Glorious God, Beautiful King, Excellent God we bow before the Throne….x2 Your Name is Alpha, Omega, Ageless… You are Changeless… Almighty Jehovah… Glorious God, we bow before Thy Throne…// Come and see the Lord is Good… come and see the Lord is Good… There is nothing He cannot do… Come and see the Lord is Good… He gave me Victory… He gave Peace of mind… Come and see the Lord is Good… Come and see the Lord is Good…
Praise the Name of Jesus… Alleluia… Alleluia Amen!!! Our Lord is Good all the time… All the Time the Lord is Good…
Jesus… You are my Good God… I will forever follow You… there is nothing You cannot do… I will forever follow You… Praise the Living Jesus… Alleluia!!!
Beloveth… how are doing today… Great is His Faithfulness… How can I Thank You enough Jesus… I come to return all the glory, all honour, all Adorations to You, Father….Be Thou exalted O! Lord forever and ever Amen!!!
Our topic today is a common saying in our world today… Mostly use among our counterparts in the world… for the various time I have encountered it … it usually signify negative interaction…
However today our considerations will fall in two different perceptive…. how it is view by the world and by the Christian community…
Join us to discover more… First, from the author’s view point and then, ours…
Come along:
Hey… If Ya Got It, Flaunt It! Right?
Let’s face it. We live in a society where the powerful, the beautiful, and the bright usually get the recognition, the accolades and the promotions. It is a pride-driven world of self that takes on at least five forms of expression:
- SELF-PROMOTION — In our effort to command center stage, we have become masters at crafting just the right image, and uncommonly adept at manipulating people and circumstances. Thus, we artfully name-drop, apply pressure at strategic moments, flatter, pout, and intimidate. The Scriptures, however, do not allow us the luxury: “Should you then seek great things for yourself ? Seek them not… ” (Jeremiah 45:5a) (See Genesis 13; Romans 12:16)
- SELF-PITY — As a people, we have nurtured a “victim mentality” by refusing to take responsibility for our lives: “No one appreciates me.” “No one understands me.” “I had a rough childhood.” “They took advantage of me.” By way of contrast, consider St. Paul’s response to his severe victimization: “We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed… As servants of God… [we are] known, yet regarded as unknown; dying, and yet we live on; beaten, and yet not killed; sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.” (2 Corinthians 4:8, 9; 6:4b, 9,10) (See 1 Kings 19:10; Job 10:1)
- SELF-SUFFICIENCY — “Hey… with enough guts, brains and raw hard work I will make it happen!” While God affirms a can-do spirit, He despises self-sufficiency that is rooted in pride:
“In his pride the wicked does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.” (Psalm 10:4) (See Genesis 6:5, 6; Psalm 138:8; Proverbs 3:34; 11:2; 16:18; Isaiah 2:11, 12, 17; 14:11-15; 65:2; Romans 1:21, 28; James 4:6)
- SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS — “There are a lot of people out there doing a lot worse stuff than I.” “I‘m doing the best I can.” “I lead a clean, moral life.” “There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.” (Romans 3:10, 11) (See Isaiah 64:6; Luke 18:9-12; Romans 3:10-17; 10:1-4; Philippians 3:9)
- SELF-WORSHIP — “Hey, if ya got it, flaunt it! Right? ‘Cause if you don‘t toot your own horn, who will?” “Herod… delivered a public address to the people. They shouted, ‘This is the voice of a god, not of a man‘ Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.” (Acts 12:21b, 23) (See 2 Chronicles 26:16-21; Daniel 6:6-9; James 4:5, 6; 1 Peter 5:6)
The only hope – the only focus – the only option for the sincere follower of Christ is to climb up on the cross with him and die. And then allow his life, moment by moment to live through ours See Galatians 2:20. QUESTION: Today, are you willing once again to climb back up on that cross?
Hummmmh, beloveth… are you willing to climb up the cross?
Beloveth, to us “We got Jesus … then we get to flaunt Him”… Praise the Lord! You have seen a whole lot of what to stay away from… if we want to make it to heaven…
We are to stay away from Self Promotion, Self Pity, Self Sufficiency, Self Righteousness, Self Worship… beloveth… if we want to stay out in God’s Will… Stay off from the above and it shall be well with you… Alleluia Amen! Amen!! Amen!!!…. Praise the Living Jesus Alleluia!!!
May the Lord help our soul to live worthy of Him at the end to spend eternity with Him….
Beloveth… May the remaining blessings apportioned to us locate us before the month end in Jesus Name…. every pain and disappointments that have followed us up till now be consumed be fire of Holy Ghost in Jesus Name Amen….. Amen in Jesus…. Name Alleluia
Whatever is outstanding in our request or journal we come it to come into our bosom right now in Jesus Name….Heb.4:16, 2Cor.5:7… Ps.11:1…. Amen! Amen!! Amen!!!
Don’t forget to pray for the new month… Pray that it meet us well, healthy and hearty… Amen!!! Amen!!! Amen!!!
Further Reading- Isa.45:23, Rom.5:1, 1Tim.2:5, Phil.4:6, Heb.12:1, 4, Ps.23:2, Rev.2:7, Heb.8:10, Job.35:10, Exo.3:7, 1Cor.3:8, Rev.12:11, Ps.17:8.
Remain blessed in the Lord.
