(A must read new year preparation edition)
Today's Focus: Do not LABOUR in VAIN in 2018!
Are you a genuine Child of God in Christ in this World, then note and take heed wholeheartedly to this truth before you enter into 2018, so that you will make your 2018 count and worth it in the sight and side of God, for your good and for humanity.
The Bible reveals to us thus:
EXCEPT the LORD build the house, they LABOUR in VAIN that build it: EXCEPT the LORD keep the city, the watchman wakes but in VAIN. It is vain for you to RISE UP early, to SIT UP late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he gives His beloved sleep. (Psalm 127:1).
That is, EXCEPT the Lord BUILD your HOUSE (life, family, home, business, vision, etc), you will LABOUR in VAIN trying to build it all by yourself. True!
Based on the above revealed scriptural truth:
1. I wonder why many genuine Christians still THINK as if they can make it all by themselves. So sad, because many genuine Christians do not truly THINK TRUSTING on God any more. True!
2. I wonder why many genuine Christians still SPEAK as if they can make it all by themselves. So sad, because many genuine Christians do not truly SPEAK BELIEVING on God any more. True!
3. I wonder why many genuine Christians still LIVE as if they can make it all by themselves. So sad, because many genuine Christians do not truly LIVE OBEYING and DEPENDING on God any more. True!
Many genuine Christians do forget that the Bible also reveals to us thus:
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the RACE is not to the SWIFT, nor the BATTLE to the STRONG, neither yet BREAD to the WISE, nor yet RICHES to men of UNDERSTANDING, nor yet FAVOUR to men of SKILL; but time and chance happens to them all. (Ecclesiastes 9:11).
I believe many genuine Christians do think, speak and live as if they can make it all by themselves because they see unbelievers making it in this World. But such genuine Christians should know the truth today and REPENT before they are deceived and caught up with the DECEITFUL RICHES of the World and miss God's REST and BEST for them in Christ on Earth now and in Heaven someday. True! (Matthew 13:18-23; 1 Timothy 3:6-12).
However, what is the truth?
The truth is as GOD the Creator and Owner of the Heaven and Earth, our loving and caring Father in Christ is concerned, we His people and Children in Christ in this World are not to LABOUR to be RICH. True!
I know the above truth will shock you!
The Bible reveals this truth to us thus:
Labour NOT to be rich: CEASE from your own wisdom. (Proverbs 23:4).
You may ask then, how are we in Christ in this World going to be RICH or SUCCESSFUL in this World?
Good and great question!
Now know and note that there is a divine WISDOM that is different from the World's wisdom on how to be spiritually and physically RICH or SUCCESSFUL in this World. True!
This divine WISDOM on how genuine followers of Jesus Christ can to be spiritually and physically RICH in this World is taught by the Holy Spirit alone to each genuine Child of God in Christ in this World, who allows Him (Holy Spirit of Christ in him or her) to TEACH, LEAD and HELP him or her in Christ par day in this World. True!
The Bible reveals this truth to us thus:
But as it is written, EYE hath not seen, nor EAR heard, neither have entered into the HEART of man, the things which GOD has PREPARED for them that LOVE Him. But God has REVEALED them unto us by His SPIRIT: for the Spirit searches ALL things, yes, the DEEP things of God. For what man knows the things of a man, save the SPIRIT of MAN which is in him? Even so the things of God knows no man, but the SPIRIT of GOD. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that WE might KNOW the things that are freely GIVEN to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Ghost teaches; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ. (1 Corinthians 2:9-10; 1 John 2:27; Romans 8:14).
The truth to be told, we in Christ in this World are peculiar people and we are to be spiritually and physically RICH or SUCCESSFUL in Christ in this World by divine WISDOM and POWER of God alone. True! (1 Peter 2:9,10).
Wisdom and Power of God is Jesus Christ Himself who has obtained ALL the spiritual BLESSINGS (riches) you and I need in this World according to 1 Corinthians 1:24, Ephesians 1:3-7 and Revelation 5:8-12 and God has BLESSED us who are in Him in this World with these spiritual blessings according to how He has chosen each of us in Him (Christ) in this World. True!
Now, pay close attention, you in Christ in this World can only obtain these spiritual BLESSINGS (riches) spiritually and physically by FAITH:
1. By thinking, speaking and obeying the Holy Spirit inspired WORD of God in Christ for you daily in this World. True! (Philippians 4:8,9).
2. By living the Holy Spirit instructed WAYS of God in Christ for you daily in this World. True! (1 John 2:15-17).
3. By proving out the Holy Spirit revealed WILL of God in Christ for you daily in this World. True! (Romans 12:1,2).
4. By praying down the Holy Spirit revealed WILL of God in Christ for you daily in this World. True! (Matthew 6:9,10).
5. By doing the Holy Spirit revealed WILL of God in Christ for you daily in this World. (John 4:33,34; John 9:4,5).
6. By following the tutorship and leadership of the SPIRIT of God in Christ par day in this World. (1 John 2:27; Romans 8:14).
7. By patiently relying on the guidance and help of the SPIRIT of God in Christ for your ideas, choices, decisions, etc par day in this World. (John 16:13-15; 1 Corinthians 2:9-16).
And so on.
Now, if you think, speak and live by the above shared truth, you will be going through 2018 and beyond by divine FAVOUR and not by human LABOUR. However, it is good to state here is that divine FAVOUR though may come with some form of "labour", but its labour is far stress less than human LABOUR. True!
Don't be deceived, it is only when you HUMBLE yourself to the WORD of God, WAYS of God and WILL of God in Christ for you daily in this World that God sees you as one of His Children that LOVE Him and as well as one of His Children that is HUMBLE to Him in Christ in this World. True!
The good news is that He promises to work ALL things together for His Children in Christ who will sacrificially and selflessly LOVE Him and HUMBLE themselves to Him in this World. He promises to BLESS and LIFT them up in due time because He cares for them so much. True! (1 Peter 5:6,7; Romans 8:28).
Are you one of them?
In 2018, make up your mind that you will not LABOUR to be RICH by your own or by the World WISDOM and POWER. Make up your mind to follow after the Holy Spirit of Christ that is in you inspired WORD of God in Christ for you daily, instructed WAYS of God in Christ for you daily and revealed WILL of God in Christ for you daily. That is the way Jesus Christ lived on Earth and the Bible reveals to us that as He is, so are we in this World. Halleluyah! (John 4:31-34; John 9:4,5; 1 John 4:17).
If I may ask you, how far has the World WISDOM make you as a genuine Child of God in Christ in this World spiritually and physically RICH and SUCCESSFUL in 2017?
That is why Apostle Paul counselled us thus:
Beware lest any man SPOIL you through philosophy and vain deceit, AFTER the tradition of men, AFTER the rudiments of the world, and NOT after Christ. For in Him dwells ALL the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And you are COMPLETE in Him, which is the Head of ALL principality and power. (Colossians 2:8,9).
Again know and note that any RICHES or SUCCESS you got outside God's Word, Ways and Will for you in Christ in this World is not good in the sight and side of God. True! (Joshua 1:8).
It is unfortunate that so many genuine Christians today do not think, speak and live a CONTENTMENT and MODERATE LIFESTYLE as counselled by the Bible. Therefore, they are HASTY to be RICH or SUCCESSFUL like the people of the World. Therefore, they can not be PATIENT enough by FAITH to obey the Word of God, live the Ways of God and do the Will of God in Christ for them each day in this World. So sad, so bad! (1 Timothy 6:6-12; Philippians 4:5-9; Matthew 6:24-34).
Let us all know that the WORD of God, the WAYS of God and the WILL of God in Christ for us can not be alter or change to suit our indulgence and disobedience to the things and standards of God for genuine Christians. The Bible reveals to us that he or she that truly BELIEVE makes no HASTE and we should FOLLOW after them that obtain God's PROMISE through FAITH and PATIENT. No more, no less! (Romans 11:29; Isaiah 28:16; Hebrews 6:12; Hebrews 11).
Don't be deceived, as a genuine Child of God in Christ in this World:
1. True or good WORK (that is work by grace) is that which GOD has purposefully ordained for you in Christ in this World. No more, no less! (Ephesians 2:8-10; Matthew 20:1-16).
2. True or good LABOUR (that is labour by grace) is that which GOD has purposefully ordained for you in Christ in this World. No more, no less! (1 Corinthians 3:6-15)
3. True or good RICHES or BLESSINGS (that is riches or blessings by grace) is that which GOD has purposefully ordained for you in Christ in this World. No more, no less! (Ephesians 1:3-7; Proverbs 10:22).
4. True or good SUCCESS (that is success by grace) is that which GOD has purposefully ordained for you in Christ in this World. No more, no less! (Joshua 1:8).
5. True or good MARRIAGE (that is marriage by grace) is that which GOD has purposefully ordained for you in Christ in this World. No more, no less!
Infact, anything short of what GOD has ordained in Christ for you is not good enough for you in Christ in this World. We who are genuinely in Christ can go in the word, ways and will of the World to define work, labour, riches and success. True and never!
We are God's peculiar people in Christ on Earth to show forth to the World, not to be shown how by the World. Halleluyah! (1 Peter 2:9,10)
Therefore, don't settle for less or more than the REST and BEST God has ordained for you in 2018. Sound shocking, but it is the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Conclusively, I am sent to inform you today, not to humanly LABOUR in vain in 2018 because divine FAVOUR awaits you as you TRUST and OBEY the Word of God, LIVE the Ways of God and DO the Will of God by the inspiration and help of the Holy Spirit of Christ that is within you in this World par day of 2018. True!
Today's Focus from Scripture:
EXCEPT the LORD build the house, they LABOUR in VAIN that build it: EXCEPT the LORD keep the city, the watchman wakes but in VAIN. It is vain for you to RISE UP early, to SIT UP late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he gives His beloved sleep. (Psalm 127:1; 1 Corinthians 3:18-20).
Take note, take heed!
Prayer Direction: According to today's revealed truth, pray as you are led by the Spirit of God.
God bless you.
MODIBO GODWILL
Divine Destiny Messenger,
Author & Speaker
@The Purpose-costal Movement (TEPUM)
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