Jesus said that this world is under judgement and the ruler will be cast out.
When you look at this world, do you see it as being under judgement or do you love it and live for it?
When you see the world as under judgement, you will no longer live for it's interests, it will no longer attract you as it does. Your heart will have eternal values. Your eyes will look at everything and seeing their eternal value.
It does not mean that we will not do the things that we need; there are things that we need and our heavenly Father knows that we need them, and we will do many things that we need to survive but our hearts will be set in eternity.
Jesus said if He be lifted up He will draw all men to Himself; this indicated the kind of death He would die.
There was no beauty in Jesus to attract us to Him, when He was in the cross, He was disfigured beyond human recognition. Isaiah 53:2, 52:14.
The death of Jesus is what evidence of His love and this is what is supposed to draw all men to Him. It's very rare nowadays to hear about the death of Jesus except maybe once in a year during Easter. All we her about today is what the whole world wants to hear and what the whole world is interested in, prosperity and health. Everyone in every religion and community wants prosperity and healing, and if that is what is being preached today, we have already gone astray. God is god to everyone. Prosperity and healing is not a mark of God's blessing or approval. The richest men in every country are not Christians and they are not the wholehearted disciples of Jesus. The people who live longest and healthiest are not Christians. Material prosperity and healing just means that God is good. It is never an indication that God approves of you or is pleased with you, otherwise we have to say that approves and is pleased with the richest men in the world but we all know that is not true.
God blesses many people with whom He is thoroughly displeased with. Just like a parents will give food and clothes and education for a disobedient child. If that child begins to think I that because He is given food, shelter, clothing and education that his parents is pleased with him, he will be wrong. In the same way, if you begin material prosperity and healing is a mark that God is pleased with you, you are already deceived; wake up from your slumber before it's too late.
The mark that God is pleased with you is that He will help you to overcome all your spiritual enemies, sin, the devil and the world and the lusts of the flesh.
Ps 41:11By this I know that You are pleased with me, Because my enemies do not shout in triumph over me.
It is the message of the cross through which Jesus is seeking to attract the world with, but we being wise with our own eyes have devised cleverer ways to attract the world to Jesus. In this, we are unconsciously saying that we are wiser than God. Let's get back to the message of the cross. We must learn to constantly meditate on the cross of Calvary. The beauty of it that it was our sins that crucified Jesus and we are forgiven and saved from the wrath of God and we have peace with God and that now we are the children of God.
When was the last time you meditated on the cross???
Turn your eyes upon Jesus
Look full in His wonderful face
And the things of world will grow strangely dim
In the light of His glory and grace
We have a promise that we will never get discouraged if we are constantly thinking on the cross of Calvary where Jesus died in Heb 12:3.
If you are constantly discouraged in your life, the only reason is that you don't meditate on the cross.
Learn to meditate on the cross and you will always overcome all the temptations to be discouraged. You will always be at peace and rest. You will experience the joy of the Lord in your life. Nothing happening around you will be able to shake you. You will be immovable and unshakable. You will be an overcomer.
Get nearer to the cross and learn to meditate on it.
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@Blessed Mshindi Mambo
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