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If there is one verse the Lord, I believe has prewritten for me and my life it’s this:
“But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty”
1 Corinthians 1:27 KJV
I made this comment in church many years ago and a leader said don’t talk about yourself like that! Now what this guy didn’t understand and I tried to explain was this verse is not a put down, But a PICK ME UP OR INVITATION through a door to see signs, wonders and miracles,
A simple verse that shows this example: if we are willing to put the fruit back on the tree that Adam and Eva took and ate from, and instead choose to eat from the other tree in the Garden the tree of life and utter these word Use me Lord. He will in an incredible ways. Amen?
Yet, these ways will not make sense in the world we live in or by the very wise people that live in it around us.For as the Lord is seated in the heavenly realms when He chooses to invade this world through us it totally defies the very core of what is possible by man.
Remember the angel Gabriel talking to Mary?
“What is impossible by man is possible by God Luke 2
When looking back over my walk with God, I see over and over absolute foolish things I did, as the Lord askedme to, and the total impossible boundaries of this work crushed by Him.
Here’s one of these times, one morning my wife and Iplanned to go visit her uncle in hospital. The Lord spoke to me these simple word “pray for someone” my first thought was uncle. As we were prepared to leave I asked if I could pray for him and he agreed, so did, yetnothing really happened, I felt in my spirit this sense he’s the wrong person.
Right, so I looked across the room and saw a guywatching us and thought maybe it’s him and asked him if could pray for him and he said ye. I prayed for him but got the same sense wrong person. As we left the room I was feeling both perplexed and frustrated saying “God you gave me an assignment but I cannot find the person”
Going out of the hospital my wife went to the bathroom, I sat down waiting for her then I overheard a couple sharing with their two small children that their nana was going to die.
My heart sunk and was raised with compassion at what I was hearing, over to them I walked and sharedthat I had heard their conversation, and since I’m a pastor would it be ok if I prayed for them? The parents said yes you can pray for their mum (nana or mum in law). I asked if we could wait for my wife and they agreed, when my wife came back they directed us through the hospital, they had swipes to open doors and it was like rabbit warren! I thought are we going toremember how to get out of here? They directed us into a ward and toward closed curtains. As they opened the curtain here around the bed was all the family tightly squeezed in around a bed with an old lady in a coma in!
The parents said this guy is going to pray for mum! Alllooked at me, as to the World and from World perspective this looked like a hopeless situation.
But God had another plan. After praying for the old lady she sat up totally alert and yelled “dam cat” and everyone started laughing.
We found out her last words before entering a coma were actually the first ones she said “coming out as she had fallen over her cat and hit her head”. We left that ward realising she was the one! But God will be Faithful to you as you say yes to Him and His way!
“So is my word that goes out from My mouth: It will not return to Me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it”
Isaiah 55:11 (NIV).
This happened, His word come to me ! I obeyed and did my part and His word accomplished what he intended it to do.
I’m wondering how often we miss miracles as we allow frustration, intimidation, fear and our own misunderstanding to stop His word which He freely chooses to pour through us and to end at us.
This frustrates me so much, since we are all qualifiedto see miracles, signs and wonders as children of God. For they are the very things that show God is real to the world around us. They are the things that confirm our opening verse “confound and confuse the wise”
Why? Because they are encounters with the truth and an invitation to relationship with true unconditional Love (JESUS) Yet this space and place can only be entered into by our WILLINGNESS and BEING WILLING to be a fool for God
That we won’t allow ourselves to be moved by public perspective, instead we will Just TRUST AND OBEY ALL HE ASKS US TO DO.
Now are you willing to be used by God? Willing to put your hand up and say Lord, use me and send me?
If so, you will need to do three things:
1. lose your MIND and receive His mind instead (roman 12:2)
2. Lose your WILL and choose His will and
3. lay down your LIFE like Jesus did (Luke 22:42).
All three of these are the trinity of Jesus life (the unity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit ) Is this trinity present in you?
If they are hallelujah, I guarantee you will see miracles, as I know and arm confident The Lord with show up in your life and reveal Himself in power. I am witness to this. Seeing ones with metal in ankles move withoutpain, muscles grow in front of our eyes, a baby and sheep raised from the dead and more
Challenge time:
1. Ask the Holy Spirit which area in my life have I not completely laid down my mind, my will or my life?
2. Once the Holy Spirit has spoken to you. You choose what you want to do.
If you want to lay this area down then pray a prayer like “Father I choose today to lay down the area of ……………. And now choose to pick up Your ……….AMEN
3 GIVE THANKS
Father thank You for all the Lives that will be incrediblychanged through this simply message and leading from You . We ask that all who read and apply it will see even more in signs, wonders and miracles than we have before. In Jesus Name, Amen
Amen.