Wednesday March 24th, 2021
Memorize: 1 John 2:15 God’s Word Translations (GWT)
« Do not love the world or anything that belongs to the world. If you love the world, you do not love the Father. »
Read: 1 John 2:15-17 New Living Translations (NLT)
15 Do not love this world nor the things it offers you,
for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you.
16 For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure,
a craving for everything we see,
and pride in our achievements and possessions.
These are not from the Father, but are from this world.
17 And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave.
But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.
Message:
The fifth element in our equation for Resistance in the “Mathematics of Christ in You” (MCY) series is ‘L and it stands for Lust.
For today however, we will only focus on the lust of the eyes, Our Bible reading for today says the world and all that is in it will pass away.
When you have a strong desire for material things, Christ cannot dwell and operate mightily in you.
Many people will miss Heaven because of their love for this world.
Some people cut corners just because they also want to buy a new car like their colleagues. Thank God for cars, but a car can be a moving coffin if gotten through sinful means.
I had been preaching to a friend since the 1980s. I got the opportunity to talk to him about Christ again in 2014. As soon as I started, he said
“Hold on Pastor, you don’t need to worry anymore.
When you were talking to me some thirty years ago, I wasn’t listening because of my ambitions, but now I have seen it all and I know it is vanity”.
He also added
“Whenever I want to drink alcohol or do some things I enjoy, you will say it is not allowed. Now, even if someone gives me a hundred million dollars, it will have no value before me. I am ready to give my life to Christ so my life can have real value”.
I didn’t have to preach anymore to win that soul for Christ.
If you keep lusting after the material things of this world, you will soon discover that they are not worth the stress.
The only thing worth having is the joy of knowing that you are serving the Lord.
The fact that you are a Christian however doesn’t mean that you cannot enjoy life. Rather,
it means you will enjoy life to the fullest, only that you have to prioritize spiritual things.
3 John 2CEV says:
« dear friends and I pray all goes well for you. I hope you are as strong in body, as I know you are in spirit. »
God wants you to prosper, but it must be even as your soul prospers.
Any prosperity that will cost your soul will destroy you (Matthew 16:26).
You must first seek the kingdom of God and live a righteous life, then you will never lack any good thing (Matthew 6:33).
This has been my experience with Christ. I focus on pleasing Him every day, and He supplies all my needs.
I remove every resistance to Him dwelling and operating in me, and He removes every hindrance to me accessing all-round prosperity.
Key point: Focus on the prosperity of your soul, leave the rest to Jesus to handle.
Author: Pst E. A Adeboye
Texte edited by Naomie
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