Trust No One but God

1) (Matthew 6:31-33) "So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

*But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and ALL these things will be given to you as well.

-> Let's not be like the pagans, we serve a mighty God so lets trust Him. (Read Ephesians 1, Daniel 1, Matthew 6 & 7)

**Revival  is coming (God is going to do a "New thing") and if we don't trust God with all our hearts and depend on Him for everything we will either:
a) Be too focused on ourselves and "keeping up with the pagans" (impression management & Conforming to the world) to have a heart for what God has a heart for and to be used by Him in His harvest.That's the devil's plan for us let's not fall for it.

b) We'll try to do both (trust God and ourselves) and we'll get burnt out plus we can't serve 2 masters. So let's trust no one (everyone including ourselves can let us down and mislead us) let's Trust God alone (He'll never let us down. He is The Good Shepherd so He can never mislead us. He always has good plans for us).

2) A reminder to stay alert and in the Word because false teachers are coming and are here. Read *1 Timothy 4*.

3) Spiritual Gifts- Also verse 14 says *Do not neglect your gift*. With the revival and the spiritual warfare about to go down this year we need to start using our gifts "for the strengthening of the body" -  1 Corinthians 13: 26 (against the enemy's sly attacks).

If you don't know your gift pray about it, Read 1 Corinthians 12, ask people, take the spiritual gift test. If you see someone with a gift you think you have get together with them & ask questions & pray for each other.( And it's not that complicated just start delighting yourself in the Lord and sharing your life with others- that's how and when spiritual gifts get activated- by expressing the Holy Spirit who is inside of you.) This is important, you are important and we all need each other for survival especially at a time like this :)

(Message I shared with InterVarsity on Oct. 13th 2011)

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UPDATE (2/16/12): I was led to sing this song a few days ago. It's more for the message than how it sounds so pay no attention to my voice lol. Let's SEEK HIS FACE and TRUST HIM ALONE =)

Isaiah 55: 6-9

Seek the LORD while he may be found;

call on him while he is near.

Let the wicked forsake their ways

and the unrighteous their thoughts.

Let them turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on them,

and to our God, for he will freely pardon.

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts,

neither are your ways my ways,”

declares the LORD.

“As the heavens are higher than the earth,

so are my ways higher than your ways

and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Psalm 32:6

"Therefore let everyone who is godly pray to you while you be be found; surely when the mighty waters rise, they will not reach him."

Jesus is the only One we can trust. He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. Don't even put your trust
in your Christian leaders and don't blindly accept everything you are taught. Test everything you hear with God's Word and listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit. Let's seek God's face (through prayer and fasting and through His Word- *Draw near to listen!* Ecclesiastes 5) so that we can hear Him clearly and to be able to reject the lies when they come at us. Jesus is our all in all =)

Update 12/20/12
Hello all :-) So the world's not ending tomorrow -trusting in dates is just dumb lol. However we are in a season of shifting ("The Desert"). God is doing something New- He says so in His Word and through His Spirit (and we'll all see changes soon). When stuff's changing it's important to fix our eyes on Jesus and cling to Him coz He's the only constant, the only One we can trust. Jesus is coming soon. No one knows the day or the hour. So let's just be prepared by surrendering our all to Jesus and seeking Him for ourselves. We need to repent (to return to Him with all our hearts and give up full control of our whole lives), we need to die to our flesh coz God wants to give us new life (trade our old wineskins for new ones). Fasting helps with that. I really liked this prayer in this video. Let's pray it and ask God to search us and make us ready for Jesus' return. K, let's just find rest in God's love. Peace! =)

"Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD, until He comes and showers His righteousness on you." (Hosea 10:12)