READY YOUR HEART FOR THE WORD:

"For thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns" 

(Jeremiah 4:3)

Breaking up the "fallow grounds" of your heart and making it ready for the Word is your responsibility. You have to cultivate your spirit; that means prepare it for the entrance of God’s Word. In the scriptures, the Word of God is likened to a seed (Luke 8:11). The seed of the Word is designed to produce in you a harvest of what it talks about; health, prosperity, peace, joy, abundance, and victory. But if the heart is not made ready for the entrance of the Word it will not produce the desired results.

When a farmer cultivates his land, the first thing he does is to dig and stir it up: He ploughs it. Now, the Bible tells us to stir up the gift of God in us. That gift is the Holy Spirit, and one way to stir up His power in you is through speaking in tongues. When the power is stirred, it becomes easy for the Word of God to get into your spirit and sink deep into your consciousness.

The second thing a farmer does in preparing his land for sowing is to fertilize the land, and we fertilize our spirits through prayer. Through prayer, your spirit is conditioned and positioned rightly to receive the Word of God. Christians who pray often and accurately are always synchronized with God’s perfect will for their lives. They are positioned in God’s place, in God’s time, for God’s purpose, in God’s way.

When your spirit is cultivated, you will keep experiencing a harvest of the Word in your life. Never allow your heart lie fallow. Meditate on the Word and pray regularly, and your spirit will produce for you a harvest of the Word.

Further Study:

Luke 8:11-15; 

Jude 1:20

Andy Agim

Christ Realities

ENSURE PERFECT WORK

"Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men" (Proverbs 22:29).

To a large extent, you’re defined by the work you do; I’ll explain what I mean. The Word of God truly defines you, but the Word of God must be put to work; it must be expressed or find vent through you. God’s Word is expressed through you in your work, your relationships, and everything you do. However, if we were to analyze this on a daily basis, most people certainly spend much of their time on their jobs. You probably spend more hours on your job, business, or career than you do at home or with other people!

This therefore means that if the Word of God is not properly expressed through you—in your work—it’s a signal something is wrong. This is the reason you must be excellent, diligent, and ensure nothing but perfection in what you do. Your work is where you express all the skills and potentials that you’ve built into you; so it’s important that you choose to be successful in God’s eyes primarily, and definitely with respect to your work. Many don’t realize this, and so allow much room for mediocrity in their work.

As a Christian, God demands nothing short of excellence and perfection from you. Jesus said in Matthew 5:48, "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect." The Lord wouldn’t ask this of you if it weren’t possible! That He demands perfection from you shows that He’s given you an excellent spirit, and the ability to do things perfectly.

The need to shun and eschew mundanity from your work and character is reiterated by the Apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians 13:11: "Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect…." which means to do things perfectly; to thoroughly restore, mend, frame or complete an endeavor by paying attention to details. Never allow anyone cheat you out of God’s best by telling you "No one is perfect"; the Word says to be; so choose to do the Word. Inspire those around you by the excellence and perfection with which you do what you do!

Further Study: 

Philippians 3:14-15

Andy Agim

Christ Realities

WIN FOR OTHERS:

"And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance" 

(Genesis 45:7).

The victory of Jesus over sin, death, and the devil wasn’t for Himself but for us. He battled on our behalf and gave us the victory; now we have become more than conquerors. That is true success; it is winning for others; helping them achieve and become what God has destined for them to be. Realize that what you make happen for others, the Lord will make happen for you. Win for others.

We find such an example in David, who battled Goliath, not for self-aggrandizement but for the common good of all Israel. When he first heard the giant cursing, he asked a question: "What will be done for the man who defeats the giant?" He was told among other things that he and his house will be free of taxes in Israel. Young as he was, his eyes sparkled at the thought of his entire family being exonerated from tax forever!

Aside from championing the cause for the entire nation of Israel, he was determined to win the battle against Goliath so his entire family would benefit. Thus, his victory was both for his immediate family, and for the entire people of Israel.

Learn to win for others. Don’t just make it through life thinking only about yourself. Make your world a better place. Be a problem-solver so others may gain and have a better life through your ingenuity, innovations, and the ideas of the Spirit that come through you. See the challenges around you as opportunities for victory, for indeed they are! Ask the Lord to grant you the knowledge and wisdom to solve problems for yourself and others.

FURTHER STUDY: 

Esther 4:14

Andy Agim

Christ Realities