Many wonder why they have such a difficult time walking with God. They ask themselves, why do they continue to keep falling and making the same mistakes over and over again? Why are so many having a hard time overcoming their trials, tests, and personal tribulations? Yes, many may be in the mist of such trials and tests and the outcome is yet to be determined. But many are hiding from God just asAdam had hid when God had walked in the garden. Adam hid because of his sin. However, God stilled called Adam out. God wanted Adam to walk with HIM. Even in your shortcomings, failures, and mistakes, God is still calling you to walk with HIM.
But first, we must come back into the light and let HIS Light expose our sin and weaknesses. Why do so many Christians fall away or fail? The answer can be found as we look at Solomon's walk with God. He started out great and prospered abundantly. But in his physical prosperity, he began to marry the pagan women that had brought idols into his kingdom. When life gets easy for us, we began to marry the conveniences of the world. We begin to marry the entertainments of the world. We are lured by the lusts of the world if we are not careful.
1 Kings 11:1-2 (AMP) But King Solomon [defiantly] loved many foreign women—the [a]daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites.2 They were of the very nations of whom the Lord said to the Israelites, You shall not mingle with them, neither shall they mingle with you, for surely they will turn away your hearts after their gods. Yet Solomon clung to these in love.
We are kingdoms and priests. And as we become physically prosperous, we are led away by the beautiful women of the world. In the spiritual sense, the beautiful women spiritual speaking are the lustful coveting things of the world.
Solomon was responsible for building God's beautiful temple. But at the end, he ended up loving the idols. Today, we can make the same mistake. We can start off very well building God's temple (you are the temple now) with wisdom, prosperity, and obedience. But the moment we disobey, this seed of disobedience will produce many bad fruits. Solomon was told not to mingle with them.
When you wonder why there is no breakthrough, when you wonder why you seem to fall all the time, when you wonder why you are the tail and not the head, when you wonder why you can't seem to pass your trials, tests, and tribulations, then look at your heart and examine yourselves and determine what idols are in there that you love. You may think it is trivial but does God? Have you asked HIM whether you have idols in your heart or not? You must ask HIM. Do not determine it for yourselves for you are not God. You must subject yourself to full obedience under His authority. You must walk with HIM. You must walk His path. You must walk His ways. Your own personal ways will lead to a wide road and to destruction.
Watch your own fruit. What fruit are you producing? Are you producing the fruit of the Holy Spirit or are you producing the fruit of death? Then determine what seed is in your heart. You must submit to HIM. You must cry out to HIM. HE must be your Everything and only thing. His Name is Jealous. Are you jealous for HIM? Or are you after other lovers? If you were His first Love and if there are no idols in your heart and if we are in full obedience to HIM, would we not be the head and walking with HIM in full authority?
Fire of God International Church
Pastor Steve Yong Kim
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