Crosslines

The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies cover all His works. —Psalm 145:9. Isn't it great to know that if it doesn't have mercy on it it's not from God? Mercy is the way God spares us and mercy is the way God exposes us. In God, mercy and truth are perfectly married to one another. 

Happy Valentine’s! Love doesn't let us get away with sin because it is the mercy of God that we get caught. Love exposes us so our sins can be forgiven but love also covers to protect us when we are weak. How do you know which side to choose? Ask Love. 

God told Abraham He was going to bless his life to make him a blessing. God will bless you in a way that you understand only to call you into a life you have no understanding of. Jesus took Peter, a fisherman, and gave him more fish than he could ever imagine and then called him into a life he would have never imagined. 

Spending time with God should cause you to think differently than everyone else. When we are porous to the environment around us we take in what everyone else is thinking but we have no power to change what people are thinking. So when we face problems God's thinking must be rooted deep in us or we will get the same results as everyone else. 

Many Christians believe that God has the power to heal but He's not always willing. But God would rather us doubt His ability to heal than His willingness. If the life of Jesus showed us anything, it is that Jesus healed every person that came to Him. If the disconnect is not on God's end what is the point of contact we could be missing? 

Is God telling you no? Is He ignoring your urgent request? Maybe, or He might be trying to provoke faith out of you so you can have what you are asking for. 

Demons leave when we speak the name of Jesus, but you cannot rebuke something someone has willfully agreed with. Past agreements made apart from God must be renounced. If repenting shuts an open door, renouncing locks the door. When we have used our authority to make agreements with the enemy, we must use our authority to break those agreements.  

Is there a delay? Are you waiting for an answer from on High? What are you doing in the delay? Is your faith persistent or casual? Don't let your faith run low when the answer is taking longer than you expect. Most of all don't let delays change who you know God to be.  In the delay something is being built deep in you.

Does God test us? James 1:13 says, "Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God" for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone." But in John 6:5-6 Jesus says to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread so that these people may eat? But He was saying this only to test him, for He Himself knew what He intended to do." So does God test us? Or maybe the better question is how does God test us?

Do you need healing at the root of where you were rejected? King David did not lose the kingdom for adultery, but King Saul had the kingdom ripped from him for his need of approval. Rejection breeds rejection. Even though we feel rejected, it is our attitude, our need for approval, that is causing us to be rejected.