12/01/2013 - Incoherent excuses? God won’t buy it!

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Then said I: ‘Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth.

Jeremiah 1: 6

The Lord’s extremely patient and His love is even greater and that’s why we’re not destroyed by His wrath – it’s a matter of wisdom because He does so only before thoroughly examining our lives and then once He has come to the conclusion that – as long as His power is operating in us – the work He wants us to do will be fulfilled. Yet, the devil will always strive to convince us that we’re not qualified to put into practice the divine plan.

Declining the calling of The Most High apart from being an utterly unwise attitude we’re taking against ourselves it would sound as if we don’t really believe that He is indeed our Father and as if He didn’t know what’s good for His children. The Lord would never give us any counsel in disagreement with His best plans for our lives. Since He knows all things and even their tiny details God always chooses the best way for us to take.

Men are experts in making excuses. Jeremiah thought he could take advantage of his young age but that was not accepted by The Lord. Behind his words was a quite devilish inspiration. The enemy was determined not to allow him to do good deeds for The Kingdom of God considering that – if Jeremiah succeeded – he’d cause massive harm to the devilish plans and on top of that he’d be rewarded in the end. So, keep an eye out because the devil will try to drive you away from the will of God.

As a matter of fact, hell has been working its way through to call people’s attention to unrealities for quite some time such as causing them to wrongly think, for instance, that their noses are twisted or too big among other body defects. Precisely for that reason, many people don’t manage to live a happy life nor can they do something that those with high self-esteem awareness can. Those who are willing to succeed in life need to learn to be obedient to The Lord and pay no notice to the devil’s lies.

Excuses such as “I’m not good at talking”, “I’m feeling sick”, “I haven’t studied enough”, “I’m not used to being among famous people so I don’t know how to address them”, “I come from a working class”, “I’m from this or that place, a no-man’s land”, “My ancestors have never really stood out in society”, and so on and so forth. These excuses and many others whenever used will actually steal the opportunities for you to fulfil the plan you’re expected to here on earth – the one which will grant you the greatest happiness in the eternity. Don’t believe in anything the ungodly may tell you! Just believe in The Words of The Lord to you!

All children of God must stand firm and fearlessly in faith. Besides, they have to be convinced by what The Most High points them out as regarding their identity in Christ; they have to remember that they’re the owners of those riches declared by The Word and that they can do the same wonders Jesus performed in His earthly ministry. Now that you’re well aware of that reality you must never let cowardice, discouragement, fear or any feeling of defeat take possession of your life.

We’re to carry on doing the work Christ began. He came to bring men The Kingdom of God and before leaving the earth to Heavens – a place where He came from – He commanded His disciples to preach The Good News to all people (Mark 16: 15). Therefore, you must never make any excuses to the commands of God because they’re altogether incoherent, He won’t buy it!

In Christ, with love,

R. R. Soares