We ask God to bless us, but when the blessing comes we miss it because of one or more of the following things:
1) We let the weather dictate whether or not we are going to be in attendance.
2) FEAR (False Evidence Appearing Real) keeps us from striving towards the goal.
3) Being too lazy to make and take the extra effort to get to the next stage in life.
4) God will always help us, but we shouldn't expect Him to do for us what we can do for ourselves.
5) We often try to wait for a perfect moment, place, person and/or time? We can't make that happen. Only God knows how to create the perfect situation.
6) When God speaks, we need to listen (when He says be quiet and be still, we need to do it; and when He says move quickly, and speak up with Christian boldness, we need to do it!)
7) We need to stop thinking that we can do what we want when we get ready. God sometimes blesses us in a moment's notice. We have to be ready to act on it. We have to come out of our comfort zone most of the time in order to receive our blessings. God does this to show us how much more we are capable of doing if we are willing. Also, He is testing us to see if we are willing to sacrifice something of ours (time, money, material things) in order to receive a blessing from Him. What God gives us will always be greater than our sacrifice.
Lord, help me to stop being me (working out of my flesh) because when I'm being me (only looking at the natural), I'm blind to what You would have me to see.
The Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time? It will be good for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. But suppose the servant says to himself, ‘My master is taking a long time in coming,’ and he then begins to beat the other servants, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk. The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers. “The servant who knows the master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what the master wants will be beaten with many blows. But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked. Luke 12:42-48 (NIV)
1) We let the weather dictate whether or not we are going to be in attendance.
2) FEAR (False Evidence Appearing Real) keeps us from striving towards the goal.
3) Being too lazy to make and take the extra effort to get to the next stage in life.
4) God will always help us, but we shouldn't expect Him to do for us what we can do for ourselves.
5) We often try to wait for a perfect moment, place, person and/or time? We can't make that happen. Only God knows how to create the perfect situation.
6) When God speaks, we need to listen (when He says be quiet and be still, we need to do it; and when He says move quickly, and speak up with Christian boldness, we need to do it!)
7) We need to stop thinking that we can do what we want when we get ready. God sometimes blesses us in a moment's notice. We have to be ready to act on it. We have to come out of our comfort zone most of the time in order to receive our blessings. God does this to show us how much more we are capable of doing if we are willing. Also, He is testing us to see if we are willing to sacrifice something of ours (time, money, material things) in order to receive a blessing from Him. What God gives us will always be greater than our sacrifice.
Lord, help me to stop being me (working out of my flesh) because when I'm being me (only looking at the natural), I'm blind to what You would have me to see.
The Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time? It will be good for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. But suppose the servant says to himself, ‘My master is taking a long time in coming,’ and he then begins to beat the other servants, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk. The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers. “The servant who knows the master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what the master wants will be beaten with many blows. But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked. Luke 12:42-48 (NIV)
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