It is useless

It’s useless to want to be great and yet think small.

It is also useless to want to be great from one day to the next.

No one is born great, that’s a law of nature put in place by the Creator.

It’s useless to be God’s partner and yet depend on other people.

Being a partner with God and counting on the help of others is not living by faith.

Wanting is not receiving.

If wanting was receiving this world would be a bed of roses.

After all, who doesn’t want to be healthy, prosperous, and to have a happy family?

Between wanting and receiving is an enormous desert that has to be crossed.

This journey begins with one step: determination and a firmness of mind, thoughts that are in line with the thoughts of God.

With each step you will have to keep your mind fixed on the same counsel that God gave Joshua:

Above all, be strong and very courageous to carefully observe the whole instruction My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or the left, so that you will have success wherever you go.  Joshua 1:7 (HCSB)

Head in this direction and don’t wait for other people to help you.

Trust that the One who made the promise is faithful and that He will fulfill it.

This is living by faith — this is depending on God.

Those who have a covenant with God cannot depend on others.

Either the Spirit of the Most High God is with you, or He’s not.

If you believe with all your strength, He will give you the certainty that He is your partner.

Do something, act on your faith, follow the inspiration that you’re given, do what you can and expect His response.

Relying on God as your partner and going straight ahead without waiting for the help of others is a basic principle of faith.

God made a promise to Abraham and his descendants.

Those who have faith are Abraham’s sons.  Galatians 3:7

Isaac was blessed and passed on his blessing to Jacob.

Jacob took possession of the blessing in a fraudulent way, became very rich, and yet did not become a blessing. He possessed the promise of the blessing, but was not happy. He possessed the promise but was not the blessing.

For the High and Exalted One who lives forever, whose name is Holy says this: I live in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and lowly of spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the oppressed.  Isaiah 57:15

Bishop Macedo www.bishopmacedo.com