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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP 608 THE WIND OF GOD — DRY BONES

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: THE WIND OF GOD ON DRY BONES

In yesterday’s episode we made a connection of wind or the Hebrew word Ruach to being born of the Spirit or as Jesus said to Nicodemus, being born again. When God’s Spirit or wind blows something always happens. Take the story of Ezekiel for an example.

Ezekiel 37:1-8 The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, 2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry. 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest. 4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. 5 Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: 6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the Lord. 7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone. 8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.

Notice there was a noise and a shaking, and the bones came together but there was no breath in them. They didn’t have life without the breath. Just like we do not have spiritual life without the breath of God or the Holy Ghost.

Ezekiel 37: 9-10 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.

The wind of God blew and restored breath to the bodies and they lived and stood up upon their feet a great army. As children of God we are a part of a great army. But we do not fight with conventional weapons, but be fight with prayer and the power of the Holy Ghost within us.

Notice until the wind blew, there was no life. Just like we do not have spiritual life until the spirit of God breathes or blows over us.

This vision of Ezekiel has significance in showing that God can restore even that which is dead. Jesus came out of the grave with power over death, hell and the grave. But it also can show the significance of how God’s power is needed to bring spiritual life to our dry bones and give us new life. His Spirit puts us in the family of God, the body of Christ, or the army of God. It takes the breath or wind of God to create within us a spiritual life.

Gen 2:7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

God formed Adam from the dust of the earth. But until God breathed into him he was just dirt. He had no life. Notice he formed man then breathed into him the breath of life. All other creation on the planet he spoke into existence. But man was different, he was special he breathed into him and made him a living soul.

The wind or breath of God, The Spirit of God, The Holy Ghost is also needed to breathe spiritual life into us. Just as Adam was not alive without God breathing life into him in the natural. We are not alive until God breaths his Holy Spirit into us. Watch tomorrow for part three of this subject of wind of the Spirit.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP607 –THE WIND OF GOD — WHAT IS IT?

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Our automobiles will not run for very long without oil to lubricate the parts and make the work smoothly. Our spiritual lives can be this way also. All the parts of our faith walk will not go smoothly without the oil of anointing. It takes the oil in our lives to keep us in the flow of God and what he wants to accomplish in us and through us.

In order for our light to shine we must have the oil and anointing of the Holy Ghost. He is the oil. Without oil we are an empty vessel of no use. Just as an oil lamp is of no use without the oil. The Holy Ghost is what gives us a new spiritual life the oil that allows the light to burn. This is what it means to be born again.

John 3:3-4 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?

Nicodemus was high up in the ranks of the Pharisees. He was puzzled by Jesus. He felt like there was more to him than meets the eye. He went to Jesus and talked to him about his ability to heal people. Nicodemus explained that he believed the power came from God.

Jesus told him that he must be born again or he could not see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus being carnally minded wanted to know how he could enter his mother’s womb and be born.

John 3:5-6 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

God’s spirit has to move on our innermost being and create a right spirit within us. This is what happens when we are born again. The Holy Ghost overshadows us, sort of like it did Mary. But instead of creating a fleshly baby to be born and walk the earth, he creates within us a spiritual baby that will grow and mature to be more like Christ. This is Jesus in us, or the anointing of God’s Spirit that makes us Children of God.

Notice verse six, that which is born of flesh is flesh. This flesh will one day return to the dust of the earth. But that which is inside, the soul of a person will end up in hell for the sins it committed. If it was never converted to be born of God’s Spirit. The rest of verse six says that which is born of Spirit is spirit. The part of us that is God in us, or His Spirit will take the soul of those who have obeyed God’s ways to be eternally in heaven with Him.

John 3:7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. We should not think it strange that Jesus told him we must be born again. We must have the Spirit of God inside of us. The Anointing of God.

John 3:8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

The Greek word for wind is pneuma. It is also the same as the word for spirit. The word listeth means where it wishes or desires to go. Showing there is a freedom to the Holy Ghost. He will work in whosoever will let him. We have to be born again and then yielded to him for him to use us. In other words, we must be willing vessels.

In the Hebrew the word for wind is Ruach. This word is found first in Genesis 1:2 when God’s spirit hovered over the waters at creation and brought forth life on the earth. The wind or Spirit brings for life.

Tomorrow I will continue to show you examples of The Wind of God.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP606 A WARNING TO THE CHURCH

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: A WARNING TO THE CHURCH

I normally come to you on Fridays with something light and encouraging. But sometimes God deals with me to do something else. What the Lord has been speaking is a heavy weight and I want to share this warning with you.

It is about the future of the church. Not all members are on fire for God. Those that are lukewarm cause more harm to the kingdom than they help. The lukewarm are normally judgmental to make themselves feel better. They end up hurting and running off those who are new to the gospel and those who have not decided if they want to be a Christian. This is one reason why it is dangerous to be lukewarm. Another reason is that if you are lukewarm you end up dabbling with sin, this is being a bad light. Our God is a jealous God and wants us to not create little gods in our lives.

Then you have entire congregations that attend services and are more like a country club than a church. They never do true outreach, they are about building their kingdom bigger. This type of greed will not stand before God. He is about to bring it all down.

REV 3:15-16 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

If someone is hot, they are an on fire Christian, full of zeal and desire to follow Jesus. They are a good light because fire produces light.

Someone who is cold, has turned their back on God completely or has never made a start to live for Christ. The light of God is not in them.

In the middle is the lukewarm, full of apathy and going through the motions. God says he would rather we be hot or cold. If we are lukewarm, he will spue us out of his mouth. I think that explains it. We will be cast out like tares. The lukewarm have just enough light to do damage to the kingdom of God.

REV 3:17-19 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

Many say this is about the church today. They will tell you that they have need of nothing. They may give God credit for what they have, or maybe not. We are poor, blind and naked without God’s light in our life. If we are sold out to God and allow him to shape us, he will cover our nakedness or sin with his garment of grace.

The next verse is something that I kept hearing, hell hath enlarged. For a couple of days God dealt with me about these verses in Isaiah.

ISAIAH 5:14-16 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. 15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled: 16But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

God gave warning to the prophet Isaiah for the people of Jerusalem. They were full of pride, self-righteous, judgmental, covetous, not yielding fully to God. God warned that his judgment was going to fall. That so many were going to be swallowed up by hell that it would have to expand to take them all in, because of their disobedience. This passage depicts hell as a giant creature with its mouth wide open devouring everyone in sight.

This was a warning of being lukewarm and being morally corrupted. It was a warning to the proud and morally bankrupt. Hell is making room for everyone that is not on fire for God.

These people instead of following God they chose their own way, but wanted people to think they were obedient to God. He is patient and long suffering. But he will only allow evil to reign for a season, especially in a group of believers. In order for him to bring judgment on the evil of this world first he has to clean up the church.

I feel that the warning God gave Isaiah about Jerusalem could apply to the modern day church. There is a parable about wheat and tares and how God will divine the two.

I Pet 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

Peter was calling for the people to examine themselves to see that they were on a solid foundation. To see if they were on fire for God. Were they living in a way that honors God or were they lukewarm?

This is a serious thing. I am sure most of us have experienced a time of being lukewarm. I know I have several times in my life. But God’s long suffering toward the church is wearing thin. In order for us to step over into the glory of God we need to have clean hands, pure hearts and be on fire for Jesus. He is about separate the wheat from the tares.

I have been doing some soul searching this week. I don’t want to be found lacking. I shared this today to give you something to think about over the next few days. Ask God to show you if you have anything in your life that would cause him to think you are a tare and not wheat.

Because the tares are gathered and thrown into the fire to be burned. That is not the type of fire we want, hell fire is torment. God’s fire is pure and holy. This is a serious thing, so meditate on it and pray about it before you dismiss it.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP605 SEARCH ME

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: SEARCH ME

Psalm 139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: 24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

This is a prayer we should pray as a spiritual tune up. It is possible over time to let little things creep their way into our lives. When we ask God to search our hearts and try us and our thoughts, look out. He will do what we have asked. Sometimes we may not like the answer.

He will find that little bit of hurt, betrayal, even maybe a sin that we have tucked away in a small closet in our heart, behind lots of other things. This is a closet we leave closed and do not look in, unless God does some searching.

It is when he brings the things to light that we have to deal with them and get rid of them, like a sweater that is three sizes too small, but we hold on to it. But when we remove things from our heart like, hurt, pain, bitterness, jealousy or even maybe hate, God can use that space to place more of his fruit of the Spirit.

If our lives are so full of hurt and bitterness, we will not have room for joy. Maybe we aren’t carrying hurt or bitterness, but we are holding on to something else that it is time to let go. We don’t even know we are carrying these weights until God lifts them off of us and then we can feel the difference.

God wants us to give it all to him. Our ugliest messes, our worst pain and hurt, our anger, bitterness and jealousy. We are not hiding anything, at least from him. This is why we can be totally honest in our prayers. Once he has cleansed our lives of all of these things that are weighing us down, we can run faster. We will be able to run this race that is set before us with patience and God’s love.

Hebrews 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

As Christians we desire to finish our race well. We want to hear the Lord say, Well done. He is faithful to lead us in the right path and will not deny us when we ask him for ways to draw closer to him.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP604 BROKEN CISTERNS

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: BROKEN CISTERNS

A cistern is a manmade reservoir that is used to catch and store rain. It is different from a spring, stream or well because it is a holding tank for something that is poured into it. A broken cistern is symbolic of human shortcomings.

Empty and broken cisterns were often used as places for punishment or as prison cells. Imagine being underground, the only light or air you have comes from a hole at the top. It is muddy, musty and damp.

Jer 2:13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

God told the prophet Jeremiah that Israel has committed two evils, they had forsaken him. Then he referred to himself as the fountain of living waters. They dug out cisterns that were broken and could not hold water. In other words, they carved out their own way, while forsaking the one true God.

I feel like there are also a lot of churches today in which this verse can be applied. They have forsaken the real and true God. They say they are a Christian church, but have built idols of their watered-down version of the gospel.

In doing this they have compromised and become vessels that can no longer hold the living water of God, because the truth is broken. They have allowed the enemy to fill the reservoir with sin and lies. Making it good for one thing, a place of imprisonment.

In the case of these churches, nothing will change until they decide to cry out to God and ask him to repair the damage. They need sound doctrine and truth, not watered down entertainment.

On a personal level, when we allow the world to creep in, we will be spiritually broken and cannot hold God’s living water. It will take repairing the cistern of our lives to make us capable of holding God’s presence. But in order to make those repairs we must look to our God. He is the only one who can fix our brokenness and make us strong enough to hold his living water.

We need fresh water daily to live. Allowing the world to creep in, our spiritual water becomes stagnant or polluted with sin and the cares of life. We will not produce fruit when the water of life within us is polluted. In order for fruit to grow in our lives we need fresh water. The stagnate and polluted water needs to be purified. Just as our soul is purified by the blood of the lamb.

Before a harvest can take place, something has to be planted and watered. Many souls are in need of being harvested. Its time the church repented, repaired the altars and cisterns, prayed for clean hands and clean hearts. Then we will be ready to go out and make disciples teaching them about our great God and his wedding plans for his bride.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING — EP603 DEER FEET AND MOUNTAIN TOPS

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: DEER FEET AND MOUNTAIN TOPS

Yesterday we discussed the fact that the devil doesn’t have power to make us do anything. The Psalmist David, wrote “He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet.” Hind is another word for deer. They have the ability to swiftly get away from danger or threat. Just like we are empowered to resist the enemy and are able to get away. But we have to learn to recognize his whispered lies from our own thoughts.

PSALM 18:33 He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places.

David went on to say, that God, “setteth me upon my high places.” This is often another way of saying upon a mountain or mountain top. Mountains are used to represent many things in the word.

High Places or mountain tops were where people of God built altars. It was a place of elevation. Pagans often built altars to their false gods upon mountains as well. (What ever God creates the enemy tries to duplicate). This is why all thorough the story of the different kings the word says they pulled down the high groves of the false gods or they built up the high places. Israel struggled with idolatry.

Elijah told them they were going to have to choose once and for all who was going to be God. Baal or the One True God Jehovah. They made a contest that the real God would answer with fire. The prophets of Baal did their rituals, prayed, cried, cut themselves and nothing happened. Elijah said a short prayer and our God answered with fire.

Mountains are also a sign of strength. A place that has stood the test of time and is still standing. It is a place of security and shelter. Which is where Jesus got the parable of building on a solid foundation. The man that builds on the rock, though he goes through storms will still be standing when the storm passes.

The man that builds on sand will have his house destroyed by storms. Because it is not anchored to a rock or a solid foundation. Have you ever thought about sand. It is just small pieces of rock. People often have small pieces of truth, but do not want the whole thing. Being anchored to the rock will cost you something. You have to be anchored. People that are built on sand have nothing to stand on when the storms of life blow in with hurricane force winds.

Being set upon the high places means God is sheltering us and we have security to know that we are not alone. We can swiftly run to him, like the deer. He will be there ready to protect us from the enemy.

If we never had a rough road, we would not know that we could climb. He allows things to happen to teach us strength. Other times things happen that comes from someone’s freewill or even bad choices. Whatever the reason for the rough road, he has made us resilient enough to keep going. God never leaves us to struggle on our own, he is always with us. He makes our feet like hinds feet, which means we will always be able to climb any mountain we have facing us. Be encouraged that as long as you keep holding on to Jesus, you will make it.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP602 GOD INCREASES

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: GOD INCREASES

Gal 6:7-8 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables. He often used stories about sheep and shepherds or about planting seed and reaping the harvest. God placed the laws of reaping and sowing in place from the beginning.

When we show kindness to someone in need, it will come back to us. The opposite is true too, if you show hate to others, you will receive hate. If we choose to walk and live righteous lives, we will reap the benefit of that choice. If we choose to walk in darkness and sin, we will reap all sorts of things in this life.

Our flesh would love to take us down the road of instant gratification and pleasures for a moment. Things that on the surface appear to be pleasant. But are dark and evil. They will grow the fruit of deceit in our lives.

It is not easy to walk not after the flesh but after the things of the Spirit. God is there within us to give us strength to do the right thing. We just have to say no to the devil and ask God for strength to sow good things.

Often, we hear people say, “the devil made me do it.” The devil doesn’t have power to make us do anything. He can come and try to tempt us, by whispering in our ear. We have the right to resist him. It may take resisting a time or two. But we do have the power to resist. God will help us to resist but will not make us do anything either. We have free will and the right to make the choice. Which ever voice we yield to, will determine the outcome of our future.

It is up to us to decide, are we going to sow evil things that seem easy but is actually fumbling in the darkness of sin? Are we going to sow good things that seem a little more difficult but will reap wonderful things from the Lord including eventually eternal life?

One key is not allowing the enemy to wear us out. When we get weary it is easier to give into temptation. But if we can stay strong and not get battle weary, we will not listen to the devil’s lies that he comes to whispers.

Gal 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season, we shall reap, if we faint not.

We are not to be weary for trying to do the right thing. At the right time we will reap the harvest and we will reap benefits from the Lord for our own lives, if we don’t get too weary to keep going.

I COR 3:6-8 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. 8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

This passage reminds us that we just need to do what we are lead by God to do. If it is plant, water or harvest. But other than being happy that another soul was plucked out of the hand of satan, we should not feel like we did anything. Because God gives the increase to our efforts. We are not meant to plant, water and harvest a person. We are meant to work in unison with the Holy Ghost and other believers to accomplish the end goal of seeing people saved. Remember God is the one that gives the increase.

Go out this week and sow good things into people’s lives. Be encouraging and be bold, time is short. But remember, it is God that gives the increase.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP601 MEDITATION

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: MEDITATION

The world will tell you that meditation is sitting quietly and clearing your mind of everything. Yoga is popular, but what they don’t tell you is that yoga means yoke. You are literally tying yourself to a spirit. This kind of meditation is not anything a Christian should be doing. For everything God created the enemy has tried to counterfeit.

We are told in the scriptures to meditate on the things of God. His goodness, mercy, grace and love. We are to meditate on the scriptures, not clear our minds to allow room for the enemy.

Psalm 19:14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.

David asked God to search his words and the meditation his heart to see if they were acceptable. We too need to live as though God is searching our hearts and analyzing our words to see if they are acceptable. This should be our thought and prayer every morning that our thoughts and words are found pleasing to God.

What does meditation mean in the Christian sense of the word. It means that our heart concentrates on God. We ponder his truth and allow his word to fill our lives with actions that are pleasing in his sight. We want to be obedient to the word.

Peace will wash over us as we sit quietly thinking about his word. Meditating on the word is an act of worship.

Psalm 1:1-2 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

Our delight should be the word of God and we should meditate on it all the time. Before reading the word, we should ask God to meet us in his word. Then read a passage, take time to look up words that you are not 100% sure about the meaning. Read the passage and then read it out loud. Ponder the meaning of the passage. It is about spending time in God’s presence, listening for his voice and direction.

I Tim 4:13-15 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. 15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.

Paul told the young minister to not neglect the gift that was in him. In other words, the gift of the Holy Ghost. He told him to pay attention to reading and encouraging others. Then he instructed him to meditate on them and give himself fully.

We too need to give ourselves wholly to meditating on the things of God. Spending time with him is always a good investment of our time. It is our duty as children of God to draw close to him and learn how to meditate on the goodness of God.

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7/30/26

I apologize for not video or post, my internet went out when I was trying to upload. I will try again in the morning.

Until then, be strong in the Lord, pray for our country and all the world that freedom will reign. Pray for the harvest of souls and our president and his family.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP600 GOD IS CALLING

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: GOD IS CALLING

Many believe that giving our lives over to Christ is a one-time thing. We repent and then all is well. But I am here to tell you it is not a one-time thing. It is an everyday, every hour maybe every minute thing. As we go about our day, things arise that can cause us to pull away from our relationship with God. Trials, temptations, distractions and even well-meaning tasks.

God wants us to submit to him, but what does that mean? To voluntarily place oneself under the authority of another. It is translated from the Greek word, hupotasso, which means to “arrange under” as in a military ranking order.

Biblical submission to God is an active choice we make to prioritize ourselves below God, under his authority. This submission is rooted in trust and love for God. We submit to God’s will because we trust his authority.

I Peter 5:5-6 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

We are to submit to one another as the joint body of Christ. Submitting because we care for one another and to humbly serve God. In other words, we are to love one another as Christ loves us.

Eph 5:21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

I want to cover a couple of examples: Judas never fully submitted to living a life for Christ. He never submitted his authority to God. He was submitted to his lust for money. Like us, he could only fully commit to one. We have two choices God or satan. He allow the spirit of lust and greed to get him to submit to satan. Evil overtook him and he betrayed one who had done nothing to him but care for him. He sold information about where Jesus was to the Pharisees. He submitted to thirty pieces of silver, instead of submitting to following Jesus.

Sampson is another example; he took the authority he had and shared his secret with the enemy. He lost his submission to God the moment he started toying with Deliah. He allow his attention to be drawn away from God. Slowly he submitted to his desire for her. He allowed the source of his power to be cut off, which was his hair. In our case, we may allow the enemy to get us to stop praying and reading the word. Soon he was captured and bound by the enemy.

He prayed for God to forgive him. He realigned his submission to God and his strength returned. When his strength returned, he pulled down large pillars that held the roof of the temple. The enemy had chained him to them. In collapsing the roof, he destroyed around 3000 men and women of the Philistines. He also died in the collapse. It could have all been avoided if he had stayed committed and submitted to God in the first place.

It is easy for us to sit in judgment of these two men. But we too have some work to do to make sure that we stay in submission. It is easy to allow the cares of this life, troubles and trials to weaken our dedication and submission to God. He wants our complete surrender to him. He doesn’t want half of us. He doesn’t want our attention just on Sunday. Submission 100% of the time, we need to choose to surrender to his authority.

James 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

We are in serious times. Lines are being drawn in the sand. Today is not a time to be trying to straddle the fence or be lukewarm. We need to be all in with both feet, calling down the fire of God. To prove that he is God to a new generation that may be following an illusion of who he is or a false little “g” god of this world.

Today is the day to re-dedicate, renew, and surrender ourselves more fully to God. In submitting to God, we will resist the devil. He has to flee because if we are under God’s authority. We will have no authority to give the enemy. He will not have any control over our lives. He only gets authority over us if we submit to him. That is something to really think about. Let me say it again, satan only gets authority over us, if we submit to him.

All the more reason to stay in submission to our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

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