Quoted from a sister/friend while we were in conversation this AM:
“The enemy doesn’t mind if we’re doing good things, as long as we’re not obeying God” #ironsharpensiron ✝️❤️
Bc disobedience to God is an open door/gateway for Satan. He loves when we do & say ANYTHING God didn’t say do–regardless of how innocent it seems.
“OBEDIENCE IS BETTER THAN SACRIFICE” – GOD
So while we do things & it seems good, get applauded and it gets much recognition from ppl, God will not accept it‼️ (Ex. He rejected Cain’s offering)
Them: “They have a good heart” or “They had good intentions”
God: “The heart is deceitful and desperately wicked above all things, who can know it? , I the Lord, search the heart,
I test the mind,
Even to give every man according to his ways,
According to the fruit of his doings” (Jeremiah 17:9-10)
(Amplified version) “The heart is deceitful above all things
And it is extremely sick;
Who can understand it fully and know its secret motives“I, the Lord, search and examine the mind, I test the heart,
To give to each man according to his ways, According to the results of his deeds”
So everytime we claim “their heart or our heart was in the right place” in doing something, God’s saying, “I’m the judge of that!” (This really checked me this morning 😮💨☺️) Bc our heart is deceitful! We do things w/ the belief “it’s good so God will honor it” but, if it’s not in obedience to God, wholly & with the heart towards Him with faith IN HIM (meaning, it’s gotta be in His Will), HE WILL REJECT IT!!
And it’s why many are more tired, more worn & depleted than they should be; yoked and entangled in things they shouldn’t be in; lacking more than God promised us to have–bc some of us are using God-given time & energy to do everything else EXCEPT what He said to do! [Then looking for Him to bless & multiply it] smh–NO HE WON’T!
I heard someone say on the radio yesterday, The Promise Land is ours–but, there was a fight against giants in order to claim [take territory] and possess it! This fight we’re in is against our flesh–bc The Adversary knows how to suggest things, present them as good, to get us to agree to do what he’s saying & AGAINST what God says. (No new tricks). We must know how to model Christ, crucify this flesh & resist the enemy.
“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you” -James 4:7
“Submit” in this verse means to place oneself under God’s authority, aligning one’s life with His will as a conscious, decisive act
However we don’t always do that & be right there, calling evil “good” & good “evil”–bc of our heart conditions. [There are grave consequences for that too, if we don’t repent]
Jesus says, “IF you love me, you’ll keep MY Commandments.” (John 14:15) It’s not about doing “GOOD THINGS” it’s about doing GOD’S THINGS🎯💯
🙏🏾May the fire on the altar of our heart be ignited & burn 🔥 passionately [even more] as our fuel & driving force for doing all that He called & assigned us to do–NOTHING MORE. NOTHING LESS 🙏🏾❤️✝️AMEN
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