Tag: God s call

Running From The Pursuit

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“The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.”

Proverbs 28:1

What are you running from? And where in the world are you running to?!

That is the question propelled by the Spirit today.

It’s ironic how much conviction is in the scripture above. Anyone who has ever seen a restless man, always running from here to there, and then to another place, understands what is means to be pursued by something or to be the one in pursuit of something.

This is the restless generation. I wonder if we’ll ever stop to realize that what we are running from, is exactly what we need to save us from what we are running towards. We are running restlessly from the pursuit. The pursuit of God.

How can the GOD of all creations be pursuing anyone?! Shouldn’t we be the one pursuing HIM?!

As undeserving as you may think or know you are, God still loves you. HE wants to catch you before you fall. Before that wide road you are running blindly towards, becomes a dead-end and encloses with you in it, God wants to wrap you in HIS loving arms and guide you to the road that leads to your divine purpose.

Is that so horrible?

Proverbs 13 vs 21 states,

Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.

If you are like me, you know how scary the thought of giving your all to God is. Not one part of you would be left for the world to consume. It would all belong to HIM. Funny enough, HE created you. you belong to God anyway.

Your mind, body, soul, in abandon for your Maker to do with it as HE sees fit! WHAT ELSE WOULD SCARE YOU INTO RUNNING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION?!

You would probably have to give up the dating, and the ‘hook-ups,’ the drunkenness, the wild life, the bad attitude, the pride, the gossip, the flashy lifestyle, the running mouth, and the attitude! And that would only be the easiest of what you have to surrender.

For some, it will be the very plush cars, homes, good-paying job, and the steady pay-checks!

Did these things not cost you something? Do they not cost something to keep?

But the Spirit is already been paid for in full. God placed it in you to mark what’s HIS. Do you not realize that the spirit is God’s own connection to what belongs to HIM? As long as you have the spirit of God in you, HE will always pursue you to come back home into His all-knowing wisdom and comfort.

Friend, you need to realize today that your surrender is your freedom!

I pray for you. May the Spirit halt your running today. May you stop and listen to the voice calling after you, the only voice whose words will never deceive you. May you heed the call to amazing grace today in Jesus name. Amen.

Is God Your First Or Last Call?

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“Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?”

Job 5:1

This word first came to me last week when I heard a sermon by Bishop T.D. Jakes. God bless His messengers all over the world! Then it came again to me by another through bible study. God is so thorough.

I remember as a child, when a stranger approached you, you know to turn towards your mother, or father, or guardian that you were familiar with. Or if a person gave you some sort of gift or present, you went to a guardian first to show them before proceeding to open it or keep it or what have you. That was my story at least.

As you grow up, you become a little more independent, trusting more and more in your own wisdom and authority. Sadly, many of us have gotten ‘too grown’ to call on our Father first before taking a step in a direction.

Friend, the Spirit told me to ask you today, “Is God your first or last call?”

I can think of one too many people I know that try to keep God in the backseat while they drive their own worldly desires. They count on their own wisdom and knowledge and fail to check in with the Maker of their destiny. It’s as though we rely on our own understanding until…

When that opportunity, or friendship, or courtship, is first presented to us, the idea of what could be based on our own sight, is often good enough to accept what is brought to us. Unknowingly, the road ahead is a dead-end. Unknowingly, the dream promised is a nightmare. Unknowingly, the friendship offered is motivated by mischief…God could have told us that. If we first called Him who knows all…but we don’t.

See the thing about many believers and disciples, is that we sometimes forget that He who is, was, and is to come, is the beginning and the end. God knows the bad breaks ahead even before we embark on the path. And I can’t help but wonder if we too, would be blessed to walk in the wisdom of God if only we call Him first. Ask Him first. Consult Him first!

I thank God for His mercy and grace that nothing we could ever do or say counts us out from God’s own divine purpose.

But friend, I can’t help but wonder what glory you and I continue to miss as we fail to call God first. Why is God our last option, not our first? Why are we so eager to talk to this one, and that one, and ask for guidance from this person, then that person, but not God first?!

Is He not the Maker of heaven and earth?!

Is He not the ‘Great I am?’!

Is He not the author and finisher of our race?!

Is He not GOD?!!!

So why is GOD our last call? Why should things be chaotic or miserable before we call on our heavenly Father?

I wonder if the blessings that God promised would pour down like rain if we call Him first before we say ‘Yes’ to any other. The word in Matthew 6 vs 33, says,

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness…” with emphasis on FIRST.

I know as one in a place of solitude that seeking God first is a must for anyone who wants to see the fullness of God in His glory. And I understand the temptations all around us. Believe me, I get it. But the thing about that, is that the enemy gets it to.

And one might think that the subtle little steps we take towards our ambition does not have to be based on God. But I am here to remind you that it does. EVERYTHING you do has to do with HIM who gave you life to do it!

I pray to God in His All-knowing, All-capable wisdom, to grant us the understanding we crave to walk closer to Him and with Him to receive all that has been prepared for us by the Creator in Jesus name. Amen.