Cbgrace’s Weblog

So we made the long, long trip to El Paso over Thanksgiving.  We drove…that’s what made it so long.  We listened to some Jonah 33 (Dennis’ choice – pretty radical – we liked it - their warfare CD) and we listened to a sermon series (Mostly my choice although he did get into it) by Bishop Tudor Bismark called Dimensions, Atmospheres and Climates.  We’ve listened to it before but I think we needed it more than ever.

One thing he said was pray that God would give you wisdom when you face trials.  Wisdom in order to NOT be double minded.  God cannot bless those who are double-minded.   (James 1:8)  The Word actually says He will not give anything to a double-minded man.  I cringe to think of all the times I have been double-minded.

As soon as a trial hits I question my relationship with God, my calling, my mission, my identity, everything.  After hearing this simple statement about being double-minded, I began thinking of some events that had happened in my life.  Several times in my life, people have questioned who I am and what I am called to do.  This has happened with friends, pastors, and associates.  Every it has happened I have lend-ed my ear to their questions and my faith and belief would begin to waiver.  I would begin asking myself…”Are they right? Have I missed something?  Is God going to move?  Is it true, God isn’t going to show up? Have I been wrong all along?”  In the end, I would simply have to go back to the prophecies that have been spoken; the Words God has given to me.  In the end, I had declare who God says that I am, where I am going and what the results are going to be. 

Isaiah 54:17
No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, And their righteousness is from Me,” Says the LORD.

 The Word says, I have the power to condemn.  I am not one to condemn the tongues of others.  And God knows, that at times I have been the one speaking negatively to others.  I am all about condemning a word that is spoken against me, against my family, my ministry or my calling.    Those words shall not fall on fertile ground in me.  They will fall on stony ground and they shall not take root.

I want to take this a step farther.  I want to get to the point that I no longer second guess what God has said.  I want to be so in-tuned with what He is doing in me and through me that I do not consider what others have to say…only what He says.  I want to be Kingdom minded.  I want my thoughts and actions to be Kingdom building thoughts and Kingdom building actions.

So what am I going to do?  I am going to start by asking God for wisdom.  Asking Him to change my thought patterns from my old way of thinking to His way of thinking…I need to be transformed.  Don’t we all?