Every Good and Perfect Gift!

There is a teaching in Christendom from which people do not realize that they are taking and applying inappropriately. Let us look at the scripture involved:

“Don’t delude yourselves, my dear brothers – every good act of giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father who made the heavenly lights; with him there is neither variation nor darkness caused by turning.” (JNT) James 1:16-17

Here is an issue: People get a glimpse of their calling and purpose on this earth. They either get it through a prophetic word, or directly from God through His Son Jesus. When this happens, they quite often try and acquire as many “good and perfect’ gifts toward that calling or towards the fulfilling of their purpose on earth; they do this thinking that they are going to assist God by being able to push through.

Some people after getting this glimpse begin trying to make every imperfect thing in their life go quickly to make room for everything “good and perfect”! So that God will be able to do what He wants with them in their life!

Let me put this down where the rubber meets the road: In our desire, zest, or impulsiveness to become what God needs you to be in order to fulfill your calling; if every time you become aware of something in your life that is not good and perfect; if you try to make that imperfect thing go in order to make room for every good and perfect thing, this is not going to allow God the ability to be able to do what He wants to do with you!

As soon as we see something wrong in our life, that needs to not be there, we cannot want it fixed and taken care of right then! This is often a misunderstanding of God’s time and season for everything! Christendom really has gotten off in that when they see something a person is doing wrong, or something they are really struggling with in their life; they think deliverance is the immediate answer. You might hear someone say something like this: “Oh, God doesn’t want you to have to struggle with that, it was bought and paid for on the cross!” Well, yes it was! But what if God does not want that “thing’ to go at that moment in time? What if He knows something we do not, and He flat out does not want that thing gone at that moment in time? What about it?

Most individuals do not get it! They misunderstand, and or they forget: “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven…” Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NIV)

There is NOT just one day that any of us can decide, I just want this out of my life, and say, “God take it!” And then it goes! It is God’s choice; it is His timing! We must grow into the understanding of the perfection of God’s will! God has His own perfect way of doing things, and He has His own perfect time to do it! When we push ahead of Him, we can get our self into a real mess. We can do this because we do not know God, and we do not know His ways!

Do you know? When we go ahead of God - we can begin to feel very off? Plus, we can even begin to feel that God is way off from us! We can even begin to feel abandoned! We can even feel God stepped back from us. He will do that! He will step back. Why? Because we have gone ahead of Him, and in so doing WE have - pushed Him back!

When we do not allow God to tell us how, when, and where to do things, we are going about doing things - OUR way. To do this, and think God is going to bless it, because we are doing something good and right, that is - wrong! This is not true! Is every “good and perfect gift” from God, yes! But that does not mean we are to decide one morning that we are ready to have something good and perfect in our life! It is NOT our decision when something unclean or imperfect is supposed to leave our life! That is up to God not us! When done we are attempting to make GOD - our servant! And my friends that is dangerous! That can put us in a world of hurt, and discomfort. That is - playing God, and there is no other way to put it!

When we begin to do that, we are sowing to the wind, and we are going to reap a whirlwind! Why is that? Because we are (sowing) attempting to plant something out of God’s will for that time and space! Therefore, it is not God’s doing! Even though it may be what God would want at some point, we are sowing and planting out of season. So, what is there to reap?

“For they sow to the wind, so they will reap the whirlwind” (CJB) Hosea 8:7

“Then I looked at all that my hands had accomplished and at the work I had toiled at; and I saw that it was all meaningless and feeding on wind, and that there was nothing to be gained under the sun.” (CJB) Ecclesiastes 2:11

We Are Taught the Opposite!

We are taught the opposite. We are taught, “Oh that is wrong, that has to go. I will pray for you right now, and we are going to ask God right now to remove the desire and take that out of your life right now! And Satan you can’t put it back.”

You know what? God may not want that something gone yet! Therefore, all that is going to do is give Satan a wider door to come into that person’s life! That creates blood on people’s hands! Big mistake! HUGE! Damage control needs to be instigated here in this whole area!

Reasons We Should Want God In Our Lives:

Prepare for our calling
Help others successfully
For living a righteousness life

How To Stay True To God:

Remember He is God!
Remember He is Holy!
Remember He knows what is best for your life, you do not!
Spend quality time with Him!
Give God time to talk!
Make sure you have all the information God wants you to have!
Do not rush your time with God!
Make sure you know when God wants something done!
Make an effort to learn to trust Him!

(sw-h)

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