The Richness of Giving it All Away

Matthew 19:16-23.
I have often read this passage and thought would it be so hard to “sell it all” to totally cut loose everything that captures us and holds us to this world and follow Jesus without regard to our comfort and earthly possessions?

We tend to read this and make more about the money than Jesus intended. Much like the false doctrines that have infiltrated the churches today, Money is lifted up and majored on. However, I don’t want to focus on the matter of money, but rather on what Jesus was truly demanding of this young man. He was giving him the opportunity to take part in His ministry; He was giving him the opportunity to turn his back on the worldly things and to be truly “sold out” to Jesus.

We cry out for God to use us, to fulfill our calling to open doors of opportunity, but in the moment when Jesus asks us to leave it all behind, stand on the edge of the cliff of no return and without regard for the things of this world leap into a adventurous walk with Jesus, we turn around to see what we are leaving and the pull to withdraw overtakes us.

God will not use you in power until you are dead! Brother Leonard Ravenhill said this and it is true. Until we let go of everything, until we cast off everything that so easily entangles our devotions, until we have truly been crucified with Christ we will never know the sweet communion that comes from abandoning all to the Master.

Sure it is easier said they done, but let me remind you this life is a dress rehearsal for eternity. TO be eternally minded is to NOT love this world and the things of this world but to know that our reward, our treasure lies in heaven. Lord, make me ready to give it all away.

Calling Forth Hidden Warriors

God is calling forth His hidden warriors. Those prepared in the secret place of devotion to intimacy with Christ. Although some have felt scattered or forgotten know that His eye is fixed upon you in this season and you will be transitioned to your place of destiny in His service. Cry out for the breath of God to once again flow over you to invigorate you to stand. Like the valley of dry bones, God will breathe Life back into the scattered warriors and place a fresh anointing within you. Yet you will not be massed together but strategically placed as one would array forces in battle. You have been equipped, you have had your time in the potters house and on the threshing floor of preparation and now is the time to launch out in radical devotion and know your seasons of preparation will yield great fruit for the Kingdom.