Thought for Today: Stop Living Like That

There is a way of life that the enemy is whispering in the ear of many of God’s children. This type of life is led by a lie straight from hell to get you to do things you know you should not do, say things you should not say, and go places that you know you should not go.

These three words whispered into the ear of many of God’s children to lead them into living a life that is not pleasing to God is this: NOBODY WILL KNOW. This strategy is rarely used in public, it is mostly used by the enemy when you find yourself alone. In your private life the devil convinces you that NOBODY WILL KNOW.

NOBODY WILL KNOW that you curse when you are by yourself, NOBODY WILL KNOW that you get drunk when you are by yourself, NOBODY WILL KNOW if you have sex outside of marriage, NOBODY WILL KNOW if you take this or take that, NOBODY WILL KNOW if you go to this place or that place. And then you begin to wonder why you got drunk in public or why you got mad and cursed someone out in public.

You may wonder why you can’t control your sexual feelings and emotions, or wonder why fear and anxiety overcomes you in public. It’s all because you live like that in private. Listen to me, the life that you live in private will manifest in public. Jesus said it this way “For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known” (Luke 12:2). You might not like what I am about to say but it’s the truth; You are living a life as if NOBODY WILL KNOW.

And the Spirit of the Lord says to you STOP LIVING LIKE THAT. If the devil can convince you that NOBODY WILL KNOW, he can convince you to cut the Lord out of your life. “All through my word I have told you time and time again I AM WITH YOU,”Psalms 46:11, “The LORD OF HOST IS WITH US; THE God of Jacob is our refuge.”

God said in Psalm 139:7-13, “Whither shall I go from thy Spirit (Oh LORD) or whither shall I flee from thy presence (OH LORD.) If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there; if I make my bed in hell, behold thou art there, If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. If I say surely the darkness shall cover me even the night shall be light about me. Yea the darkness hideth not from thee (oh LORD) but the night shineth as the day the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. For thou hast possessed my reins thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.”

God loves you so much, and God is your all-in-all. The one name your enemies don’t want you to know God by is found in Matthew 1:23, which says, “Behold a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name EMMANUEL which is being interpreted as GOD WITH US.”

Listen to me, no matter where you are, no matter where you go, no matter what state of mind you are in, no matter what time of day or night it is, you need to know this truth: GOD IS RIGHT THERE WITH YOU. I know it don’t seem like it, it don’t feel like it, it don’t look like it, but “God is not man that He should lie, neither the son of man that he should repent hath he said, and shall He not do it, or hath He spoken and shall He not make it good” (Numbers 23:19).

As a child of God, you cannot live a private life that says NOBODY WILL KNOW. Stop living like that. God knows, God sees, God hears, because the truth of the matter is GOD IS ALWAYS RIGHT THERE WITH YOU.

For it is written, “Doth not HE (God) see my ways and count all my steps? If I have walked (lived my life) with vanity or if my foot hath hasted to deceit. Let me be weighed in an even balance that GOD MAY KNOW MINE INTEGRITY” (Job 31:4-6).

Every time the devil whispers in your ear NOBODY WILL KNOW, just say this: “EMMANUEL, EMMANUEL, EMMANUEL.” Your flesh (feelings and/or emotions) will not feel anything, but the spirit realm (the unseen realm) will hear “GOD, I KNOW YOU ARE WITH ME,” and if God be for you who can be against you. Live your life both in private and public with the mindset “God is with me” and watch your whole life change for the better.

Thought for Today: So Much to Learn

Since you made your decision to do your best to live a life that is pleasing to God, you have become content with your relationship with God. And the enemy of your soul is using that against you. Since the devil can’t convince you that God is not real, he has switched up his strategy against you and has begun to whisper in your ear this lie “You already know all there is to know about God.”  

You don’t have to pray to God everyday anymore, you already know God. You don’t have to worship God every day, you already know what His presence is like. You don’t have to read the word of God each and every day, you already know the word of God. And you unknowingly begin to put off your prayers to God every day, you begin to put off taking time worshiping God in spirit and in truth every day, and you begin to put off spending time each day in God’s word simply because you believed the lie of the devil which told you that YOU ALREADY KNOW GOD.  

I don’t know who I am talking to, but you need to know this truth, Jesus said “I am the vine, ye are the branches; he/she that abideth in me, and I in him/her the same bringeth forth MUCH FRUIT; FOR WITHOUT ME YE CAN DO NOTHING” (John 15:5). You might not like what I am about to say but YOU DON’T KNOW GOD like you think you do.  

Please don’t think that I am just talking about you, in the last 30 years the whole church (believers in the Lord Jesus Christ) have fallen into this trap set by the devil; “You already know God, you don’t need to pray, read His word, or worship Him like you used to.” Falling into this trap, we have lost the awe of who God is.

The word of God says in Proverbs 1:7 “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; but fools despise wisdom and instructions.” Please don’t think I am just pointing the finger at you, I have fallen into this trap before, as well. And the Father whispered this truth to me, “Erick, if you can fully know who I AM then I am no longer God, you are.”  

Recently while sitting down with my wife at breakfast, God whispered these truths to my soul: “Erick, when you can number every grain of sand on every beach in this world then you will fully know who I AM. When you can count every blade of grass on the face of this earth then you will fully know who I AM. When you can know the number of every star that is in the heavens then you will fully know who I AM. When you can not only count every bird in this world, but count the number of every feather of each bird, then you can fully know who I AM. And when you can not only count every hair on your own head but count every hair on every human beings’ head in this earth, then and only then will you truly get to know all THAT I AM. “

Do not be content with the little knowledge that you have of God. For the truth of the matter is THERE IS SO MUCH TO LEARN of who God is. When you think you KNOW ALL OF WHO GOD IS, you begin to lose the fear of the lord, the reverential awe of who God is. For the word of God says, “Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in AWE OF HIM” (Psalms 33:8). 

Don’t listen to the lie of the devil who is telling you that you don’t need to pray as much, read the word of God as much, or worship God in spirit and in truth every chance you get, because you already know God. The devil is a liar. THERE IS SO MUCH FOR US (yes, this means me too) TO LEARN ABOUT GOD even through eternity we will never fully comprehend, understand, or know the fullness and the essence of God and all that He is.  

For it is written, “Acquaint NOW THYSELF WITH HIM (GOD) and be at peace thereby good shall come unto thee. Receive I pray thee the law from His (God’s) mouth and lay up His (God’s) words in thy heart. If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles” (Job 22:21-23).  

Don’t fall into the trap of you already know God, PRAY, WORSHIP, and READ THE WORD OF GOD every day because there is so much to KNOW ABOUT WHO GOD IS.