“Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.” Luke 10:20
Early this morning, the Lord was showing me things, and the main point is to not have any emotions one way or the other regarding things. We as humans in the flesh, think differently than we should, and it must be fixed. Our thoughts should be as the Lord wants them and not how we want it to be.
The above verse was one of the things the Lord put on my mind. And how the disciples were joyful in what they accomplished. This is a BIG trap of satan and the current church system eats it up. The preaching is about saving souls by their works (although they would argue it is not true). But just listen to them talk. Many times I have heard men say I got them to accept Jesus and say the sinners prayer so I saved a soul today.
First of all that saves nothing, and actually is the opposite, because it makes the person who supposedly is now saved feel OK to remain the way they are. After all they did what they were told to do and are saved, so why do anything more? We rejoice in our own works, and they are worthless and evil in the eyes of God. This is a perfect example of this. Where we think we are doing good for God we are actually leading people away from him.
The other thing the Lord was showing me was in regards to the lawsuit and the man who is suing us. Because most men would still hate the man for what he is doing. Or the opposite, they would read some verses about forgiveness and let the man keep doing evil. In this case I could have given him what he really wanted but the Lord made it clear to not do that. He wants to remain in his condo he gave up when he sued us. And to allow a man like him to live right by you is not a good idea. He just keeps causing problems, and as mentioned before major problems. In the old days God destroyed these people, like Goliath for example. Or any of the nations who raised up against the Israelites’.
This is the main point he was making, he showed me two verses. The one about not having even pity on him. And the other to not rejoice in his sufferings. I am to remain neutral on it no matter the outcome. So when he is suffering seriously which he is now. I do not intervene and get in the way nor worry about him. Because he deserves what he will get. No different than I deserved what I suffered when I did wrong. But also when the calamity comes on him, to not be happy about it. I actually want to be happy about it, and it is a bit of a fight in me. And I could justify myself by using one of Paul’s verses where he says a certain man did him harm and he turned him over to satan.
The Lord has made it clear to me to do nothing and has actually tied my hands to make it where I cannot do anything about it, except just wait.
This translates across the board in your life. No matter your situation you are in. Do not be sad and complain when things are bad and do not go your way, and do not rejoice when they do go your way. Now this does not mean you do not praise God, because we must. But praise him in the good and bad. Be grateful for the suffering as much as the good times.
In looking at my life I have learned this lesson. I do not like the bad things which test me, but I also know the bad grows me, makes me stronger which is the point of God. In the good times there is no growth. This truth makes it easier to be joyful in the suffering as much as the good times.
In my life the two biggest test were when I lost my kids while going through a divorce, lost my career and a very good income, which then cost me my money and ended up in bankruptcy. A lot of stress, but this is what got me to really seek God instead of my religion, and eventually I found him.
The second biggest stress in my life was handled much different, it was just a few years ago while building these condos. The stress from what this man did to me by turning most of the rest of the buyers against me, telling them I was screwing them over, and even telling a couple of possible buyers to not buy in here. And then running short on money because the cost to build jumped by about double. Some things more than double others less, but the end result was it cost twice as much as our last project just 3 years earlier. And then instead of my wife supporting me, she did the opposite.
So everyone was upset with me, and I felt like I was losing it all. But instead of crying about it, I remained strong in Yeshua, having faith in him to make it all turn out OK, after all it was his deal not mine. And in the end he has done exactly that even though it is not 100% done yet. We do have a few condos to sell yet. But when I look at it now, the construction is done, the cost is over and we increased our net worth significantly and our income also by almost $4,000 dollars a month. It is actually what we are living on now as sales are almost zero.
Also, the other owners now see this man for who he is and no more issues between us. There is peace between us and working good together. And this man is all but out of our life, the final part should happen in the next few months. But the fat lady is singing.
This is the interesting part with God that if you do not know him you do not see. And this is also how he makes you worthy of heaven. He test your faith big time, and puts you through things and the end result is a HUGE blessing. He knew what was coming, and shows me a lot of things which are still coming. And how he is protecting me from these things, like what I posted yesterday about how they are going to destroy the dollar, and how to protect myself from it. But it takes me hearing him and then obeying him in faith. Because this is what faith is, hearing him and then obeying him no matter how crazy it sounds.
We could have been like most agents and spent money foolishly *(like I used to in my old days, but now learned my lesson). And if we did, we would now be starving, because the work I did with building homes and flipping and keeping some for rentals over the years is how we built what we now live on, and the condo project is the biggest part of that.
This might not makes sense to you, because the things of God are foolishness to those who are not his. But it is really simple, hear him and obey him and he will take care of the rest, including working out your salvation. In working out mine, I have both sold everything I had and followed the Lord and he perfected me. And I also have taken a negative amount of talents and turned it into a nice surplus (making 4 talents become 8). In my life the Lord has taught me almost every things to teach me, I have been through the same things as most of the men in the bible.
Many people get upset with me when I speak like this, because they think I am with a big ego, but the truth is my ego is in the Lord and what he has done to me. Not what I have done. Because first point is most people do not spend time alone with God and listen to him and then obey his instructions. This is how God works, he is NOT some happy go lucky guy in the sky working as a blessing machine and ignoring your sinful life. He is the opposite, he knows the best way for you to live your life, and is more than willing to give you grace when you decide to hear and obey him unto righteousness. He expects you to obey when it makes no sense because he sees the future and knows what is best for you, and then gives you the best when you obey in real FAITH, because this is what real FAITH is. God rewards faith in him and his wise instructions. We have been rewarded bug time because of faith. Not only in the above stories, but also in the kids we have. My son and his birth when there was no chance of him being born is all about faith and reward. A promise of God to me and he delivered, but then I also prayed and obeyed what he told us to do. This story has been told many times over and will be told again. A story almost exactly like Abraham and his Isaac.
In the end we are NOT to glory in our successful service, but glory in the fact your successful service by obeying the Lord has your name written in heaven. The purpose of eth storied I share and those written in the bible is to tell you how God works so hopefully you also seek his perfect will and work out your salvation. Not to put myself on some sort of mantle as something special. I am special in the eyes of God, many times he has told me things like “in you I am well pleased.” But it is not because I make good decisions, he is well pleased because I want nothing more than to hear him and obey his perfect way.