08/12/2024
Submit to God
(James 4:7)
This is an inspired statement and very important to every believer. We must be submissive to God by faithfully obeying his commands, doing what pleases him even if it looks stupid, uninspiring, wasteful, or below our own standards. Our prayer, request, meditation, expectations,vision must be in submission to God's will because He is the only one who knows all in all. When he sends us on a journey, he can tell us where we are going and what the total outcome would be like but may not tell us the detailed process/challenges, we will overcome to reach the end because many will opt out knowing the step by step process,battles they will face. WE know in part and even prophesy/see in part. When we obey his command and diligently do what he asks us to do, we should also be ready to receive with Thanksgiving whatever outcome he gives us because he knows better. That's submission! Abram was told to leave his comfort zone of Ur of Chaldean to a country flowing with milk and honey but he never knew that Joseph would be sold to Portipha first and that many years will be spent in the desert because the people of God will prefer to go to Canaan not through the mountain to padam Aram in 11days but spend 40 years in the wilderness of ease,sin and deaths!He went looking for a fresh city built by God himself not knowing his descendants will have to eliminate the Jebusites,Amorites etc.but moved in faith! Abrams journey of faith first changed him to Abraham, made him become fruitful and took his seed first to heat of affliction in Egypt, substance of gold and silver after being spared by the blood of the Passover lamb in Goshen, crossed through the baptism (submerged in the depth) of the red sea before Canaan!
In our walk with God, we must be submissive to do God's will diligently and rejoice in hope that the final outcome is his will which we can only see fully after we walk in faith!
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These words are carefully chosen, you may have to read it again and again.
ARISE and Shine!
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