A GOD WORD!

Leaning on others for advice and or correction can serve as a helpful guide.  However, all that we receive from others must be discerned with the inward witness & truth which we continually receive from God's Word & the Holy Spirit.  When we (trust) allow the word to back up all that we hear, then no man will ever confuse us!!  You might hear something, but learn not to "receive" unless Daddy God says, it is so. Do you ever notice how you receive a particular scripture, at a certain time in your life, from a person & it encourages you in that exact area in your life?  Or, have you ever had someone come up to you trying to prophecy over you & they way off?  Through the truth which is already inside you, the Holy Spirit tells you whether it's right. That's why the more we HEAR & MEDITATE on God's word, the more wisdom & understanding we receive. Thus, empowering us to know & apply this God-given INWARD truth to our lives, in other words, to live it out!  Anytime you receive a word & that fits your life at that moment, it comes no other way, than through the revealing of the Holy Spirit.  And through each season, through the good, and especially the bad, receiving, applying & living God's word will cause your foundation to grow like to become one day like:
 Psalm 92:12-15
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in EVEN IN OLD AGE; they shall be fat and flourishing; to shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him."

A Committed Work!

What are you passionate about (singing, dancing, playing an instrument, leading others, even; administration, sales, nursing, writing, inventing, helping others, or anything...)?  Is it a holy desire? Was this desire birthed through your relationship with Christ?  Does your fulfillment of these desires involve mere self gratification, or bringing God to glory? 

There is nothing wrong with having personal ambition, as long as it doesn't outweigh our purpose for existence, which is to lift up the name of Jesus.  This is simply becoming a witness for Christ.  Otherwise, all that you do is done in vain.  

John 12:32 says, "And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself." 

I encourage you to put God 1st in all that you do! Through this you will not only succeed, but you will cause others to look to the one who has saved you, delivered you, who daily empowers you to be who be His witnesses, that you may become who He's called you to be!!

Ive carried this scripture in my pocket for 5 years which my motherSandra Shaffer gave to me. It serves me as a daily reminder of how when I commit my works to God He will bless & empower me to prosper, in all that I put my hand to!

When I'm committed to God, His desire becomes my desire.  Therefore, I can't fail!!