How Are You Clothing Yourself? Are You Trying To Impress God or Man?

How are you clothing yourself?   Are you clothing yourself to impress men and women by adorning your outward appearance or are you clothing yourself in righteousness for God?   

We must remember that God made us for Himself and not for man.   He made us to be His representatives in the earth.   He didn't make us to be proud, independent, or self-sufficient.   He wants us to always depend on Him and He wants us to know that our sufficiency is in Him. 

 

We have to know that if we try to be independent from God, destruction will come.    Remember, a haughty spirit comes before a fall.   There are different types of people that we will encounter in the earth.   There is the unglodly.  That is the one who seeks evil and uses his lips for evil.   There is the froward.   That is the one who sows strife.    There is the whisperer.   That is the gossiper that breaks apart friendships.   There is the violent.   That is the one that entices and persuades others to go in a way that is not good.

 

We have to be careful so we won't be taken by the works of iniquity and we have to make sure we are not the one that is sowing bad seeds into the lives of others. 

 

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION 

Isaiah 61:10

King James Version

I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh [himself] with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth [herself] with her jewels.

Have You Taken The Time To Discern Your Heart Motivation For The Choices You Are Making In Life?

Are you allowing God to lead you in every area of your life or are you picking and choosing which areas you want to follow God in?   What is the motivation behind the choices you are making in life?  

 

When you think about your heart, think about it as a bridge.   On one side of the bridge is your Spirit and on the other side is your soul.   It matters which side of the bridge you are on as you make choices in your life.   Are you making spiritual choices based on God and His Word or are you making soulish choices based on how you feel in your flesh?

 

There are times when you will need help discerning your heart motivation.   Our heart motivation should always be based on the Word of God and the Word of God does not always line up with man's intellect.  As a matter of fact, there will be times when we have to renew or renovate our minds.   The Bible tells us in Romans 12 to renew our mind so that we can prove the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God. 

 

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION

Romans 12:2-3

King James Version

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Are You Being Still Enough and Quiet Enough To Hear The Still Small Voice Of God?

Are you talking to God more than you are listening to Him?   Are you so busy telling God what you need that you are failing to do what He has asked you to do.   We have to remember, God is always talking but we have to be quiet enough and still enough to hear what He is saying so that we can walk in obedience to what we hear. 

 

There are many voices in the world and we get to choose which voice will influence our choices in life.    Just as God is speaking to us through people and situations in our lives, the devil and other influences in this world are also speaking to us through people and situations in our lives.   We have to know how to discern the voice of God so that our choices will be alignment with God's Word and His will for our lives. 

 

Make it a point to listen for the still small voice of God.    When you are still enough and quiet enough to hear the whisper of God, you will already be in the position you need to be in, in order for you to quickly obey all that He is telling you to do.   

 

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION

1 Kings 19:12-13

King James Version

 

and after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave.

 

Are You Tolerating Fear and Allowing It To Contaminate Your Faith?

When we walk in fear, we are walking in the cares and anxieties of the world.    It is the enemy's attack against our lives.  It is where the enemy is trying to pull the plug on our faith.   He wants to keep our hearts and minds off of what God is doing and we instead begin to focus on what he is doing.    To keep our eyes stayed on God means we are walking in faith but when we are distracted and become more concerned about what the devil is trying to do, we leave the realm of faith and get into the realm of fear.   

 

Understand what the "cares of life" are.   They are distractions that are a result of anxiety.  When we become anxious about situations in our lives, it results in "cares" and we can either cast our cares on God or carry them around ourselves.    Remember, anxiety is a result of fearful concern or should I say fear.   

 

When you tolerate fear, you contaminate your faith and faith contaminated by fear cannot produce God results.   

 

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION

Isaiah 41:10

King James Version

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

What Do You Feel Is The Primary Thing In Your Walk With God? Do You Feel It's Your Faith Walk, Your Walk of Obedience, or Your Love Walk?

 What is the primary thing in your walk with God?   Are you focused on how you are walking in faith?   Do you feel like it is your walk of obedience that is most important?   Do you feel like it is your love walk is what matters most?   You have to remember, God is LOVE and He wants us to be like who and what He is and He also wants us to walk in faith and obedience.   

All three of these are hard to do.   Just think about it.   When you are doing your best to walk in faith, the enemy is constantly presenting you with situations in an effort to get you to walk in fear.   When you have chosen to be obedient, something always comes up to tempt you to get you to walk in disobedience and when you have chosen to walk in love, the test of your love walk will always come up because of something the person or people you are choosing to walk in love with has chosen to say or do that pierces your heart and challenges your thoughts.   But again, God has called us to walk in all three.  He wants us to walk in faith, He wants us to walk in obedience, and He wants us to walk in who and what He is and that is LOVE.   

 

God has given us all the tools we need to walk in all three.   He has given each of us a mustard seed of faith and He has placed His Holy Spirit on the inside of us to strengthen us and to help us to walk in obedience and love.  

 

Remember, God is love and the Bible talks about love never failing.   If we walk in LOVE (in who and what God is), it will help us as we choose to walk in faith and obedience because God is who and what God is.   He is faithful and He always honors His Word.  

 

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION

Ephesians 5:1-2

Amplified Bible

Therefore become imitators of God [copy Him and follow His example], as well-beloved children [imitate their father]; and walk continually in love [that is, value one another—practice empathy and compassion, unselfishly seeking the best for others], just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God [slain for you, so that it became] a sweet fragrance.

Are You Still Displaying Who and What God Is Despite What Everyone Else Is Trying To Do Against You?

One of the hardest things we will ever have to do is love.   True love is who and what God is and when we love others, we have to love them "in spite of".   Are you loving others in-spite of what they have done or even may be doing to you or against you?   In spite of means regardless of or even though.   The best example of loving in spite of is how God loves us.   He loves us even though we sinned and took the life that He sacrificed His Son for and used it to glorify the devil instead of glorifying Him even though we knew that He is God alone and He is the very air that we breathe.     God still loves of in spite of the wrong that we have done towards Him.    

 

Today do your best to forgive and to love as you have been forgiven and loved.   If you are finding it hard to do either or both, ask God to help you.   Ask Him to heal your heart and ask Him to help you to be more like Him.   Forgive as He forgives and do your best to love like Him.    

 

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION

1 John 4:7-8

King James Version

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and everyone that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Are You Measuring What God Can Do In Your Life By Walking In Limited Faith?

 Have you set mental limits on God concerning your life?   Are you believing that God can make a way in some areas of your life and are you still living by limited faith concerning other areas?   Do you have faith and pray for God to move for others and still doubt whether or not He "will" move for you?   If so, it's time to take the limits off of God by choosing not to limit your faith.  You have to remember that God can do all things and He is ready and willing to do all things for you, in you, and through you as well.  

 

Take a moment and think about the fact that God can't be measured.   He can do "all" things.   He can do exceedingly, abundantly, above all that we can ask or think.   The only borders and limitations that God has are the borders and limitations that we place on Him moving on our behalf by limiting our faith.    If God said directly to you, "be it unto you according to your faith", would you be able to access all of the Kingdom blessings He has in store for you or would God's blessings be hindered from coming fully into your life because of your limited faith?   

 

Today I pray that you take the limits off of God and as you walk fully in faith.

 

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION

Hebrews 11:6 KJV

But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.