The Gears of Life!

This post is a consolidation of a flow of tweets from my Twitter timeline.  The thoughts were simply flowing from my spirit, and I thought I would capture them into this post so many others can share in its message.  I pray that it is a blessing to you!

Everything in the universe is cyclical.  This is the design of the Creator, and there is a rotational order to everything, and we, as human beings are no different.  This life we live is a cycle, which happens to be part of an even larger cycle.

Consider the heavenly order of things.  Galaxies, solar systems, stars, moons, and planets ALL have cycles they adhere to.  The earth, our spiritual mother has a cycle that we ARE in the midst of right now. As she changes according to her cycle, we also change according our cycles within that larger cycle.  This means that we are connected to the cycles of the earth.  Think of 2 gear wheels. Their cycles depend on the two of them being connected.  Movement in either gear, will cause a reciprocal movement in the other.  Neither can complete their cycle without the other being connected.  This is the same kind of connection we have with the earth.  We need her; as she changes, we change.  As we change, she changes.  Right now, I FEEL this change!  The cycles are in progress and the completion of both our cycles is VERY near!

Now, let’s apply this concept.  Each of us is a gear in this life.  We are all connected to one another, and each of us affects the cycles of others we are directly or even indirectly connected to.  Some gears are larger than others, so it takes more time to complete their cycles, while the smaller gears connected to them finish more quickly.  Even though different size gears finish their cycles at different times, THEY ARE ALWAYS CONNECTED!  The smaller gear finishes its cycle, and begins a new cycle, while the larger gear is still in its first cycle, yet… they are still connected!

People of lower vibrations and consciousness are LARGE gears. Their large mass is determined by all the baggage and negative karma they carry around.  People of higher vibrations and consciousness are SMALL gears.  Their small mass is determined by their freedom from negative karma and the lack of excess life baggage.  So, the large gear people take a much longer time to complete their cycle of ascension to the next level of consciousness because there is more they have to work out.  The small gear people will finish their cycle of ascension very quickly, and begin their next cycle.  But even though these people are on different cycles, THEY REMAIN CONNECTED to complete an even greater cycle they are BOTH a part of!

Now that you know how intrinsically tied together we are, it is imperative that we Love and aid one another in life, understanding that even though we may be on different spiritual levels, we still need each other to survive!

Peace and Love to you all!

The Subtlety of Selfishness

In this short posting, I am going to share with you something I had to identify within myself and overcome, spiritual selfishness!  Please understand that this message is for “Whomever it is for!” and, that it is not for everyone, so please don’t take it personal.  Thank you!

Awakening to Truth and Reality, is a life event that causes one to never be the same again.  It is a wonderful time, a glorious time, and a time of great celebration of ones’ self.  But, as with any good thing, there is always a counter-measure waiting to manifest itself to drain you of the positive energy you have just gained!  The counter-measure I want to discuss today, is that of “Selfishness”.

Selfishness, is a very covert creature which is adept at the art of spiritual infiltration.  In other words, one has to be very conscious and aware, because selfishness will sneak up on you, take you by surprise, and you will be none-the-wiser until after someone has been hurt!

Once we have received our awakening, the excitement drives us to want to share our newly-realized state of being with everyone we can.  We speak to people directly, face-to-face or by phone.  We send emails and letters.  We post on Facebook and Twitter.  The venue through which we share does not matter, but the way in which we share does.

It is perfectly fine to give out those beautiful pearls of wisdom and spiritual insight to all within your sphere of influence; this can be called planting seeds in peoples’ lives, or gently shaking those who are asleep.  Our words should be those of Love, Insight, Encouragement, and even Instruction.  This is all good, until someone we are sharing with does not seem to appreciate what we are saying. Perhaps they disagree completely or, they simply can’t get that particular light to turn on – right now.  This is where spiritual selfishness “creeps” into the picture under the guise of “preserving our light”!  We “disconnect” from those people, rationalizing that their negative energy will drain us!  This is NOT good, because, being spirits of higher-consciousness, we have been gifted with not only perception, but also POWER!  Our higher vibration and level of consciousness elevates us into positions of spiritual strength, whereby we are empowered to be resilient against negative attacks, if we are prepared through meditation, prayer, fasting, and other disciplines that increase our spiritual ability!  This is why Jesus did not walk away from people who were possessed with dark spirits… he set those people free!

You see, in a very noble effort to protect our energy levels, we disconnect from the very people who are supposed to BENEFIT from our energy levels!  We do this in a very selfish attempt to protect our SELF, and in doing so, we isolate the very people we are here to assist as Light-workers!  It’s very selfish because, when we do this, we are only thinking of ourselves,  and not the person(s) being disconnected!  Who, but a person of higher vibration and consciousness, can reach a person of lower vibration and consciousness?  If we all disconnect from the people who need us, then how will they ever grow to ascension?  Even more importantly, how do you disconnect from someone you are spiritually ONE with by means of the one SOURCE?  To disconnect from even one of our brothers/sisters, is to disconnect from SELF!  Can you see the madness in this kind of thinking?

So, please, be very “Mindful” of what you say to people. Don’t criticize where they are in their life path, appreciate the fact that they are only passing through WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN!  Therefore, we have no right to criticize them.  Don’t make statements of isolation where others are singled out because of their lower vibration – this emanates a spirit of arrogance because, you too vibrated low at one point on your path!  Don’t make statements on Facebook or use HashTags on Twitter that demean others because they are not “getting it” because, you too, didn’t get it at some point on your journey!

Always remember, that when we vibrated low, and were of a lower consciousness, it was people who vibrated high, and who were of higher consciousness, who showed us Love, Patience, Compassion, and Tolerance!  We were brash, and did not understand, but they loved us.  We asked crazy questions and defended our being asleep as though we were awake, but they loved us.  We may have been cruel and in denial but… THEY LOVED US!

Don’t be selfish with the wonderful gift of being Awake.

Don’t be “Afraid” of being negatively impacted by people of lower vibration. You say, “Hey, I’m not afraid!”; and my answer to you is this, taken from the 2011 movie, The Green Lantern: “Being afraid being afraid, is FEAR!”.  So, walk in the full power of your God nature, where there is no selfishness and no fear, only Love and Light!

Peace and Love to you all!

Be Careful of Being Competitive!

From our early youth we are taught to be competitive. Competition thrives in the third dimension because its energy is of a very low nature. Being competitive causes one to mentally focus all other energy toward selfish goals of being on the top of others, being better than others, exceeding others in greatness.  This  ok when preparing for a job, or training for an athletic event, or other 3D specific objectives like these.  But when the spirit of competition is used to gain an emotional, spiritual edge on others, then the energy is extremely low and will generate negative Karma that will need to be reconciled.

There is a way you can stay away from the negative forms of competition.  You do this by loving and appreciating others for their gifts, and who they are in this existence! This means we must not allow envy, jealousy, and the like to color our view of others.  When we fail to appreciate a persons’ gifts, we put ourselves in a position of envy and jealousy.  If that happens, then we allow this low energy to move us into competing with that person for the love and attention they receive naturally by flowing in their gift.  We stress ourselves trying to be better than they are, and guess what? I never happens. We then become even more frustrated, and try harder and harder to be the best at something we were never created for! Yes, competition can be a very negative and low energy for you!

So, learn to appreciate others. Love people for their uniqueness and the beautiful qualities they add to this existence. And most of all, BE WHO YOU ARE!  Bring your own uniqueness and special qualities to this existence, and watch how others will love and appreciate you for who you are!

Dream: The Explosion Is Coming!

Last night, I felt an intense need to meditate before bed. The universe was working in my favor to make it easy for me to do so. My wife went to bed early, my son stayed out with friends, and my daughters decided to turn in just as I was having this feeling. So, I turned on some music to stimulate a good “pineal-moment”, and it was as if some force was trying to keep me out of meditation! It started getting hot in my home office and I could not concentrate inward. So, I went to check the A/C and sure enough, 85 degrees outside at night and the air-conditioner was off! I turned it on to get some relief and came back to my office. I tried to get back into meditation, and it seemed as if every physical event in my body was AMPLIFIED in affect! I had a rumbling in my stomach, I had weird itching attacks on my face, and no matter how much I tried to relax, I remained aware of meaningless events in my mind. But, I persisted in my journey to my internal Holy Place. I began to affirm my oneness with the universe, my readiness for wisdom and love, my freedom from dark forces, and my power to BE! Then, focus finally came and I went deep into the Holy Place and communed until I was brought out. Then I went to bed and had this dream…

I was somewhere in my city, Indianapolis, IN, and I was with a very close friend that I could not physically see though he was clearly with me. We conversed about a huge event that was on the verge of taking place, and how so many people made light of it and were not prepared. Then, I was given a device. I don’t know where it came from, but all of a sudden I could see it, and I had the awareness in myself, that I had this device all the time, but just could not see it! It seemed that this device was FULL of some kind of POWER, and though I was in possession of it, it was really NOT just for me, in fact, it belonged to EVERYONE else as a possession also!

My friend said, “It’s time for it to go off!”. So, I immediately told him we have to make sure as many people as possible were in safe places so that they would be protected from the blast! There were lots of tunnels already built into the surrounding area, and inside each tunnel was a person or two who also knew what was going on, but I had not talked to them! People, men, women, and children, started flocking to these tunnels for safety inside the earth. Not everyone went it into the tunnels but the tunnels still had plenty of space.  It was as if people couldn’t see the tunnels, even though they were right there in plain view.

Then my friend said, “Get it ready to blow, because if we don’t do it ourselves, a great devastation will occur!”. This was very odd to me because I thought we would be harmed by this device that seemed to be connected to everyone, but actually, we needed the device to go off to save us! So, I set the device and it started counting down from 5 minutes. I know this because when I looked at the device, it read 4:57 and was going downward.

Then my friend said, “We have to go in!”. So we went deep underground, and when we got there, we saw several guys working very diligently. I don’t know why they were there, but we told them that there was going to be a huge explosion. They said, “We know, come this way, shut the door and lock it!”. Then we went in, shut the door, and locked it.  I was a HUGE door which looked like it was made to accomodate LOTS of people coming through at once, but it was so easy to handle.

Once inside and secure, the explosion when off! There was a VIBRATION and a wave of ENERGY with a golden LIGHT traversing the sky! I don’t know how we were able to see the sky being so deep inside, but we did!

Then my friend said, “It’s over, we can go back out!”. I remember thinking that there must be nuclear fallout and radiation to be concerned about, but my friend just lead the way outside. When we got out, there was NO DEVASTATION but everything on earth had CHANGED. People were still alive but I remember some of them needed respirators in order to survive this new environment – but we didn’t! Someone rushed up to me and said, “you have to put this on!”. So, I did, but there was no need for it. It was as if I was completely at home in the new environment while others needed the respirators to survive.

I remember going from house to house checking on the people inside. We went to this one house, and the lady inside was experiencing great physical pain because ALL OF A SUDDEN her body was changing! Then, I felt a strange sensation in my right hand, and when I looked at it, it was glowing with a golden light and something was in the center of it.  I remember touching the lady with my hand, and telling her she would be alright, and then leaving.

Then, I found myself in the midst of a lot of people, even close relatives, who was not aware of my presence. They were laughing, and mocking the event as if it were funny. Then, I said, “It’s not funny to those who were sitting in their dining rooms when this happened!”. Then, the laughing and mocking stopped as if they heard a voice but could not see the person speaking.

This is when I woke up, got myself together and wrote this post. The only interpretation I feel I am supposed to give, is that we should all be getting ready for the EXPLOSION!

Peace and blessing to you all!

Share What You Know With Others!

Before bed last night, I spent time in meditation and prayer, to clear my mind and prepare my spirit for communication and revelation while my body rested. As I slept, I found my self in a dream with a similar message to a very significant dream I had in 1986 which changed my life forever (I will share this dream in a subsequent post).  Here is what I was shown last night…

I found myself in a place where people were flocking from one place to another looking for answers.  Something big was obviously taking place and affecting the entire world, and people were trying to find out what it was and how they could be a part of it.  I myself did not fully understand what was going on but I remember having some knowledge about what was happening, and when people discovered that I had the slightest clue, they came running to find out what I knew.  So, I began to share, teach, help, bless, and love these people with what I had to offer.  I remember that everyone was given a sort of message on the inside of them.  I was simply showing them where the message located and then they moved on.  There was this one young lady who came to the meeting, who was very discouraged, and locked herself in a small room that was very dark.  After I had helped all the other people who came that day, and they moved on to their next destination, I felt an intense weight and burden as if someone was left out!  Then I remembered the young lady.  Where was she?  What happened to her?  I was then on a mission to find her because I could feel her energy draining.  I looked everywhere until I came upon a box; it was just large enough to hold a person. I opened the door, and as a flood of light filled the box, the young lady stepped out in tears proclaiming that she didn’t have what everyone else had, and that she could not move on!  I remember speaking to her very persuasively, trying to get her to see that she too had a message on the inside just like everyone else.  She then showed me a message that was written and said, “see, this is the only thing I have – it’s useless!”.  I immediately recognized that she did indeed have a message that would give her instructions for her next destination; however, the message had been scrambled!  Someone took the message she had inside and changed it to something that was not intended for her.  I then smiled and said, “You do have the message. it’s just that it’s been scrambled!”.  I showed her how to put the message together correctly, because she had to do that for herself.  She did, and then she happily departed toward her next destination.

This dream left me thinking that there are some of us who have vital information for people who are seeking the truth.  Yes, each one of us has God in us, but some are not aware of or do not fully understand this.  We have to help people who need love, insight, and wisdom find the answers that lie within them.  We can only point them in the right direction, only they can come to the realization for themselves; but, we must be willing to use the gifts, talents, knowledge and light we have been given to assist others on their journey!

Peace and blessings to you all!

I Have Something to Say About “You”!

Recently, I decided to give a non-scientific survey of a small sampling of people and ask a very simple question: “Who are you?”.  The answers ranged from what a person’s name was to what a person did for a living.  I asked the question because I dare say, most people have no idea who they are!  They know their name, they know what they do for a living, they know their role in the home and they know their nationality but, they don’t know who they are.  Let me explain by asking you the same question.  Who are “you”?

I am referring to the “you” who says things like: “this is my hand” or, these are my eyes or more emphatically, this is my body and my mind.  Well, if these things are “yours” and they belong to “you”, then, who are “you”?  ”You” are obviously not these things because you claim them as your property.  If your body is “yours” and it belongs to “you”, then, who are “you”?

Listen to this passage of scripture…

Psalms 139:14:

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

God is being praised because the psalmist recognizes the wonderfully, fabulous way he was made.  He is giving honor to God for creating him in such a spectacular fashion!  But, how was he made?  Take a look at this very familiar passage of scripture…

Genesis 1:26:

And God  said , Let us make  man  in our image , after our likeness : and let them have dominion  over the fish  of the sea , and over the fowl  of the air , and over the cattle , and over all the earth , and over every creeping thing  that creepeth  upon the earth.

According to this, man was created in the “image” and “likeness” of God and, not only that, but man was also given at the same time the authority to rule this planet and everything in/on it!  So, my understanding of his passage is that God created us in His “image” which means we are created with the same attributes and qualities as God, and we were created in His “likeness” which means we have the same capabilities as God.  Great!  But there is one more question to ask: Who is God?  We look like Him and have power like Him, so we must know and understand who He is before we can grasp in the slightest who we are!  Take a look at this last passage for this sharing message…

John 4:24:

God is a Spirit : and  they that worship  him  must  worship  him in  spirit and  in truth.

Ok, now we are getting somewhere!  If God is “spirit” and we were made in His image, then, we too are spirit!  Now, because we are spirit, we have the ability to do things “like” Him; hence, we are created in His likeness.

Therefore, we are spirit beings endowed with the attributes and abilities of God.  We are NOT God! But, we are like God.  So, when I ask the question, who are “you”?  You must think about who you are from the spiritual perspective because spirit is what you are!  ”You” live in your body.  ”You” think with your mind.  ”You” exist in this physical world through the vehicle of the physical form.  But the physical form and existence is NOT “you”!

You may be named “Tony”, but who are “you”?  You may be someones’ father or mother, but who are “you”?  You may work as an engineer or a public servant, but who are “you”?

Once you discover the real and spiritual “you”, the door will be open for you to become everything you are capable of but up to now have not realized.  I leave you with the question… Who Are “You”?

Our Response to Grace

How do we respond to such a wonderful gift as grace? How does one say “thank you” to God in a way that adequately expresses gratitude on a level equal to the gift He has given? On the surface, this seems like an insurmountable problem; however, in reality the answer is really very simple.

In Psalm 116, David found himself in the same position of asking what he could do to thank for God for his works of grace in his life…

Psalm 116:12-13

What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me? I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord. (the Lord = Jehovah, the God of the total covenant!)

KJV

Our response to grace should be to willingly continue to receive goodness from the hand of God!

From Victim To Victor!

John 10:10

“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”

KJV

Life is full of transitions from one thing to another. Transitions are nothing more than changes in direction that occur because of circumstantial changes that enter into our lives. For example, a person transitions from childhood to adolescence because of puberty, a person transitions from adolescence to adulthood because of maturity, a person transitions from adulthood to death because of life!

Transitional changes are nothing to be afraid of; rather, we must teach ourselves to become accustomed to change because it will most certainly come and transitions will follow.  A songwriter wrote a great hymn of the church and said,

Time is filled with swift transition-Naught of earth unmoved can stand-Build your hopes on things eternal, Hold to God’s unchanging hand.

We must take comfort in the fact that even though life will bring change and transition, we can always rely on God not to change! In fact, God will always remain the same even when we leave this earth and join Him in the celestial realm of heaven, He will still be the same God.

It is God whom we must trust when the circumstances of life begin to usher in change and transition. We must trust that the omniscient, all-knowing God knows exactly what He is doing. We do not, and will not always comprehend or even understand His plan for our lives, but we must be willing to accept the changes in faith, and deal with the transitions in faithfulness to Him, trusting that He is in control.

But God does not ask us to trust Him without leaving us a promise to live by. We find that God has given us a Word from the treasure chest of His grace to help us walk faithfully to Him as He leads us and guides us through life’s maze of change and transition. The bible says in,

Rom 8:28

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”

KJV

God wants you to know that He has got you covered if you trust Him! He wants you to know that the changes and transitions in your life are not happening to hurt you; rather, they are happening to better you, if you trust Him!  God wants you to know that if you trust Him and love Him, He is using your changes and transitions in life as instruments of growth to make you better.

In our text today, we find that Jesus Himself is teaching His disciples a lesson about change and transition. He begins lesson in verses 1 through 9 introducing the concept of being submissive to leadership that has been established by God. Jesus talks about,

1. The validity of the Shepard – Verses 1-2: Sent by God
2. The responsibility of the sheep – Verses 3-5: Hear His voice
3. The purpose of the Shepard – Verses 7-8: Lead and guide
4. The promise to the sheep – Verse 9: Good pasture

Why is Jesus teaching this lesson? Because verses 1 through 9 prepare us for what is coming in verse 10. He is teaching us that God’s plan for our lives is ultimate victory, but the thief/devils plan for our lives is to make us his victims. But God does not want to us to live our lives as victims, He wants us to live our lives as victors; therefore, we must know how to make the transition from victim to victor.

The thief/robber (stealth/violence) is definitely coming; “The thief cometh…” vs. 10, he is coming and is already here.

The thief is on a threefold mission to try and send you and your children to hell, he wants to victimize you by:

1. Stealing Your Peace – Doubt=Lack of trust in God’s plan and direction
2. Killing Your Potential – Fear=Inability to move on God’s promises (Petrified)
3. Destroying Your Posterity – Inaction=Killing of offspring by leaving no inheritance

Even though we have all been victimized in one way or another, we have not been called to be victims. I don’t care what your situation in life looks like right now; you were not born to fail. You were born to win, you were designed for greatness, and you were built for power.

The thief wants you to believe that your life is over before it even begins, he wants you to give up before you even get started, he wants you to surrender the war before you even fight a battle, he wants you to be his victim.  But God has made a way in the last part of our verse for you to overcome the victimizations of the thief, so that you can make the transition from victim to victor.

The thief wants to steal your peace, but Jesus said, “…I am come…” (I am here, presently) in other words you don’t have to doubt what God is doing your life, because the Shepard is in the field! He is present and on the scene!

The thief wants to kill your potential; but Jesus said that He wants you to, “…have life…”  This means that God has not only given you potential, but He commands us to do what it takes to reach our potential. He came so that we could reach our potential living a sold-out, spirit-led, joy-filled life with God right now!  The word life in this verse is the Greek word, “Zoë”. This means the very essence of life, in other words, the opposite of death. You cannot reach your potential in life, if you are dead in living!

The thief wants to destroy your posterity, he wants to destroy your future, but Jesus said that He wants you to not only have life, but to have it “…more abundantly…” This literally means that He wants you to have the kind of life that will never run out!  Abundant life, that lets you know that you may at times be victimized by the devil; but you will always have the victory in Jesus Christ!

I want that kind of victory in my life! Things may go wrong in life, circumstances may cause you trouble, life may victimize you, but you can still get the victory just like Jesus did!

Blessed For A Purpose IV: The Purpose of Blessing

Exodus 36:4-7
4 So all the skilled craftsmen who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left their work 5 and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the LORD commanded to be done.” 6 Then Moses gave an order and they sent this word throughout the camp: “No man or woman is to make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.” And so the people were restrained from bringing more, 7 because what they already had was more than enough to do all the work.
NIV

God’s ultimate purpose in blessing us with blessings is so that we will be equipped with what we need to do His will while we are here and while there is still time.

This is a big ministry – and big ministries require big resources and support! God understands this and therefore, He provides for His people in big ways.

He gives us enough to have abundance flowing in our lives. The reason abundance is not flowing in most of our lives is because we have mismanaged the blessings God has given.

First, we find that God’s purpose all along for blessing the people with the Egyptian gold and silver was to give them what they needed in preparation for the building of His sanctuary.

This is what we need to understand about what God did here:

He did not bless them with what they wanted, but with what He needed in order to establish a sanctuary of worship to His glory. God requires the best of everything; therefore, when He equips us with what we need to do His work, He always gives us His best – and plenty of it!

God always give us His best so that we have everything we need to produce acceptable offerings and service to glorify His name. But we take what God gives us and use it primarily for ourselves – then when God needs us to demonstrate His nature of blessing by being a blessing to someone else, we don’t have anything to give because we have wasted fulfilling the desires of our own flesh.

This is why God does not allow many of us to prosper, because we do not manage properly, the blessings that He has given us in the past. As a result, He does not give us anything else in abundance because He knows we will blow it on the desires of our own flesh, rather than being a blessing to bring honor to His name!

Now, when God starts holding back, then we feel like life is dealing us a bad hand, and then we will do just about anything to get what we want – even at the expense of others – including God!

James 4:1-3
4:1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
KJV

God does not want to hold back on you, He want to pour out His best into your life; but you must be willing to pour back into God’s ministry and into the lives of His people!

You cannot be blessed if you are not willing to be a blessing!

God asked Israel to bring a free-will offering to help build His sanctuary:

Ex 35:4-6
4 And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying, 5 Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass, 6 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen,
KJV

They gave so much, that they had to be told to stop giving because they were bringing in too much! The is the heart of a blesser. The more they had, the more they wanted to give – and they did just that!

Today, Christians, who are supposed to be in the image of Jesus Christ, look nothing like God because God is a blesser of others and we just want to bless ourselves!

If you really want to be blessed you will become a blesser. If you really want to receive from God, then you will become a giver to His work. If you really want to live blessed you will start being a blessing.

God gave us His best when He gave us Jesus – what are we willing to give in return?

Blessed For A Purpose III: The Plan of Blessing

Exodus 20:23-26
23 Do not make any gods to be alongside me; do not make for yourselves gods of silver or gods of gold.
NIV

God does everything for a reason – even if we don’t see it or understand it; He does everything with a greater purpose in mind. Nothing we experience in life is meaningless; no part of who we are is without value and everything that God allows us to have is intended for a greater use.

Therefore, God wants us to be good stewards (or managers) of what He blesses us with. The things He gives us is not just for us; He blesses us so that we may in-turn become a blessing to someone else:

Gen 12:2
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
KJV

If God plans to use us in such great ways with the blessings that he give us, then we must understand that there comes some responsibility with being blessed!

This is a huge problem for many Christians, because they do not understand that what they have been given is not just supposed to bless them, but is to also be used as a tool to bring blessing into the lives of others.

It is the character and nature of God to bless; therefore, as children of God, we too are to have a character and nature of blessing:

2 Peter 1:2-4
2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, 3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
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God blesses us with everything we need for physical and spiritual life! He supplies our needs through the promises of His word and brings those promises to pass so that we can spiritually ingest the spiritual nutrients of His divine nature – a blesser! And because we are so blessed by Him, there is no need to lust for anything at all because we know that we have everything that we need in Him.

Now, because of what he deposits in us by blessing us, we become more like Him because He is in us; and His character and nature of blessing becomes more and more our character and nature – and that’s when we become a blessing – because we do what He does!

But, in order to be in this position, we must be willing to properly manage the blessings that He gives us!

Here are two things we must remember when God blesses us with stuff:

1. Don’t embrace the stuff: “Do not make any gods to be alongside me”
2. Don’t elevate the stuff: “do not make for yourselves gods of silver or gods of gold.”

God blesses us with things because of who He is and so that we can become more like whom He is.