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Bondman · 05-19-2008, 09:54 AM

Message #76

IS MY FOCUS ME? - OR GOD?

STATEMENT: God will always meet the needs of the true Believer. Is this correct? Matthew 6:25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? And right through to the end of the Chapter He continues to expound on this WONDERFUL truth! HE WILL MEET YOUR NEEDS!! Not your WANTS - YOUR NEEDS!

What do we really NEED? Not a lot actually:

reasonable food,
shelter,
clothing,
clean water.

Further into this section, Jesus says again: Matthew 6:31 Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat? 'or'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' Okay then, with that firmly established: that we are told not to worry and not to be concerned or fearful about our NEEDS - because God WILL supply them - here's what I want to ask. Seeing God's lovingly giving to us what we need, ARE WE THEN CONSIDERING WHAT HE NEEDS FROM US? I don't think we are! I think we are still quite selfishly focused on "what I need" - so much so in fact, that HE is not really getting much of a look in!

But you say, "Hey, c'mon BM, God is God! He doesn't need ANYTHING!!!" Sounds right doesn't it, and on one side of the coin it is; but on the other side of the coin it's actually not! And I've been known to say that maybe God's been EXTREMELY "FOOLISH" about this, cos here's how the deal goes down according to the Scriptures. THERE'S NOTHING THAT HE CANNOT DO, RIGHT! BUT, THERE A NUMBER OF THINGS HE'S CHOSEN NOT TO DO!!! AND FOR THESE HE NEEDS, AND IS RELIANT ON WHO? - WELL... US to be exact about it!!!

Like, to do WHAT sort of thing? Like, spreading the Gospel to those who haven't heard it yet! (which we basically aren't doing - see why I said he's been pretty "foolish!") Like, loving and supporting those who are hurting! Like, praying for them! Like, people such as me working with the Holy Spirit to help TO TEACH the truth to those who EARNESTLY seek for it! And a lot more... FACT: He has made US to be HIS hands, feet, arms, legs and mouth. Quite ASTONISHING, yes?!! But absolutely true!

BUT THERE MORE!! In Message #67 (entitled You are a Saint) I said that 'saint' and 'sanctified' mean "set apart for a purpose", and the purpose is: WE ARE "SET APART FOR GOD'S USE"!!! But the $64,000 question is - ARE WE? Hmm... then maybe we're not really saints at all! Not so! We ARE!! Alright then... how's about we start acting like the SAINTS that we are!! That is, fulfilling this purpose of being SET APART FOR GOD'S USE. This is UNSELFISH!!! It's focusing on HIM, not on OURSELVES. It's seeking to fulfil "HIS NEEDS", in the sense that this is what HE wants/"needs" for us to DO.

Check if you think I'm right on this: we're always talking about the blessings WE WANT FROM GOD. How about we BLESS HIM by our lives and actions for a change? We're always taking about HIM MEETING OUR NEEDS. How about we turn away from ourselves for awhile and look towards us being available FOR HIS USE instead?

I'm sure you get what I'm saying. Let's start REALLY looking at this! And let's PRAY for each other that we will truly seek to start moving from self-centredness to God-centredness in all of our lives! With love as always!

- BM, with his Lady

COMMENTS, QUESTIONS WELCOME!