There are
times when we all go through hell on earth. It is human to be confused, cynical
and doubtful. We feel unloved and distant from God. Our confidence runs low and
our expectations shattered.
Unlike
popular belief and religious inclination, God is not mad at you. Instead, He is
madly in love with you. He knows our deepest, darkest thoughts. He has
witnessed our every failure and heartache. Today, if you are in a spot of
bother, I want to give you four A’s to help you out of your pit.
#1. You are accepted. That means God’s love reaches you no matter where you
are. There is no VIP sinner that God cannot rescue. He accepts you just the way
you are but He loves you too much to leave you the way you are. Nothing we do
can earn God’s favor. We just have to embrace God’s grace. You are accepted –
just the way you are!
#2. You are approved. Sometimes we try too hard to impress God. It is in our
nature to try to “earn” our salvation.
But like the credit card companies, Jesus has already pre-qualified us. It
should be our utmost concern wanting to please God with our lives. However,
some people have what I call “approval
addiction.” Today, I’m telling you that you don’t need to strive anymore.
As a child of God, you belong to the family. There’s nothing wrong with you. You
are approved by the Almighty God. You don’t have to impress people nor compare
yourself with anyone else. Just like Jesus, God is saying to you, “This is my son/daughter, whom I love; with
him/her I am well pleased!” You are approved by the Creator of the
universe.
#3. You are anointed. This means God has given you special favor and power to
go through a hard thing in an easy way. When you are anointed you can do amazing
feat! This is what happened to Samson. God had anointed Him to deliver the
Israelites. Once, he was in a precarious position with his enemies. A thousand
Philistines had ambushed to kill him. But the Spirit of Lord came upon Samson. He found a jawbone of a donkey
lying on the ground and with it, he killed a thousand Philistines! Friend, the
Spirit of the Lord is with you. You too are anointed to handle a tough
situation.
Today, you may be a single mom and the
odds are against you. Let me remind you - you're anointed to raise that angel God
has given you. If the job hasn't come through yet; it will. God has anointed
you to endure this period of dry season. If your business is struggling, God
has anointed you to persevere. Your business will thrive again. If your loved one
is acting up, you must know - God is drawing him closer even now. If you are
struggling in your marriage, the anointing will rekindle your love again. If
you are buried in a mountain of debt, do what you can and God's anointing will
decimate the rest! If you are battling an addiction, do not let people label
you - a drug-addict or an alcoholic. No. You are a child of the Most High! See
and declare yourself as one. The anointing will break every yoke (bondage).
#4. You are
appointed. We are appointed to worship God. In the
midnight hour, Paul and Silas were in prison. But they began to pray and sing praises
to God. It was so powerful that it created an earthquake and it led Paul and
Silas to be free again. I tell you, when you praise God in your midnight hour,
miracles will take place. As long as we stay focused on our own misery, we will
never rise to the level of victory God intended for us to have. Another great
way to get out of our troubles is to help someone else. We’re appointed to help
others (Acts 1:8). When we reach out to push people up we elevate our own
position. Let us do what we can to help others win. Friend, God is not only
with you, He is FOR YOU! Remember, you are accepted. You are approved. You are
anointed and you are appointed.
“But He said to me,
My grace (My favor and loving-kindness and mercy) is enough for you [sufficient
against any danger and enables you to bear the trouble manfully]; for My strength and power are made perfect (fulfilled and completed) and show themselves most effective in [your] weakness. Therefore, I
will all the more gladly glory in my weaknesses and infirmities, that the strength and power of Christ (the Messiah) may rest (yes, may pitch a
tent over and dwell) upon me!” (2 Corinthians 12:9
AMP).
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