Saturday, 18 February 2017

THE DANGER OF TRUSTING MIGHT AND PRIDE OF SELF EFFORT

ISAIAH 17:1-END
ISAIAH 14:1-END

It had already been written that by strength shall no man prevail. And as a result; it remains a very dangerous issue to trust and pride about what one can achieve or have achieved with exerting effort to detriment of God’s grace made available to everyone. The grace of God should be our center for boasting in trust:
I CORINTHIAN 1:28-31
(1)                  “And base things of the world, and things which are
despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which
 are not, to bring to nought things that are:
(29)   That no flesh should glory in his presence.
(30)   But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is
made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and
sanctification, and redemption:
(31)   That, according as it is written, He that glorieth,
let him glory in the Lord.”

The rules to glory and success in the kingdom of heaven is not the same to the Kingdom of this world. In the Kingdom of heaven, God chooses the insignificant things, things despised by men to put the world to shame. This why as a child of God, God reduce you to Zero, so that there won’t be any atom of self and pride  that will destroy you as it happened to Lucifer being the Devil. That is why humility remains the key to moving forward in this Kingdom:
ISAIAH 17:7-10
(7)     “In that day man will look up to his maker,
          And his eyes will gaze at the Holy one of Israel
(8)     He will not look to the altars, the work of his
          Hands, and he will not gaze at what his fingers
          Have made, either the sacred poles or the
incense stands.
(9)     In that day his fortress cities will become like
an abandoned site in the wood land” like a
branch that was abandoned before Israelites
it will become a wasteland.
(10)  For you have forgotten the God of Salvation
          You have failed to remember the rock of your
fortress that is why you planted beautiful
plantations, And set it with the shout of 
stranger”

When you fail to attribute glory to God through thanksgiving for what He had already done for you; your expectations will dry up or will hang because appreciation through praises remains the key to abundance in this kingdom. When you thank God especially through praises, the earth will yield her increase to you:
PSALM 67:5-6
(1)             “Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people
praise thee.
(2)             Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God,
even our own God, shall bless us.”

So not praising God is pride per excellence; it is a sign of self egocentric. God is ever ready to respond to the needs of those that will show appreciation for what He had done already. So stop complaining and start praising and thanking Him because complaint and boast in self effort can be dangerous.
  
ISAIAH 14:12-20
(1)             “How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,
son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the
ground, which didst weaken the nations!
(2)             For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend
 into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars
 of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the
congregation, in the sides of the north:
(14)   I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I
 will be like the most High.
(15)   Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides
 of the pit.
(16)   They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and
consider thee, saying, Is this the man
that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;”

So today, learn to thank God and boast in what your effort can do for God and not for yourself, before you know it, your change will emerge:
JEREMIAH 9:23 -24
(23)   “Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man
glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man
glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in
his riches:
(24)   But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he
understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the
LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment,
and righteousness, in the earth: for in these
things I delight, saith the LORD.”

As you comply to these rule by Holy Ghost I see a change coming your ways in Jesus name. Amen

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