Let me apologize in advance for all of the back and forth
that you are about to read but this is literally how it happened. This morning
I woke up giving God praise for being a keeper! I can’t even write all of the
ways that God has kept me and my family. He is truly amazing! As I was talking
to Him about being a keeper, He gave me what I thought was the oddest response.
I heard Him respond “if you want to be kept.” I felt my face starting to look crazy and He
said, “I will keep you, if you want to be kept.” I was convinced at this point
that I was hearing a voice other than God. So I said, “God your love is
unconditional! So how can you add that condition to being a keeper?” I was
going crazy, y’all! But God’s response shut it down. Ready? He said, “There are benefits to meeting the conditions.” Whew!!! He broke
it down to me and immediately started giving me examples. So let me give you
what He gave me…
So many of you want God to be on automatic. When you’re sad,
you expect Him to give you joy, even though you lock yourself away in your
house and mope. When you’re broke, you expect Him to give you provision, even
though you refuse to give back to Him or others. When you’re broken, you expect
Him to fix you, even though you don’t want to use any of the tools that He’s
already given you. Do you see what I’m saying? When I was thanking God for being a keeper
today, I realized that I had to actively seek out His presence and His
word to keep me. What about you? Are you meeting the conditions?
You see, the Bible is full of the promises of God but if you
notice, there is often a condition that goes along with it. Do you want peace
in your mind? The word says if you keep your mind stayed on Him, He will keep
you in perfect peace. (Is. 26:3) Do you want to prosper? The word says, if you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good of
the land! (Is.1:19) Do you want to have breakthrough in your life? The word
says if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to the mountain,
move and it will move. (Matt. 17:20) Do you want to have what you have been
praying for? The word says if you believe, you will receive whatever you ask
for in prayer. (Matt. 21:22) Do you want to move forward from your past? The
word says, if anyone is in Christ, they are a new creation, the old has gone
and the new has come! (2 Cor. 5:17)
God wants you to live a SOZO life! That means saved,
delivered, and set free…WHOLE! So stop living a half life! Stop saying one
thing and doing another. Stop missing the blessing because you don’t want to do
the requirements. Stop waiting for God to do everything when you aren’t doing
your part! Do you remember when you got saved? There was even a condition to
that! IF you confess with your mouth,
Jesus is Lord and believe in your
heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. (Rom 10:9) It’s
not always comfortable or easy but God says that if you meet the conditions,
you will reap the benefits! I know that I want ALL that God has for me. How
about you?
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