Don't give up Week 36, 2016

Perhaps your academics seem to defy that promise “You shall be the head and not the tail” though you work hard and refuse to cheat. Perhaps you have walked in integrity and faithfulness but are yet to see God’s prosperity in your life and business. Persevere in righteous living. Listen: Thus says the LORD: "Keep justice, and do righteousness, for soon my salvation will come, and my deliverance be revealed” Is 56:1(ESV). Understand that these blessings shall overtake you. It means for a while they are not in front of you but will be caused to come and get ahead of you. Persevere.

Is the issue of hearing from God giving you a tough time? You desire accuracy in receiving messages from Him yet it seems you hit it and miss it. Do you think this means you aren’t fully committed to Jesus? Listen: none of us knows it all on this side of eternity.  Practice leads to improvement. The revelation of God is still line upon line, line upon line. Here a little there a little. (Is28:10). For we know in part and we prophesy in part 1Cor 13:9(ESV). Do not give up; persevere, we see darkly as in a mirror. For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known 1Cor13:12(ESV). Even the Apostle Paul wasn’t always certain the way things would turn out with him. Recall his uncertainty when planning to visit Jerusalem and Rome? But he pressed on prayerful with his plans, “always in my prayers, asking that somehow by God's will I may now at last succeed in coming to you. For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you--  that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine.  I want you to know, brothers, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented)…”Rom 1:10-13(ESV).  Persevere.

How about you that are making mistakes; awkward mistakes with the manifestation of ministerial gifts and call? Keep stirring up God’s gifting in you. “Stir” implies constant work until the sugar, the milk, yea the gifting is all over the place, and any side of you we taste, any time we taste you, we taste God’s gift. Fan into flame the gift of God in you. It may be a lot of smoke is coming from your life right now and little fire. Smoke that makes people cough, not get blessed. The way you operate your leadership makes people irritated, and your delivery of God’s word is criticised as rough and occasionally unclear. In fact you are saying “Eedo, it’s enough. Bible says let your good not be spoken of as evil, let another take my place and do the thing. ” But see: A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.. Is 42:3, 4(KJV). When firewood is bringing out smoke you don’t stop fanning, instead you fan harder. Press on.