Reference Reading Mark 10:46-52
A disability is defined as a lack of adequate power, strength, or physical or mental ability; a handicap that prevents a person from living a full, normal life, or from holding a gainful job, legal disqualification or incapacity. In the story of blind Bartimaeus, Bartimaeus had a disability that prevented him from living a full normal life and holding gainful employment. He was reduced to a beggar. And was given a garment, a beggar’s cloth to excuse his situation allow him to ask of others what he was unable to get for himself.
How many of us are like Bartimaeus. We are disabled and have a handicap that keeps us from living a normal and full life, and having gainful relationships with people. Some of us may lack power, whether spiritual or social, we lack the power to make changes and decisions in our lives. Others may be too weak. Too weak for men or women, too weak for money, too weak for drugs, too weak for power, we have become slaves to things and people because we are too weak. Some of have physical situations whether medical an actual disease or disorder or ailment, or are the victims of physical tragedies, abuse, violence, accidents, and the like. Or maybe the situation is mental, depression, fear, nightmares, pride, arrogance, selfishness, narcissism and pessimism, spiritual confusion, and so on. Either way our disabilities keep us from achieving a full life and having gainful relationships.
The garment that Bartimaeus wore was a cloak given to him to wear by the church that permitted him to be a full time beggar. How many people have been given permission to be full time beggars by a garment or cloak of an excuse. “Oh because she was abused”…… “His father wasn’t around”….. “She has been hurt in relationships” …… “It’s because he’s gifted”. Whatever the excuse or the reason, that cloak signified Bartimaeus and your excuse to stay crippled and depend on others to help you fulfill a normal full life. Without the garment he could not beg on the main street and in the marketplace. That’s why when Jesus came along and he threw it off, it was a pure act of faith believing that Jesus had the power to not only heal his sight, but also restore him to a place to live a normal life. He believed that whatever Jesus was going to do was going to give him the ability to do for himself and live the life he had been hearing all around him.
What is your beggar’s cloak. What keeps you bound to depending on people or things to live. What keeps you bound to the bedroom, bound to the bottle, bound to the pipe, bound to the pills, bound to people, bound to emotions. Throw off your beggar’s cloak and allow God to heal your disability and give you an opportunity to live a full normal life. The life you hear about from others can be the full and normal life you see happen in your own life!
Enjoy this song by Fred Hammond, Please Don’t Pass Me By. It’s Bartimeaus’ Story.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
The Best In Me
1 Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for [the LORD seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart
Marvin Sapp recently released a song, The Best In Me. The words say, “he saw the best in me. When everyone else around me could only see the worst in me.” Then the song goes on to say, “he’s mine, and I’m his, it doesn’t matter what I did. He only see me for who I am.”
This song blessed me tremendously and made me think so much of David during his first anointing. When Samuel was sent to anoint the next King over Israel, Samuel was looking for the same kind of king that he anointed the last time – a Saul like king. Samuel was so programmed with his assumed appearance of a King, that when he came upon Eliab one of Jesse’s strongest sons, God had to tell him, don’t look at his appearance, or his height, because I am have refused him. What a place: have the perfect look, the perfect height, the perfect circumstance, but be refused by God.
In this next season, it won’t be the perfect candidates by outward appearance but it will be the perfect candidates by heart! God saw David’s heart, and that’s why of all the sons of Jesse he was chosen to take Saul’s place.
David’s heart was revealed during the battle against Goliath. Saul ran, the Israelite soldiers ran. All of them that had the outward appearance to fight and win against Goliath ran. They were soldiers. They had the equipment, the title, the position, the weapons, the perfect outward appearances. But only David had the heart. He said, “I fought a bear and a lion, and this uncircumcised (unholy) philistine will be like one of them…..The Lord delivered me out of the paw of the lion and the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this philistine.”(1 Samuel 17:33-36)
David had a heart to win that battle. When everyone else ran from the challenge he ran to it. It was his experiences out there keeping the sheep that made him worthy to be KING and worthy to defeat Goliath. God knew that, and that’s why during the anointing, God saw the best in him, when everyone else around him only saw him as a ruddy, little, trouble starting, sheepkeeping boy.
What are your sheep keeping experiences? How does God see you? What is in your heart? Not that lame scapegoat, “God knows my heart” but what really does He see. For those of you who don’t have the outward appearance, be encouraged. That is not what God is looking at or for. Nor is it necessary to be anointed and promoted for your Kingly position. Everything about you, all your experiences, your gifts, your good qualities and “bad” creates the BEST IN YOU! And that’s what God sees.
Enjoy The Best In Me Video by Marvin Sapp
Marvin Sapp recently released a song, The Best In Me. The words say, “he saw the best in me. When everyone else around me could only see the worst in me.” Then the song goes on to say, “he’s mine, and I’m his, it doesn’t matter what I did. He only see me for who I am.”
This song blessed me tremendously and made me think so much of David during his first anointing. When Samuel was sent to anoint the next King over Israel, Samuel was looking for the same kind of king that he anointed the last time – a Saul like king. Samuel was so programmed with his assumed appearance of a King, that when he came upon Eliab one of Jesse’s strongest sons, God had to tell him, don’t look at his appearance, or his height, because I am have refused him. What a place: have the perfect look, the perfect height, the perfect circumstance, but be refused by God.
In this next season, it won’t be the perfect candidates by outward appearance but it will be the perfect candidates by heart! God saw David’s heart, and that’s why of all the sons of Jesse he was chosen to take Saul’s place.
David’s heart was revealed during the battle against Goliath. Saul ran, the Israelite soldiers ran. All of them that had the outward appearance to fight and win against Goliath ran. They were soldiers. They had the equipment, the title, the position, the weapons, the perfect outward appearances. But only David had the heart. He said, “I fought a bear and a lion, and this uncircumcised (unholy) philistine will be like one of them…..The Lord delivered me out of the paw of the lion and the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this philistine.”(1 Samuel 17:33-36)
David had a heart to win that battle. When everyone else ran from the challenge he ran to it. It was his experiences out there keeping the sheep that made him worthy to be KING and worthy to defeat Goliath. God knew that, and that’s why during the anointing, God saw the best in him, when everyone else around him only saw him as a ruddy, little, trouble starting, sheepkeeping boy.
What are your sheep keeping experiences? How does God see you? What is in your heart? Not that lame scapegoat, “God knows my heart” but what really does He see. For those of you who don’t have the outward appearance, be encouraged. That is not what God is looking at or for. Nor is it necessary to be anointed and promoted for your Kingly position. Everything about you, all your experiences, your gifts, your good qualities and “bad” creates the BEST IN YOU! And that’s what God sees.
Enjoy The Best In Me Video by Marvin Sapp
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Elects Can’t Focus On The Rejects
Elects Can’t Focus On The Rejects
Background Reading 2 Samuel 6
If you believe the words that have been spoken in this new season, then you should be expecting some actualization and manifestation of some promises. If you have never experienced haters or think you have had haters before, wait until they see how you praise when you are elevated to your promised place! In this reading Michal, Saul’s daughter despised David in her heart when she saw the way he went all out for God! She was a typical hater saying, “It don’t take all.” As matter of fact she went on to insult him saying how dare you act all wild like that partying like a base fellow - vulgar people.
Understand that everyone will not celebrate you during your time. Even though like David you will bless as many people as you can with your blessing, even the person hating on you. Nevertheless, you can’t please everyone. Nor is it your responsibility to. By despising David, God closed her womb; which means she was not allowed to reproduce that seed of hate. God will deal with the haters. He will cut off their ability to reproduce that seed. So you keep smiling, you keep singing, you keep jamming to your praise party! You keep producing excellent work! You keep spreading your joy! You keep the heads turning!
But when they question you and call you out. When they say you act just like the base people in the world; When they’re mad cause you the boss and they’re not even though they started before you; When your marriage works out and they can’t stand their home; When you are no longer the borrower but now you’re the lender; When you have a word and their prayers cant go past the ceiling; When everyone is nice to you and they cant pay for good service; When favor gets you the Presidential Suite and their platinum credit can’t get a room – you just say like David, “It was the Lord who chose me, It was the Lord that appointed me, So it’s the Lord who I will continue t praise!” Don’t be mad cause He didn’t work for you! But he has surely kept His word to me!
When you are the elect you cannot focus on the rejects, they will always hate on you because God made a decision and they can’t do anything about His word!
PRAISE BREAK! Click Here J Moss Psalms 150
Background Reading 2 Samuel 6
If you believe the words that have been spoken in this new season, then you should be expecting some actualization and manifestation of some promises. If you have never experienced haters or think you have had haters before, wait until they see how you praise when you are elevated to your promised place! In this reading Michal, Saul’s daughter despised David in her heart when she saw the way he went all out for God! She was a typical hater saying, “It don’t take all.” As matter of fact she went on to insult him saying how dare you act all wild like that partying like a base fellow - vulgar people.
Understand that everyone will not celebrate you during your time. Even though like David you will bless as many people as you can with your blessing, even the person hating on you. Nevertheless, you can’t please everyone. Nor is it your responsibility to. By despising David, God closed her womb; which means she was not allowed to reproduce that seed of hate. God will deal with the haters. He will cut off their ability to reproduce that seed. So you keep smiling, you keep singing, you keep jamming to your praise party! You keep producing excellent work! You keep spreading your joy! You keep the heads turning!
But when they question you and call you out. When they say you act just like the base people in the world; When they’re mad cause you the boss and they’re not even though they started before you; When your marriage works out and they can’t stand their home; When you are no longer the borrower but now you’re the lender; When you have a word and their prayers cant go past the ceiling; When everyone is nice to you and they cant pay for good service; When favor gets you the Presidential Suite and their platinum credit can’t get a room – you just say like David, “It was the Lord who chose me, It was the Lord that appointed me, So it’s the Lord who I will continue t praise!” Don’t be mad cause He didn’t work for you! But he has surely kept His word to me!
When you are the elect you cannot focus on the rejects, they will always hate on you because God made a decision and they can’t do anything about His word!
PRAISE BREAK! Click Here J Moss Psalms 150
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)