Your surrounding has an impact on you, it determines whether you enter the destiny God has prepared for you or you don´t

ByPastor Rufus Ajiboye Reading Time: 4 minutes

Welcome dear children of God to our column «Daily word for spiritual strength»! I pray so that God´s mercy fills your life today.

As we concluded, a person consecrated to the Lord can rejoice also at the time of temptation and sorrow. However, he rejoices even more when everything in his life happens according to God´s plan. We mentioned Jesus´ example of what it means to be consecrated to God and doing His will. We pointed out that:

1. Jesus valued God´s will higher than food for His body.

2. Jesus never sought His but God´s will.

«Jesus therefore answered them, “Most assuredly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise … I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgement is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me». (John 5:19,30).

Consecration to God requires a christian to consider God´s will in every situation so that all his actions and decisions are based on that. Person´s desire to do God´s will always and everywhere proves his consecration to God. Such desire has a huge impact on person´s attitude to the way he reads Bible, listens to sermons and God´s word, and moreover how and why he has fellowship with God. A consecrated believer´s relationships with God are not formal nor superficial, not driven by his or her religious duty. Such person seeks deep and personal fellowship with God, he is ready to pay a high price for. Such person is not seeking his will any more but the way to please God in any manner – in words, in works and in his thoughts.

3. Jesus had priorities when choosing whom to spend His time with.

«A multitude was sitting around him, and they told him, “Behold, your mother, your brothers, and your sisters are outside looking for you.” He answered them, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” Looking around at those who sat around him, he said, “Behold, my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.”».

(Mark 3:32-35).

How and with whom you spend your time reflect your consecration and desire to do God´s will. Looking at the life of Jesus, we can see whom He preferred to spend most of His time with, namely, those who similar to Him desired to do God´s will. If you surround yourself with people who are not going anywhere in this life, you will soon lose your purpose and direction in your life as well. Spending a lot of time with those who have no revelation about their lives soon also you won´t be able to see the goal of your life. Exactly these things happened to Abraham. God called him out of his country, his relatives and his father´s house to the land God showed to him.

«Now Yahweh said to Abram, “Get out of your country, and from your relatives, and from your father’s house, to the land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you, and make your name great. You will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. In you will all of the families of the earth be blessed.” So Abram went, as Yahweh had spoken to him. Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed out of Haran.». (Genesis 12:1-4).

In obedience to God Abraham headed off with Sarah. Lot went with him. Later Lot became an obstacle in Abraham´s life. When Abraham had entered the promised land, the same land he left his home and his parents for – he had not been able to hear the voice of God and see that land any more unless Lot left him. Your surrounding has an impact on you, it determines whether you enter the destiny God has prepared for you or you don´t, whether you fulfil your purpose received from God or you don´t. Think of it seriously today!

We will continue tomorrow.

Be abundantly blessed in the Lord!

Rufus Adjiboje, pastor

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