Many are wondering why God may not be listening to their prayers. Many feel God is far away from them. Many feel stuck in their sin and bondage. Many Christians feel lost. Many Christians feel unsatisfied. Why? Is the problem God? Is the problem your spouse? Is the problem your pastor? Is the problem your church? Is the problem your children? Is the problem your neighbors? No, the problem is YOU!
The command is to PRAY, receive the Power of the Holy Spirit and be His witnesses in Jerusalem, Samaria, and then to the ends of the earth. It starts in Jerusalem. It starts at home. It starts with YOU!
But you must go after God in FULL surrender. You must go after God with no terms of your own. You must go after God willing to go for broke. You must go after God "All in." Many can gamble their money and lives away and go "All In." But with God, many Christians hold back.
Jeremiah 29:11-14 (NLT) For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. 12 In those days when you pray, I will listen. 13 If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me. 14 I will be found by you,” says the Lord. “I will end your captivity and restore your fortunes. I will gather you out of the nations where I sent you and will bring you home again to your own land.”
Scripture says He will listen when you look for HIM WHOLEHEARTEDLY. You will find HIM when you look WHOLEHEARTEDLY. HE will end your bondage and restore your fortunes when you seek HIM WHOLEHEARTEDLY. You say you are seeking HIM wholeheartedly? By who's definition are you using? Yours? Perhaps,it is time to ask God if you are still holding back?
Numbers 32:11(NLT) ‘Of all those I rescued from Egypt, no one who is twenty years old or older will ever see the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, for they have not obeyed me wholeheartedly.
If you do not obey God WHOLEHEARTEDLY, you will not make it to the promise Land. Do not define to yourselves whether you are following God wholeheartedly. If you define it for yourselves, then you are just eating the fruit of knowledge of good and evil. You would be playing God. You must ask God to examine your hearts to determine if you are following HIM wholeheartedly or if you are holding back.
Acts 17:10-12 That very night the believers sent Paul and Silas to Berea. When they arrived there, they went to the Jewish synagogue. 11 And the people of Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul’s message. They searched the Scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth. 12 As a result, many Jews believed, as did many of the prominent Greek women and men.
Many say they believe. Do we really believe WHOLEHEARTEDLY to seek the Truth out? We say we are praying seeking answers but are we really showing in our actions that we want the answers or hear the Truth? We must be like the people of Berea. They were open minded and they searched the Scriptures day after day. How do you know you are hearing Truth from where you are being fed? Are you searching the Scriptures as though your life and the lives of your family depended on it?
Return to your First Love. Return to HIM as when you had first met HIM. Return to HIM with ALL of your Heart going broke for HIM. Then HE will answer you.
Fire of God International Church
Pastor Steve Yong Kim
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