God Thinking - The Wisdom Of The Principle 4

" I want you to remember the threefold test that determines where you are in relation to the fulfilled Word.

1^st    Do we believe God said this in His Word?

2^nd   Do we believe that this word is true?

3^rd   Do we understand, by the Holy Spirit the wisdom of the principle?

 

Psalm 37:3-5

“Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

V4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and HE shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

V5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass.”

 

Only one thing can stand between you and the fulfillment of the Word, your personal resistance. 

 

Resistance is what has kept God and the fulfillment of God’s promises just an arms length away.

 

God has spoken into existence many beautiful promises, some that you have received and some you have not yet received.

 

It’s true, you have at times resisted God.  Sometimes when it really mattered that you trust Him¼ 

 

When you resisted God and when you resist Him now, here’s what happens:

 

Because you are made in the image and likeness of God – You can create too. 

When you create and what you create is by permission from God through free will.

You can create in God’s will or out of God’s will – And whatever you create must run its course.

 

As you come to a greater knowledge of God’s will in your life, sometimes you want to stop the motion of what you already created. 

 

In other words, you found a new and better way and you want to do away with the old way and get on with the new.  This is a good thing, but sometimes it is like a ten car pileup in dense fog.  You stop, but what you have already created must run its course, for better or for worse. (I know this might hurt a little, but ignoring reality is far more painful in the long haul)

 

That’s why – When you come to Christ for the first time or when you have a new awakening – Even though you recognize the beauty of the Lord – And your sins have been forgiven – And you are a new creation – It takes time for the holiness of God to repair or rehabilitate what you have created.  You become new, but your past creations must run their course.

This is a principle of God.  It will always hold true.

What God wants from you, right now, is to make a commitment not to resist God’s Word for you, now and in the future.

 

Excerpt from God Thinking - The Wisdom of The principle by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2012