Thursday, October 06, 2011

Challenged To Change.....Will You Be "Captivated" By God or "Captured" By Life.....

So what does it mean to be challenged?   To be put in a place where you are asked to engage....to compete...  To be confronted.    To be confronted with life to see how you will conform.   Or should I say what you will conform to.  

God is challenging you today.    He is calling you and challenging you with His word.   He is asking you to come out and come up.   Will you face the challenge?   Or will you run?   The question is.....what are you running to?    If you are running from God.....what is that you are you running to?  

Safety is in God.   Healing is in God.   Peace is in God.   Prosperity is in God.   Please know that prosperity goes far beyond money.   We need to be seeking whole life prosperity.   Nothing lacking, nothing missing, nothing broken.   Not just financial gain.   So my next question to you is ....  if you are running from all these things.....what are you running to?   Whatever is not in God....actually opposes God.   

So what is it that opposes who God is and God's plan for you that has captured your attention?    When something captures you.....it takes you as hostage or prisoner.    What you have to understand is that you need to become "captivated" with who God is.....so that you can't be "captured" by anyone or anything that is unlike Him.    Life sets out to capture you.   To have you bound and a prisoner to the pressures and the problems that arise.   But God wants you to be so captivated and engrossed in who He is that you never leave yourself exposed and unprotected.   

So as you go forth today and you are challenged to change.....what direction will you go?   Will you be captivated or captured?    Will you stay in the place of safety or allow yourself to be exposed.    Overexposure brings with it a consequence and it may not be the result you want.    You need to stop and evaluate what you have exposed yourself to and what is coming from those encounters......

Worship For Today....
"Restore Me"
Ministered By Anthony Evans

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

As always a very relevant message!!! I am captivated by GOD-completely sold out!!!

R. Lynn Moore said...

Amen....me too. Consumed with who His is.....

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