Thursday, June 11, 2009
EMBRACING THE SPIRIT OF CHANGE. ARE YOU A FOSSIL?
If you are ever going to effectively enjoy the benefit in Gods kingdom, you must understand the nature of walking with the Lord. Walking with God means, making constant adjustments to His seasons.
When you adjust, you move, but when you don’t, you die. You should avoid existing in a changeless situation, stagnated, unsuccessful and never experiencing the blessings of your inheritance.
I have discovered that one of the biggest hindrances to successful living is the curse of tradition.
A Tradition is an inherited pattern of thought or action. A specific practice of long standing in your mind, family, organization, church etc that govern conduct and behaviour.
I inherited a way of doing things from my parents, who inherited them from their parents, who inherited them from their parents. They instilled in me some values which guided my way of thinking and living as long as I was under their roof.
When I married my wife and started to live on my own, I changed the way some things were done. If I had continued to hold and do things the way my parents did, I would never have broken ground in many areas of my life.
My plea to you today is “do not live your life by trial and error” There is a way you can live a rewarding, fulfilling satisfying life on earth. Even if you think your life is far spent.
People who live by trial and error [Experimenting until a solution is found]kind of assume and take for granted that eventually things will work out even if they are falling apart.
That their marriage will eventually work out.
That their friendship will eventually get better.
That relationship with people will just fall in place.
That a child grows to be a successful person without Godly supervision and values. That because you have an education, you automatically earn a right to wisdom.
That you can be rude, disrespectful and vulgar and still enjoy fulfillment.
That you can waste your life and still enjoy a flawless life without consequences.
All of us are born with a potential of all these things, in fact some of them were in my life long time. I was not born with the qualities which I posses at present. I had to do a very painful surgery to change and eliminate many things in my life. My mirror was the word of God. Anything that did not align to that mirror I plucked off and still continue to pluck.
Often I meet people stuck in various LIFE situations. They met with a challenging situation somewhere between the intersections of life. In between the point of departure and the point of destination they fell in a rut and boy oh boy they got STUCK and a journey began, a fast journey downhill towards frustrations, dissapointments and heartache, scrapping the bottom pan of life, yet they were destined for GREATNESS!
Sadly very Few people connect their personal stagnation in life to their failure to submit to the dictates of higher powers and authority; they live in subtle misplaced pride governed entirely by tradition and futility of their minds.
Let me teach you something. If you ever want to see unequal divine promotions in your life show deference to divine authority.
This means to respectfully yield to the authority of God in your life.Your stubbornness will stop you from effectively transitioning with God in all areas of your life.
For he resisteth the proud and gives grace to the humble. Religion and tradition is an absolute stronghold which sometimes causes people to become fossilized.
A fossil is a creature that failed to make the transition when change came. It became fossilized in its original state and did not adapt to the new, so we call it a fossil.
People, churches, movements, denominations and governments that are mentally inflexible can accurately be referred to as fossils.
It means they have become fixed and Set in their state. It means they are Hardened against the changes that God desires to bring about in their lives. You cannot be lead if you are stubborn. You cannot be led if you are not submitting. You cannot be led if you are afraid of change.
God wants to lead you into His seasons with the knowledge that He is the One guiding you. Your life can move up once again.
God is calling you towards this change Will you respond? I did.. ITS UP TO YOU
Pastor George Henry Ochieng
When you adjust, you move, but when you don’t, you die. You should avoid existing in a changeless situation, stagnated, unsuccessful and never experiencing the blessings of your inheritance.
I have discovered that one of the biggest hindrances to successful living is the curse of tradition.
A Tradition is an inherited pattern of thought or action. A specific practice of long standing in your mind, family, organization, church etc that govern conduct and behaviour.
I inherited a way of doing things from my parents, who inherited them from their parents, who inherited them from their parents. They instilled in me some values which guided my way of thinking and living as long as I was under their roof.
When I married my wife and started to live on my own, I changed the way some things were done. If I had continued to hold and do things the way my parents did, I would never have broken ground in many areas of my life.
My plea to you today is “do not live your life by trial and error” There is a way you can live a rewarding, fulfilling satisfying life on earth. Even if you think your life is far spent.
People who live by trial and error [Experimenting until a solution is found]kind of assume and take for granted that eventually things will work out even if they are falling apart.
That their marriage will eventually work out.
That their friendship will eventually get better.
That relationship with people will just fall in place.
That a child grows to be a successful person without Godly supervision and values. That because you have an education, you automatically earn a right to wisdom.
That you can be rude, disrespectful and vulgar and still enjoy fulfillment.
That you can waste your life and still enjoy a flawless life without consequences.
All of us are born with a potential of all these things, in fact some of them were in my life long time. I was not born with the qualities which I posses at present. I had to do a very painful surgery to change and eliminate many things in my life. My mirror was the word of God. Anything that did not align to that mirror I plucked off and still continue to pluck.
Often I meet people stuck in various LIFE situations. They met with a challenging situation somewhere between the intersections of life. In between the point of departure and the point of destination they fell in a rut and boy oh boy they got STUCK and a journey began, a fast journey downhill towards frustrations, dissapointments and heartache, scrapping the bottom pan of life, yet they were destined for GREATNESS!
Sadly very Few people connect their personal stagnation in life to their failure to submit to the dictates of higher powers and authority; they live in subtle misplaced pride governed entirely by tradition and futility of their minds.
Let me teach you something. If you ever want to see unequal divine promotions in your life show deference to divine authority.
This means to respectfully yield to the authority of God in your life.Your stubbornness will stop you from effectively transitioning with God in all areas of your life.
For he resisteth the proud and gives grace to the humble. Religion and tradition is an absolute stronghold which sometimes causes people to become fossilized.
A fossil is a creature that failed to make the transition when change came. It became fossilized in its original state and did not adapt to the new, so we call it a fossil.
People, churches, movements, denominations and governments that are mentally inflexible can accurately be referred to as fossils.
It means they have become fixed and Set in their state. It means they are Hardened against the changes that God desires to bring about in their lives. You cannot be lead if you are stubborn. You cannot be led if you are not submitting. You cannot be led if you are afraid of change.
God wants to lead you into His seasons with the knowledge that He is the One guiding you. Your life can move up once again.
God is calling you towards this change Will you respond? I did.. ITS UP TO YOU
Pastor George Henry Ochieng
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