God's Will Be Done #2

If you have not read my previous post on May 4, then I would recommend that you look at it first than come back and read this one.

1. Was it God's will for His people that He delivered out of Egypt to go into the Promise Land, or saying it another way, to enter the land of promise; or best said, to enter the promise of God. Was it God's will for His people to enter/receive His promise?
A. YES!! A thousand times YES.
B. Did His people go in to the Promise Land?
1) NO!!
C. Why Not?
1) Disobedience and unbelief.
God made His will perfectly clear to the people, but they chose their will over His.
D. Whose will was done? God's or the peoples?
1) The peoples
E. Who was responsible to put the will of God in action? God or the people?
1) The people
2) For God's will to be done in your life, you and me the believer, must activate it by
believing it. It's not a case of God not doing it, it's a case of us believing it.

2. Who finally got to go into the Promise Land?
A. Joshua and Caleb
B. Why these two?
1. Because they believed God and everyone else did not. Joshua and Caleb received what
they believed.
C. Was it God's will for all those millions of others to perish?
1. No, but they chose not to believe therefore they could not enter the Promise of God.
D. Did God love Joshua and Caleb more than all the others? Were they special? Did they have
an exclusive call on their life?
1. NO! They simply believed God. That's why God's will was done in their lives.

3. Why did the masses choose not to enter the Promise of God?
A. FEAR
B. Why did Joshua and Caleb enter into the Promise of God?
1) FAITH

4. Faith opened the door to the promise of the land or to God's promise.
Fear closed the door to the Promise of God.

5. Just because it's God's will for you to have something (salvation, healing, deliverance, restored
to normal, made whole), does not mean that you'll automatically have it. You must do your
part, just like God has done His part. Your part is to believe what God has done for you so that
God's will can be done in your life. God looks for the open door of your heart so that His will
be done on earth (in you) as it is in heaven. (Read the first part of 2 Chronicles 16:9).

6. It's a cop out to just say "God's will be done" and you don't even take the time to find out His
will, or when you know His will, refuse to believe Him. Then when you don't receive the
promise of help from Him, you turn your back on Him and grumble your displeasure.

7. Church, it is time for us to wake up and be the believers God intends for us to be. Let's you
and me decide to do it God's way, then we'll be blessed in all we do!!

Hear what God is saying:

The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it? I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings. . . ."Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed;Save me, and I shall be saved, For You are my praise(Jeremiah 17:9-10, 14).

How often they (God's people the Israelites--we are God's people as well) provoked Him (God) in the wilderness (that place of need), and grieved Him in the desert. (how do you provoke and grieve God? By not believing Him). Yes, again and again they tempted God. (how do you tempt God? By looking somewhere else other than God for your answer.) AND LIMITED THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL. (do you mean that we believers can limit God? you bet! How? by not believing Him!) They did not remember His power; the day He redeemed them from the enemy.
(Ps 78:40-42)

God's Will Be Done

If your will matches or is the same as God's will, then ask whatever you will and it will be done by God because it's His will also. Your will becomes God's will when you will what God wills. (Now you need to go back and read that again slowly and chew on it until you understand what the Spirit of God is saying. I spent several hours on this thought alone before the Spirit of the Lord would let me press on with what He had to say. So don't be in a hurry, capture the truth of that opening statement, because what God reveals in the rest of this message might rock your boat a bit and if it does just look out on the sea, you'll see Jesus walking by and He will steady your boat, then go back to these first two sentences to help you hear what God is saying.)

What then is God's will in every situation? His Word is His Will. Whatever His Word declares, that is His Will. How can man clearly see the Will of God. By looking at the Word of God. What does the Word look like? In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God and the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. (John 1:1&14). God's Word has a name. What is it? Jesus! Jesus is the Word of God made flesh or it's God's Word with God's flesh on it. Jesus said, " if you've seen Me, you've seen the Father" (John 14:8-9). So actually you're seeing Jesus by hearing what the Father has to say by His Words. You may be looking at the Word and seeing it, but actually you are hearing the Father's voice. Therefore we now understand that "faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God".
(Rom 10:17). So it's not "seeing is believing" but rather, "hearing is believing". Now, if you are looking at Jesus, you're looking at God the Father. Whatever you see Jesus do, or whatever you hear Jesus say, this is the perfect will of God. Jesus said, " Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He (the Father) does, the Son (Jesus) also does in like manner." (John 5:19)

Whatever you see Jesus do, you are seeing the will of the Father. Malachi 3:6 declares, " For I AM the Lord, I do not change", therefore be assured that God's Will for man never changes. Jesus said, " for I have come down from heaven, not to do My own Will, but the Will of Him (the Father) who sent Me. (John 6:38) Jesus told us to pray the following: "Our Father in heaven, hallowed by Your Name. Your Kingdom come, Your Will be done on earth as it is in heaven." (Matt 6:9-10) Jesus came to this earth to demonstrate the Will of the Father before us, then He laid down His life on our behalf so that we would be able to enter in and live out the perfect Will of God in our lives. Jesus made the way for you and me to be able to live our lives now, on this earth (as it is in heaven), in the perfect will of God. Jesus said, " I do not seek My own Will, but the Will of the Father who sent Me." ( John 5:30)

So what is God's will for you and me? Let me say it again, His Word is His Will for you. You must believe this for yourself, or you will believe something else that a man has written about God's Will and you'll accept that as Truth. So what then is God's Will for man in every situation and at all times? The Lord is not slack concerning His promise (His Will), not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance (2Pet 3:9). For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior (His Will), Who desires (Who Wills) all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth (1Tim 2:3-4) ( now that word "saved" is the greek word sozo and it means; to save, deliver, protect, heal, preserve, make whole, restore to normal) Would you agree with me that the above scriptures are the perfect Will of God for man? Now my question is, "are all men saved when they die?" NO! Why not? God's will be done, or man's will be done? Man is given the right by God to choose for himself what he will believe and what he will do. If man's will is the same as God's will, then man will receive God's Will if the man chooses to believe God and do what God says for his life.

We said the word saved also means healed (physical healing of the body). What is God's will for man concerning healing in every situation? " And Jesus went about all the cities and villages , teaching, preaching the Kingdom of God, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. (Matt 9:35) Jesus healed ALL who were sick, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet Isaiah saying; He (Jesus) Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses (Matt 8:16-17) and by His (Jesus) stripes you were (past tense) healed (1 Pet 2:24). Great multitudes followed Him (Jesus), and He (Jesus) healed them ALL. (Matt 12:15) If Jesus is the will of the Father (and He is), then what is the Father's will for man concerning healing? God's Will for man is that they ALL be healed (but the same ALL would have to believe what God's Word says about healing). Are ALL men healed today? NO! Why not? Same reason why ALL men are not saved. Jesus said, " and ALL things whatever you ask in prayer, believing, YOU WILL RECEIVE. " (Matt 21:22) "IF you live in ME (Jesus) and My Words live in you, you will ask what you desire(what you will) and it shall be done for you. " (John 15:15)

God can, and He is willing, now man must choose if he will believe his God and do what his God says. Men/Women do not like hearing this, because they want to put all the responsibility on God, but God says, "I've done my part (Gen 2:2), now you must do yours." What is the part we must do? We must believe Him (Jesus- everything He says and does) whom He (the Father) sent. We must believe, that is what God requires and that is the part that is always missing. God always does His part (for He always does His Will), however man does not. The next time you see failure, or an unanswered prayer, don't blame God and accuse Him by saying, "it's not God's will", and then come up with some man made doctrine to excuse away the failure. God has made His Will perfectly clear, can you (and I) believe it? What we choose to believe will determine the outcome and our outcome will look just like the Will of God if we will believe Him.

If this sounds hard or harsh to you, I'm sorry, but it is the truth. Do you realize that Jesus would have never been risen from the dead unless He (Jesus) believed He would. He had to believe the Father just like you and I must. It was the Father's will to raise Jesus from the dead, but Jesus had to believe His Father's Will and His Word to bring it to pass. Eph 1:20 says that God extended the power to Jesus to raise Him from the dead because Jesus believed the Father would do it, and because Jesus believed, the Father did it!! The Father was able to do His will in Jesus' life because Jesus believed Him.

The Father is waiting on you and me to believe Him, just like Jesus did. If we will, God will perform His perfect Will in our lives. God longs for that child of His that will believe Him this way. But let a man ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord, he is a double-minded man, unstable in ALL his ways. (James 1:6-8)

It is hard for man/woman to accept his own responsibility in God's plan for man. God has revealed His Will to man. Now, IF our will becomes His will, " Then His Will be done". That is the only time you can ever say that and be right in God's eye. If you're going to say "God's will be done," at least know what God's will is. Now go and do what God has told us to do. "BELIEVE HIM"!!!!

Just How Spiritual Am I?

When a situation or an issue of life presents itself before me, God will observe me to see how I will respond to it. Spiritually or Naturally. Is my first move to try and figure it out or is my first move towards God by saying, " what does the Word declare about this situation?" Who do I depend on first? What I do first, is what I'm trusting in the most. You see, Jesus thinks different from me. He is always thinking according to the realm of the Spirit. He looks for spiritual answers to the problem, I do not at the beginning. I measure it from the natural standpoint, Jesus measures it spiritually, therefore I need to renew my mind with the word until I think like Jesus. If I'll think like Jesus, then I'll act like Jesus by doing what the Holy Spirit leads me to do in that situation that I find myself in. Yours and my answer to what we need resides in the Spirit realm, therefore start there. Start with God's report, not the doctor's report, lawyer's report, that bad report you just got on the telephone or any other kind of natural report (now I didn't say ignore it, I said don't start there). God's report is His word. Jesus said, " It is the Spirit that gives life, the flesh (the natural) profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life." (John 6:63) Don't look first into the natural realm for your answer, it will only distract you from God's source of supply that will resolve your every need or challenge that stands before you. The Spirit realm is a higher realm than this natural realm we live in. Life's issues require spiritual responses. God has the answer and the ability for anything that exists in the natural realm (and He desires to give both of these, answer/ability, to you and me), for everything that was made and exists, was created from the Spirit realm and therefore is subject to the Spirit realm. Natural things respond to spiritual forces or better said, natural things respond to the force of God's Word (Spirit). Why are we so easily defeated when we stand before the issues of life? Because we choose to first respond naturally instead of spiritually. If we will change our ways (or change our priorities) and respond spiritually, then we will see the same results and success Jesus had for He responded to everything by being led by the Spirit, then doing what the Spirit showed Him to do. Jesus bore witness to this when He said, " Most assuredly, I SAY TO YOU, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do, for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner." (John 5:19) Now you and I need to say the same thing Jesus did (if Jesus is living in your heart today as your Savior and Lord) and it will sound just like this. " I can do nothing of myself, but what I see Jesus do, for whatever Jesus does, I will do in like manner." Does this sound strange to you? If it does, reassure yourself by reading the words of Jesus in John 14:12. Now, how do you see the things that Jesus does? By looking into the spirit realm. How? By looking into the Word. Whatever you see Him do, the father is saying to you and me, " that's what I want you to do. That's how I want you to respond to the issues of life and be the overcomer that I've made you to be" ( 1 John 5:4-5 ). There is no other way for the child of God to walk successfully. Seek ye FIRST the kingdom of God. That's God's way. Lets you and I make it our way this day!! For this is the day the Lord has made for me and I'm going to rejoice in it, because I'm going to do things Jesus's way.

Missing in Action

Sorry I've been missing in action for the past month, but sometimes, God leads you out into the desert, a quite, still place for nothing more than to be still and know that He is God. I grew tired of writing the things God was showing me, because I felt like no one was reading them and if they did, it wasn't any benefit to them. I paid to much attention to what the devil was saying to me about these writings, and did not keep my focus on what God had called me to do. So my time away from this blog site has been good for me as God once again has cleared my vision and His purpose for this site. If you don't know it yet, we have a real enemy whose purpose is nothing more than to steal, kill, and destroy the believer. The devil can't destroy God (he tried, but that was the worst mistake he ever made-Isa 14:12-15 also read Ezekiel 28), but he can destroy God's children, and that is where he takes aim for his intent is to hurt God. BUT GOD, Who is faithful, will keep us and always show us the way out of from every fiery dart that the wicked one brings against us. It's called the shield of faith, and God will enable you to pick it up again and fight the good fight of faith. It's good to be away from that desert place!! Whatever God intends for you to hear, I will write it. Now it's time for me to press on, how about you?

The Strongest Power on the Face of the Earth Today

If love is not present, they will never see God in me or you. We might be able to operate in all the power gifts of the Spirit, but the God of all power and might is not truly revealed through these power gifts (read John 12:37 for proof of that), he is revealed through the strongest power on the face of the earth today which is "Love". The strongest power God reveals to man is His love. The man/woman who walks in this love is the strongest man on the face of the earth. The devil has no weapon against it. Love destroys the devil's work ( 1 John 3:8). Love defeated the devil at Calvary, and it's that same love that enforces that defeat of the devil today through the one who walks in this love.

It's God's greatest desire to reveal Himself through love, not His power gifts. Men are amazed at the power of God when it is on display through the power gifts such as healing, but men are moved in their hearts to faith when God's love is revealed before them. The power gifts entertain, but don't change men's hearts, where as love on display will penetrate a man's heart and cause that man to change his ways. There is no greater place to be with God then established in His love. God is unlimited with the man whose heart is filled with God's love. There is nothing that can overcome the man who is filled with God's love. The enemies of God must step aside when love is present. Love is what draws men to God, not the power gifts. Men will watch the power gifts in action, but they'll move on after the show is over. But when men see the love of God in action before them, they are drawn to it until they find the One who is producing that power of love, then they reach out and receive it for themselves and are born again. Now they themselves have become God's containers for His love to abide in and to be revealed through as God wills.

Love draws men to God. Love sends that man to other men so that other men can be drawn to God. No greater power on the face of the earth today than love. Walk in it and reveal God to all those you come into contact with. You wont have to say a thing, love will be talking through you, and you'll be preaching the true gospel of our loving God.

God's Storehouse. Do you shop there?

The WORD of God is the storehouse of God. Anything that I need or will ever need can be found in God's storehouse (His Word). The only way you can withdraw what you need from God's storehouse is by faith. You can know what is in God's storehouse and you can even have an inventory sheet of every item that God has in His storehouse, but just because you know what you need is in the storehouse, doesn't mean that you will get it. God has no lock on the door to His storehouse and it is accessible for whoever will come to get his need met. Though there be no lock on the door and it is accessible to whosoever, you can only go through the door of His storehouse to obtain what you need by one way and one way only and that is by faith. Most people know that God's storehouse exists, but they go to other storehouses to try and get their needs met. Even though the access into God's storehouse is free of charge (Rom 6:23) they choose to go to other storehouses and pay their way in and then pay for the things they need, while God all along will freely give to them what they need. The only requirement is for them to access His storehouse through the unlocked door but you can only walk through that unlocked door one way and that is by faith in Jesus. When you believe in Jesus, the Father says, " you now have access to My storehouse", but to get inside you still have to take action and go to the storehouse and open the unlocked door and go in and receive (take) what you need. But God only takes one kind of payment for His goods. God has a sign on His door to His storehouse that says, "all items are free" however payment is required to obtain these goods. Though the items are free, you can only receive them by believing that they are yours and that they belong to you. You put the things you need into your shopping cart by faith. You lay hold of what you need by faith and put it in your cart, then go to the checkout line. God only requires one form of payment. He only asks you one question which is, " Do you believe that item you have in your cart belongs to you?" Your response (not God's will -Mark 5:25-34) determines whether you get that item or not. If you say, "I believe this is mine and it belongs to me", then the Father will say to you, " according to your faith (according to what you can believe) this item is then yours. Freely you have received, now freely take it". Then you leave the store house with what you need, but the only way you keep the free item in your possession is by continually believing that it is yours until the very thing you had the need for is gone.

Now the Father says there is one group of people that really bothers (hurts) Him. It's some of His own children that disappoint Him most. These are they who know the storehouse exists and and they know where it's at. They even come to the storehouse and look into it through the windows. They see all the things that are in there, things that they need, but they won't enter into the storehouse through the unlocked door because they won't believe what God has said about His storehouse. So they continue to look into the storehouse, but they never go in and obtain what they need. (Don't forget what I said in the opening line. God's word is His storehouse)

Which person are you? Do you stand on the outside looking in, or do you go in and take what God is giving to you? The just shall live by faith (Heb 10:38). This is God's only requirement for you to get into the storehouse and receive what belongs to you. If you have just been standing there waiting on God to open the door then wait no longer for God says, " the door is already open to you if you'll come through it by faith.".

Here is what Jesus says to you in John 16:15. "All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you". What is God the Father declaring? Whatever Jesus possesses belongs to you as well, "if" Jesus is your Savior and the Lord of your life. If this is true in your life, then know one thing for sure, the door to God's storehouse is wide open to you, but you are the one who has to choose whether you'll go in or not. Jesus says the same thing to you that He said to Peter while Peter was just sitting in the boat wondering what he should do. Jesus said, "COME", then Peter stepped out of the boat onto the water. Will you? The Father says to you, " Come, the door is wide open, take what you need".

Now the next time you pick up the Word of God in your hand, realize you are holding the storehouse of God, then go inside and start shopping.

Do I Really Know Him?

You have to walk with Jesus to know Him. You can learn about Jesus by studying the bible and other books and know all about Him, but you'll never know Him until you walk with Him. How do you walk with Jesus? You walk by faith and not by sight. You live your life constantly aware of Jesus's presence and you talk with Him continuously as you go about your day. You are always asking Him, before you do it. You're always asking for wisdom and direction. What I see Jesus do in the Word, that is what I do, believing that Jesus will enable me to do it. I must believe He is right there with me at all times. Where ever I go, I must realize He is right there with me to show me what to do. It's only in this close relationship that I truly know Him. There is One that sticks closer than a brother, His name is Jesus. Jesus is looking for the one who will fellowship with Him in this manner. For it is to this one that Jesus will reveal Himself to, and this one will truly know Him.

It is the Father Who desires this relationship for a man/woman with His Son Jesus, because this is the only way the Father can fellowship with His man/woman. ( John 14:23 says "Jesus answered and said to him, if anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him and We will come to him and make Our home with him". Do you think you might know Jesus and the Father any better if they were living in your house with you?). God desires the man/woman to be one with Him so that the man/woman will go and do the things that Jesus desires to do. The Father is looking for that man/woman who desires this relationship with His Son. Are you that man or woman? If so, you are the most blessed man/woman on the face of the earth today. For blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord.

Come out from behind the desk of learning about Jesus, and come and walk with Him. For as you walk together you will really begin to know Him and that is what He has wanted all along and also that we would be well known by Him for He wants to know us as much as much as we want to know Him. This truly is the relationship the Father has called us to with His Son. No better relationship could we be found in.

He walks with me and He talks with me, therefore I know Him and I am forever grateful for it because this is the relationship I will spend eternity with. Know Him and be known by Him. There is no greater place to be.