No King BUT Christ no. 6

“Listen, all Y’hudah, you who live in Yerushalayim and King Y’hoshafat: here is what Adonai is saying to you: ‘Don’t be afraid or distressed by this great horde; for the battle is not yours, but God’s. Tomorrow, go down against them. They will be coming up by the ascent of Tzitz, and you will find them at the end of the vadi , before the Yeru’el Desert. You won’t even need to fight this battle! Just take your positions, Y’hudah and Yerushalayim, stand still, and watch how Adonai will deliver you! Don’t be afraid or distressed; tomorrow, go out against them; for Adonai is with you’”(Divrei-HamYamim Bet (2 Ch) 20:15-17). The battle is God’s. We are constantly fighting spiritual warfare and mistakenly choosing our own strength to fight those battles. When I fight, I will lose BUT when I allow God to give me His strength, I can be assured of victory.

Falling into my own strength, my own authority, and my own power is a path to my own destruction. I have a King that fights for me, within me, and has conquered sin and death. So why am I fighting anything on my own? Because I think I know better. Because the person on the throne isn’t God BUT me. “Therefore, since we have received an unshakeable Kingdom, let us have grace, through which we may offer service that will please God, with reverence and fear. For indeed, ‘Our God is a consuming fire!'” (Messianic Jews (Heb) 12:28-29). I have not only a king BUT the King to serve. And I don’t serve Him by enthroning my own strength, authority, and power. I serve Him by listening to what He says and where He leads.

All sin is idolatry. It is taking God off the throne in my life and putting something else there rather than having a right relationship with Him. If I want a right relationship with Him, He has to be in charge. He has the only power, He has the only strength, and He has the only authority that matters. I can try to place other things on that throne. I can try to put other masters in charge of my life. BUT only He will give me freedom. Only He will give me victory.

“You don’t even need to fight this battle! Just take your positions and watch how Adonai will deliver you!”

Grace and Shalom to your home. The Kingdom of God is now!

I love you. I forgive you. Have a blessed and abundant day!

#ThinkBetter #BeBetter #NoKingButChrist #EmbraceTheWithin #NotMyWayYHWH

No King BUT Christ no. 5

“See that no one repays evil for evil; on the contrary, always try to do good to each other, indeed, to everyone. Always be joyful. Pray regularly. In everything give thanks, for this is what God wants from you who are united with the Messiah Yeshua” (1 Thessalonians (1 Th) 5:15-18). Do good, be joyful, enter communion, and give thanks. A rather simple solution to life’s problems, situations, obstacles, temptations, and trials. BUT it is an effective solution that is not so easy to achieve despite its simplicity.

Do good. What a great idea and a wonderful principle to live a life, “Always try to do good to each other, indeed, to everyone.” How much better would our home be if we always tried to do good? How much better would our communities be if we always tried to do good? How much better would our nations be if we always tried to do good? Instead folks always talk about choosing the “lesser of two evils” or “the ends justifying the means”. That is the way of the Goyim and gets us exactly where our homes, our communities, and our nations are currently. Places without goodness. Places where goodness is seen as outdated or liberal or effeminate or weak. If doing good is so weak, then why do folks have such difficulty with doing good? Well, that is what following God in an upside-down Kingdom looks like, “For God’s ‘nonsense’ is wiser than humanity’s ‘wisdom.’ And God’s ‘weakness’ is stronger than humanity’s ‘strength’”(1 Corinthians (1 Co) 1:25). Don’t let the Goyim or worldly Christians tell you otherwise. Do good.

Be joyful. Give thanks. There is no better way to start your day than with praise and joy for the days behind us and the days to come. “I give you thanks with all my heart./Not to idols, but to you I sing praise” (Tehillim (Psa) 138:1). Never underestimate the power of starting the day with positivity. Giving thanks and praise reorients your mind to see the joy and wonder that God provides. I am thankful for the salvation that I have received which brings myself and others joy. What reason do I have to not be joyful? “May God, the source of hope, fill you completely with joy and shalom as you continue trusting, so that by the power of the Ruach HaKodesh you may overflow with hope” (Romans (Rom) 15:13). Be joyful. Give thanks.

Enter communion. Christianity is all about a relationship with God. And you can’t have a relationship with someone to whom you do not communicate. So, “Pray regularly”. Giving thanks and being joyful are important components of prayer. I also need to ask God for help. “But God already knows my needs.” He sure does. BUT He needs me to surrender those needs to Him. Prayer is an action that shows how committed I am to God being in control. I need to talk to God about my problems if nothing more than to get things straight in my own head and allow Him to provide the solutions. Prayer allows me to understand that I am not in charge of the day, He is. Prayer aligns my thoughts and actions with His Will. Enter communion.

Do good, be joyful, enter communion, and give thanks. A rather simple solution to life’s problems, situations, obstacles, temptations, and trials. BUT it is an effective solution that is not so easy to achieve despite its simplicity.

Grace and Shalom to your home. The Kingdom of God is now!

I love you. I forgive you. Have a blessed and abundant day!

#ThinkBetter #BeBetter #NoKingButChrist #EmbraceTheWithin #NotMyWayYHWH