Adonai

The word Adonai in hebrew means Lord, as in Master. I was challenged today about the Lordship of Jesus in my life. I want to put the challenge out there too. Is he truly Adonai to you? Are you in full submission to his will and his plans for you? Do you call him "Lord, Lord" and not do what he says? Submitting to God in everything may mean relinquishing your hold on your life, your hopes, your dreams, your ambitions, your will, even your physical body, and giving them over to Him so that he can truly live and reign in your life. After you have done that, you can then go to him and call him Jehovah Rapha (healer), Jehovah Nissi (Victory and Banner), El Shaddai (All sufficient One) etc. Are you truly submitted to God? I came up short this morning, but I have resolved that he shall indeed be Lord over my life. The word says that our hearts are wicked and deceitful. Could it be that your heart has deceived you into thinking he is Lord over every area of your life when there are areas not surrendered to him yet. Confess your sin, he is faithful to forgive, ask him to cleanse you and to put in you a pure heart. Without deceit. That every area of your life may be truly surrendered to him.

"Against you, you only have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge...Cleanse me with Hyssop and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow... Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me."
Psalm 51:4,7,10

Trusting him along the way

Sometimes it seems you are walking merrily down the road of life and you know exactly where you are going, and nothing can distract you. Until you come to a fork in the road, and your not so sure which way to take. It gets even more complicated when the way you think you should be travelling turns out not to be the one your maker wants you to travel.

Proverbs 14:12
"There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death"


He stands in front of you and says "give me your life, your hopes, your ambitions, your will." That can throw you for a loop. That is when you have to trust him and believe that when you hand over everything to him, it is in exchange for a higher calling.

Sometimes the way we are going does not seem wrong, yet it leads to death. For example being a workaholic. Working is not wrong but when over done can lead to stress, lack of time to spend with God, lack of time with family etc. That could lead to death in your physical body (illness and death), death in your spiritual life (separation from God) and death in your family (no relationship with family, divorce)

When God asks you to surrender all to him, even when your way seems good. Remember that he sees all and knows when and where you will be most satisfied and fulfilled in life. I have covenanted with my God, that he will be God to me and my descendants forever. That means I am his and he is mine. It means I trust him completely and give all to him. It means if he says go East when I really want to go West, I turn and go towards the rising sun. And his Glory will surely rise on me and I will be blessed because I trusted him.

"Arise, shine, for your light has come,
and the glory of the LORD rises upon you."
Isaiah 60:1

I want a man!

I want a man
not just any man
I want God's man
hand-picked
kingdom appointed
for such a woman as this...

I'm looking for love
not just any love
I want the God kind of love
filling a heart that beats
to the kingdom's rhythm
unadulterated
Holy Ghost saturated
the kinda love that
can't be rated...
poured out
runnin' ovah
like water in a glass
already full of good things
smooth as silk
yet tough as rope
wrapping around my soul
keepin' it all together
forever
with room enough for me
to be
a woman
not just any woman
God's woman
whole and free
to love you
the way I want you to love me
with a love
not just any love
but the God kind of love
rich as a sinful dessert
pure as tried gold
the kind of love that can hold
onto your hand
and God's at the very same time
delivered from all other ties that bind
and yes
I'm free enough to wait
for a man
not just any man
but the man
who understands
and knows what love means
and lives what God says...
and wants what I want
a real love
a strong love
a tall love
agape love.
God's love.



From "What to do until love finds you" by Michelle McKinney Hammond

Too busy NOT to pray

Deuteronomy 33:3 talks about how to download from God.

"Surely it is you who love the people;
all the holy ones are in your hand.
At your feet they all bow down,
and from you receive instruction"

He loves me enough to want to give me the wisdom to navigate through life. I seem to not be doing very well in the bowing down part. I have become too busy it seems to spend an hour in prayer downloading from the one who sees all my tomorrows. I can not run a business without his guidance and wisdom, but I am having a hard time striking a balance as needed. God forgive me and give me the grace to discipline myself to pray. Especially now that I am so busy for I am too busy NOT to pray!

Business Partner

I have been offered a partnership that looks very lucrative, but I have just met this person and i'm at a loss on how to determine whether or not he would be a good business partner. How do I move on from here? I need wisdom to make the right choice. Help Lord!!

I have the know how and he has the finances. Often I have heard that when God gets ready to do something for you, he provides all the resources required to do the job. Could this be one of those times? Pray that I will be prudent and circumspect in making this decision. That I will have discernment to see through the agenda of this particular person. Is he truly wanting a deal that is a win win situation for both of us, or is there an ulterior motive? God promises in the book of James to give wisdom liberally, without finding fault, to him who asks. May God's wisdom be my portion in making this decision. I have the mind of Christ!!

Contradiction?

Sometimes the Bible blows my mind. Deuteronomy 31 starts off with Moses telling the Israelites that God and Joshua will go before them so they do not need to be afraid of the land where they are going. Bear in mind that this land is full of giants and all kinds of foreign people. And you are not just travelling through their land, you are literally going to take it from them!! So he tells them that God will neither leave them nor forsake them and all that good stuff. It is a land full of milk and honey and prosperity is their portion. Then God calls Moses and Joshua for the "changing of the guard" ceremony and proceeds to tell them that Israel will surely prostitute themselves to other gods and that he will hide his face and forsake them because of their sin. Now that sounds contradictory to me because I truly believe that God spoke through moses when he said he will neither leave them nor forsake them.

We must remember that God sees and knows everything. He is from everlasting to everlasting and knows us completely (Ps 139). What he is promising through moses is that he will indeed make sure that they possess the land and get to enjoy this land that flows with milk and honey. He will not leave them or forsake them as they endeavor to possess the land, but will go ahead of them and give them victory which they did. Now, because of his infinite knowledge of humanity he was also sure that once they settle into the land and live and eat well and prosper, they would indeed forget him and start walking in sin. So what he was explaining to Josh and Moses was the consequences of doing this.

We are the same way. Once God has settled us and our dreams come to fruition and money is no longer a challenge and our hearts are at peace, instead of blessing God and continuing under the shadow of his wing, we start to mess with things we shouldn't and forget God's goodness. May God give us the grace to know him for sure with or without prosperity. May we learn to praise him and to walk with him even after our dreams are accomplished and we are prosperous in all that we do according to his promise. Stay under the shadow of El Shaddai.

UPDATE

Just to update you on how business is going, I am doing very well so far. I have 4 potential clients that I am talking to and I have already started working for the other group. I am really pumped and at it constantly in a bid to build my career. I have pretty much decided to quit here this month. That way I can focus on all the stuff I have to do. We (strategic partners and I) are also thinking of starting a training program. We will see how that goes. Praying that it comes through big time. Will keep you in the loop.

CHOOSE LIFE

Reading Deuteronomy 30 just makes you want to pray. It says:

vs 15 "See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction"

How many times do I choose death and destruction every day sometimes knowingly and willingly? How many times does God speak to my conscience and ask me to choose life and I turn my back on the truth and walk willingly into the darkness? Yet he clearly says that those things that I think are too hard to do or to walk in are not.

"11 Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. 12 It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, "Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?" 13 Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, "Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?" 14 No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it."

That basically says there is no excuse. All I can say is forgive me Lord and help me to walk in you ways according to your word:

"6 The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, so that you may love him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live."

I choose life that I and my descendants after me may live.