Friday, January 15, 2016

Barred from the Promised Land

I have a concern that I'd like to address regarding the people of God. We are getting ready to move into a Season where God is going to release His Miracle Blessings upon the earth. Many of us have been waiting for our breakthrough, waiting for the Manifest Blessings that we know that the Lord has borne witness with our spirit. However, my concern is that even though there are some who are waiting for the Blessing, you may not receive the Blessing for which you have been waiting for. The reason it may "go down" this way is because of what I'd like to describe as being Barred from the Promised Land.

It needs to be established that the Season that we're about to enter has been ordained not simply for the children of God but for the elect. Every born-again believer in Christ is a child of God, a Christian. But not every child is a part of the elect or chosen of God. That is why Jesus said, "many are called, but few are chosen" (Matthew 22). Keep in mind, God is good. There are blessings, I believe, that He's going to dispense to His Own simply because they belong to Him. But there are supernatural manifestations that are about to take place, straight form the Throne Room of Heaven that, quite frankly, only the elect and chosen of God are prepared to receive.

So what's the difference between simply being a child of God and being the chosen of God? Faith and Obedience. When you read the record of the children of Israel, God made it clear that the reason that generation did not make it into the Promised Land was because of unbelief (Hebrews 3). Even Moses, the great leader that God used to bring the children of Israel out of Egyptian bondage; even he didn't make it into the Promised Land. Why? Because of unbelief (Numbers 20). We have too many professing Christians that embrace Christ as Savior but won't do what He tells them to do. You can't talk about you have faith in God and then walk in disobedience (James 2). There are some specific things that God has told many of us to do. And we've chosen to leave them undone. Yes we still go to church, we still work in ministry, we still say our prayers and read our bibles, but we're not doing what God has told us to do. This my brothers and sisters, is unbelief. And when God establishes His Kingdom on earth as it is in Heaven, disobedience that grows out of unbelief will not be tolerated. Yes you'll still be saved, but you won't be able to participate in the Movement of the Kingdom. Make sure saints that your heart is right and that you don't find yourself Barred from the Promised Land.

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