Greetings in The Mighty Name of Jesus, The Christ!!!
Blessed Are
Brothers and Sisters how do you Count Your Blessings, is it in Wealth, is it in Knowledge, is it in Whom You Know or some other fashion that satisfy’s your flesh? Those who Seek The Kingdom Of Heaven and Seek God’s Righteousness are Blessed beyond all of the Gold and Silver that is upon this earth. But to those who do, there is a Cost.
Matthew 6:31-34 KJV
"31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day [is] the evil thereof."
This is the First Cost of being a Disciple Of Jesus, that is, we do not Worry about Tomorrow, we do not Worry about Hunger, we do not Worry about Thirst, we do not Worry about our Apparel, we Do Not Worry! A True Disciple of Jesus Knows and Trust Jesus for all things, no matter what the Need Is. I have counseled many that they say that Jesus has Called them in to doing something, but yet Jesus does not Supply according to Their Words. I have told them if Jesus actually Called You to do something then it is His Responsibility To Supply according to The Need.
I have been in many different situations that Jesus told me to do this or to do that and in every situation Jesus Supplied According To The Need, even when debt would enter my thoughts. I have counseled those who have started churches and were struggling to keep the doors open, that The Holy Spirit revealed they were never Called to do such a thing, but that They Had Chosen to do so on Their Own Accord. Blessed Are those who Seek Not Their Own!
Another Requirement is to Die To Self…
John 12:24-25 KJV
"24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. 25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal."
Matthew 10:39 KJV
“He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it."
Our Will, Our Desires Of The Flesh, must Die, must Not Be IN Control and The Will Of The Father Must Dominate above anything else that is in the world. Our Will becomes The Fathers Will, Our Desires becomes Jesus Desires to Glorify The Father!
There are many things that are in this world that The Flesh Desires and we have a Free Will to Choose How we will Live. We have to Weigh all things to their Worth according to The Word and The Holy Spirit. For example which is more important to you, watching a Football Game on Sunday or spending time with Your Family, which has a more Godly Effect?
Our Choices should always be to put Jesus First above All Things, to put His Ways before our own.
John 14:15 KJV
“If ye love me, keep my commandments."
One of the hardest test is to Love and Obey Jesus above Family and Friends. These are the people that we have built a bond with, that we count on to have our backs in times of need or trouble. These are the ones that it seems we can talk to about anything that comes into our lives. As the old saying goes, “Blood is thicker than Water”, which is the exact point, that The Blood of Jesus is the Dominating Factor!
Blessed Are…We when Obedience becomes greater than the Sacrifice that we must give and the Cost Of The Sacrifice has No Bearing.
Matthew 19:29 KJV
“And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life."
The Sacrifice does not outweigh the Obedience that we must Choose To Do. It is the hardest thing that we must do at times, but we will be Blessed because of it. To lose everything for Jesus sake is the ultimate Sacrifice In Obedience that shows our Love for Jesus. That we Put Jesus First and Above anything, anyone is our Greatest Testimony to The World that we can ever give.
1 Samuel 15:22 KJV
“And Samuel said, Hath the LORD [as great] delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey [is] better than sacrifice, [and] to hearken than the fat of rams."
We may not see our Blessings in this World but we will in The Kingdom Of Heaven. We must push ourselves to Walk according to The Word and The Holy Spirit and not according to the Will Of Man or Satan. We are in a Battle for Our Souls, for Eternity, Jesus has already won The War but we must continue in the Battles for our individual selves, and the way that we win, is by Walking In Obedience Of Love. Man and Satan cannot conquer us if we Freely Give Up Our Lives For Jesus. If we have nothing to hold on to accept Jesus then we win!!!
Romans 8:37-39 KJV
"37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
The only thing missing in the list above is Our Free Will To Obey, that is the only thing that can Conquer Us. If we Choose to Walk in Ungodly Ways, then we have become Sacrifices To Satan’s Biding and Not to the Price Jesus paid. We are Blessed beyond anything or anyone in this World, but in order to Reach That Blessing we must make choices that Separate us from The World. It is not easy by no means and for some it will be a Life or Death situation or others it is just a matter of Choice.
Blessed Are those who give their all to Glorify Jesus, to Honor Jesus with Their Lives in All Things no matter the cost. Brothers and Sisters these Choices that we make are minute by minute, it is not once done and it’s over, but it is a continual Battle until we reach Heaven.
The Choice Is Yours!!!
Amen and Amen!!!
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