Love you all, praying for you.
Sometimes God is so direct - it’s brutal. Proverbs 13:4 - The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing: but the soul of the diligent will be made fat. Proverbs 20:4 – The sluggard does not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg at harvest and have nothing. As always the sluggard is them, not me… Sluggard – the slow kind… slow to hear, slow to perceive, slow to understand, slow to respond - the slow kind. Are you the slow kind? Sluggards are always sluggards – “by reason of.” They have a reason - They always have reasons… several of them – for not plowing. It’s too cold, it’s too warm, it’s too early, it’s too late. There’s a lion in the streets, I might get injured, I’d rather harvest than plant, I might get a sunburn, this might happen, that might happen. Here is a test. Anytime God tells you to do something – Do you do it? Or do you have a reason not to? When someone suggests you do something – Do you fully listen and consider? or Do you tell them your reasons not to? If someone tells you their first "by reason of" - before you even finish what you are saying... You know they have done it for a long time. If you yourself have told several people – the same list of reasons why you won’t, or can't, or why you are not doing something... Chances are you are the slow kind. The person God describes in His Word as a sluggard. What has God told you to do? (PiVAT before dinner) or PiVAT Weekly… What does God’s Word instruct (PRISM) that you are not doing. What have several people asked you about or God has prompted in you several times – that is not getting done – with no plans to begin, nothing scheduled. Just why I'm not... Are you a person who speaks of "what I really should be doing" "what I'm really going to do someday" I’m going to give someday, I’m going to tithe someday, I’m going to get out of debt some day, I’m going to do this – someday. What did God tell you to do – and what is your "cold outside?" What is your “by reason of?” You probably have several. Some people will never change. They will never get rid of their cold – they will never plow in season – it’s by reason of – their cold. The worst slavery is slavery of the mind – and the most prevalent. So what is the only answer? Repent (think differently) than the way you have been thinking. Get rid of the cold – get rid of all of the “by reason of’s” It’s your only chance, and your only hope. Don't let your mouth be your undoing. Think like God thinks, do what God says, learn to heed Godly counsel. You only do that immediately. Some people don’t heed counsel because they don’t get any. They never ask. Others don’t get any because Godly counselors know better – they’ve tried but all they get is your ‘by reason of’s’ – they’ve given up. There is no use even trying – you won’t listen. You are what Proverbs speaks of in 26:16 - The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly. That’s why people have given up trying to help them. They refuse to see and perhaps change. Others don’t heed counsel because they don’t even recognize they are getting it. It’s happening right now, but they are too hard hearted, deaf eared, or thick skulled to notice. All they think keep saying is why that can’t or shouldn’t, "it doesn't work that way" (as if they know) "it’s never worked before," or why "now is not the time, I'm waiting for... (the cold to go away)." Sluggards often use words like never and always – and they often speak of things as true – that are not, or are not every time. Praying for you – that when God speaks you will notice your ‘by reason of’s’ the moment they come out of your mouth - and face them head-on. That you will have the courage to reject them, and eject them. The next time you catch yourself saying why you won’t or aren’t – or really need to, or will do that someday, or why that won’t work, or why it’s never worked before... Stop and ask yourself. Is God trying to tell me something and I’m not listening? When it really is cold… Are you plowing or will you beg at harvest and have nothing? If you are so far gone you don’t even recognize your ‘by reason of’s’ just ask an obeyer friend for counsel – for any blind spot. Ask them to tell you your ‘by reason of’s.’ Have them listen to this podcast - and then tell you. If you assure them that you really want to know – and give them permission to speak into your life. They will tell you. Ask God first and also who to ask. He’ll tell you and confirm it. Praying that anything God told you to do that you are not doing – or to stop, that you are doing - that you would make an about-face – a complete and permanent change of direction from man's way to God's Way. Praying that you will completely reject every ‘by reason of’ for the rest of your life. Praying that you will get a whole new set of ‘by reason of’s.’ All the reasons why you will - do only, exactly, and quickly what He says and when. If you do, you won’t beg at harvest – you will bless. You will bless others out of the abundance that God gives. Love you all, dad
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