Glorious God, Beautiful King, Excellent God, we bow before Thy Throne… Glorious… Glorious God Beautiful King, Excellent God we bow before the Throne… we bow before the Throne, we worship at Your feet, we bow before Thy Throne You are a glorious God…// let Jesus Higher, Lift Jesus higher… the Lord is good… I will lift Him up Higher… anywhere I go… I will lift Jesus higher… O Jehovah… Alpha Omega… I will lift up Jesus Higher… O Jehovah… Alpha Omega… I will lift up Jesus Higher…
Oooo come and see the Lord is good…x2 there is nothing He cannot do… Come and see the Lord is good….
Yes the Lord is good… All the Time the Lord is Good… what a Wonderful God we serve… Jesus Iye…. Thank You Father for the gift of today… Thank you Jesus for making a way for us where there is no way… You have done so much for me… I cannot say it all… nere ekene moo…
Glorious God, Beautiful Redeemer, we Worship You.. we give You Praise… we adore Thee… we lift You Up and Higher… Let all the Glory, Let all the Honour, Let all the Adoration be give unto Thee… we worship You… we give You Praise… Alleluia… Amen!!!
Beloveth… I hope you are being blessed… I want to recall all our topics since Monday till date… it has been more of our topics on Fridays- PLC… yes… Practical Christian Living…
Beloveth… the book of James… said to us… we are to be doers of the Word and not hearer or readers alone… Praise the Name of the Lord…
So if we know this book of law and do nothing as recommended by it… It is as good as not knowing anything at all… Jesus called the Jews of His days white sepulcher…
Beloveth so when we read, study God’s Word we are expected to put it into practices that what make sense in this race…
So today we will be considering reasons why we may be unavailable to God to use as a vessel…
Your guess may be as good as mine… but let consider what we have below and then compare notes…
Four Reasons Why We May Be Unavailable To God
(1) An unwillingness to give up security or comfort to follow Christ: “As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, ‘I will follow you wherever you go.‘ Jesus replied, ‘Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.‘ (Luke 9:57, 58)
Years ago, in spreading the Gospel, I took strong, red-blooded businessmen with me to the back alleys of one of the world’s most abysmal locales. But after a couple of hours of inhaling the ubiquitous aroma of burning tires and human waste, while being jostled on rutty roads in tropical heat, one of the men groaned, “Man… I can‘t take this.” Today he luxuriates in California’s finest environs.
(2) An unwillingness to allow Christ, rather than man to determine your responsibilities in life: “He said to another man, ‘Follow me.‘ But the man replied, ‘Lord, first let me go and bury my father.‘ Jesus said to him, ‘Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.‘” (Luke 9:59, 60)
Family expectations dictated that this fellow stick around home until his father died. Christ however, did not allow him that option, by saying in effect, “Let your spiritually dead relatives and friends bury your father when he succumbs. Put my mission before family demands. Now.”
I wonder how many of us are in bondage to family expectations at the expense of Christ’s call upon our lives?
(3) An unwillingness to sacrifice relationships closest to you to follow Christ: “Still another said, ‘I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say good-by to my family.‘ Jesus replied, ‘No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.‘” (Luke 9:61, 62)
I suspect Christ knew that if this man went home, He would never again return. As a young man struggling to follow Christ, I knew I had to physically leave the city of my family. The pull and expectations of the clan upon my life was simply too much to resist. So I left — at the cost of family favor.
(4) An unwillingness to live by a single, God-given focus: “Jesus replied, ‘No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.‘” (Luke 9:62).
The simple fact is, “The man who trusts God, but with inward reservations… cannot hope to receive anything from the Lord, and the life of a man of divided loyalty will reveal instability at every turn.” (James 1:6-8 – Phillips Translation)
QUESTION: From God’s perspective, are you truly available to Him? If not, what would it take to set you free?
Beloveth… what do you need to drop to be available to serve God… was it mentioned among these four points or you need to fish it out from your own list… whatsoever beloveth…
Ask the Spirit of God to help you… yes… help you so that you will be in God’s ‘Will’…. Amen!
May God help us to say Yes to Him… anytime and everywhere… Praise the Name of the Lord… Alleluia…
Further Reading- Ps.143:10, 1Thess.1:10, Jn.17:10, Gal.3:28, Heb.2:9, Rom.6:10, Gal.5:24, 2Thess.3:3…
Remain blessed in the Lord.
