Yeah, isn't it amazing how a man can find himself alone
Call into the darkness for an answer that's he's never known
Yeah, isn't it amazing how God can take a broken man
Yeah, let him find a fortune, let him ruin it with his own two hands
~ NEED TO BREATHE ~ Difference Maker
Had this song on my heart lately, as I think about what it takes to humbly walk with your God and Saviour!
As I look around and see "power-hunger" "christians" and think how do they seek to take the Job and power of the Spirit... Yes, we all have good intentions and try to do what's right in our own eyes, but I truly believe you can see and have discernment of who is seeking their own gain or that which furthers the kingdom!
Now don't think that I am just talking about those that are in the 'spotlight' in the body, but also those that seek power in the little things they try to control. Instead of letting the Spirit work in others.
It is amazing that God would grant a servant a 'fortune' and then let that same person ruin it with his own two hands. A man that once was broken has become a man that striving after wind. A man that once sought the Holy Spirit in the simplest decisions is now trying to walk on water without his eyes on Jesus...not humbled that He needs the power that he has rejected and replaced with his own.
I wish I could say with paul that, " I know what it means to get along with Humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both having abundance and suffering need."
See I know what it means to get along with humble means....and knowing my lacking and need of Jesus and being filled with what only He can offer... ~ HIMSELF~!
But to know the secret of having abundance and still knowing you are still weak, poor and needy, takes some real self evaluation and a letting of the Spirit to show you the "work of the Lord, not the work of your hands" And a TRUE humbleness to accept that! See, So Many of us see the abundance of Gods grace and instead of it humbling us and softening our hearts more to His plan, Our hearts get hardened~
Then God shows you what He built and established, will last... with or without you!
It is hard to trust in that when you see those that you see as a leader in the christian faith falling to Pride and not humbling themselves before their God! But look around, the Lord is going to hold fast to those that seek Him with all their hearts and those that do not, will ruin the 'fortune' with their own two hands...
So, as I seek to find Humilty in the Lords abundance.
May I see the work of the Lord and what will last forever ~let that be my treasure. Not the things of this world!
May I see Him using me, not me using Him!
May I always know that being filled by His Word will bring more joy than any toy or object or money!
May we always Find our strength and guidance from knowing the Lord, not by others and their desire for power.
May my 'fortune' not be in numbers of people agreeing with me or in big houses, but on standing for truth and seeking truth to be taken to the nations!
May my heart be one of praise in all circumstances, not for what God has provided but in WHO He is!
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good in one's lifetime; moreover, that every man who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor- it is the gift of God~ ECCLESIASTES 3;12-13
