Enjoying God and Other Rare Events - Steve Sampson

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Enjoying God and Other Rare Events standing at the right hand of God!” 15. He was full of forgiveness (Acts 7:60). As they were stoning him he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not charge them with this sin.” This statement fell on the ears of Saul who was standing by with full consent to his death. Soon Saul was chosen by God as the Lord met him on the road to Damascus (Acts 9). The Bible says, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” Romans 3:23. It does not say that we have fallen short of teaching, churches, faith or miracles, but of the glory of God. To glorify Him should always be our motive and purpose. Our aim should be to glorify God in all we do and in all we say. If we aim for other things, we have aimed too low. Staying Provoked To be provoked is not enough. We must stay provoked. Provoked to prayer, to seeking God, enlarging our vision, giving more of ourselves to God, and resisting the enemy with more intensity, is only the beginning. We must follow through with diligence. We must stay in that place of divine dissatisfaction. The church at Ephesus had been in love, but had fallen (Revelation 2:4). The church at Sardis had been alive, but was dead (Revelation 3:1). The church at Laodicea had been hot, but had cooled off to a sickening lukewarmness (Revelation 3:16). The Bible says, “The slothful man does not roast what he took in hunting, but diligence is a man’s precious possession” Proverbs 12:27. We must follow through with the provoking that God stirred us in and not be as the slothful man who does not bother to prepare and eat the animal he hunted. Diligence is our most valuable possession, because it is through diligence that we eat and digest that truth, incorporating it into our lives. How easy it is to rejoice in what God said, then to do nothing. I heard a 56
Provoked and Staying Provoked minister exhort the people, “You rejoiced about it; you shouted about it; but did you obey it?” As a pastor, I saw the Holy Spirit provoke people on Sunday, but before the following Sunday they were back to “normal.” It is up to us to fan the flame of the fire that God has started. James expressed it this way, “For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was” James 1:23-24. Distractions Television, which I call “Baal” has usurped the attention of the best-intentioned prayer-warriors and Bible students. Truly it can be an instrument of Satan to keep us from bringing forth fruit in God. Whatever controls our thinking and time controls our lives. We can rest assured that as God provokes us, the enemy will attempt to distract us. Jesus tells us to seek first the kingdom of God because the distractions, which are many, will quickly cloud our vision. Distractions are not necessarily bad or sinful things, but the “little foxes” (inclusive of religious activities and events) that become the center of focus, rather than fresh daily communion with God. Stay provoked. Seek the Lord! Provoked to Take the Kingdom Many Christians I meet are feeling a certain frustration. God is squeezing His people into greater avenues of faith. Not understanding this, many have felt a confusion and misdirection, not feeling the “spiritual goosebumps” that were common in the beginning of their Christian experience. With this comes a feeling of rejection that God does not care anymore. But the contrary is true. God is squeezing the Church into more faith and assertiveness. 57
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