Perception = expectation I see a lot of foolish Christian who think that things will happen for them, because they wish, hope, believe, and faithing for it, As the church we have used wrong words and phrases we know nothing about, or their meaning. Terms like “the lord that meets you at the point of your need” and another which says “if praises go up ,then blessings will come down” it all sounds spiritual when we are saying it in our meetings and gatherings, but is it scriptural? 1. This is what scripture says, “draw nigh unto me and i will draw nigh unto you” James 4v8 (kjv) you are the one who does the drawing to him and not the other way round, look at v7 of James 4, it says first you must be submitted to God, so the drawing near him is a progression of events until you reach the spirit realm, there is nothing carnal about it, “God is spirit, and they that worship him, must worship in spirit and in truth“ john 4v24. That means you have to be at a certain position to then get God’s attention, on his terms alone! 2. The second phase, again God’s word seeks the things of eternal value, if our focus of worship/ praise is clouded with a carnal expectation of material benefits, then it is no longer worship, we worship the beauty of his holiness, psalms 29v2. Matt 4v10 you shall worship the lord with all your heart and strength, john the revelator fell prostrate to worship him, when he had come face to face with his glory Rev 19v10. Not necessarily because he wanted a favour, If our idea of God is that of Father Christmas, then we are going to be very disappointed! Having said this, God will act at his discretion because that is his nature to bless and pour out. But our positioning must be very clear as to who calls the shots, if we don’t we can live in deception as to who God is, and we will never know his glory. The church is walking in the wrong perception of God, remember Satan can transform himself into the angel of light and cause you to believe it is God who is answering your prayer, when he satan has orchestrated the breakthrough, so that you can continue believing a lie. Many of us needs to do some analysis of what we think are blessings, because some of those blessings left you worse off and far away from God,. Today may you desire to know God, to trust him with all your heart, soul and strength! House of all Nations Ministries Int
Posted on: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 11:18:53 +0000