RECEIVING FROM GOD - 2

December 13, 2014

God is a good giver, which is why the scripture says, “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.” You would also recall what Jesus said in Matt 7:11 that, “If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?” To crown it all up, Jesus said in Matt 6:8 that, “Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.”

Every single day is loaded with blessings for the believer, Psa 68:19 says, “Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.” However, like we said, sin blocks man from receiving the good and perfect benefits that God has in His hands, but when we repent of our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us. As a matter of fact, Apostle Paul said in 1 John 1:10 that, “If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.” Repentance is key to obtaining from God.

Peter never grew to become that mighty Apostle until he repented. Acts 3:19 says, “Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.” Repentance is an act of declaring whose side you belong, and you know being on the Lord’s side is the best place to be. Job 22:23-24 says, “If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.”

Repent today, tomorrow may be too late. Be wise!

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