Your Testimony..What's In Your Wallet?
Proverbs 18:24 NKJ.
24. A man who has friends must himself be friendly, “But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.”
You see there are a lot of people in this world who want friends..
but not everybody wants to be a friend...
what they want is the benefits of Being friends..but
Not in the recipracle sense of the word..
Prov. 18:24 MSG.
Friends come and friends go,
but a true friend sticks by you like family.
Once you take Jesus as your savior..God considers you a friend..but more importantly..
He considers you family In every sense of the word..right down to your inheritance
David realized this as we read
quite often about his relationship..that he had with God
Psalm 139:7-10NKJ.
7. Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
8. If I ascend into heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.
9. If I take the wings of the morning,
And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10. Even there Your hand shall lead me,
And Your right hand shall hold me.
Everywhere you look, There God is..He is omnipresent, which means He is everywhere all at the same time..
You can't hide from Him..you can not escape His presence!
He’s right here, right now, you don’t have to go any farther than the whisper of your voice to Find Him..He's always on call
He’s ready to act on our behalf in a moments notice, always ready to be attentive to our every need.
All of humanity needs someone who knows and encourages us, also who will comfort us and build us up!
Is there anyone who really knows us?
Is there anyone who really understands us?
The answer is clear..Yes there is!
God knows everything there is to know about you, and even after knowing all that there is to know...He still loves you and wants to take care of you and be a part of your life!
David, was continually amazed that God was so intimately involved in all the circumstances of his life!
Every detail and no detail to insignificant to be left out or overlooked!
God is amazing..wouldn't you agree?
Today, after all this time, God hasn’t changed..He still wants to be intimately involved in all of our lives,
The thing is, most people including a lot of Christians, are happy with just a casual acquaintance with God
All believers know of God, but far to few ever really get to know God personal and up close!
We humans..are easily excited about a lot of things..
Like football..baseball..basketball..well pretty much all sports
The Lotto..music..concerts..politics
Pretty much everything excites humanity..except for some reason
The most exciting thing of all..their creator
You see..everything good that we enjoy "EVERYTHING" comes from God
James 1:17 NKJ
17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.
And while we freely enjoy what has been given..
You would think everyone would want to have..
an intimate relationship with God and give thanks for what we have been given
But there’s this little thing called “a will”..that’ keeps most people from experiencing all that God has to offer.
And I say ALL..because there is so much more to be enjoyed! Amen?
If Humanity..only knew what it was like to have
a real relationship with Him, through His Son Jesus,
They would be amazed everyday by the awesome display of love..kindness and concern He has in all of our lives.
Oh they know bits and pieces about religion, because someone has probably preached at them before about it,
Instead of telling them how amazing it is to have a relationship with Him through Jesus His Son!
It's one thing to talk about the life..it's so much more alluring
When someone can see you living the life..your telling them about!
Our Testimony..is our greatest witnessing tool!!
Amazing things and opportunities start to happen, when a person starts to say “Yes” to the things of God..that includes both the sinner and the saint..Amen?
TBS. Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
If I ascend into heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.
Some people spend there entire life running from God, some just for a season,
Some are running from God this morning and what He wants to do, in and through their lives,
and their sitting in church’s all over the Country
and the world for that matter..
one question comes to mind..why are they running from God? They should be running
Towards God..Amen?
They have been on the edge of a real relationship with God forever it seems!
They have been to the alter many, many times.
You see, they have no problem laying down their will at the alter,
They just forget the most important thing to do, “leave it there!”
Their like the parable of the seed sown.
Matthew 13:3-8 MSG.
3-8"What do you make of this? A farmer planted seed. As he scattered the seed, some of it fell on the road, and birds ate it. Some fell in the gravel; it sprouted quickly but didn't put down roots, so when the sun came up it withered just as quickly. Some fell in the weeds; as it came up, it was strangled by the weeds. Some fell on good earth, and produced a harvest beyond his wildest dreams.
9"Are you listening to this? Really listening?"
NKJ. Says it this way, 8. But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
9. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
Its like God is saying, “HELLO IS ANYONE HOME”, “CAN YOU HERE ME NOW”!!
What do you hear..when we read that scripture 30, 60, 100?
I hear a 100.. Not because I'm greedy..but because I've learned
To not limit what God can do in my life!
And I've learned that my words that come out of my mouth..
Control what comes into existence in my life..
TBS. We are known by our fruit..and while our words aren't considered fruit..
They sure can influence the fruit that gets produced in our lives..AMEN?
Everyone loves to think of the potential harvest from the seed.
But at some point, one has to ask one’s self, “what kind of soil am I”, what kind of fruit am I bearing?
Instead far to many times this question instead comes to mind..
I don’t know if I’m capable of something like that?
That’s exactly what the accuser wants you to think at any given time.
But let me tell you, you are capable of that..
everyday of the week..you are capable
Because He has empowered you and made you capable..
The key words there are..HE HAS!!
You see..this is one of those 30..60..100 moments
One of those..TO HIM WHO HAS EARS LET HIM HEAR..opportunities
You see..when you rely on what God wants and His ability, instead of what you want and your ability!
Its ACHIEVEABLE.. only because of what He is capable of and His Goodness, not what you are capable of!!!
It doesn’t matter how you look, whether your young or old, what your background is, or what experience you have,
The only requirement is, that you be a willing participate
and believe what Gods word is saying..loud and clear! Amen?
You see, those are always the same old arguments, the accuser brings up to you, over and over, on a daily basis.
Every time you start to be good soil and start to realize what your capable of, he just hits auto-replay and starts to condemn you!
Its time to take the wind out of his sail once and for all.
You can you know..CAUSE GODS WORD SAYS YOU CAN!!
Ps. 139:11-16 NKJ.
11. If I say, “Surely the darkness shall fall on me,”
Even the night shall be light about me;
12. Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You,
But the night shines as the day;
The darkness and the light are both alike to You.
13. For You formed my inward parts;
You covered me in my mother’s womb.
14. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Marvelous are Your works,
And that my soul knows very well.
15. My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
And in Your book they all were written,
The days fashioned for me,
When as yet there were none of them.”
The NIV. says it like this,
vs. 16. "all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be."
You have to realize, you are not here by chance this morning, your days have been ordained, it's no coincidence that your here!
This is a word..God wants you to get your arms around..
A to him who has ears, let him hear moment..
And music to Gods ears is.."I hear you Lord..I hear you"
I get what your saying
Just like David realized, you have to realize, God has a plan for you,
He has had a plan for you since before you were born and let me tell you, it is a well thought out plan!
It has never been “a wing it type plan”, but a well thought out, a carefully crafted Grand plan..one that has been planed in the greatest of detail.
Anytime the accuser ever tries to tell you different you simply remind him of what the Word of God says on the subject!
Jerm 29:11 NASB.
11. For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.
That’s why the enemy fights so hard, to do whatever he can (by condemning you) to keep you from realizing or getting a hold of God’s Plans for your life!!
That’s right plans..lots of big plans..extravagant plans..important plans and God would love for everyone of them to come TRUE in your life,
if He didn’t, He wouldn’t have wasted the time and energy making them in the first place!!
He takes Great Pleasure in Helping you achieve them.
Praise God, Hallelujah!!!
You are truly capable of “the skies not even the limit” with God!
David realized “with God all things are possible”
How else, would he have been capable of slaying a bear, a lion and a giant.
Or achieving the battles he fought for the Lord, the kingdoms he toppled, the king he came to be,
Or the writer of the psalm’s that give so much comfort to so many, the man after God’s own heart that he became to be?
He embraced the plans God had for him..with Gods help
He lived out the plans and truly experiences the abundant life!
Romans 8:1-3 NKJ.
1. There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
2. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.
3. For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh,
David achieved so many things with God and yet he never saw the promise of Jesus!
How much more are we capable of, having received the promise of Jesus and the Grace message that He brought with Him to all who will believe???
Its time we all realized, we are all capable of so much more than what we are doing to further the cause of Christ!
Our church's will never truly experience all that God wants to do in them..
Until we experience first hand in our lives..
All that God wants to do in us and through us..Amen?
Why not trust Him today, to take you to the next level in your relationship with Him.
And to help others to realize the same life changing experience that you enjoy.
Do you believe it this morning..then receive it today
and don't let loose of what's about to happen!
Reach out and take hold of what God wants to do in your life,
Will it be 30, 60 or a 100
Don't limit what God wants to do..
Just believe and be thankful that He wants to do it..
Amen, Lets Pray!
