Good Morning Everyone!!!
I am pleased to be here writing again. It must be said that the devil has tried his hardest to get me off track and distracted all week long, but God has seen me and my family through. Praise God!
It is difficult trying to make sure that you are living for God and to stay focused, so many times people are not able to do it. They fall off the wagon and can not manage to find the endurance to continue forward. Not to mention, giving up is far easier, but much more costly. Psalms 106:1 tells us that God's love endures forever, so I would think that we could try to endure things on a daily basis and really only take it one day at a time. God continuously forgives us, as hard headed as we may be, He does get angry with us and He will chasten us for our misdoings, but He still loves us and will take care of us.
So many people claim to be anointed from God, but they are only harming themselves. Claiming to be something you are not will only cause God to become very upset and some unfortunate events may happen. Could you really imagine going to bed, or being in bed and then your room is full of frogs??? Psalms 105:30-31 talk about an over abundance of frogs, gnats and flies in homes and cities. It is nothing that I want to be a part of. People were ignoring God's commands and living the way they chose to, well being bombarded with frogs, gnats and flies would be an understatement of being chastened to me. I love cute little frogs, but real ones, with gnats and flies, oh no!!!
1 Corinthians 3:3 says, "For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?" Jealousy and quarreling amongst each other is unnecessary, if we are doing that then we are not working towards the same goals. God does NOT dwell in mess and confusion, we should all be doing what He has ordained for us to do. If I am to write, you are to speak and she is counsel, then that is what we should be doing. We should not be thinking we are better than one other, because maybe my message isn't for "your crowd" and your message isn't for "my crowd" so we should be where God put us and do His work there. If we are busy judging others then perhaps we have too much time on our hands and maybe there is more work we could be doing. Do not let your work suffer due to your own arrogance. Just like 1 Corinthians 3:7 says, We are but vessels for God's work, if I plant and you are the water source, God is still the one growing the plant.
1 Corinthians 3:12-15 "Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire."
I challenge those of you that are already actively serving God , do you tend to compare your works to the works of others? Or are you genuinely happy that others are actively trying to get others closer to the Lord? If you think that your works are "better" than someone else, find something that you could help them make better and more pleasing to the Lord. After all we are all after the same prize, aren't we? Remember to encourage other believers and non-believers alike, do not judge and discourage.
If you are not actively serving God, get plugged in! It is almost a certainty that you are needed somewhere. Call your church home and ask where you could help out. They may be waiting on you to call right now, you may very well be the answer to a prayer for them.
Frog, gnat and fly free (for now),
Kari
