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There's Only Now: Part 10
There is only now in which you can live. There is nothing to sweat, if you walk with the Lord. Don’t waste energy sweating. God didn’t mention sweating in the Bible until after the fall of man. Christ is the last Adam and He has restored us into the place of the first Adam before he fell. Adam was in fellowship with God until he was deceived, and fell away from God. As long as we are with God, we have nothing to sweat. So, stop sweating!
God gave His truth in order the make people free. We should receive His Word with meekness, knowing that it will make us free. God knows what He is doing. It is important for us to realize that the world doesn’t have anything. The children of God should not envy sinner. We are here for the purpose of leading sinners out of the world.
God knows all things. He knows the end from the beginning. Jesus chose us, we didn’t choose Him. He calls us friend because He has told us everything that God told Him to tell us. We, as Christians, should stop looking to the world for answers. We have the truth of the Word of God. We should not be compromising with the world, but we should take up our rightful position. The children of God should stop looking and start doing. When we start doing, we can watch God work out everything for our good, command blessings to come upon us, add things to us and make things come to pass. The only prosperity the world has to offer is money. God has made known everything necessary for His people to walk out in righteousness, i.e. to live in God’s true prosperity.
We are not to presume on tomorrow or look to the future. We must maximize the grace and mercy that is available to us now in order to live life more abundantly as Christ came to offer it. God says in His Word that this life we have is nothing but a vapor. He said this to give us perspective to major on now because faith is now. God has already caused everything to be and laid it up for us – we just have to follow it.
When we have the proper perspective, then we can set up the proper priorities. Priorities are meant to be guardrails in our lives to get us to our destination. They help guide us and lead the way. Jesus set the priority for the children of God: “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” (Matthew 6:33 NKJV) Jesus tells us to give up our lust for power and lofty positions, and our ambitions, and it will be added to us. We have to remember that we will have to give an answer to God. God knows that holding us accountable is the key to getting us to our destination. We have to buy into accountability – this is called humility.
The world is crying out for people of integrity. We, as children of God, should stand up and take our rightful position. We can’t be scared of the truth. We must be in fear and awe of God. The world wants what we have. We are supposed to be bold. We can’t be lazy. There is only now that God will show himself to us, but only if we tighten up our walk of faith. If you want to go higher, you have to step up your walk of faith. You have to change. There is no promotion without overcoming.
Only God’s counsel will stand (Proverbs 19:21). Our plans won’t last. We can know God’s will. He says what His will is in His Word. Also, the Spirit of God reveals His will to us (1 Corinthians 2:9-10). The will of God is to be known because it is meant to be done. We must major in the Spirit of God right now. We have to stop acting like we don’t hear God. We have to stop acting like we are deaf. We can only do this by the Spirit. We have to stop denying God. Don’t take for granted the mercy and grace of God. He has given us the breath of life in order to find Him.
We have to examine certain areas in our life and in each area ask: What will last? We have to run this question through our thoughts. We have to ask ourselves whether every thought is established on the Word of God. We have to run this question through our words or conversation. Our words frame our lives. A confession of faith is always a response to what God has said and promised. As children of God, we are not to declare what the situation is or deny that the situation exists. God commands us to ignore the situation. In Hebrews 13:5-6, God tells us that He will never leave us or forsake us, so that we may boldly say “The Lord is my helper.” God is always talking to us now. In these verses, God deals with our thinking first and then tells us how to make a confession of faith. People in the world can do stuff to us, unless we boldly declare the truth for ourselves in our circumstances. It is only a confession of faith because there is something there contradicting it. To ignore something means that it is there. We have to call things that don’t exist. We can only do this God’s way. God is begging to show Himself faithful to us, but if we don’t give ourselves over to Him it won’t ever happen.
Lastly, in terms of our time, we have to ask: What will last? God wants our time. We have to make sure that we are spending our time in ways that will last. If you make a plan without the Lord, you are acting in darkness (Romans 13:11-14). Everything we do should be in consultation with God.
God gave His truth in order the make people free. We should receive His Word with meekness, knowing that it will make us free. God knows what He is doing. It is important for us to realize that the world doesn’t have anything. The children of God should not envy sinner. We are here for the purpose of leading sinners out of the world.
God knows all things. He knows the end from the beginning. Jesus chose us, we didn’t choose Him. He calls us friend because He has told us everything that God told Him to tell us. We, as Christians, should stop looking to the world for answers. We have the truth of the Word of God. We should not be compromising with the world, but we should take up our rightful position. The children of God should stop looking and start doing. When we start doing, we can watch God work out everything for our good, command blessings to come upon us, add things to us and make things come to pass. The only prosperity the world has to offer is money. God has made known everything necessary for His people to walk out in righteousness, i.e. to live in God’s true prosperity.
We are not to presume on tomorrow or look to the future. We must maximize the grace and mercy that is available to us now in order to live life more abundantly as Christ came to offer it. God says in His Word that this life we have is nothing but a vapor. He said this to give us perspective to major on now because faith is now. God has already caused everything to be and laid it up for us – we just have to follow it.
When we have the proper perspective, then we can set up the proper priorities. Priorities are meant to be guardrails in our lives to get us to our destination. They help guide us and lead the way. Jesus set the priority for the children of God: “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” (Matthew 6:33 NKJV) Jesus tells us to give up our lust for power and lofty positions, and our ambitions, and it will be added to us. We have to remember that we will have to give an answer to God. God knows that holding us accountable is the key to getting us to our destination. We have to buy into accountability – this is called humility.
The world is crying out for people of integrity. We, as children of God, should stand up and take our rightful position. We can’t be scared of the truth. We must be in fear and awe of God. The world wants what we have. We are supposed to be bold. We can’t be lazy. There is only now that God will show himself to us, but only if we tighten up our walk of faith. If you want to go higher, you have to step up your walk of faith. You have to change. There is no promotion without overcoming.
Only God’s counsel will stand (Proverbs 19:21). Our plans won’t last. We can know God’s will. He says what His will is in His Word. Also, the Spirit of God reveals His will to us (1 Corinthians 2:9-10). The will of God is to be known because it is meant to be done. We must major in the Spirit of God right now. We have to stop acting like we don’t hear God. We have to stop acting like we are deaf. We can only do this by the Spirit. We have to stop denying God. Don’t take for granted the mercy and grace of God. He has given us the breath of life in order to find Him.
We have to examine certain areas in our life and in each area ask: What will last? We have to run this question through our thoughts. We have to ask ourselves whether every thought is established on the Word of God. We have to run this question through our words or conversation. Our words frame our lives. A confession of faith is always a response to what God has said and promised. As children of God, we are not to declare what the situation is or deny that the situation exists. God commands us to ignore the situation. In Hebrews 13:5-6, God tells us that He will never leave us or forsake us, so that we may boldly say “The Lord is my helper.” God is always talking to us now. In these verses, God deals with our thinking first and then tells us how to make a confession of faith. People in the world can do stuff to us, unless we boldly declare the truth for ourselves in our circumstances. It is only a confession of faith because there is something there contradicting it. To ignore something means that it is there. We have to call things that don’t exist. We can only do this God’s way. God is begging to show Himself faithful to us, but if we don’t give ourselves over to Him it won’t ever happen.
Lastly, in terms of our time, we have to ask: What will last? God wants our time. We have to make sure that we are spending our time in ways that will last. If you make a plan without the Lord, you are acting in darkness (Romans 13:11-14). Everything we do should be in consultation with God.
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