TRANSFORMING YOUR RESOURCES
“….Don't put your confidence in … people [or
things]… there is no help for you there….” (Psalms 146: 3 NLT).
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I'd thought I was finished writing the series
of transforming books, but the Holy Spirit moved me to write another one. God
inspired me when I was at a birthday celebration with some church friends. I
was sitting at a table with three other ladies. One lady was of a particularly
joyful and humorous nature, reminding me of myself. A brother, just coming into
party, asked me was she my sister. I jokingly said, “Yes, she’s my sister-in-the-Lord…” I wondered why he asked, because
I didn’t think we looked alike physically, but we did favor spiritually, so
something asked me: what was the likeness?
Of course my spiritual mind went berserk. I
thought about it for the rest of the evening, dreamt about, woke up thinking
about it, and now I am writing another dag-burn book. LOL.
I will explain a little about my previous TRANSFORMING books. My book TRANSFORMING LOVE was about the reality of God’s love; my book
TRANSFORMING INTIMACY was about the PROOF of God’s love; my book, TRANSFORMING
SUFFERING is about the PROOF of your love for God and this book TRANSFORMING
YOUR RESOURCES is about PROOF of your relationship with God through Christ.
TRANSFORMING LOVE, the reality of God’s
love is this: “For God so loved the
world, that HE GAVE HIS ONLY begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life” (John 3:16).
TRANSFORMING INTIMACY,
the proof of God’s love is this: “Herein is
love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us and SENT HIS SON to be
the propitiation (substitute, intervention) for our sins.” (1
John 4:10 KJV).
TRANSFORMING SUFFERING,
the proof of your love: “…that ye BELIEVE ON
HIM
whom
he hath sent.” (John 6:29
KJV). “keep his commandments.” “If you love me, you will keep (have faith
in) my commandments” (John 14:15).
Once I was telling my young teenage son to
do something and he looked at me and said, “Mom,
I’m not scared of you. I’m only doing it because
I love you.” I didn’t realized how profound that was until years later.
What other reason did I want him to obey me?
TRANSFORMING YOUR
SOURCE, the proof of your relationship
with God through Christ is this: “…My
Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so PROVE to be My
disciples…” (John 15:8 NIV).
When you are in a relationship with
someone you’re truly in love with, people can see it. They’ll say things like: “What’s gotten into you?” “You look so happy these days.” “Are you seeing someone special?”
You, on the other hand, are feeling truly happy,
in love, and on top of the world. You’ve stop seeing other people, you talk
about “them” excessively, you’re spending all your free time with “them, you’re
making plans for the present and future, you’ve met each other’s families,
you’ve shopped for the wedding ring, you’ve decided on the honeymoon, and where
you will eventually live.
What or who is the source of all this?
It’s that special someone who is causing you to experience all this
wonderfulness. In the meantime, you are also hearing: “Good things don’t last forever” “You better get your head out of the clouds and come back to earth”
“Keep on living…you’ll see” “You are living in a fantasy” “Enjoy while it lasts”
The doom and gloom prophecies eventually
come true and your source of happiness, over time, reduces drastically, or becomes
unreliable, or is consistently wishy-washy.
You discover, some people are truly decent
and really mean well, but at the end of the day they are finite human beings.
They are not your “source” of wholeness or happiness; only a “resource” and a temporary one at that. That
reality can be disappointing. What do you do when the “source” dries up? How
can you feel like you did in the beginning of the relationship on a regular
basis?
First, do not rely on mankind to be your ongoing
source for absolutely nothing!! “….Don't
put your confidence in … people; there is no help for you there….” (Psalms 146:
3 NLT). “….Don't put your trust in mere human beings….”
(Isaiah 2:22 NLT). “… "Cursed are those who put their trust in mere
humans, who rely on human strength….” (JEREMIAH 17:5 NLT).
Second, only God can supply every single
need, all the time, consistently, without fail, and he will NEVER change. “…My God will supply ALL [my
need]… according to His riches in glory in Christ
Jesus…” (Philippians 4:19 NASB). “…what is the riches of the glory…; …CHRIST IN YOU…”
(Colossians 1:25-28 KJV). “…I am the Lord, I change NOT…”
(Malachi 3:6 KJV).
Last, but not least, when
God loves you and you “know” it and you love him back; everybody will see it.
“…the
invisible [Spirit]…from the creation of the world …[is]..clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made ……”
(Romans 1:20 KJV). AGAIN, “….CLEARLY SEEN, being understood BY THE THINGS THAT ARE MADE…” (Romans 1:20
KJV).
God MADE you BRAND NEW. “Therefore if any
man be in Christ, he is a NEW CREATURE: old things are passed away;
behold, ALL
THINGS ARE BECOME (MADE) NEW…” (2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV). The
fact that he made you brand new ought to be “…clearly seen…” by others.
It is “...clearly seen…” by the fruit you bear. The
fruit you bear is the PROOF that you are truly in a relationship with God
through Christ. Bearing spiritual fruit is the PROOF you are in an authentic
relationship with him through Christ. “…My
Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so PROVE to
be My disciples…” (John 15:8 NIV).
TRANSFORMING YOUR RESOURCES will transform your identity through the indwelling Holy Spirit, which will, in turn, empower you to produce "spiritual" fruit that can be clearly witnessed. “…the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance…” (Galatians
5:22-23 KJV).
Those whose fruit is produced by the indwelling Holy Spirit will be “…clearly seen…” Those who are “clearly seen,” will, without a doubt, be transformed into New Creations who will
be known“…by their fruits…” (Matthew 7:16
KJV).
Dr. Pensacola H.
Jefferson
YADA Counseling
Ministry
TRANSFORMING YOUR RESOURCES
Colton’s Point,
Maryland
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