Words Of Encouragement For Your Day ( Thursday 11/03/2011)

Spotlight Not Necessary?

Matthew 6:2-4 Amplified Bible (AMP)

²Thus, whenever you give to the poor, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites in the synagogues and in the streets like to do, that they may be recognized and honored and praised by men. Truly I tell you, they have their reward in full already. ³But when you give to charity, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, ⁴So that your deeds of charity may be in secret; and your Father Who sees in secret will reward you openly.

Romans 10:10 Amplified Bible (AMP)

¹⁰For with the heart a person believes (adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Christ) and so is justified (declared righteous, acceptable to God), and with the mouth he confesses (declares openly and speaks out freely his faith) and confirms [his] salvation.

            Often we do things for people and they refuse to do the same thing for us, or be there in our time of need.  We might have followed the rules and did what was best by them, and they did what was best by themselves when we needed them to do what was best by us. We often will get upset, pull back and become disconnected because of it.  We often rely on what we feel is appropriate and common sense, but I have come to learn, what is common for some is not common for others.  We will often do for people without as much as a thank you or acknowledgement that they are thankful for our efforts and we take on offense because of it.  We want everyone to know that we are charitable and we have a good heart, but I am learning not to live in a place where man is my reward, but that I have enough faith and belief in God that He sees all that I do and the motivation in which I do it, so that when people, show no appreciation, and loyalty, and they get with next best thing, I am learning not to sweat it to let go of it and sometimes them as well, and place my faith above all in God, not holding any malice or resentment in my heart.

            In this season our Bishop is concentrated on faith, I am so glad, because I understood the working of faith but not as intricate as God is revealing it through our Bishop.  I was thrilled when I got home Sunday, and I realized that God again was clearing out my life of some trash and garbage that I had allowed to come in because of people.  My mom taught us long ago not to give ANYTHING that we were not willing to part with; that we should give expecting nothing, so when these times occurred I was okay with not receiving back, but it was when people disrespected me, lied on me, or misused myself or my family that I had a problem, and I found myself coping a particular attitude, and leaving people alone.  All the while I was telling myself I was doing it because it was best and that I harbored no ill will, but after Sunday, God had taken the spotlight and shined it in places that I thought one wasn’t required, it was right into the heart of who I am.  I didn’t understand that I had allowed things to get into the unseen corners of my heart.  I had to come to terms with the fact that I cannot afford to hold anything not even a speck, a grudges, an attitudes, malice, hatred, judgment, unforgiveness, or anything else for that matter, because my belief system was clogged up because of it and that I alone was standing in God’s way and my own way from believing, receiving and operating at a level of faith that God desires for me to obtain and walk in.  Truly I had to let Go and Let God!

            For many of us, we have been confessing, and trying to believe but it always seems that something is stopping us, blocking us from going as far as we need to obtain the anointing, blessings and favor of God.  The spot light on our heart is always necessary because it reveals if there is anything at all that could damage the place where belief starts and carries our faith.   We have to forgive people and keep ourselves in a place humility and clarity in order for nothing to be a hindrance or block to trip us up.  Something happened to me recently and it hurt, it was something that I could have easily taken the person to court over, but it was my mother’s words that kept me , she said, “God can pay them back and pay you better then both could ever think.  Yes right is right, but allows God to keep you clean because the longer you allow that to take up space in your heart, the longer you have something that shouldn’t be there taking up precious space and your time.”  My Mother’s words are always wisdom because they are rooted in Godly living and principles, so I gave it to God He surely will handle all that concerns me and it freed my heart from having to be concerned or burden with anything that could hinder where my faith is birthed and where it incubates and grows!  GFG…Grow Faith Grow!