God is good to all

Did you know that God Almighty, the Creator of the universe had THE plan of redemption in place BEFORE He ever created mankind?  God did not look down on earth when Adam sinned and say, “Ohhhh My Self!  What am I going to do now?"  Sounds so ridiculous, doesn’t it, and yet many Christians believe that God was completely unprepared for man’s rebellion. 

Side note:  Always remember this:  God never plays catch-up to Satan.  If He did, Satan could lead God.  That has never and will never happen.  We need to get what Billye Brim calls "a before the foundation of the world” mentality.  Just look up the Scriptures in 1 Peter and in Revelation that talks about the Lamb that was slain before the foundation of the world, and what He planned and preordained for mankind before the foundation of the world.  You will begin to realize that your God is an amazing God of love and He is quite the Planner!  He left nothing undone! 

With that being said, I want to expound a little more on God’s character and the way He works.  Acts 10:34 tells us that God shows no partiality and is no respecter of persons.   That means if you have ever seen God do anything for anyone in His Word, then He’ll do it for you!  He is no respecter of persons!  Wow!  That has to be good news for somebody!  Somebody shout!  I heard this statement from an instructor in Bible School some years ago, “What God does for one, He wills to do for all."  Man, that stayed with me! 

When the leper came to Jesus and said, "Master if you will, I know that you CAN heal me."  Jesus said, "I will."  And He healed him.  Jesus said, "I will."  Let me say it again.  God is no respecter of persons!  He does not pick and choose who to save, who to heal, who to bless, who to be good to!  The Bible says that God is gracious and good to ALL!  We are the determining factor.  We must, by faith in HIM, receive.  Do you have faith to receive?  You can!   


Get your faith engines fired up by seeing for yourself all that God has done in His Word.  If He delivered someone from the enemy in the Bible, He wants to deliver you! If He paid someone’s debt off, He wants to pay your debt off!  If He blessed someone, He wants to bless you!   If He healed anyone, He wants to heal you!  If He performed a miracle for ANYONE, He wants to perform a miracle for you!  

Be bold and bring your Father joy today by believing Him to show Himself strong on YOUR behalf! 

Faith is like a Rope

One of the best illustration on faith has always been that faith is like a rope.

Hebrews 11:1 (AMP)
Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, [a]the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses].

Faith is what we use to get things that are not physically tangible.  According to Hebrews 11, our faith is the assurance (the title deed) of the things we hope for.  That means that it is ours when we use our faith!

Have you ever been to a rodeo?  If so then you have seen a cowboy use a rope to capture a calf or a sheep.  Once he throws the rope and gets it around the animal, then he HAS that animal.  As long as he hangs on to the rope and doesn’t let go, then he can pull it in until he can hang on to it with his hands.

That is much like the way our faith works.  When we pray and believe God for something (healing, finances, answers, etc), then we have whatever we ask for right at that moment.  We may not see it with our physical eyes right away, but we have it by faith.  It’s ours right then!  We just need to keep pulling on our faith rope until we see it manifest in our lives.  We do that by thanking God for that which we asked.  A lot of people don’t thank God right away because they don’t see it.  But we thank someone at the moment we receive something from them, right? Then we should thank God at the moment we ask, because that is when we receive it from HIm.  That is faith.

So when the enemy tries to whisper to you that you’ll never get something you already have by faith, just don’t listen.  Just thank God and don’t let go of that rope.  Hang on to your confidence (your faith rope) because you know that there is a great reward attached to the end.

Hebrews 10:34 (AMP)
Do not, therefore, fling away your fearless confidence, for it carries a great and glorious compensation of reward.

Divided Loyalty

Divided Loyalty

Loyal friends are hard to come by these days. They’re trustworthy, they will never say a bad thing about you, they will defend you and fight for you. Now think about someone that might be loyal at times and disloyal at other times. You simply can’t trust them because they’re are unstable, and unpredictable. Will they say good things about you, or will they trash talk you. James chapter 1 speaks about disloyalty, and it’s a major heart check for me. Not in the context of being a loyal friend, but in the context of being loyal to God and trusting His word.

James 1 NLT 5. If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. 6 But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. 7 Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do.

We all have issues in our life at any given time, and need help. Whether it’s asking for help to overcome a personal issue, help with finances, parenting, professions, etc. We need help, but are we asking for help? And equally important, are we asking for help with our trust only in God? When you go to God to ask Him for help, do you later take on the burden of what you’re facing? If so, you might be resembling divided loyalty, and you may as well not have asked, because James said if that’s the case, don’t expect anything from the Lord! Let’s ask God for help, but before we do, let’s put our whole trust in Him so He really can go to work on our behalf.