Inspiring the world
As I race towards
The prize
The glory
And high calling
I forget the past
With its errors
I look steadily
Ahead
Never to gaze back
Or loose focus
I keep my eyes
Firmly fixed on
Christ
Who is the author
And finisher
Of my faith
I cling to Him
With firm and unyielding
Belief
In His ability
To help me
Get to the top of
The golden mountain
Where He has called me
To make my Home
I saw the title of a post that said, “ who was responsible for Jesus’s death?” and before I could even think, the word everybody bubbled out into my mind. As a Prophet, when I get thoughts that never came from me, I know it’s a revelation. Initially, my thought was, “where did that answer come from?” I even laughed at myself as I said to myself, “was it not Judas and the Jews of those days? – all those that chanted, “crucify Him, crucify Him.”
When those words, everybody came up into my mind, I had to reflect on it and I realized it was a true word. We are all responsible because all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. He died because of all of us. When Eve fell, it was humanity that fell. When she rejected the word of God, we all partook of that sin. It was human rebellion against the rulership and authority of God, so God sent Jesus to reverse that evil work and consequence.
Our constant rejection of the word of God is what led Jesus to the cross. Unfortunately people are still crucifying Christ every time they reject and crucify the word of God. The worst form of crucifying the word of God all over again is when believers fall away and reject the good news and God’s salvation.
To their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace. Hebrews 6:6
“You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit! Acts 7:51
May we all realize that every time we crucify or reject the word of God, we crucify Christ all over again and we grieve the Holy Spirit and hurt Him. May we constantly seek to please Him in Jesus name.
“Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 18:4 NKJV)
It is only our level of humility that will determine the level of grace that we will operate in. Humility leads to all sorts of good fruits like prayer, worship, thanksgiving, praise, petition, respect, love and reverence for God.
Humility makes us obedient and absolutely dependent on God’s word and power. Moses was the humblest man of his time and Jesus was gentle and humble in Spirit. Today, they are great in the Kingdom of God. It is only our level of humility that will determine our position in the Kingdom of Heaven. May we humble ourselves before our great God, and fellow humans, today and always.
Some people say, “there is nothing that the mind cannot do.” The Word of God says, “ there is nothing that the Holy Spirit cannot do if our hearts and minds are completely centered and focused on Him, His power and His word.” The former promotes self and self help and the latter promotes God and God – help.
With God all things are possible and with self, some things are impossible. Human power is limited. This seems obvious but it is not really obvious to a lot of self help addicts. Self help addicts have been swallowed by the more you look, the less you see and the more knowledge they think that they have by chanting, “I Can, I Can” and “I am, I am,” the more confusion and darkness they drink. God can and God is the only I AM.
Psychology, positive thinking and self help are useful but they can never replace God’s power. The Christian’s positive thinking and help is the word of God. The word of God should order our steps and thoughts and the word of God does not encourage negative thinking. Anyone who is filled with the word of God and the Holy Spirit cannot be negative minded. The fruits of the Holy Spirit are all positive,
Jesus and Paul were positive minded, however, they depended on the power of God and were filled with the word of God and the Holy Spirit. Some people’s definition of positive thinking is restricted entirely to self and human help without God. Life is all about definition. Two concepts can be defined differently by different people and have different meanings, explanations and interpretations.
The word of God transforms and renews the mind by God’s grace and power as we meditate on it and dwell in it, however, power is of the Holy Spirit. When it comes to incurable illnesses and demonic problems, psychology and self help will fail. Even head knowledge of the word of God without the Holy Ghost power does not cast out demons. Medical science with all its benefits is limited, and sometimes doctors sadly pronounce the judgement of ” Your illness is incurable.”
They can even estimate the likely date of departure from this world with some incurable illnesses. What next when all else fails? The self help champion begins to see the limitations only then. If he does not encounter that kind of challenge, he remains blind and ardently clings to his little god.
Everything has a plaice, an order and a purpose. Everything must be placed in the right perspective. Man is spiritual, not mental. Good mental qualities are very helpful but cannot cast out demons or cure incurable illnesses. Power on the other hand is spiritual not mental. It is better to be a God addict than to be a self addict. Jesus and Paul were God addicts. We need God.
They knew that human power is of no use at all. Paul knew the reality of, “His power is perfected in weakness.” His thorn happened so that he would always be dependent on God’s grace and not get carried away by pride because of the great visions and revelations that were given to Him by God,
May we never forget that the Holy Spirit is our helper. May God’s great grace be upon you as you worship Him and seek His face.