Be Deliberate Be Intentional!

Be Deliberate Be Intentional!

James 1:8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

Say it deliberately, affirm it vigorously, and it will come to pass. Every time you catch yourself worrying or fretting or being anxious, just pause for a few moments and say to yourself, “This is not living the victorious life, the life of a conqueror, {an intelligent, thinking being}, not the life of a man or woman of faith. It is just the opposite. One must be deliberate, intentional, purposeful, when following the leading of the Lord. When I feel deeply that a certain act is the right act, I do it with absolute confidence and leave the outcome to God. When I am deeply impressed that a certain thing is true, no matter what the appearances to the contrary may be, I accept that thing as true and act accordingly.

The way to develop the ability to perceive truth or as the bible calls it to discern what is truth; is to trust the spirit man on the inside. God’s Spirit communicates with my spirit. I must learn to trust Him in little things or I will never be trusted in the big things. I must have absolute trust that the Holy Ghost will lead and guide me into all truth. St. John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth. We as believers must develop the ability of hearing and knowing the voice of God and be sensitive to His leading. We can know His voice and we must know His voice; too discern His will and purpose. We must be intentional when learning to understand and interpret the {mind} thoughts of God. Learning to be sensitive to the Holy Spirit; to hear His voice in the midst of the noise and the confusion the enemy tries to stir up to distract us.

We must immerse ourselves in the Word of God. The Word of God brings light and clarity, it is God’s revelation; it is God’s revealed will to the believer.

Psalm 119:130 ¶ The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. The Word brings instruction and clarity; the whole body has light: the spirit man, your spiritual senses are awakened. We are not groping as a blind man in darkness. When you can see no light, you have the Holy Spirit to guide you through the wilderness of doubt, confusion into your promise land.

The Bible In Five Words

A man can radically change his life and situation by meditating on the Word of God. The gospel teaches us how Jesus lifts men from the pain of past mistakes and self-wreckage. From misery and ignorance; and puts them on the king’s highway.   

The Word of God is capable of getting you out of any kind of predicament. It is a book that will bring blessings and all good things our way. But to reject its counsel brings hardship and pain.

When a man is born-again; gradually the weak, imperfect man, which bad decisions, mistakes and sins has made, will be renewed and re- placed by a new man: the ideal man; the man that God purposed. 2 Cor 5:17

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17

The Bible Compressed Into Five Words: You must be born-again! John 3:7

The Gospel IS Divine Truth

The gospel reveals Divine truth, and it imparts Divine grace. In the gospel we see the favor and plan of God for humanity. We are to be His sons; heirs of God and joint heirs with Jesus Christ. Jesus came to set us free from the limitations Adam’s sin brought on all mankind. Jesus has the power to raise man from the ruin of the fall — to wash him from his sin — to adorn him with righteousness — to inspire him with sublimity of mind and thought —

Man must follow the path of obedience, through the gospel; and God will exalt him. Ephesians tells us that the believer has been raised up together with Christ far above all principality and power. Man is called to walk in high places with his creator. Eph 1:3, Eph 1:21

God has greater plans for man than he can imagine. Eyes have not seen, ears have not heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But who could have imagined such bliss. God was under no obligations to redeem man. His motive is revealed to us in the gospel, and is found in John 3:16 For God so loved the world …

We become our best when we are born-again and come into union with the Father. Through man’s ignorance of the Word of God; he has yet to learn that he can be so much more if he would submit to the Divine plan of God for his life. Man is made in His image and likeness, and has been given dominion over all the works of His hands. This is the inspired teaching that has passed down from God to man. And it is to be taken literally, at its face value. Man means every man has been given the opportunity to walk in the power and authority of the scriptures.

Jesus Gave Gifts To Men.!

Ps 68:18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.

God has given every man the capital to start with? We are born again into the family of God and are empowered by God to fulfill our life’s purpose. We are born into a family where all things are possible; God did not easy all thing were easy, but all things were possible.

Praying without working is begging. James 2:20 Faith without works is dead. You have to prepare for the blessing of the Lord. Let not your hands be slack. A slack hand leads to poverty but the hand of the diligent makes rich. Prov 10:4 Every man comes into the world financed by God. Every man is given something to work with; it is up to you to develop your gift. IT IS, what God has put in you that counts. Matt 25:15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.

It is the undeveloped resources in your mind, in your spirit, in that inward man that counts. And until you develop it, it has no value. No one else either wishes or has the time to develop it. That is your job. You must put in the time. The training you have to do for yourself. The road that leads to success is an uphill road and most of us have to build the road ourselves. God gave talents to everyman.
Pr 18:16 ¶ A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.

Your gift will make room for you. He gave everyone something to work with. With some it is something outward that you can see. With others it isn’t quite as defined and others it is something within that can’t be seen with the naked eye but it is there none the less. With Joseph it wasn’t an outward or visible gift neither was it with Jacob. Jacob said with my staff have I crossed this Jordan and now I have become two bands…. But the favor of God was with him. Laban  said I have learned by experience that the Lord has blessed me for thy sake.

In the life of Joseph, everything he touched the lord blessed….. 

With Daniel it was a spirit of excellence. Dan 1:17 ¶ As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. Da 6:3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.

God doesn’t make diamond rings. He puts the diamond in the earth as well as the gold. You have to mine it. He makes trees he doesn’t build houses.  

Wavering faith comes from a lack of knowledge. My people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge.

God made you and purpose you for success. Man has been given unlimited potential to learn and to accomplish, to be and to do. Its within your power, it’s within your reach to climb to the top. But you must be willing to work hard and press and push you way to the top. Things want get easier but we must get better, stronger and wiser.

Persistent In Your Purpose!

Have mercy on me and — Consider my distress and extend thy compassion.  Consider the pain of my household Lord. Daily my daughter is being tormented by this unclean spirit.  Her need drives her to Jesus and nothing can drive her from him. She was tenaciously holding on.  Jesus had helped thousands and had never turned one away. This woman was determined she would not be the first. Jesus tries her faith. If she was going to come ahead of the time of the gentiles she would have to be remarkable and she was!  She wasn’t concerned with the conditions and the particulars necessary to get a blessing; she just came believing. Many have a promise but little or no faith to appropriate it. .

In Mt 15:23 the bible says; But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. — There is a piteous cry, but the answer was silence. It wasn’t that Jesus did not hear her, or that he was not moved by her petition. Had the Father of mercies run out of mercy. (  the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, 2Co 1:3 ).  Jesus couldn’t remain silent in the presence of so much sorrow.  She came to be blessed and she would not leave without it. What miracles have been wrought by an iron will and determination.  What impossible deeds have been performed by it! Jacob said, “ I won’t let you go until you bless me”.

God Is MindFul!

God is mindful of our earthly journey and has provided for all we need.

The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he delighteth in his way. Ps 37:23 Here is the specialty of divine interposition. God watches over each man as if he were the only man on earth. "He will keep the feet of his saints. He tells us: "In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." In Isaiah he tells us; And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, this is the way, walk ye in it." These words guide us and assure us of safety. Job stated, "He knoweth the way that I take." Isaiah tells us, "He giveth power to the faint:" and like Paul we may affirm, that though we are "cast down," yet we are "not destroyed." God is continually at our right hand. It is a small thing for the believer to walk in the light of the divine favor; to be able to hide one"s self in the cleft of the rock until the calamities of life are passed over? Jesus told us He will be with us until the end….

Longing For His Presence

Psalm 42:1, 2 ¶ As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

The sorrow of a godly soul. "My tears have been my meat day and night," &c. David here sets forth—

The object of David’s desire was God, … the living God." David's great longing was not for restoration to his palace and throne, or even to the tabernacle; it was for presence of God.

The cause of his sorrow; David was driven into exile, away from home, family and the tabernacle of God. During his trials he seems to have temporarily lost the sense of the Divine presence and favor of God. The weight and bitterness of the trials led to his inability to realize the presence of God. Under severe afflictions, the soul is apt to feel forsaken. (When trials rage as the rising tide we are inclined to feel forsaken). This was the cause of David's sorrow. He felt himself deserted by God. "Sometimes God teaches us effectually to know the work of mercies by the (lack) want of them. Here his soul is crying out for the living God. He fails to realize the presence of God and cannot be comforted. We all should be so accustomed to the presence of God that, we cannot rest in the absence of it.