Surrendering to God When It Doesn’t Make Sense

Surrendering to God even when it doesn’t make sense to do so is an important lesson we all have to learn in life. And this is our life lesson for today. We will look at the life of a young virgin girl, Mary in the Christmas story, and see how she surrenders to the will of God when it just doesn’t make sense.

Let’s read and find out what happens. Mary is a young virgin girl, betrothed to Joseph. The angel Gabriel appears to her and delivers the following message, “Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!” (See Luke 1:28, NKJV.) This is quite the situation, she is being visited by an angel who just greeted her with the most perplexing salutation. As we will read on in this supernatural encounter she really is a humble young woman, and probably didn’t see herself before as being highly favored or blessed among women. Gabriel continues on with his angelic purpose. He then declares to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name JesusHe will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.”, Luke 1: 30-33.

What a frightful message to receive, and in the natural it doesn’t make any sense. She has never had sexual relations before, therefore she can not be expectant with child. And she even questions the angelic-being standing in front of her and responds with these words in verse 34, “How can this be, since I do not know a man?” And Gabriel explains to her how it will be in verse 35, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.” And knowing what she is about to encounter from others in her life, he gives her a prophetic word about her cousin, Elizabeth, and then a promise. He says, Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren. For with God nothing will be impossible.” What a powerful message this young virgin girl, Mary receives. 

In the natural this message of the Lord is inconceivable to understand, and it will take sheer trust and faith to receive. And she so beautifully accepts the will of the Lord for her life–even though it doesn’t make sense in the natural. Let’s remind ourselves of her humble response, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to Your word.”, see Luke 1:38, NKJV.

We are all facing a world that is filled with chaos and uncertainty and we, like Mary have a decision to make–we can deny our destiny, or we can surrender to His will for our lives even when it doesn’t make sense to do so. Let’s pray. 

“Father God,

We are facing great uncertainties in life, but we want to do the right thing and be pleasing in Your sight. We confess that Your ways do not always make sense to us, but we know in our hearts that You have a plan and a purpose for us to follow. And we remind ourselves that You have even given to us a spiritual map–Your Holy Word, and a personal spiritual guide–Your Holy Spirit, Who leads us and guides us into all truth. So now, with humble hearts we surrender and trust You and Your ways for the days that are ahead of us. We accept Your plans and purposes, and we will do as You instruct us, even if people lie about us, or mistreat us for doing so we earnestly say, “Let it be to us according to Your word.” 

In Your most precious name, we pray, amen.”

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Making Merry this Christmas

Making merry this Christmas may seem challenging, but it is possible, and not only is it possible it is necessary. Making merry doesn’t mean to get drunk or high as the world would have you to believe. That type of activity only leaves people feeling emotionally empty and in want for something more. Making merry this Christmas means something much richer than anything this world has to offer, and it will not leave you feeling empty, but fulfilled. 

Making merry this Christmas is choosing joy over anxiety, depression and fear. This means making quality decisions that will alter the outcome of our day. It may not change our circumstances, but it will transform the foundation of our emotions. And as followers of Christ we cannot allow ourselves to be driven by negative emotions, but to choose to step into the realm of joy. 

Joy is more than an emotion. It is a supernatural power given to us by God that will cause the devil to run from us. Let us see what the Bible has to say about joy. 

Nehemiah 8:10 from the Amplified version of the Bible tells us, “Do not be worried, for the joy of the Lord is your strength and your stronghold.” Instead of allowing worry to be our stronghold, let us allow joy to be our strength. You may be reading this and thinking to yourself, “That’s easy for you to say, you don’t know what I have been through!” And you are correct, I don’t know all that you have been through, but I too have had my share of tribulations on this earth and am showing you the way to overcome the negative stronghold of sorrow. Jeremiah 31:13 says, “I will turn their mourning into joy; I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.’” No matter how difficult the situation is, if we will make the decision to choose the “Joy of the Lord” in place of our pain we will find inner healing for our soul–our mind and emotions. 

There is supernatural healing power in joy. Proverbs 17:22 teaches us that, “A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.” Choose to take God’s medicine–joy, take it daily, not just once a day, but take it in large doses throughout the day. You cannot overdose on it. And I promise you, the more you ingest His joy, the quicker you will heal, and the stronger in life you will become. 

Let us make merry this Christmas, and refrain from the negative emotions of anxiety, depression, and fear. Let us refresh our souls–our mind and emotions with the joy of the Lord and make His joy our supernatural strength and stronghold. And let us share this refreshing joy of the Lord with others and give them reason to make merry this Christmas too. 

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The Prophetic Significance of the Donkey at the Birth of Christ

The Spirit of God is speaking to me about the prophetic significance of the donkey at the birth of Christ. It’s a rich lesson that perhaps many have passed over. But before I begin, I want to share with you how this message came to me.  

A few days ago, I receive an invitation to a neighbor’s house to look at something they no longer want. I know it is some sort of nativity scene, but the way my other friend describes it I’m not sure if I want it either! But I should know better, the Lord always has my best interest in mind. When I see it I know it is for me. The neighbor that gives this set to me, doesn’t know it’s my 60th birthday this day, or how much I have missed openly celebrating Christmas. (For 25 years we were missionaries in a country where the Christians felt it was sinful to celebrate Christmas.) Yes, it is a gift from my neighbor, but it really is a gift to me from my Lord, and I am sharing it with you. And as I enjoy its beauty, I find my spirit is contemplating upon each animal and person, and the Spirit of the Lord is speaking messages to me to share with you this Christmas season. 

My spiritual eye is drawn to the donkey, a beast of burden. And as I meditate upon it’s purpose within the Christmas story I imagine it carrying a load of great heaviness–a young virgin girl impregnated with the supernatural saving grace of God–Jesus, the Christ. Now, it’s not the young virgin girl that’s supernaturally pregnant with a child that’s the burden of heaviness. I see her as another example of our God taking an impossible situation and making it possible. But this is a topic for another time. What then is this burden of heaviness?  This great load of heaviness is delivering “The Answer” to a lost and dying world, that doesn’t realize they are lost, and the danger they are facing–eternal damnation. So it is very fitting that “The Answer” is delivered to us on a donkey, a beast of burden. 

So many people, saved and unsaved are carrying a heavy burden that they are not meant to bear alone. And this Christmas season would be the right time to allow Jesus–our burden bearer to carry the spirit of heaviness, the weight of this sinful world, and all the evil consequences of it upon His back. 

Psalm 55:22 tells us what to do with this heavy burden. It says, “Cast your burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.”

Let’s pray together right now, and hand the burden over to Him. 

Dear Jesus, 

You are my spiritual beast of burden, and I place this spiritual heaviness where it belongs–upon Your back. I cannot bear this heavy load alone. And I see that in the manger scene you placed a donkey, with prophetic significance that has applicable meaning for me today, and that You came to lift this weighty burden of sin, and its consequences–sickness, disease, depression, fear, anxiety, failure, and so much more off of me. I willfully give all of this heaviness to You and place it upon Your back. In Your name, I thank You for setting me free, amen. 

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A Prayer of Faith for Your Soul During Election Chaos

With so much stress during this election chaos I want to share with you a prayer of faith for your soul. As I said, this is a prayer of faith for your soul (your mind and emotions), but before praying I want to share a little from my heart about all of this.

First of all, it is normal for you to feel the stress of the times that we are all passing through. As we are witnessing the people of this earth in turmoil as government control is out of control. It is invading our liberty, our freewill, our personal space and daily choices. We have been lied to and manipulated. Our daily pace has been forever altered with fear tactics and lockdowns, and in some places total shutdowns. And people are stressed and wearied and discouraged–especially during this election chaos.

But even in the midst of all of this distress, there is hope for our soul–inner healing for our mind and emotions. Let’s pray.

Father God, 

We come before You, and by faith we lay down the heaviness of this election chaos, and all fear and uncertainty that is rising against our mind and emotions. We know that we are created to be creatures of faith and not fear, but we confess our weakness to remain strong in the midst of such uncertainty, You have prewarned us in Your word that in this world we would pass through tribulations (difficult times), see John 10:10. And a great season of tribulation is upon us, but as Your ambassadors in the midst of a lost world, we choose the higher road and keep our eyes fixed upon You. We thank You that You are the same yesterday, today and forever, see Hebrews 13:8. You never change, see Malachi 3:6, and we cling to Your stability–knowing that You are our Chief Cornerstone, Psalm 118:22, and because of You and our life in Your Word our foundation of faith remains strong. We thank You, that even during tough times our hope, our faith, our strength is in You. And in all of these promises we remain steadfast, therefore this inner healing that we all need right now can freely flow through our mind and emotions and heal us.

In Your most precious name we pray, amen and amen. 

 

I suggest praying this over yourself aloud, so you can hear your own voice declare God’s promises in this prayer of faith for inner healing for your soul during election chaos. 

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The Fire and Glory of God Fall Down Upon Us for Redemption

While spending quiet time in the presence of the Lord, I heard the rustle of the onion paper in my Bible flip a page, so I looked over to it and read Second Chronicles 7:3. And I pray, just as it was in the days of King Solomon, “When all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord on the temple, they bowed their faces to the ground on the pavement, and worshiped and praised the Lord, saying; ‘For He is good, For His mercy endures forever.'” I pray this over our nation, that as the Church repents, the Lost will see the fire of God fall down upon us, and His glory surround us, and they too will fall to their knees with their faces to the ground and humbly surrender themselves to our Lord and King–Jesus Christ.

This leads me to two important questions. What fuels this fire and glory? God’s goodness and His mercy towards His people. And how do we access His goodness and mercy over our nation? First Chronicles 7:14 tells us how, “If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

As we can see this promise to forgive our sin and heal our land is conditional. As God’s people are we willing to meet His conditions to humble ourselves, and pray and seek His face, and turn from our wicked ways? The responsibility lies within us, but so too is the answer. There is only one way to Salvation–through the redemptive blood of Jesus Christ. But if we, God’s people refuse to live according to God’s ways, how can they? According to the Word of God, we are the salt of the earth. (See Matthew 5:13.) Just like salt enhances the flavor of food, so too are we to enhance the flavor of God’s goodness and mercy upon this earth. There isn’t anything more appealing to the spiritual appetite of the Lost than a Christian who truly walks with God, and lives according to His ways. We are called to be “Salty Christians”.

So are you willing to do whatever it takes to bring down the fire and the glory of God upon us, and cause the Lost to desire this great Redemption? I pray so. 

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Your Level of Love Affects Your Healing

Your level of love affects your healing. Are you aware of this spiritual fact? Your enemy, satan is, and he will make sure to cause chaos and division around you to keep you from walking in love and partaking of it’s God-given power in your life. Check your love-level. 

Love is the greatest of all gifts and the most powerful fruit we can partake of. It empowers faith. Without love we cannot effectively release faith for the miraculous. Throughout the gospels we see that love motivates every miracle Jesus performs. He loves people unconditionally and puts the needs of others before Himself. Even when they beat, mock, and crucify Him, He still loves and forgives them. And because of His unconditional love His supernatural resurrection happens and the miraculous still takes place today. 

Paul teaches us in Galatians 5:6, “For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love” (NIV). Faith is not activated by legalism or by religious acts but by love alone. The Amplified version of the Bible puts it this way,  “For [if we are] in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but only faith activated and expressed and working through love” (AMP).

God’s definition and checklist of love are recorded in First Corinthians 13:4-8, “Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.”

Examine your heart. Is there any characteristic on love’s checklist above that you need to work on? Remember, these attributes of love activate, energize, express, and work our faith for the miraculous. If you lack in the area of love, your faith is weak and ineffective. So strengthen your love today because faith operates by love. Your love level affects your ability to receive or release His healing power. 

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Protection from Plagues

With the outbreak of plagues and pandemics, we, as true followers of Messiah–Jesus Christ need to remember that we have protection from plagues.

Looking back into history, we read about how Moses and the Israelites were protected from the ten plagues that fell upon Pharaoh and the Egyptians. (Read Exodus 7 through 12.)

After reading the account of these horrific plagues, there are a few points that stand out to me more than others. First, God gave warning to the rebellious pharaoh and to the Egyptians what was going to come upon them if they did not heed Him. Second, even though God’s people were living in the midst of the plagues and pestilences, He provided a plan of protection for His people.

Let’s zero in on the tenth plague; this is where the spirit of death was to take the life of the firstborn from every household unless they painted the two doorposts of their home with the blood of a lamb.

For I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgement; I am the Lord. Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt (Exodus 12:12-13).

How appropriate and prophetic is this portion of Scripture for us today. Because we live under a new covenant, we no longer have to slaughter a lamb and paint our doorposts with its blood for protection. Jesus is our sacrificial lamb, and by His shed blood we are redeemed from this spirit of death that will try to steal, to kill, and to destroy us.

We have a promise to stand upon, “No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble” (Prov. 12:21 NASB). As with every other promise of God, we need to know how to activate the power of the promise. In this case, this promise is for the righteous, or those who are justified or vindicated by God. Today, the only way we can be justified or vindicated by God is through the atonement of Jesus Christ.

We need to make this point clear–just because Jesus shed His blood for us already for our redemption does not mean we do not have a part to play in our protection against plagues and pestilences. The opposite is true. We are responsible to activate the power of the blood in our lives.

 

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Following the Voice of Hope

Following the voice of hope is not the way of the world, but it is the supernatural design of God for His children. Are we listening for His voice? And are we following after His ways? Let’s take a few moments to reflect on this excerpt from my latest book, “Conquering the Spirit of Death.” Are we following the voice of hope?

Do you realize that we have the life of God within us? We have His DNA, His very nature, His miracle-working ability deep inside of us. We are created by His seed, and it’s only natural for us to live and overcome the powers of death.

Spiritually speaking it’s unnatural for us to be filled with sickness and disease and to desire to stop living, or to end the life of another—that’s the carnal nature, the old self resurrecting and dominating who we really are. We are actually spirit beings filled with the breath of God, housed in human bodies while on this earth.

We are not created for mere existence, but are destined for His greatness to multiply and fill this earth with His goodness and grace, life and healing, creativity and beauty wherever we go.

It is not the will of God that His life in us is overshadowed by the spirit of death. We are created to be overcomers in every area of life, not to concede to the darkness of our enemy—the devil and his wickedness.

It’s time for each of us to become who we really are created to be—overcomers, life-givers, a generation of hope that spreads the Good News of salvation to a darkened and dimmed world that is crying out, “Give us hope!”

*This excerpt is taken from “Conquering the Spirit of Death”, Chapter 11, “Following the Voice of Hope”, Pages 167-168.

 

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Spiritual Readiness List for End Times

I have comprised for you a spiritual readiness list for end times. I pray that you take to heart what it says and actually prepare yourselves for any type of persecution that we may encounter before we are raptured up to be with our Lord.

The Last Days

I believe that we are living in the last days, and that the return of Jesus Christ is soon. I do not believe that anyone can predict the date of Christ’s return, because it says in Matthew 24:36, “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.” But God does want us to be ready and teaches us the signs of the end-times in Matthew 24: 3-15. And Jesus says to us, “Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to everyone according to his work.” (See Rev. 22:12.)

I look forward to the great and glorious day when we will see Him appear in the clouds, and be caught up with Him, along with our fellow believers, (see Titus 2:13), but until then I plan on     being about our heavenly Father’s business and invite as many as will come. (See Prov. 11:30.)

IF you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.  Romans 10:9.

List for Spiritual Preparedness

 

  • Is Jesus Christ your Savior?
  • Have you made Jesus Christ your Lord?
  • Develop personal relationship with Father, Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit.
  • Get baptized in the power of Holy Spirit.
  • Read and study the Bible on a consistent basis.
  • Pray more than you have ever prayed before.
  • Forgive those that have wronged you.
  • Tell the people in your arena of influence that they need to get right with the Lord. And disciple them in the Word of God.
  • Minister healing to those around you.

Stock Up on Bibles

  • Start giving Bibles out to  people NOW!
  • Make sure these Bibles are unmarked—no name  or  contact information.
  • Understand that the government can  take down online Bible sites at anytime, without warning.
  • Make sure everyone in your household has a regular copy of the Bible.
  • And hide Bibles to give during times of persecution.

 

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