The thoughts of the Diligent

I have been thinking about the word diligent this morning:

I read this Scripture, and decided to look up a few more:

Pr 21: 5 ¶ The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

Saw the beaver picture, and my Canadian roots made me think about the industrious beaver depicted on our coins, a symbol of work…

Pr 10:16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

Pr 13:11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

Pr 12:24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

Pr 14:23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

Our work produces prosperity, and it seems that when we are diligent in what God has called us to do, we see plenteousness, blessing, abundance, in every area of life. Notice here that abundance begins in our thought life, we need to see it first in our mind, and then in the hustle and bustle of our muscle applied to a dream or a project, great things occur. Notice Proverbs 14:23 here, there is work involved with the dream. Just talking about it doesn’t get the job done, in fact, it leads to poverty.

I could say I’m called of God, and then pretend to be praying, while surfing the internet, watching videos, or being entertained, but there would be no substance to what I teach or preach, you can get by on a few hymns, quips, and quotes to break the ice in a meeting, but God has no dumb sheep, we all have the mind of Christ. If we claim to be leading for God, we need to be going somewhere, and if we claim to be feeding the flock of God, we need to have fresh bread, broken and fresh from the oven of our prayer life, hot from the coals of heaven! No one wants stale, moldy bread, too hard to even break or chew!

Jesus is the bread of life, and I have determined to spend my life, preparing, baking, and serving the fresh bread of His Word to His people, in the heart and center of a God given vision being accomplished progressively for as long as He might leave me here in the earth. How about you?

Are you hungry?

Or are you filled up with the things of this life that will never satisfy…

There is a hunger in every heart, that only Jesus can fill!

Let’s pray:

‘Father, here we are again, hungry to know you more. Show us the area’s were are called to work for you, and help us to be faithful and diligent in them, in your name I pray Lord Jesus, Amen.”

The thoughts of the Diligent

Pr 21: 5 ¶ The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

Saw this picture, and my Canadian roots made me think about the industrious beaver depicted on our coins, a symbol of work…
Pr 10:16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

Pr 13:11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

Pr 12:24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

Pr 14:23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

Our work produces prosperity, and it seems that when we are diligent in what God has called us to do, we see plenteousness, blessing, abundance, in every area of life. Notice here that abundance begins in our thought life, we need to see it first in our mind, and then in the hustle and bustle of our muscle applied to a dream or a project, great things occur. Notice Proverbs 14:23 here, there is work involved with the dream. Just talking about it doesn’t get the job done, in fact, it leads to poverty.

I could say I’m called of God, and then pretend to be praying, while surfing the internet, watching videos, or being entertained, but there would be no substance to what I teach or preach, you can get by on a few hymns, quips, and quotes to break the ice in a meeting, but God has no dumb sheep, we all have the mind of Christ. If we claim to be leading for God, we need to be going somewhere, and if we claim to be feeding the flock of God, we need to have fresh bread, broken and fresh from the oven of our prayer life, hot from the coals of heaven! No one wants stale, moldy bread, too hard to even break or chew!

Jesus is the bread of life, and I have determined to spend my life, preparing, baking, and serving the fresh bread of His Word to His people, in the heart and center of a God given vision being accomplished progressively for as long as He might leave me here in the earth. How about you?

Let’s pray:
‘Father, here we are again, hungry to know you more. Show us the area’s were are called to work for you, and help us to be faithful and diligent in them, in your name I pray Lord Jesus, Amen.”

Follow Your Dream!

Follow Your Dream!

Matt 7: 6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

Ever done this? I sure have. Painful! You have some cool insight from the Word of God, or some really neat revelation on how to do something, or that God is going to do, and like a child with a new toy, you want to share it with your friends or colleagues at work.

Used to do that all the time, but if you recall in the life of Joseph, it was his own brothers who threw him down a well, and sold him into slavery. Why? Because he shared his dream from God!

Guess that would be about the same as ‘lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.’ In certain countries, this still happens, for the gospels sake: brothers and sisters in Christ are beaten, ridiculed, imprisoned, and now often we see them beheaded in these ‘honor’ killings by Jihadist Muslims.

Like somehow these killings are going to stop God?

Pr 19:3 ¶ The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

Old English doesn’t say it clear enough for me, I like the way it reads:
Proverbs 19:3  (NIV)
3 A person’s own folly leads to their ruin,
yet their heart rages against the LORD.

People that do not know Jesus yet, hate Him, and are angry at the world. When we show up, representing Him, they focus their anger upon us, because we represent Him!

Let’s bring it a little closer to home…

So, you share spiritual truth around the water cooler at the office (used to be the coffee pot, old school), and if you are like me , you are excited about it! God loves us, and speaks to us through many ways, and when we clearly hear, it is exciting as we enter into the life we were born to live! (Want to find out 7 of those ways, read ‘Knowing Your Future’, the chapter in my new book, http://www.amazon.com/The-Parable-Sower-Kingd…/…/ref=sr_1_1…) Or you can read them here, for free:

Spirit Led Living

https://chrisaomministries.wordpress.com/2014/11/02/seven-ways-to-hear-the-voice-of-god-part-one/

https://chrisaomministries.wordpress.com/2014/11/03/seven-that-ways-god-speaks-to-you-part-2/

https://chrisaomministries.wordpress.com/2014/11/05/seven-that-ways-god-speaks-to-you-part-3/

https://chrisaomministries.wordpress.com/2014/11/05/seven-that-ways-god-speaks-to-you-part-4/

Vision – Testimony https://chrisaomministries.wordpress.com/2014/11/06/seven-that-ways-god-speaks-to-you-part-5/

https://chrisaomministries.wordpress.com/2014/11/07/seven-that-ways-god-speaks-to-you-part-6/

https://chrisaomministries.wordpress.com/2015/03/11/seven-that-ways-god-speaks-to-you-part-7-prophesy/

Yet, the very thing that excites you, will cause others to turn around to destroy you.

Now, here in the US, it is usually what I call ‘death by insinuation’. Remember, people are called to their own individual vision, gift and calling from God. If they are mature in the Lord, they will not pour water on your fire, but it has been my experience that this is more rare than common. Usually, the process of envy, jealousy, competition and discreditation begins.

Understand and love them! Remember we wrestle not against flesh and blood, and these very people are people that God loves, that Jesus died for. The ABC’s of satan, are Accusation (Allegation), Blame, and Criticism, and this is what I call ‘death by insinuation’, as you become the butt of the office jokes, and ridiculed for your dream.

So, I have learned the division, is simply ‘two visions’, and can two walk together except they be agreed?

Seems the more you separate yourself unto God, your relationships will change. People will come into your life to train, equip, and encourage you, and others will be removed from your life, sometimes even family members for a season, for these will oppose and destroy you, if God did not deliver you from them. Let Him add, and let Him remove. Keep your eyes on Jesus!

I like what pastor Snoot said, the ABC’s of Jesus are A Better Covenant!

He is faithful, and His promises are true!

Then comes the growth or maturation of your dream, as you study, prepare, pray, and spend every available moment, preparing yourself for your calling, the only thing worth living for in light of eternity.

And it can become very, very lonely, as God separates you unto Himself for the sake of the call…

Yet, you are not alone. We have all walked this way, the straight and narrow way, the way of destiny, purpose, and eternal consequence!

Let them lie, misunderstand, mock, ridicule! There will come a day, either in this life or the next, when we all, personally stand, individually before Jesus, and then He will justify us!

In the meantime, know that you are not alone in the process. You are loved, and I and many others are praying for you, your gift, and your calling and destiny today. You are not called to be a clone, a cookie cutter Christian, you are a designer original, a work of creativity created by the creator of the universe Himself, unique, with a particular call and destiny that only you can fulfill.

I have invested my life, trying to help you fulfill it, for our gifts always flow through the Word of God, that establishes, constrains, and sets boundaries in our hearts, that become the runway from which the flight of our life takes off!

Let’s Pray:
‘Father, I have a burden today to encourage my brothers and sisters in pursuit of a dream. A dream from heaven, a dream with eternal weight and consequence, Your dream for them! Father, for those in their long dark night of their soul, I ask that you send the Holy Spirit to encourage, to comfort, to console, and to confirm to them, their dream and purpose today. In Your name I pray Lord Jesus, Amen’

Let Your Spirit Free! Create!

Let thy spirit run free!

In the book, ‘The E-Myth Revisited’, the author recounts a fictitious account with a business owner named Sarah, and the importance of developing systems to produce excellence in her world, without her having to do all of it herself. In the dialogue he accidently stumbles upon a spiritual law, the law of creating your world, with your faith-filled words!

Hebrews 11:3

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear

Romans 10:6

But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh

2 Corinthians 4:13

We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;

In dreaming of what her business could be, Sarah decided to unlock her spirit, and create a slogan for her business. As she thought on it I quote:

“There will be no stuffing of the spirit here, my business will say. Maybe I should put it up above the door to remind everyone who comes in what our purpose is. She grinned. “Or maybe better yet, ‘Let thy spirit run free!’ Yes, that’s better, It even feels better” She laughed out loud at the joy of it!

As she continued, it became so clear to me, what a miraculous gift speaking can be.

I saw that Sarah wasn’t so much talking to me, but to herself, discovering as she spoke the miracles that lived within her, within her experience, within her relationship with her aunt, within her extraordinary imagination. Discovering truths she never she knew. Discovering all the wealth that was waiting there inside of her to be unearthed, to be explored, to be treasured as the words came tumbling forth’

As though the words, once freed by the speaking of them, combined with the air to become something else again:  A vision, Understanding, Expansion.

Do you see the principal?

God, placed a dream within her, that she had not yet articulated yet. She believed in her heart the dream, but had nev er yet spoken it into existence. When she began to speak, miracles began to happen! God, the Creator, and author of all creativity, breathed upon her dream, just as he breathed upon His own dream way back in the days of creation, when He would speak, and His breath, the person of the Holy Spirit, would create and bring into existence, what  He spoke, and it was good!

What is your dream?

We all have one, for we are created in the image and likeness of God.

It needs to be spoken, articulated, and if it is worthwhile, written down, and quantified into some sort of action plan.

Don’t die, taking to the grave your dream unspoken, unrealized, unfulfilled.

Speak it! If only to a close friend, or into your microphone on your computer, speak it.

Like Sarah, the princess of God, miracles will unlock from deep inside of you, because when you received Jesus into your heart, your heart has become the fertile soil of His beauty, His dreams, His creativity – your lips become His voice in this generation, and your world, your work, becomes an expression of His creativity and love in the earth.

Speak the dream!

Let’s Pray:

‘Father, I come before you, and I see some of these deep, beautiful things on the inside of me, are Your things, that like Mary, I have pondered in my heart for years. Flow through me Holy Spirit, with Your words erupting from the depths of my heart, writing your eternal dreams, on the canvas of time, my life the beautiful expression of Jesus, alive in my generation. Amen’