“Why do you misunderstand what I say? It is because you are
unable to hear what I am saying. ... there is no truth in him (the devil).
When he speaks a falsehood, he speaks what is natural to him, for he is a
liar [himself] and the father of lies and of all that is false.” (John 8:43-44 AMP)
Sometimes it is hard for us to learn to believe and receive from God because of Satan’s lies.
This morning the Lord told me that we have been
taught to be beggars in His Kingdom instead of His son’s and daughter’s.
The Word tells us that His son’s are never forsaken
nor will their children have to beg for bread. (Psalm 37:25) Yet, we pray as beggars; “Please
God, please God won’t You please do something? Please heal so and so.” We cry,
plead and beg and become greatly disappointed when He does not do what we
ask.
When our children come to us asking for something
they ask believing that if we have it, we will give it to them. “If you then, being evil,
know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly
Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!” (Luke 11:13)
The Word tells us that we are the
children of the Living God, joint heirs with Jesus Christ. We are princes and
princeses of the King of kings and have been given authority, dominion, and power
through His Spirit, to “…come boldly to the throne of grace (not crawling
on hands and knees), that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of
need.” (Hebrews 4:16 NKJV)
When we pray we are to ask, believing
that we have received and we will have what we ask. (Mark 11:24 ) Do not
waver or be double-minded (James 1:8) in asking. If you come this way you will not receive
anything. If God said it, it is His will and His promise. “For
however many promises God has made, they all find their “Yes” in connection
with Him; that is why it is through Him that we say the “Amen” (So be it) when
we give glory to God." 1:20 CJB)
Satan’s lies: Satan has tired to convince us that we have to beg
and plead and hope God will intervene on our behalf. Pray but don’t expect
anything. Give but don’t expect anything. Sow into the Kingdom, but do not
expect God to bless us. It is our humble duty to give, stay poor and humble. We
are just sorry old worms deserving nothing. If we repent enough, pray enough,
give enough maybe some how God will show us mercy.
There is no grace in this type of thinking. With
this Christianity becomes like all other religions-work for your salvation.
This is false humility and comes from pride.
However; the Word of God tells us that He is a
loving God: He is merciful; and He rewards those who diligently seek Him; God
loves a cheerful giver; He blesses the works of our hands; His love endures
forever; Jesus came that we should have life abundantly (John 10:10); He hopes
above all things that we prosper, be in health and our soul to prosper (3 John
2); God is a good God; He is our provider, our healer and never leaves us. He
is all we will ever need!
The Bible teaches us how awesome He is, but we think
it is more holy to keep telling Him how wretched we are even though He tells us
He made us in His image and likeness. He also tells us that everything He
created was very good. So when we are constantly telling Him how awful we are
we have called Him a liar. Repent of this and receive the new birth and become
the new creation in Christ that Jesus gave His life for us to become.
We can so easily be forgiven. Once we recognize and
confess our sin, forgive and receive forgiveness we are clean before our Lord
because we have come to Him through Jesus Christ who paid the complete price
for our sins. We have asked in faith/confidence trusting that God is Who He
says He is and will do what He says He will do when we receive Him as our Lord
and Savior. (1 John 1:9)
Adam chose to believe the serpent and lost his place
of authority and dominion on earth. Jesus came to restore us to our rightful
place as children of the Living God, representing God the Father, God the Son
and God the Holy Spirit on planet earth. However; it is not automatic. Just as
with Adam, the choice is always ours. The question is, “Who will
you believe? Who will you choose?”
Meditate on this.
Seek Jesus. If you have asked Him to be your Savior, I encourage you to make
Him Lord, the supreme authority in your life. He loves you and always desires
the very best for you. Amen!
Blessings on your
day!
Karen
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