READ: MATTHEW 13:18-19
Are you rooted and
grounded in Christ? When a seed falls on the ground, the birds of the air can
come and pick it up. The seeds that fell by the way side in the parable of the
sower were lost to birds. How you prepare your heart to receive the Word of God
will determine the type of soil it will fall on and the fate it will meet. In
every church service the Word that has been empowered by the Holy Spirit to
transform certain lives still falls on the way side and is lost to the birds of
the air operating as distractions, discussions during the service, wandering
thoughts, sorrow and heaviness; analysis of the grammatical errors in a
message; sleeping and dozing, visiting the loo during the message, etc.
Until you stop those birds, you cannot possess your possessions. Besides, there are some people who weep before God over a particular sin they are committing but before the following month they will be back to their vomit. If you are in such a situation, the power of God will break you free today in Jesus name. Every yoke of besetting sin in your life is destroyed. The Lord is releasing power to live a victorious Christian life on you. God wants you to be rooted and grounded in Him. Have your roots and tentacles established in His Word.
In Ruth 1:6-18, when Naomi said she was returning home, both Ruth and Orpah vowed to return with her. But after Naomi made them see the uncertainty that awaited them, Orpah went back to her idols, but Ruth insisted on going with her. She had obviously fallen in love with her God. She was ready to lose everything – her people, friends, known community, etc., so that she could continue to fellowship with Naomi’s God. She was rooted and grounded in her love for Naomi’s God. She ended up becoming a great grand mother of the Lord Jesus Christ. It pays to be rooted in Christ. Are you? When after several years of trusting God for a particular blessing, say a child, pressures come from all sides to return to the idols you left several years ago, what do you do? If you go back to your idols, you will be history like Orpah. You will be lost. But if you hold on firmly to the Lord inspite of the pressure, by the time He performs your miracle, even those persecuting you will shout the loudest and become saved. You were born to win not to quit from the right path!
Until you stop those birds, you cannot possess your possessions. Besides, there are some people who weep before God over a particular sin they are committing but before the following month they will be back to their vomit. If you are in such a situation, the power of God will break you free today in Jesus name. Every yoke of besetting sin in your life is destroyed. The Lord is releasing power to live a victorious Christian life on you. God wants you to be rooted and grounded in Him. Have your roots and tentacles established in His Word.
In Ruth 1:6-18, when Naomi said she was returning home, both Ruth and Orpah vowed to return with her. But after Naomi made them see the uncertainty that awaited them, Orpah went back to her idols, but Ruth insisted on going with her. She had obviously fallen in love with her God. She was ready to lose everything – her people, friends, known community, etc., so that she could continue to fellowship with Naomi’s God. She was rooted and grounded in her love for Naomi’s God. She ended up becoming a great grand mother of the Lord Jesus Christ. It pays to be rooted in Christ. Are you? When after several years of trusting God for a particular blessing, say a child, pressures come from all sides to return to the idols you left several years ago, what do you do? If you go back to your idols, you will be history like Orpah. You will be lost. But if you hold on firmly to the Lord inspite of the pressure, by the time He performs your miracle, even those persecuting you will shout the loudest and become saved. You were born to win not to quit from the right path!
MEMORIZE:
COLOSSIANS 2:7 –Rooted and built up in Him, and established in the faith, as
you have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
