Words Of Encouragement To Start The Day ( Friday 6/5/09)

The Thing You Cursed Was Really The Blessing That Kept You...

1 Corinthians 2:13-15 (Amplified Bible)

¹³And we are setting these truths forth in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the [Holy] Spirit, combining and interpreting spiritual truths with spiritual language [to those who possess the Holy Spirit].

    ¹⁴But the natural, nonspiritual man does not accept or welcome or admit into his heart the gifts and teachings and revelations of the Spirit of God, for they are folly (meaningless nonsense) to him; and he is incapable of knowing them [of progressively recognizing, understanding, and becoming better acquainted with them] because they are spiritually discerned and estimated and appreciated.

    ¹⁵But the spiritual man tries all things [he examines, investigates, inquires into, questions, and discerns all things], yet is himself to be put on trial and judged by no one [he can read the meaning of everything, but no one can properly discern or appraise or get an insight into him].

     People are funny.  They often have an odd way of showing that they love and appreciate the very thing that they have prayed for.  I have a friend and before she came to work for the company she previously worked for, the business was falling apart.  But when God allowed her to came in, she came armed with God's favor and anointing.  Those who encountered her ( for the most part), loved her, but those very individuals who prayed for help to come the most began to call her a curse instead of a blessing, a hindrance instead of a help.  But God is funny about stuff like that, He very rarely allows His people to stay in  a situation to be misused and abused, for long.  Eventually He removed her, and the business began to fail at an alarming rate, it dissipated at a rapid pace and was worse than before she started working there.  You see when she left so did the peace of God, the anointing of God, and the favor that was abiding on her went with her when she left.  

     It is seldom that people will correlate their mistreatment of others and misunderstanding of God to what is happening in their lives. It is easier to blame everything but our lack of connection to God, to others and our lack of disconnection from our own selfishness and self absorption. You see God will send our deliverance and it may not come, look, walk, talk or act like we may want it to, but it is still the blessing that we need.  But so often we label it contrary to what it is just because it does not fit our profile.  All the while God is saying didn't you ask for my help, didn't you ask for a blessing, but we reject it because it doesn't look or act right to us.  After God tries to send us sign after sign that it is Him and we continue to reject His will and blessing for our lives, He will remove it.  It is often only then that we are able to see recognize that things are messed up or that we are struggling worse than before, but often pride and lack of true connection and submission to God will keep us from seeing that our reaction, lack of acceptance is why we are where we are today, right in the midst of a struggle.

     So as we enter the weekend and end our work week.  Look at where we were and where we are now. Who has God sent our way that we refused to receive or see through the Father's eyes? You see blessings rarely come the way we want them, but they are there for a purpose and they are sent to help not to hurt, to aide not to destroy, to uplift not to take down. But if we are looking through a dirty glass how can we ever see the content of the container?  We can't, let God clean our hearts, our minds, and our vision, so that we will be able to see His blessing in our lives, even when they don't come in the form we want, or think they should.