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Sunday, January 20, 2013
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Victorious Life!
Below is a short devotional on seeking God first and relying on Him daily and the victories we can have in our lives, just from doing so. I hope you can take the time to quickly read through this and allow God to speak to your heart. Please also feel free to share your thoughts...you never know who might be encouraging with your words/testimony!
2 Chronicles 16:7-13
There was an old testament king by the name of Asa, king of Judah. Asa started out his reign trusting God and devoted to God. He relied on God, and was always seeking Him. Because of this, God showed himself strong and delivered a "huge army with many chariots and horsemen into his hand." Also, God gave king Asa and the people of Judah favor by giving them rest and peace with no wars; he also made them very prosperous.
But at some point king Asa stopped trusting God and relying on Him and instead started relying on man. Instead of seeking God for help and deliverance as he once did in the past, he sought man's help and deliverance. The verses state that he relied on the king of Syria to deliver them from another army instead of seeking God and relying on Him.
A messenger then came and told him that he had done foolishly by not relying on God and that the consequence would be that he would now have wars. Yet, instead of repenting, and turning to rely on God, he got angry and took out his anger on others. When he became deathly ill with disease, he still chose not seek the Lord but the physicians (who were likely sorcerers and those who used magic and curses), who were never able to help him. Then he died.
Have you stopped trusting and relying on God? Who/what do you tend to seek out first in times of difficulty and even in good things? Who do you call first?
Ladies, the point I want to make with this story is that, God wants us to seek Him with all our heart and soul and to rely on Him whole-heartedly. Victories are won in our lives ALWAYS, if we just choose to rely on Him solely! He always has an answer and solution! Too often times, we think we need people to make things happen, and then we start relying on them. However, people can't do what God can do...God does BIG things and makes things happen, and He doesn't disappoint! I'm not saying we can't rely on others for anything, of course God places people in our lives that we can rely on and that can help us. However, we always, in everything, must first seek God. Our first trust and reliance must be in Him and not others.
"Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you." Matthew 6:33.
2 Chronicles 16:7-13
There was an old testament king by the name of Asa, king of Judah. Asa started out his reign trusting God and devoted to God. He relied on God, and was always seeking Him. Because of this, God showed himself strong and delivered a "huge army with many chariots and horsemen into his hand." Also, God gave king Asa and the people of Judah favor by giving them rest and peace with no wars; he also made them very prosperous.
But at some point king Asa stopped trusting God and relying on Him and instead started relying on man. Instead of seeking God for help and deliverance as he once did in the past, he sought man's help and deliverance. The verses state that he relied on the king of Syria to deliver them from another army instead of seeking God and relying on Him.
A messenger then came and told him that he had done foolishly by not relying on God and that the consequence would be that he would now have wars. Yet, instead of repenting, and turning to rely on God, he got angry and took out his anger on others. When he became deathly ill with disease, he still chose not seek the Lord but the physicians (who were likely sorcerers and those who used magic and curses), who were never able to help him. Then he died.
Have you stopped trusting and relying on God? Who/what do you tend to seek out first in times of difficulty and even in good things? Who do you call first?
Ladies, the point I want to make with this story is that, God wants us to seek Him with all our heart and soul and to rely on Him whole-heartedly. Victories are won in our lives ALWAYS, if we just choose to rely on Him solely! He always has an answer and solution! Too often times, we think we need people to make things happen, and then we start relying on them. However, people can't do what God can do...God does BIG things and makes things happen, and He doesn't disappoint! I'm not saying we can't rely on others for anything, of course God places people in our lives that we can rely on and that can help us. However, we always, in everything, must first seek God. Our first trust and reliance must be in Him and not others.
"Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you." Matthew 6:33.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Vision For Your Life
I know that it is highly cliche to talk about setting goals in the beginning of a new year; and most of the time, by the time February comes along, we've already forgotten about all our New Year's goals and ambitions that we swore we would keep this time around. The reality is that if we do not have a vision for ourselves, our children, our lives and where we want to be...we will surely fail in all the goals we have decided to set. It is a good thing to "set goals" and to be ambitious towards change and progress, however, we first need to get the vision of what it looks like to achieve these goals or changes. There should be a thought process and a set time of intentional reflection to think, visualize and even dream about what these changes look like and what sacrifices will need to be made. Pray and ask God to give you a vision for your life. "Where there is no vision, the people perish" Proverbs 29:18 NKJ
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