Approaching The Mountain Top

The Bible says that our walk in the Lord is like going up a mountain. It’s an upward call, as ascent. Going up a mountain teaches us how to ascend in our calling in the Lord.

The mountain narrows until we reach the pinnacle, the thinnest part of the mountain. The secret of success in our walk is the higher you go in the Lord, the more we have to stay close to the center, the less we can go off to the right or to the left. The higher we go in the Lord, the less we can fool around, the more focused we need to be, the less we can afford to be distracted from God’s calling or engage in things which have no eternal value.

Our time, energy, resources, finances, work, home, marriage, our all- focused to the glory of God. God is calling us to the heights, we must learn to walk the straight and narrow. Stay closer to the center, focus all our lives to His Glory, and we’ll walk the heights and our feet shall stand on the pinnacle. Higher ground -Psalm 84:11-

Go one step higher in the Lord today. Get rid of one more distraction, sin, or compromise, and zero in on God’s perfect will for your life.

Developing Godly Relationships

Romans 12: 9:10 says “Love is to sincere and active, hate what is evil, hold on tightly to what is good. Be devoted to one another with brotherly/sister,y affection as members of one family.”

God created us for community. We’re wired for relationships with our friends, spouse, co-workers or kids. God intended healthy relationships to be compassionate, sacrificial, honoring, and forgiving. Cultivating those qualities often means surrendering our expectations for relationships and trusting God instead.

Knowing Who You Are In Christ

As Followers of Chris we need to know who we are in Christ and learn to always reject negative thoughts. The moment you discover yourself and your identity in Christ, your value comes back, your worth comes back, and no opinion of man can devalue it.

1 Peter 2:9 says “ But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light.”

The greatest discovery that anyone could ever make in a life is to discover who they are. It is possible for a person to be born again, Spirit-filled, sanctified, be a Pastor, Evangelist, Bishop, priest or founder of a church without knowing who he/she is. My question is who are you and what is your identity in Christ?

The devil is an expert in using his tools to get people to be completely ignorant about their identity. He even tempted our Lord Jesus three times thinking he could convince Him to surrender. The devil said to Jesus “If you are the son of God, command these stones to become bread.” This was done to make Jesus doubt Him identity. It means if Jesus didn’t Who He was, He would have surrendered to the devil. The devil tried again by saying, “If thou be the son of God, cast yourself down; because it is written that the angels will bear you in their arms.” Again Jesus defeated him. -Matthew 4:1-11-

It is very important for us to know who we are in Christ. If not other people or our situation may tell us who we are not. The devil spoke through the people who mocked Jesus, telling Him to come down off the cross of He was the son of God. -Matthew 27:40-

Even though Jesus has the power and authority to come down, He refused to listen to the voice of the devil. The devil may speak to Christ’s followers that if they are going through any problem in life it means God is not with them and that they are not children of God.

As followers of Christ we need to know who we are in Christ and learn to always reject negative thoughts and evil voices. We need to constantly reassure ourselves of the love of Christ for us and the power He had given us to be called sons and daughters of God. -John 1-12- We can confess but we are chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that we may declare the praises of Him called you out of darkness into His wonderful light as a declaration of our identity in God.

We need to know that whatever we are going through in life God is always with us and He is fully aware of the situation and will provide solutions in His own time. We need to let the life of Jesus, from His birth to His death on the cross be an example to us. Jesus was always talking about who and what He is, what His mission in life is. He said He is Living Water, the Bread of Life, the Son of God, the way, the Truth and the Life.

The soldiers that were sent to capture Elijah asked him to come down from the mountain and he said if he really was a man of God, Fire should come down and destroy them and it happened. -2 Kings 1:10-12- Elijah used the power and authority of God in him to call down fire to destroy the soldiers because he knew who he was in Christ.

Many people do not know who they are in Christ and when the devil comes they do not know which answer to give him and they are defeated. As followers of Christ we need to be well grounded in the word of God and be able to apply it to our situation.

Jesus asked Him disciples, who men says He is and who they themselves say He is. Peter said He is the Son of God and Savior of the world, shown in the flesh, Jesus reaffirmed that the Spirit of God was in Peter and that God was the one who revealed who He was to Peter and that God was the one that revealed who He is to Peter and that Peter answered correctly. This shows that Jesus Himself knew His identity that He is the Son of God.

The only one who knows who you are is God. If you do not know who you are ask Him and He will tell you who you are.

Why Do We Need To Know Who We Are?

1. To have a strong foundation to build our life on.

2. To have a great revelation of the power of God that is available to us.

3. To help live our life as God intended and fulfill our destiny.

4. To help us build a stronger faith in God.

5. To remove fear of the future.

Finding Faith In Uncertainty

Right now there is a huge amount of uncertainty in the world. There is a way to find courage in the face of uncertainty.

When life feels uncertain, it’s easy to doubt that God is really with us. But the same God who is with us during the good times is the same God who is with us during uncertain times. All throughout the Bible, the Lord has shown that He doesn’t abandon His children, you can be sure He won’t start now.

It’s an interesting time in the world right now, to say the least. The stores shelves are nearly empty, the school can’t decide whether they need to be open or not. The price of gas for our vehicles are skyrocketing. The control that we seek over our lives seems to be slipping away.

The Coronavirus and the thought about losing young American’s as Soldiers are killed while their fighting for freedom. Is the hardest part. How many people will die from either sickness or from the war on freedom.

The truth is, these kind of situations isn’t much different than the typical day to day situations, people will get sick and die everyday, and young Americans will always risk dying for our freedom. I don’t mean this profound impact on how your life should be lived. That would be ridiculous.

What I’m saying is that uncertainty is all about what is promised in God’s word.

If we’re going to talk about the reality of the danger and uncertainty of the world in which we live, we then must also declare the truth about the God, we follow is truly the world’s antithesis. Where our earthly future is fought with peril, our eternal future is safe and sound. Where our comforts of this life are fleeting and the routine we crave is fragile, the faithfulness and peace of our Lord is unyielding.

Isaiah 41:10 says “Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God: I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”

Deuteronomy 31:6 says “Be strong and courageous. Do not fears or be in dread… for it is the Lord you God who goes with you, I will not leave you or forsake you.”

Even Jesus’s final words to His disciples before ascending to Heaven were a promise: “I am with you always, to the end of the age.” -Matthew 28:20-

So, why then, as children of God should these new challenges be any different? In a time when fear is so easily found, we as followers of Christ, have the greatest reason not to be afraid: the steadfastness and love of the one who conquered death itself.

All The Things God Is Doing When It Looks Like He’s Doing Nothing

I am a full-fledged member of the instant generation. I want what I want, and I want it right now! I want to watch television shows on demand. What do you mean I have to wait until next summer for new episodes? I want them now. When I send you a text I expect you to get back to me immediately. No one has time time to wait around for ten or fifteen minutes. I need you to respond Now! When I select the two day shipping on Amazon, I expect it to be one my door step in two days. I don’t want excuses about shipping plant fires, UPS worker strikes, or snakes on the plane. I want immediate results. If you have the guts to post a u-tube video, it better play right away without buffering. Other way I’m out. I’ve got other, really important videos to watch, like people putting Mentos into a bottle of Coke.

I’ve been trained, for good or for bad to expect immediate results.

The only problem is that God doesn’t usually do immediate. He doesn’t usually do fast. He doesn’t do overnight shipping. He works around His own timeline, not mine. And the wonderful reality is that God is usually doing a thousand things when it looks like He’s doing absolutely nothing.

When Joseph sat in prison, it appeared that God wasn’t doing anything. Joseph probably felt forgotten, abandoned, discarded. He probably felt useless. Meanwhile, God was doing a thousand things as Joseph sat idly in prison. God was preparing Joseph’s brother for reconciliation, Pharaoh to receive Joseph as from God, and the entire nation of Egypt to depend on Joseph as a wise steward of food

While David was a fugitive, on the run from Saul, it appeared that God wasn’t doing anything. David probably felt like his best years were being wasted. That his talent was going to waste. Meanwhile, God was doing a thousand things while David hid in caves and pretended to be insane. God was working on David himself, preparing David to be a man after His own heart. He was teaching David to trust in Him and to wait on Him. And he was preparing Israel to receive their divinely appointed king.

Just because we can’t see God working doesn’t mean He isn’t working. It may seem like our prayers for our children are pointless, because we can’t see anything happening. But our prayers aren’t useless. God is working, and someday we will see the fruit of those prayers. It may seem like our prayers for spiritual growth are futile, because we can’t see much spiritual growth. But our prayers aren’t futile. God is working, and someday we’ll see the fruit of our prayers. It may seem like our prayers for reconciliation with family and friends are wasted, because we can’t see anything happening. But our prayers aren’t wasted. God is working, and one day we’ll see the delightful fruit of our prayers.

Just because we can’t see Him working doesn’t mean God isn’t working. God is doing a thousand things when it seems like He’s doing nothing.

We look at life from the back side of the tapestry. And most of the time, what we see is loose threads, tangled knots and the like. But occasionally, God’s light shine through the tapestry, and we get a glimpse of the larger design with God weaving together the darks and lights of existence. I personally can not wait until we are able to see the tapestry from the front. What a amazing sight it will be when it’s finished.

Understanding Everything

Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand everything -Proverbs 28:5 –

The explosion of new technologies makes it possible to download vast libraries within seconds. Yet in the face of this overflow of information, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed. Grappling with our limitations, we can realize that some things are beyond our understanding. But the good news is that we serve the God who created all things and has all knowledge.

The Bible gives us this amazing promise: All limits are removed when we seek God and realize that He is ready and able to give us all thunder we need. The Bible tells us, “those who seek the Lord understand everything., Not because we are smarter, but because we depend on Him.

As we encounter situations we don’t understand, we can put this promise into operation. We need to seek God and ask for wisdom and und. We need to open our minds to His truth.

If you face problems that overwhelm you, use these opportunities to seek God. AskHum to show you what to do. Fill your mind with His Word. Put His principles into practice. Ask Him to direct your path.

If you feel inadequate or helpless, remember the words of Apostle Paul. To draw God’s strength when we are weak. When we depend on Him, we are strong. – 2 Corinthians 12:10 – Place your trust in God. Have confidence. Believe thatHe will provide what you need.