Friend, it doesn't matter to God, who you are, and what you do, according to our daily life here on earth.

He sees us as believers in Him and His Son - or unbelievers.  He sees us as sinners, or sinners saved by His Son's Sacrifice.

He knows if we are believers, where our soul is making progress in Knowledge or not, and He knows the depths of our sin - both believers and unbelievers.

Other than that, He does not respect a man or woman for what they have achieved here on earth.

Many are the men and women who strive after great wealth or fame and even notoriety.

That matters not to Him.

It's your soul and if it is going to return to Him at death, that He cares about.

So essentially, we are all the same to Him yet He loves us individually and collectively.  He loves all He created and the spirit that is in each of us - the human race.

The colour of your skin does not matter.  But your sin does.

As you go about your day today, think about this fact.

Would God be happy with you?

How can you change to please God, and not just please yourself?

Meditation

Friend, do you recognize the answer to your prayers when they do not come like you thought they would?

To-day, I saw a result and it totally surprised me.  Shivers went up my spine!  It was so small, just a few words; yet it was so big a change in another that I was dumbstruck.

All indications were that it would be sometime or never that the change would come. 

But, no, there were a few words that told a big story to me.

Answered prayer that's what it was. 

God is so good!

Praise God for His faithfulness!

Look around, and see what He has done for you.

Recognize it and thank Him.

And keep praying - everyday, all day!

He wants you to speak with Him because in the speaking, He can help you know what His Will is.  The Spirit will interpret for you and you will find yourself stopping to use words more appropriate to His Will. 

God teaching you, His beloved, how to say the words to get the result you need.

Its' so magnificent!

1st John 5:14 -15  And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His Will, He heareth us.  And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.

Friend, there are two things in the above scripture we should remember when praying to God.

First is that we are advised to "ask" God for our needs.

Second is that we should know that if we ask for anything and it is not according to His Will (Law), we ask amiss.

God is Law.  He created Law.  He keeps the scales of Justice perfectly balanced at all times.

He will not give something to us if the Law is going to be unbalanced.

He is Perfectly balanced.  He will not allow Himself to be unbalanced, like we are.

Get to know God and His Law and ask according to His Will, and firstly, He hears you, then He sets about getting your desire prepared and working things together for you to receive what you have asked for.  He does all this according to His Will.  So your way and the time it takes to get it done will be dependent on your cooperation with Him in the process of Him granting your prayer request.

Also, our requests will affect others and if they are not in His Will, your request may take some time to become a reality in your life, while He and the Spirit work in the lives of the other people who are connected to your need that you have asked help in.

But, friend, ask for all your needs, and know that He is a Good God, and will move mountains for you to have His Will in your life - which will bring you new Life and Hope, and Love, and Peace and all the Godly things that He can shower on you.

Pray in confidence and say, "All things according to Your Will, Lord, not mine.  I am your humble servant and will wait and know that You are working all things together for Your Good and my good. In Jesus's Holy Name, Amen." 

Friend, in the world today we have come to believe that all must be allowed to be who they "want" to be.

It's a blanket statement that has seen many led to their death before knowing their Saviour.

Evil gets them in it's clutches and they enjoy their "uniqueness" so much that they will not listen to the Holy Spirit.

It takes a brave person to turn from wicked ways and say, "I have made a mistake, this is no longer for me.  I want Goodness and Light, and Love and Peace and Truth. Show me the way, God."

Today we say that you can be as evil as you want but many of us cry out when evil visits our door and comes in boldly and creates havoc - and stays, even overstays it's welcome.

Evil always has it's excuses as to why it must stay in the body it has been allowed to inhabit through a lack of Godly spirituality.

First comes, "It feels good for me." or "I was born this way."  Also,  "I'm going back to my culture or the ancient ways of my ancestors."

No, friend, these are not Truths of God.

Evil has won over their souls but God can do a makeover anytime we are willing. 

We can look up to God anytime and He is there, even in our wallowing.  We limit Him most of the time, but when we get up and call out, He will answer.

He is swift to help the brokenhearted, the lost, the lonely, the sick, the blind, the lame, those in poverty, when they call out to Him.

He gives comfort just by His Presence.  Knowing you are Loved with a Love that cannot compare to human love, is a great healer of the mind and heart and even the body.

Knowing that He is a Provider gives us the strength to go on in our work and be the best at what we do for we know He will make a way for us where there seems to be no way.

As we learn to come to Him for all our needs, and deny evil and it's pull on us, we grow in Grace and Mercy and receive showers of blessing from Heaven.  We are able to see them where before we saw nothing coming our way.

Now we have something to thank, praise and worship Him for.

Be an overcomer and you will know Great Love, Mercy and Grace.

Friend, trials reveal to our inner self, the true condition of our soul.

They can be a help to us because they reveal our lack of preparation and knowledge of spiritual things.

When we know and believe God's promises, His Words of encouragement and Truth we are able to stand and let the trial hit us full force and we will have the armour and tools/weapons to deal with the trial.  

Trials are necessary for this reason.  They show our lack.

We can go to the Holy Word to find our answers.  We can go to God in prayer and we can worship and praise Him to bring us closer to Him. 

The closer we get to Him, the more protected we are.  The more we know of Him the more we are attuned to evil's ways and the more we see adversity for what it is.

We find that excuses do not matter to God.  He sees past them and will not entertain them. He insists we deal with reality and spiritual things.  Excuses are just that, excuses - they are nothing, they carry no Truth and are therefore not valid.

We must overcome being an excuses person.  The world accepts it but Father God will not.

Be willing to cooperate with God as He leads you to Victory over excuses.

Friend, we must learn to lean on Jesus.

Trying to keep our problems and struggles to ourselves will not bring a victory or good result.

God already knows them but we sometimes try to not bother our Lord with what we think may be a small problem.  Sometimes the problem is so big we can't see a way out, or maybe we are ashamed, but the Lord I can assure you, does see the way for you and is waiting for you to allow Him to be the One who leads you through the maze back to sanity and freedom from the problem.

There is nothing new to the Lord about your tribulation.  He always has His hands stretched out to you in Love.  He stands waiting for you to recognize Him and accept His help.

Repent of your ignorance and be a humble soul and receive Him.  Me, I run to Him, and you can too!