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Saturday, June
19, 2010
The Over Under
Philippians 4:6-7 Be careful for nothing;
but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your
requests be made known unto God. (7) And the peace of God, which passeth
all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. (KJV)
Many have a weight problem in this
country, which is actually a result of a Spiritual wait symptom. Instead of
waiting on the Lord and letting His answer manifest, you know that request
you made unto our Lord, many jump the gun and are off and running after an
imagination that the enemy planted. The word ‘careful’ also means anxious,
and as we see the number of things that we should be taking thought for and
concerned about is zero. Now if I was to ask a show of hands, which yes
mine would go up as well, how many could say that they were really anxious
or concerned for nothing?
Deuteronomy 28:1-2 And it shall come to
pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God,
to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day,
that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
(2) And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou
shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. (KJV)
As one looks around and observes the world
around us, we see how fast paced things have become, many people chasing
after imaginations, you know those things that the enemy tried to entice
our Lord with, the kingdoms of this world and short lived glory of them?
Now that you have become accustomed to the Lord and His way of doing
things, are you being still long enough so that the blessings can catch up
to you and overtake you, or are you two steps ahead thinking that they are
in reach? Ever see a child try to run away from a parent when all the
parent was trying to do was reach out and assist him or her? Sounds like a
lot of Christians who didn’t realize it, but little by little the enemy got
them on the run, thinking that they could help the Lord out with their
thoughts and ways.
Hebrews 12:1-2 Wherefore seeing we also
are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside
every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run
with patience the race that is set before us, (2) Looking unto Jesus the
author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him
endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand
of the throne of God. (KJV)
Actually, the truth be known is that when
you see people that have packed on some weight in the outward realm it is
actually a reflection of their spiritual walk, having allowed the enemy to
pack on some things that they thought they could manage. People that enter
the Lord’s race course have entered a realm that is totally opposite to the
one that we have been accustomed to in the past, and one that you will need
to relearn a whole new meaning of the term patience.
Isaiah 40:28-31 Hast thou not known? hast
thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends
of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his
understanding. (29) He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no
might he increaseth strength. (30) Even the youths shall faint and be
weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: (31) But they that wait upon
the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as
eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not
faint. (KJV)
You know, when you turned your cares and
concerns over to the Lord, yeah, you gave it to someone who was much more
qualified than you to handle them. So if that is the case, then why did you
take those cares and concerns back and re-examine them thinking that you
could speed the process up? Many have a weight problem in this country, or
should I say a wait one? Many are under wait spiritually, which results in
an overweight situation outwardly. So let’s eliminate the over, under, and
find that just weight and balance that the Lord would have His people
operate in. Remember, the just shall live by faith.
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