Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Open Heaven
God loves when we seek Him and ask according to His will. He answers prayer according to His will in Jn 14.13. Moses asked in Ex 33:18 “And he said, I beseech thee, show me thy glory”! Lord reveal yourself! The prophet Isaiah testifies in Isa 45.11 “Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me”. Then David writes in Ps 2.8 “Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession”. These are great examples of believers going boldly to the throne of Grace and travailing in prayer. It is easy to stop asking when things don’t change but God is more interested in us than delivering us. The process of knowing Him and learning His heart is what He is after. You have an open heaven today, are you silent? The promises of God are in your toolbox today. Declare what God declares and His verdict will stand. An illustration that Billy Graham used once was that a man was getting a tour of heaven with an angel and they were talking and the man notices a huge building on there way. “What is that place” said the man. They angel brought him to the doors and opened them and inside was scores of things stacked in order. The angel said “these were prepared provisions for Gods people but they never asked God for them”. Instead of worry, fear or anxiety, fall on your knees and knock on the door of heaven, it is an open door!
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I'm loving the men moving forward web site! Getting spiritually pumped up!
YES YES YES YES YES this is just so amazing an it is crazy how stubborn at times we can be and not ask God to provide for us but hes ready to give us what we need its as simple as God I need this and not God this is what i want. I would hate to have a god that would give me everything i wanted eventually i would just abuse him but thank you God you provide for what we need and not what we want. Pastor Jason you are awesome i am loving your blogs and they are encouraging me so much to share what God has put on my heart i may not be able to quote scriptures but i can quote what he has put on my hear god bless you and i love you pastor jason your an amazing man of god.
Ps 5:1 Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
Sometimes men are like an ox that has blinders on and we focus only on what is before us. Men are goal oriented. At first look, this doesn't sound so bad. Sometimes what is happening here is we are not considering the surroundings. We sometimes function out of context in life especially when we have those blinders on. There are many men that don't consider our wives, our families, our calling when creating these goals. We even say things like "the Lord is leading me in this area", even when our family is being neglected or it takes us away from the call on our lives. Blinders don't allow us to see these parts of our lives. Let's not function out of context our whole lives and end up realizing we missed an entire barn full of provisions for us like that story Billy Graham told. There is so much to be missed if we just plow through this life. Slow down and take a good look around you and get the whole story.
Excellent!
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