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Monday, February
18, 2008
Prioritize
Isaiah 55:6-9 Seek ye the
LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: (7) Let the
wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him
return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for
he will abundantly pardon. (8) For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. (9) For as the heavens are
higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my
thoughts than your thoughts. (KJV)
Welcome to the realm of God
where everything you thought, where all your priorities and what you
esteemed so important, has suddenly changed and done an about face. Things
that were important to you, things you thought would bring you peace have
been discarded and replaced with the things of God; something completely
opposite to what you have been taught all your life and surrounded with
before your conversion. God’s thoughts and ways are so much higher than
ours, His reward is unending with a promise of eternal joy and peace to
those that are willing to enter His realm and remain there. Are the things
you desire in line with the will of God or is there a tug of war going on
within you, something trying to pull you back into the realm of the flesh?
Are you still trying to figure things out according to your own carnal
thinking and won’t accept anything else unless it is according to the
outcome you determined? In the end it is our ways and our own thoughts that
separate us from God, a God that is a lot easier to hear while He is near
and still dear to our heart. I don’t believe mankind can measure the
distance between the earth and heaven; which according to the Bible is so
much higher than we could ever imagine or think. So with all this power
that is available to each and every believer with a God that determines a
victory before one ever engages in a situation, why do we still at times
overlook and neglect the only answer for mankind that will bring peace and
joy, and provide a permanent escape from this present evil world?
Luke 12:22-24 And he said
unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your
life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. (23) The
life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. (24) Consider
the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse
nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
(KJV)
This is your assignment for
today, do not take thought for your life or for the outward man, replace
those thoughts with what is important to the spiritual man. All that effort
and attention that has been put into our physical is going to be directed
into the spiritual and what is required in order to please God. Every time
you catch yourself drifting off and back into the realm of the flesh stop
and replace those thoughts with what is needed to keep the spiritual man
fed. And if you happen to see a raven or any other bird feeding somewhere
stop and remind yourself and ponder the fact that our heavenly Father
provides food for His creation; so why would you doubt or think you have
been overlooked by God unless you haven’t taken the time to hear Him and you
have been overlooking simple ways that He has been trying to speak with you?
While many people think they will find the deep things of God by reading
the book of Revelation, determining the end times and how it will play out,
the depth of God is in the simple things that are so often overlooked and
missed by man that are right in front of us if we will only listen.
Luke 12:25-27 (25) And which
of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? (26) If ye
then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for
the rest? (27) Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin
not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed
like one of these. (KJV)
A cubit is about 39 inches; a
little more than a yard, about the length of a step we take in our walk. So
when on this path of life that God ordained and chose for you before the
foundation of the world, which of you can take that next step without
knowing the direction God is asking or trying to lead you in? If you are
not able to do these simple, least assignments, then why would you be
taking thought for the rest of your walk? Reading your Bible is important
on a daily basis as well as stopping and listening; hearing God speak with
you on an individual basis so that you are able to hear and receive the
spiritual message within His word. It’s the simplicity of the gospel of
Christ that is missed by many because they compare the scriptures to what
they have learned in the past, thinking it takes someone smart to
understand them, when all God asks of us is to be willing and obedient to His word. It is
those that humble themselves that are exalted and able to see and
understand the things of God. Like looking at how beautiful the lilies of
the field are; they didn’t toil like Solomon and mankind, rather they grew
into something beautiful God had intended them to be without the toiling.
Luke 12:28-30 If then God so
clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into
the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith? (29) And
seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of
doubtful mind. (30) For all these things do the nations of the world seek
after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. (KJV)
Someday this world and its
fashion are going to burn up and be replaced with a new one. With this in
mind what is or should be your priority? What is it that you should be
seeking after that really has any meaning or eternal purpose? All these
things that we have need of our Father has already promised to provide and
already knew what we would have need of before the foundation of the world.
Let’s start giving credit where credit is due. Afterall parents, didn’t you
plan on the provisions for your own children once you found out they were
on the way and about to be brought into this realm? And yet with this in
mind don’t you think God thought of this as well? Not only did He think of
it He has promised to supply all our need as well. Do you think you can do
a better job than He can, and with this in mind why do we spend so much
time taking thought for something God promised was a done deal? You
wouldn’t be so doubtful if you kept God a priority and didn’t allow all
those negative thoughts to take root and become a stronghold; rather you would
be casting that out as soon as it manifested and tried to enter your heart.
Luke 12:31-32 But rather seek
ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you. (32) Fear
not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the
kingdom. (KJV)
As a parent didn’t you enjoy
sharing things with your children and giving them the best you could? Our
Father in heaven has never neglected His own and promised He would never
leave us or forsake us. Yet how often do we hold Him to His promise and
trust that what He promised He was able to do above and beyond what we
could ever ask or think of, like the heavens above the earth? So today,
prioritize and get things in order. God first then these things are added,
not the things first then we will get around to the God stuff. Keep it
simple. God speaks to us in many ways and His message goes beyond just what
we read in His word. If one is attentive they can hear Him anywhere,
anytime and stay built up in the word of God and not doubt what the Lord has
promised to those that believe.
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