. its like the verse in Isaiah that says those that wait upon the lord
will renew their strength. In the Hebrew it means we trade our strength
for His...that is what we need !do you hear that....how
can you stand for destiny and not fall to fate you ask...here in lye's the
answer...WAIT ON THE LORD...spend
time in His presence and come forth with power...shinning with his glory
gushing with His love overflowing with rivers of living water...this is
what all hell fears this is what all creation longs for...the revealing of
The sons of God the manifestation of the sons of God; Manifesting the life
of God to a world who has been suffering under the deluge of the dark
lord...
here in lies our call the basis of our destiny each one who names the name
of CHRIST ian. To RE present Him; little Christs....This is our call as it
was pauls. Jesus is telling us sending us as He did him.
Acts 26:18
I send thee
To open their eyes, [and] to turn [them] from
darkness to light, and [from] the power of Satan unto God, that they may
receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are
sanctified by faith that is in me.
Do you see how we can get it so wrong with natural sight and thinking.
Well your not cut out for this .You aren't a natural leader like so and
so. You just don't have any natural abilities .you aren't tall and mighty
looking like your brothers .You cant possibly be Gods choice for king. etc
etc...NO No ! God is looking for the foolish of the world, the nothings,
the week. Do you see it...We could get caught up looking at the natural
and feeling like we are nothing or we can look at Him which is with in us
and realize he as called us to be His mighty Somethings. That He the
creator loves us .You and me and has entrusted us with a plan and empowers
us to fulfill it. And WE BLOW THE WORLDS MIND!! WOW...like they said of
peter And john After they healed the lame man then proclaimed to the
religious council that they did it by the power of the name of Jesus
Christ Acts
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John,
and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled;
and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus
other versions say unschooled ordinary men no special training...You see
these were Jesus' revolutionaries , the nobodies to the world but Filled
with the power of The Holy Spirit a force to be reckoned with...And so Are
you ..You are Gods revolutionary. Jesus has chosen you. He wants to fill
you with the Holy Spirit and use you to turn the world upside down. as was
said of the disciples in acts. Acts
17:6 These that have turned the world upside
down are come hither also;
Lets look at a few more verses in the closing of this portion.
This is one of my Favorites !
(1cor 1:26 -31)
Because it shows there is hope for us that feel hopelessly inadequate .God
chooses us to change the world. Why ..Because we know and everyone else
knows it was God ..it had to be these shmuks couldn't have don't it they
can barely say their name.:-)
Much Like Gideon that God raised up in the old testament to bring
freedom to his people. He felt like a nobody a nothing a nobody from a
poor family and the least of his family but God called Him A Mighty Man of
valour (There Are many the world
will right of as nothing and we even write ourselves off but they/we are
the very ones God is calling to lives of of destiny and purpose in this
hour of great darkness to be free and bring freedom to our people -Only
believe) The Spirit Of the Lord came
upon Gideon and God had him lead an army to save his People but first he
had him reduce the army from 32,000 soldiers down to a mere 300 man
against an army as vast as the sands of the sea...Why...the same reason,
later they wouldn't be able to boast what they had done. No, it was what
God had done. He had freed them by His hand , it was a miracle and he
didn't want them to forget.
1 Corithians 1:26-31
For ye see your calling, brethren, how that
not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are
called]:
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world
to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to
confound the things which are mighty;
And base things of the world, and things which are
despised, hath God chosen, [yea], and things which are not, to bring to
nought things that are:
That no flesh should glory in his presence
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is
made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and
redemption:
That, according as it is written, He that glorieth,
let him glory in the Lord.
Oh Children Of God Sons of The Mighty,
Soldiers of the Divine. See this today. You are not limited to the natural
You are Sons of the Spirit. You are filled with The Holy Spirit His power
and ability is in you You are Unstoppable. Don't let anyone tell you you
cant if God says you can. If you believe in your heart then anything is
possible, you can move mountains.
Can you see that this leaves self dead on the cross where it should be.
The Pride and arrogance of I and look what I can do has no place here. It
is a solemn remembering that everything i am everything i do is because of
Him and what he has done my precious savior...He is my righteousness my
wisdom my redemption Glory to Him !
I love these verses so much lets look at them in some other versions
Here is the nLv
26
Remember, dear brothers and sisters, that few of you were wise in the
world’s eyes or powerful or wealthy[g]
when God called you. 27
Instead, God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame
those who think they are wise. And he chose things that are powerless to
shame those who are powerful. 28
God chose things despised by the
world,[h]
things counted as nothing at all, and used
them to bring to nothing what the world
considers important. 29 As a
result, no one can ever boast in the presence of God.
30
God has united you with Christ Jesus. For our benefit God made him to be
wisdom itself. Christ made us right with God; he made us pure and holy,
and he freed us from sin. 31
Therefore, as the Scriptures say, “If you want to boast, boast only about
the Lord.”[i]
Here is the Message
26-31Take
a good look, friends, at who you were when you got called into this life.
I don't see many of "the brightest and the best" among you, not many
influential, not many from high-society families.
Isn't it obvious that God deliberately chose men and
women that the culture overlooks and exploits and abuses, chose these
"nobodies" to expose the hollow pretensions of the "somebodies"?
That makes it quite clear that none of you can get
by with blowing your own horn before God. Everything that we have—right
thinking and right living, a clean slate and a fresh start—comes from God
by way of Jesus Christ. That's why we have the saying, "If you're going to
blow a horn, blow a trumpet for God."
I Love these verses ..I can really relate to being a nobody
but the good news is we are Gods Some bodies and we have His ability and
power and strength. We are strong in the lord and in the power of His
might .We are seated with Christ in heavenly places. We have His
authority. We are His representatives. We speak His name and demons
tremble...Wow! But we are humble at the fact that it is all Him. That is
why in revelations it is said that we are given crowns but then we lay
them at the masters feet. We know it was all him not our works or
abilities talents good looks manners ...no nothing..
I am so excited after reading these verses ..Isnt this our story brothers
and sitsers
God
chose things despised by the world,[h]
things counted as nothing at all,
and used them!.
Yes, God is calling you and i today as he did mosses many years ago ..He
hears the cries of His people His creation is groaning and he longs to use
us to bring freedom to his people as he did mosses. Mosses tried to say
but i cant do it .I cant speak. I don't talk well ..I Stutter ...God said
i will speak through you. Ill Give you the words and the ability. Look
Man, I created the tongue. This is one argument that is futile .you are
not going to win it. God is all powerful and has given you that power to
fulfill your destiny. Can you see it we have
no excuses of i cant or i am nothing if anything this only qualifies us
the more in Gods system of things. How
beautiful our Lord that cant take nothing something despised and looked
down on by the world .Make it his masterpiece and use it to bring Glory to
His name. To Bring revival ..Revolution. That is our story my friends. you
and i..
Here are a few more verses to fuel and fire you up!
Eph 16:10
Finally, my brethren, be
strong in the Lord,
and in the power of his might.
Phil 4:13
I
can do
all things
through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Ephesisns3:16
That he would grant you,
according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his
Spirit in the inner man;
NLV
I pray that from his glorious,
unlimited resources he will give you mighty inner strength through his
Holy Spirit
Again Wow ! We are strengthened with
Might (dunamis) The Miracle working power of the Holy Spirit in OPur
Spirit...UN STOP ABLE!!!
D. Steeping out in Faith
More to come ...this may end up a book...love you guys...tiavi
(more soon- keep checking back
i update
every week..I Hope to get it all up here before Cornerstone 08 :-))
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