Walk in God’s Commands and Receive Blessings
Being “born again” by the Spirit of God, we are children of God. The Holy Spirit ministers God’s words to us to bless us. His words are living, powerful words. When they enter our hearts, they produce three spiritual things in us: (l) an image of who we are in Christ, (2) a vision of the things that God has prepared for us and (3) an understanding of how to acquire them. Our Heavenly Father has already prepared great blessings that make our lives abundant on earth. Those blessings exist in spirit form, not yet physically manifested. (I Corinthians 2:9) God gives us Promises to release the things to us. (II Peter 1:4) He reveals both the blessings and His Promises to us by the Holy Spirit. I Corinthians 2:10 declares, “But God hath revealed them to us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.” We are empowered by the Holy Spirit to imagine that the revealed things are there and that they belong to us. Upon receiving the knowledge of them, we must take ownership of them. We do so by declaring with our mouth that we have the things. The promised things are destined to manifest in our lives.
Now we must position ourselves to physically possess our blessings. To do so requires a specific walk in the sight of God. We must make a quality decision and walk in a disciplined manner in the Love of God. It is this walk that determines the reception of our blessings; because the prepared things are for those who love God. I Corinthians 2:9 declares, “But as it is written, eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.” The way that we show God that we love Him is to walk in the commands that He has given us. Psalm 119:35 declares, “Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.” We must receive His commands to walk in them. St. John 14:21 declares, “He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.”
I Thessalonians 4:2 declares, “For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.” When we walk daily in God’s command of love, we please Him. Those who please God are certain to abound in blessings more and more. I Thessalonians 4:1 declares, “Furthermore then, we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God so that ye would abound more and more.” With keeping God’s commands, we walk in expectation of receiving. We live each day expecting the things that God has promised to happen. Where no expectant thinking is operating, His Power is not at work within us. Ephesians 3:20 declares, “Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh within.” The blessing is that expectant thinking empowers us to resist all natural, opposing thoughts that hinder the flow of God’s Blessings into our lives. By walking in love and expecting, we are certain to experience God’s glory. God Bless.
From Pastor Leroy Rankin
Being “born again” by the Spirit of God, we are children of God. The Holy Spirit ministers God’s words to us to bless us. His words are living, powerful words. When they enter our hearts, they produce three spiritual things in us: (l) an image of who we are in Christ, (2) a vision of the things that God has prepared for us and (3) an understanding of how to acquire them. Our Heavenly Father has already prepared great blessings that make our lives abundant on earth. Those blessings exist in spirit form, not yet physically manifested. (I Corinthians 2:9) God gives us Promises to release the things to us. (II Peter 1:4) He reveals both the blessings and His Promises to us by the Holy Spirit. I Corinthians 2:10 declares, “But God hath revealed them to us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.” We are empowered by the Holy Spirit to imagine that the revealed things are there and that they belong to us. Upon receiving the knowledge of them, we must take ownership of them. We do so by declaring with our mouth that we have the things. The promised things are destined to manifest in our lives.
Now we must position ourselves to physically possess our blessings. To do so requires a specific walk in the sight of God. We must make a quality decision and walk in a disciplined manner in the Love of God. It is this walk that determines the reception of our blessings; because the prepared things are for those who love God. I Corinthians 2:9 declares, “But as it is written, eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.” The way that we show God that we love Him is to walk in the commands that He has given us. Psalm 119:35 declares, “Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.” We must receive His commands to walk in them. St. John 14:21 declares, “He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.”
I Thessalonians 4:2 declares, “For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.” When we walk daily in God’s command of love, we please Him. Those who please God are certain to abound in blessings more and more. I Thessalonians 4:1 declares, “Furthermore then, we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God so that ye would abound more and more.” With keeping God’s commands, we walk in expectation of receiving. We live each day expecting the things that God has promised to happen. Where no expectant thinking is operating, His Power is not at work within us. Ephesians 3:20 declares, “Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh within.” The blessing is that expectant thinking empowers us to resist all natural, opposing thoughts that hinder the flow of God’s Blessings into our lives. By walking in love and expecting, we are certain to experience God’s glory. God Bless.
From Pastor Leroy Rankin
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