ISAIAH 40:31;
But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint
Every good thing in life takes time.
God did promise us that we would do mighty things as He
did.But how&when?
While we are to wait upon God to receive the strength and anointing, there are two types in the same:
You need to understand both if these processes in order to discern why you still haven’t received the promise that God has promised you.
1.Talk with God & hear His voice:
Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.(Jeremiah 33:3)
if anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”Then He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. With the same measure you use, it will be measured to you; and to you who hear, more will be given.(MARK4:24)
2.Walk with God & do as He says:
For we are His creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time so that we should walk in them.(EPHESIANS 2:10)
3.Wait upon God & see blessings overtake:
DUETRONOMY 28:1; “Now it shall be, if you diligently obey the Lord your God, being careful to do all His commandments which I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
We could see here that Samuel turned out to be one of the greatest prophet in the Bible just cause he humbled himself and walked with God all his life.
In 1 Samuel 3:19 we can read that;
But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint
Every good thing in life takes time.
*a time to
be born
*a time to
grow
*a time to
mature
*a time to
learn
*a time to
experience
*a time to
believe
*a time to
be reveled/manifested
God has
promised us all good things in life,i.e;
His Strength
in our weakness
His grace in
our fate
His mercy in
our dependency
His goodness
to prevail in our badness
Yes all
these are promises. So meaning it shall come to pass and will never fail. But
many times when we ask God and things don’t happen we feel that God has failed
us or forgotten us.
No, that is
so wrong. God dint fail us but it is we who have failed to understand Him and
to wait upon Him.
God did promise us that we would do mighty things as He
did.But how&when?
Not everyone
who calls themselves Christians/child of God can claim Gods authority.
To claim
God’s grace,power and authority one needs to prove that he/she is
capable to workout things in the right manner as God commands.
While we are to wait upon God to receive the strength and anointing, there are two types in the same:
- Active waiting process
- Inactive waiting process
You need to understand both if these processes in order to discern why you still haven’t received the promise that God has promised you.
Not all who
wait will be strengthened at the end. It depends on the type of wait you do choose
to do.
Let me explain
to you the two waiting process from the bible verse
Matthew 25 1-13; Read the full verse here
These verses
are about the 5 wise and 5 foolish virgins. God spoke out this parable to His
disciples.
When we read
the full verse we could clearly get to know the difference between the both and
why God specifically mentioned them as wise & foolish. We could see that
they both had one prime purpose i.e to go with the bridegroom but one main
attribute was lacking for the foolish one’s so they were left behind.
Lets see the
difference
- · The wise virgins were awake
- They had both the lamp & the oil
- · They knew that the bridegroom can come at any moment and was ready
- · They never gave upon their oil when the foolish one’s asked for it
- · They knew what to do at all situation. They acted wisely.
What did the foolish virgins do
- · They all slumbered and slept
- · They took no oil with them & had only the lamp
- · They weren’t ready for the bridegroom
- · They never knew what to do at the important situation as they were lazy &foolish
- · At the last moment when everything was at hand they went to borrow oil which is why they they lost it all.
Oil= Prayer & reading God's word
Bridegroom= Our Blessing
As we could see that only when we have an never-ending prayer life it will awaken and strengthen both our spirit and body and will help us to stay focused on our blessing and not slumber like the foolish virgins. A daily prayer life is very efficient to stay focused and to fight against the schemes of the devil. Cause only through prayer and meditating on God's word our Spirit can get recharged and only through the spirit we can hear God's voice and get connected, without which we can't overcome the weakness of the flesh.
To fight the flesh the Spirit needs to be fed & strengthened by His word. So let's be wise like the 5 wise virgins and receive the blessing what God has promised.
If we let go of anything let it be the prayer life\reading his word then we'll lose our blessing like the 5 foolish virgins who missed the bridegroom and we can never blame anyone for that. God makes no mistakes. It's only because of our foolish acts that we end up loosing our blessings and anointing.
Bridegroom= Our Blessing
As we could see that only when we have an never-ending prayer life it will awaken and strengthen both our spirit and body and will help us to stay focused on our blessing and not slumber like the foolish virgins. A daily prayer life is very efficient to stay focused and to fight against the schemes of the devil. Cause only through prayer and meditating on God's word our Spirit can get recharged and only through the spirit we can hear God's voice and get connected, without which we can't overcome the weakness of the flesh.
To fight the flesh the Spirit needs to be fed & strengthened by His word. So let's be wise like the 5 wise virgins and receive the blessing what God has promised.
If we let go of anything let it be the prayer life\reading his word then we'll lose our blessing like the 5 foolish virgins who missed the bridegroom and we can never blame anyone for that. God makes no mistakes. It's only because of our foolish acts that we end up loosing our blessings and anointing.
To prove
oneself as God’s child and to inherit all the blessings & anointing one
needs to do following things:
1.Talk with God & hear His voice:
Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.(Jeremiah 33:3)
if anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”Then He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. With the same measure you use, it will be measured to you; and to you who hear, more will be given.(MARK4:24)
God calls to
us and is ready to speak with us so that we can talk with Him, grow with Him
and learn His ways so that we can be a blessing to many.
- God called out to Samuel
1samuel 3:10;And the Lord came and stood, calling
as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!”
2.Walk with God & do as He says:
For we are His creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time so that we should walk in them.(EPHESIANS 2:10)
Only when we
love someone we will want walk with them so that we can understand their ways, plans,
thoughts and feelings. When we understand all of their senses then we can easily
adapt ourselves to their ways when we get to know that they want only the good
for us.
It’s the
same way with God. He loved us before we were even formed in our mother’s womb.
He carved us beautifully and fearfully. So it is always clear that God will
forever love us and now it’s upto us to move closer to God to understand His
ways & plans. God always wishes the best for us. Imagine if our worldly parents
could wish so much goodness in our lives then think about the God who created
us just like Him ..How much more will he love us and wishes to do the best for
us. To experience that beautiful relation-ship the only thing is we need to
understand Him first that can only happen by walking with God everyday of our
lives i.e through prayers and meditating God’s word.
- Samuel listens to God’s voice and does as He says
1Samuel
3:10; And Samuel
said, “Speak, for your servant hears.”
1Samuel
3:18; Then Samuel
told him everything, and hid nothing from him.
3.Wait upon God & see blessings overtake:
DUETRONOMY 28:1; “Now it shall be, if you diligently obey the Lord your God, being careful to do all His commandments which I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
So this is
the promise God gives to the children who can obey to His voice and wait upon
Him.
We could see here that Samuel turned out to be one of the greatest prophet in the Bible just cause he humbled himself and walked with God all his life.
- Samuel as the greatest prophet
In 1 Samuel 3:19 we can read that;
Samuel grew,
and the Lord was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground. And all
came to know that Samuel was established as a prophet of the Lord.
Since Samuel
did all that the Lord told him, he name was established all around his people
and he was termed blessed.
What happens
when you don’t pray & wait upon God?
Until next time adios amigos
Shielded by His Love
Sheba :)
Shielded by His Love
Sheba :)