Word Of Faith(What Jesus would say..)

You'd rather argue semantics till you're blue in the face

then surrender to ME, and walk in the light.

You're all about your choice, and power in your words

BUT...

I am the author…the finisher(Hebrews 12:2)

King of Kings, Lord of LORDS(Revelations 19:16)

I reign on a throne that no man could hold, (Hebrews 1:8)

worth more than anything ever created

every human,animal, planet and star…

all bow to my very existence.

I am alpha Omega(Revelations 22:13)

Holy and infinite, beyond understanding. (Isaiah 55:8)

I am spotless,blameless, sinless perfection(2 Corinthians 5:21)

righteous above all comprehension.

Only doing the Fathers will, (John 4:34)

His plan that was laid out before all of creation.

I was beaten,scarred…scourged,mocked and  put on a roman cross(Isaiah 53:5)

took every sin from beginning to end…

I was poured out wine and broken bread..(Luke 22:19)

it pleased the Father to crush the Son(Isaiah 53:10)

Yet I am not First? somehow it's become about your choice?

as if this was your plan, and not HIS…

Did you have a choice in choosing how you would be saved from sin?

Or was I chosen and crushed before you even knew what sin was?

You clamor and fight over your freedom of will

When the only choice you freely make is to fail…. 

I tell you... He who looks to save his life will  lose it,

He who loses his life will preserve it.(Luke 17:33)

You want to follow? then pick up your cross…(Luke 9:23)

prepare yourself for death of the flesh

instead of your "Word of Faith" -selfishness.

You pray for Gods will, but only want it if it matches your own!

You didn't speak saving grace into existence,

didn't save yourself from sin

It was given without your permission.

Does God want good for us?

God say's do not worry about food or clothing or about your life period. 

[Matthew 6:25]

Why? because He promises to take care of us

if we put our trust in Him. This doesn't mean we wont

struggle or have tribulation it simply means God has our back and we are ultimately not in control, but our Father who is:

All knowing

All powerful

and seeks our good is.

Since there is struggle and tribulation in this life,

does that mean God doesn't want any good for us?

This probably sounds like a dumb question, it is however a question that has been brought to my attention that I struggle with. 

Don't get it twisted; I don't question if God is good or

if He watches out for us, this is kind of hard for me to explain, so let me try and explain it this way.

When tribulation comes I'm prepared to not turn my back on God, not going to blame or curse Him for troubles that come my way. However, when things are relatively fine it seems my focus is on the upcoming struggle/tribulation, like I am waiting for when trouble comes around so I can give it to God and show that I wont rebuke Him for it. My reasoning for doing such I believe is for two reasons

Reason #1

Because of in the past how when I was going through 

a kidney transplant(at 17 if you haven't read my testimony) I refused to believe there was a god,

and I cursed the only god I was exposed to at that time, which just happened to be the Only ONE true GOD

there is. I've realized my error in cursing God and feel

such shame and sorrow for ever doing so that now I wait for any tribulation to come so I can try and make up for my cursing of Him and prove that I love Him.

Now in a sense I am in the right, we should absolutely

praise God even if we are going through struggle( no matter how big or small the struggle is) As Christ says;

"In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good

cheer; I have overcome the world."-(John 16:33)

So we should put all our faith in Him to pull us through!

However we should not be waiting for tribulation or trouble with a negative mindset, further more my mistakes in the past are just that.. in the past, I can not 

make up for what i've done, in fact… Christ has already made up for it, and Only He could rectify my wrong doing in the first place.

Reason #2

Simply put…"The name it…claim it…prosperity gospel"

nothing upsets me more then blasphemy against God, He is everything to me, so hence this false gospel I abhor. Not only is this gospel of "God wants you to have all the desires of your heart" leading millions to hell, I also believe it is robbing the very goodness of God.

"And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you;

seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened

unto you. For every one  that asketh receiveth; and he 

that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall

be opened."-( Luke 11:9-10 )

A verse that gets twisted by the prosperity gospel to mean "whatever we ask for we shall get". So when it is spoken or I come across it I ignore it, because I don't want to hear about asking for things or God wanting good things for me, because it's about His glory, and I only care about HIM, not what He can do for me.

Now again with reason #2 for struggling with God wanting good for us, I am in a sense in the right. It is absolutely about God, and everything is for His glory and I better not dare think that He is some kind of genie in the sky thats there to grant my every desire. But at 

the same time it please God to bless His children

Luke chapter 11 after verse 10 continues with..

"If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if [he ask] a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, 

will he offer him a scorpion?

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall [your] heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?"

Luke 11:11-13

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

John 15:7

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do [it].

John 14:13-14

And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give [it] you.

John 16:23

If we ourselves being as corrupt sinful and wicked as we are know how to do good to our children, then how much more our Father in heaven? GOD is the ultimate good, the biggest blessing we will ever receive is Him opening our eyes to His existence, drawing us closer with Himself, why would we want anything more? creator of the heavens and earth who actually wants a relationship with us? of course God wants good for us He wants Himself for US does He not?

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

1 John 5:14

God is good, this isn't about wealth this isn't about having all that we desire, it's knowing that we have a God who listens to us, who wants to bless us, who wants to work through us and it is still all for His glory!

But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that

wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind

and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall

receive anything of the Lord.

James 1:6-7

Ask in Faith, you want wisdom? you want knowledge?

you want God to help you with something? Then ask in

FAITH! Full Assurance In The Heart! that what you ask of Him He hears you and wants nothing but the best for you! Don't ask with doubt! If you do, then don't be surprised when God doesn't answer your prayers, if you expect Him not to answer you then why would He?

God doesn't work through those with lack of faith.

Ye lust, and have not: 

ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: 

ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts.

James 4:2-3

Do I even need to explain this verse? If you are asking something from God, and you are not getting it…it may very well be because what you ask is not to glorify Him, it's for your own pleasure. If you want to be of the world then be of the world, you can't serve God and be worldly it doesn't work like that, that's why the American gospel of prosperity is abhorrent and a gospel of demons.

God wants the best for us, so He gives us Himself,

even though we don't deserve it…

He heals

He answers prayer

He lifts us up

He helps us walk

He is the end goal

Matt Chandler brought this up while he was going through a brain tumor,and he said he believes that God can heal him, and He will heal him, and even if He doesn't he knows whats awaiting him, and I think it is quite relevant to this whole topic of does God want good for us?

Chandler got "God can, and will, and even if he doesn't" 

from the book of Daniel.

Remember Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego?

(specifically in Daniel 3:14-20) King Nebuchadnezzar

had them in front of him and ordered them to worship a golden image, they refused to do so and the King said if they don't he will throw them into a fiery furnace.

They all still refused to bow down and said; 

"even if you throw us in this furnace

1.Our God is able to save us

2. He will save us

3. even if He doesn't we still wont bow down.

Our God is good and able, He will answer our prayers

but even if He doesn't it is all just a part of His glorious plan.

Story of Hannah

The birth of Samuel the judge/prophet of Israel is interesting to say the least. In 1 Samuel 1-11 it talks about Samuels father who's name was Elkanah, and he had two wives one named Peninnah and the other named Hannah. Now Hannah didn't have any children as it says the Lord shut her womb(1 Sam 1:6) but Peninnah on the other hand did have children, and she would make Hannah feel bad because she did not.  It says Hannah would weep and refuse to eat when they would go and make offerings at the house of the LORD because of the ridicule from Peninnah(1 Sam 1:7)

One year Hannah was in such despair that it says she went alone to pray to the LORD in bitterness of soul weeping in anguish(1 Sam 1:10) the word bitterness here in the hebrew is "Mar"  to be in pain or heavy laden/discontent, in this case it is saying her soul was in much pain she was heavy laden weeping in grief. In this moment Hannah asks God to grace her with a son, she makes a vow with God that if he would indeed give her a son she will offer him to God for all his days. (1 Sam 1:11)

Now notice Hannah a woman of God, in all the despair and sorrow she was in didn't curse God, She went before the LORD GOD Almighty and asked to receive His grace and His mercy and promised to give this child to God. Interestingly enough Hannah's name means Grace and God did show her grace by giving her a son which she named Samuel(1 Sam 1:20) [ later He would also show her more grace when Hannah; who had begged for a child..wept and pleaded for one, and the LORD gave her Samuel, she did what she promised and gave the child up, and The LORD blessed her with more children (1 Sam 2:21) ] after Samuel was born Hannah gave all glory to God:

And Hannah prayed and said: "My heart rejoices in the LORD; My horn is

exalted in the LORD. I smile at my enemies, because I rejoice in Your salvation.

"No one is holy like the LORD, For there is none besides You, Nor is there any 

rock like our God.

"Talk no more so very proudly; Let no arrogance come from your mouth,

For the LORD is the God of knowledge; and by Him actions are weighed.

"The bows of the mighty men are broken, and those who stumbled are girded with

strength. Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, and the

hungry have ceased to hunger. Even the barren has borne seven, and she who has many children has become feeble.

"The LORD kills and makes alive; He brings down to the grave and brings up.

The LORD makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up.

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the beggar from the ash heap,

To set them among princes And make them inherit the throne of glory.

"For the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, And He has set the world upon them.

He will guard the feet of His saints, but the wicked shall be silent in darkness.

"For by strength no man shall prevail. 

The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken in pieces;  From heaven He will thunder against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth. "He will give strength to His king, and exalt the horn of His anointed."

1 Samuel 2:1-10

Amen Hannah..Amen! All glory to GOD!

For your own Good

The LORD showed me, and there were two baskets of figs set before the temple of the LORD, after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

One basket [had] very good figs, like the figs [that are] first ripe; and the other basket [had] very bad figs which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

Then the LORD said to me, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" And I said, "Figs, the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad."

Jeremiah 24:1-3

Putting Jeremiah 24 in historical perspective, This time in history King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has already come to Judah and he took as prisoners King Jeconiah(Jehoiachin) and his mother along with all the captains and mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all craftsmen and smiths. (2 Kings 24:13-16) Nebuchadnezzar left the poorest people in the land and then made Jehoiachin's uncle Mattaniah King, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

So Judah at this time was wiped clean, Jeremiah was there amongst the poorest in the land, while all the men of valor and builders and craftsmen, all the strongest and most useful were taken into exile to Babylon. So in Jeremiah 24 the LORD shows Jeremiah two baskets of figs, one basket has good figs and the other basket has bad figs…which Jeremiah can easily see, and then the LORD says..

Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

"Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: 'Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge those who are carried away captive from Judah, whom I have sent out of this place for [their own] good, into the land of the Chaldeans.

'For I will set My eyes on them for good, and I will bring them back to this land; I will build them and not pull [them] down, and I will plant them and not pluck [them] up.

Then I will give them a heart to know Me, that I [am] the LORD; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God, for they shall return to Me with their whole heart.

Jeremiah 24:4-7

God is painting a picture for Jeremiah, He is using the example of the bad and good figs for a purpose. God says that those who were exiled into Babylon are the good figs, are you following this? Would it not seem more logical in OUR eyes that the good figs would be the ones who are still living in the land? Isn't it not more logical to think that the bad figs would be the one God let the Babylonians take away into their pagan land? But no, God says he sent them away for THEIR OWN GOOD, these same people who didn't listen to Jeremiah, these same people who said "God wouldn't let us be defeated" these same people who didn't realize how far they've fallen, God says He has sent them away for their own good. God even says that He will give them a heart for HIM!

THINK about this, here is the tribe of Judah living in the land God promised them, and they get taken away in chains to be slaves to a Babylonian Pagan empire(Daniel being one of these slaves) and God allowed it to happen for their own good. You see, this is a perfect example, just one of the perfect examples in the bible that we give God glory in GOOD and BAD. Things happen sometimes that we can't explain or understand.

God allowed it for a reason, trials and pains they come and go, the important thing is we continue giving God glory in good and bad, especially when it seems like everything is going wrong I.e not the way we think it should be going. God used the exile of Israel, the prisoners in Babylon and said He would bring them back, He would build them up and He would give them a heart for Him.

The exile wasn't something they wanted and it was hell to go through, and living in a foreign pagan land doesn't sound like a Blessing to me, but in the end it was, because through it.. God saved them, through it and by the grace of God their hearts were opened up. God made them realize how far off the path they were.

God is absolutely in control, and he deserves all honor and glory at all times. Nothing surprises Him, and in the end it's all apart of His plan.

I pray that all who are reading, and for myself that we would give God all glory, that no matter what we are going through, no matter how big our troubles look… realize that God is much bigger!

just honor Him..

just surrender..

Those who know my testimony know that I failed in this, I didn't give God glory, I didn't have faith or even ask why? I went straight to cursing God when I was going through a transplant. I now know everything happens for a reason, and although it wasn't an ideal situation and their were and are obvious struggles, I know now that I wouldn't want to change a thing, that it took this situation for Him to open my eyes. What I thought was a bad situation at the time, I know now it was for my own good, so God could give me a heart to know Him.

Seek God in struggles and tribulations because they will come,

and hope can only be found in God, we are confident in our Faith.

Confident that God will give us peace, Confident in the fact that our health and well being ,

riches and fame are all meaningless without a surrendering selfless life in Christ.

†..Confidence in Christ..†

My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him.

He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress,

I will never be shaken.

Psalm 62:1-2

There is so much negative in this world, it seems we

are constantly battling just to keep are heads above water.

Too many distractions, too much fear and stress placed upon us.

I'm sick of the media hype and fear, it's disgusting really...

and just turning on the local news with their fake smiles,

and negative news reports, one right after the other.

It all just makes it so clear why so many people

are so stressed out, and search for things to cope.

The truth is we shouldn't worry..

what exactly do we have to "fear" or "worry" about?

I mean seriously, I know it's not easy at times,

but think about it..

God has a plan right? everything happens for a reason right?

God knows all and sees all correct?

You don't think anything that happens in this world shocks him do you?

like he didn't see it coming?

I'm not saying be oblivious, and think everything is all

unicorns and rainbows when obviously it's not...

but wake up! God is our rock..never will he leave us or forsake us

when struggles come,what does worrying and stressing help?

If only we can see past the(pardon my french) "shit storm"

and realize if we just put our trust and faith in God,

everything will work out for the better.

Most of us have no problem being confident in our faith

when things are going great, but you see... that is not when you prove

your faith. You prove your faith when everything is going all wrong, like Job.

I urge anyone who reads this...have confidence in the Lord your God

at all times! He created you the complex being that you are, and

the entire universe, surely nothing you are going through

is to big for HIM! (or to small mind you)

So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.

You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God,

you will receive what he has promised.

Hebrews 10:35-36

I would also like to share these videos from an amazing man of God

named Nick Vujicic, He has the faith and passions for Christ each and

everyone of us should have.

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord,

Plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give

you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come

and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all

your heart.

Jeremiah 29:11-13