Happy Sunday!
Trust in God totally or God takes his hands off! - Dr. Bill Winston
When Dr. Winston said this I thought about a person trying to save a person that is drowning. Perhaps, you have already been warned about trying to rescue a drowning person. In panic, the drowning person will instinctively grab onto, and push up on anything they can. Sadly, many times, the one trying to rescue another ends up drowning! God is trying to save us from poverty, sickness, and death! But if we insist on doing it your way, God will allow us to drown in our mess. Oh, I know what you are thinking..."God is merciful, He's sovereign, He's in control." Yes, you are correct! But most importantly, God is true to His Word! He will never contradict His Word. He gave man dominion in this earth, after losing that dominion to Satan, Jesus came and restored our Dominion and Authority. Now we are responsible to receive what has already been provided. God isn't waiting to do anything. He's waiting on us to do what we have been commanded, and receive the Blessing. But many of us would rather blame God, the government, or our families for where we are, and what we have. This thinking is nothing new, Isaiah 45:9-10 says, "Woe to the man who fights with his Creator. Does the pot argue with its maker? Does the clay dispute with him who forms it, saying, “Stop, you’re doing it wrong!” or the pot exclaim, “How clumsy can you be!”? Woe to the baby just being born who squalls to his father and mother, “Why have you produced me? Can’t you do anything right at all?” (Living Bible). Sounds foolish, doesn't it?
God will not do anything that he has told you to do! Stop praying and telling God to go to the hospital! He told you to, "Heal the sick, raise the dead, cure the lepers, and cast out demons. Give as freely as you have received!"(Matthew 10:8, KJV). Stop telling God to go to the prisons, and help the homeless! Jesus said a certain group of people would be recognized one day. They will be the people that did the following things, "For I was hungry and you fed me; I was thirsty and you gave me water; I was a stranger and you invited me into your homes; naked and you clothed me; sick and in prison, and you visited me."(Matthew 25:35-36, Living Bible). God is a spirit. He determined that to do business legally in the earth you must have a physical body! That's why Jesus had to come in the flesh! You have a physical body, and you have work to do! He has given us the tools to change our lives and our world. I know, i know...it's daunting...but God did not give us a spirit of fear! Fear short-circuits your Faith! Faith is the only thing that will defeat the enemy.
Dr. Bill Winston continued the series, "Receiving Your Inheritance" with the subtitle, "Living on Top of the World'. To live on top of the world, we must not be ignorant or carnal. Romans 8:5-8 says, "Those who let themselves be controlled by their lower natures live only to please themselves, but those who follow after the Holy Spirit find themselves doing those things that please God. Following after the Holy Spirit leads to LIFE and PEACE, but following after the old nature leads to death because the old sinful nature within us is against God. It never did obey God’s laws and it never will. That’s why those who are still under the control of their old sinful selves, bent on following their old evil desires, can never please God."(Living Bible). The Apostle Paul wrote to the Corinthian church, "My brothers and sisters, I cannot address you as people who walk by the Spirit; I have to speak to you as people who tend to think in merely human terms, as spiritual infants in the Anointed One. I nursed you with milk, as a mother would feed her baby, because you were not, and still are not, developed enough to digest complex spiritual food. And here’s why: you are still living in the flesh, not in the Spirit. How do I know? Are you fighting with one another? Are you comparing yourselves to others and becoming consumed with jealousy? Then it sounds like you are living in the flesh, no different from the rest who live by the standards of this rebellious and broken world."(1 Corinthians 3:1-3, Voice).
You are capable of a life far greater than what you are currently experiencing! You are in the God Class! You have excellence in your DNA! When you were Born-Again your spirit reconnected to Almighty God! You can live life on a higher level, by Faith!
Living on Top of the World! Love and prayers, Cynthia
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