There's FIRE in the House (995 part V)
Summarisation of what the Lord's been speaking.
1. Never take your eyes off the Lord. Fatal, I tell you.
2. God takes the foolish things of the world to shame the wise. The people who've been used by God to do great things, were not the most talented, the most eloquent, the most popular, or the most wise. They were those humble enough to acknowledge that if God does not move, nothing can be done. And that's why God can be pleased to use them. Because it's his anointing for his work, and his work for his glory.
3. Dream big. God didn't give you an imagination so you could live in a world of fantasy. God gave you an imagination to 'see' what he promised way before you saw it in the natural. For you to picture God's promises, and to apply your faith to God's promise, so that you WILL see it fulfilled in the natural.
4. So don't dream based on your limitations and scope, human frailties and strengths, human perspective and trusting merely in people. Dream God's dream. See God's plan. Hear God's voice. And then obey. Don't shrink back from sheer lack of faith.
5. You need to realise that without the Holy Ghost, you really have nothing. Don't assume that the men and women of God in the past were successful because of the external qualities you thought they have. "This man's a firebrand with boundless energy. No wonder he left a lasting legacy." "These people would never give up. Not like me."
No, the prayers you've made are the wrong ones. Don't pray for more enthusiasm or more drive, that's not what you need. You need the Holy Ghost. Remember?? When's the last time you got in touch with more than a superficial encounter with the Holy Ghost? Where's your emphasis on the Holy Ghost? Have 'principles' clouded your judgment? What is more important -- the principles God taught you, or God who MAKES those principles work?
Recall some principles you were taught. 'You need to hear the voice of God, to get direction from him, to spur you on'. 'You need greater surrender'. 'You need to patch up the weaknesses of your life'.
Does all that point to you, and your ability to make all that happen? Or does it point to the fact that you need the Holy Spirit, for him to fill you? For if he fills you, your weaknesses will be stripped away as he fills you with his strength. And if he fills you, your communion with him will pave the way for your ministry and the demands of your life. And if you agree you need a greater filling, how are you filled? As you yield to him. That is, as you fully release yourself in surrender to his dominion.
6. Don't do the reverse prayer. Don't ask for an ordinary life. For ordinary life is not what fulfils, nor the supposed pleasures and frills of life. God is what satisfies. If you find satisfaction in ordinary life, it is only because God gives you that satisfaction. And therefore if God is your lot, you will have satisfaction wherever you go. Remember. Remember! -- for the things of the world are crying out to your heart and your eyes. Do not be deceived by them. For I, the Lord, hold life and pleasures in my hand. So live the life I called you to live, set apart for me.
1. Never take your eyes off the Lord. Fatal, I tell you.
2. God takes the foolish things of the world to shame the wise. The people who've been used by God to do great things, were not the most talented, the most eloquent, the most popular, or the most wise. They were those humble enough to acknowledge that if God does not move, nothing can be done. And that's why God can be pleased to use them. Because it's his anointing for his work, and his work for his glory.
3. Dream big. God didn't give you an imagination so you could live in a world of fantasy. God gave you an imagination to 'see' what he promised way before you saw it in the natural. For you to picture God's promises, and to apply your faith to God's promise, so that you WILL see it fulfilled in the natural.
4. So don't dream based on your limitations and scope, human frailties and strengths, human perspective and trusting merely in people. Dream God's dream. See God's plan. Hear God's voice. And then obey. Don't shrink back from sheer lack of faith.
5. You need to realise that without the Holy Ghost, you really have nothing. Don't assume that the men and women of God in the past were successful because of the external qualities you thought they have. "This man's a firebrand with boundless energy. No wonder he left a lasting legacy." "These people would never give up. Not like me."
No, the prayers you've made are the wrong ones. Don't pray for more enthusiasm or more drive, that's not what you need. You need the Holy Ghost. Remember?? When's the last time you got in touch with more than a superficial encounter with the Holy Ghost? Where's your emphasis on the Holy Ghost? Have 'principles' clouded your judgment? What is more important -- the principles God taught you, or God who MAKES those principles work?
Recall some principles you were taught. 'You need to hear the voice of God, to get direction from him, to spur you on'. 'You need greater surrender'. 'You need to patch up the weaknesses of your life'.
Does all that point to you, and your ability to make all that happen? Or does it point to the fact that you need the Holy Spirit, for him to fill you? For if he fills you, your weaknesses will be stripped away as he fills you with his strength. And if he fills you, your communion with him will pave the way for your ministry and the demands of your life. And if you agree you need a greater filling, how are you filled? As you yield to him. That is, as you fully release yourself in surrender to his dominion.
6. Don't do the reverse prayer. Don't ask for an ordinary life. For ordinary life is not what fulfils, nor the supposed pleasures and frills of life. God is what satisfies. If you find satisfaction in ordinary life, it is only because God gives you that satisfaction. And therefore if God is your lot, you will have satisfaction wherever you go. Remember. Remember! -- for the things of the world are crying out to your heart and your eyes. Do not be deceived by them. For I, the Lord, hold life and pleasures in my hand. So live the life I called you to live, set apart for me.
posted by theChosenCan at 4/30/2005 12:03:00 am
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