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From JO’s sermon tonight:
when you honor God with your life, keep him 1st place, God puts something on you called a commanded blessing. it’s like a magnet; it attracts good breaks, the right people, contacts, ideas, resources, influence. you don’t have to go after these things, trying to make it happen in your own strength, talent, hoping that life works out; all you gotta do is keep honoring God, and the right people will find you, the right opportunities will come across your path, favor, wisdom, vindication will track you down. why? you’ve become a magnet for God’s goodness. when you keep God 1st place, God will send blessings that chase you down, favor that overtakes you; out of nowhere a good break, suddenly your health improves, you’re able to pay your house off, unexpectedly a dream comes to pass. that’s not a lucky break, coincidence, that’s the commanded blessing on your life; like a magnet you’re attracting the goodness of God.
Deuteronomy 28:1-2 (NASB)
28 “Now it shall be, if you diligently obey the Lord your God, being careful to do all His commandments which I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. 2 All these blessings will come upon you and overtake you if you obey the Lord your God
one translation says, “you will become “magnet for blessings.”” that means, because you’re honoring God, something is attracted to you; not fear, sickness, depression, bad breaks, no, favor is tracking you down, promotion is headed your way, divine connections are searching you out, you’re attracting the goodness of God. you may be facing an illness. instead of thinking, “I’m never gonna get well, you should see the medical report,” no, your attitude should be; “healing is looking for me, restoration is tracking me down.” you’re struggling in your finances; not, “I’ll never get out of debt, accomplish my dreams,” no, “abundance is looking for me, favor is in my future, good breaks are tracking me down.” if you’re single, not, “I’ll never get married, I’m too old, it’s been too long,” no, “the right person is looking for me, divine connections are tracking me down, they’re already in my future, like a magnet I’m drawing them in.” God’s dream for your life is so much bigger than your own; if you will keep being your best right where you are, you will come into favor, promotion, opportunity, bigger than you ever imagined. you won’t have to go after it, it will come to you. because you’re honoring God, like a magnet you’ll draw it in.
God has the right people in your future; when you honor God, like a magnet the person God’s designed for you, the right one, will come across your path. you don’t have to worry, play games, and try to convince somebody to like you; if they don’t like you, let them go. if they don’t celebrate you and see you as a gift, treasure, one of a kind, move forward, don’t hang onto things that are not attracted to you. the right one will not be able to live without you. the one God designed will think you’re the greatest thing in the world. you keep being your best right where you are, honoring God, and God will do for you what He did for me; He’ll cause you to be at the right place at the right time. those divine connections will come across your path. but what God has planned for you is much bigger than anything you’ve ever dreamed of. if God were to show you right now where He’s taking you, the favor, promotion, increase, influence, it would boggle your mind. you may think you’re not the most qualified, you don’t have the personality, talent, that’s ok; it’s not going to happen just because of your talent, personality, hard work, it’s going to happen because of the commanded blessing on your life.
God’s anointing on you is more important than your talent, education, the family you come from. you can have less talent, but with the favor of God, you will go further than people that have much more talent. you may not see how this could happen, doesn’t seem possible, but you don’t have to figure it out; if you’ll just keep being your best right where you are, getting to work on time, doing more than you have to, being a person of excellence and integrity, the right people will find you, the right opportunities will track you down. don’t be frustrated if it doesn’t happen on your timetable; you’ve gotta pass some tests, prove to God that you’ll be faithful right where you are. if you’re not faithful in the wilderness, how can God trust you to be faithful in the Promised Land? you’ve gotta keep a good attitude when you’re not getting your way. you’ve gotta be your best when you’re not getting any credit. do the right thing when it’s difficult; that’s when your character is being developed. if you will pass these tests, you can be certain God will get you to where you’re supposed to be. the right people are in your future, opportunities, good breaks, wisdom, contracts, houses; God said
Psalm 84:11 (ASV)
11 …No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
one touch of God’s favor can take you in a split second further than you can go in your whole lifetime on your own. quit thinking, “I’m getting behind, I’ll never accomplish my dreams,” no, God has explosive blessings in your future, blessings that will thrust you years and years ahead. “this sounds good, but I don’t have the talent, know the right people, have the $”; that’s ok, God does. He’s already lined up everything you need. there are good breaks right now that have you name on them. there are contracts, buildings, businesses, that have your name on it. ideas, inventions, books, movies, songs that have your name on it. as you keep honoring God, being your best, you’re gonna draw in what already has your name on it. when is this going to happen? at the exact right time. if it hasn’t happened yet, don’t get discouraged, God knows what He’s doing. if it would have happened earlier, it wouldn’t have been the best time. just keep being faithful right where you are, keep living with this attitude that something good is coming your way. when you do that, like a magnet you’re going to draw in what already has your name on it. there’s healing, a husband, wife, baby, with your name on it. pastors, you need a larger auditorium, there’s a new sanctuary with your name on it. there’s a business, #1 movie, an invention that will touch the world with your name on it. you don’t have to seek the blessing; seek God, and the blessings will seek after you. this is where we miss it. we think, “I gotta get this promotion, meet this person, get my career going faster”; yes, we have to use out talent, be determined, take steps of faith, but you can stay in peace, live at rest, knowing that because you’re honoring God the right people will find you, the right opportunities will track you down.
Proverbs 13:22 (AMP)
22 … the wealth of the sinner [finds its way eventually] into the hands of the righteous, for whom it was laid up.
because you’re the righteous, there’s something God has laid up for you; eventually, it’s going to find you. that means, right now something’s looking for you; not defeat, struggle, lack. you are the righteous; favor, good breaks, healing, influence are looking for you. you may not have seen it yet, but don’t get discouraged; keep honoring God, and He promises some of these eventualies are going to track you down. there are some eventualies in your future; you don’t have to go after them, just go after God, keep Him 1st place. live a life of excellence and integrity, and God promises the eventualies will find their way into your hands. Jesus said:
Matthew 6:33 (NKJV)
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
everything you need to fulfill your destiny has already been laid up for you. now you just have to make pleasing God your highest priority. before you give into temptation, “no, I’m going to please God and walk away. I want to fulfill my destiny, come into my eventualies.” before you tell that person off, no, “I’m gonna please God and keep my mouth closed.” at the office, they’re not treating you right, you feel like slacking off, no, “I’m gonna please God and keeping being my best. I know I’m not working unto people, I’m working unto God.” you live like that, and all the forces of darkness cannot keep you from your destiny. the eventualities God has lined up for you are going to boggle your mind; it’s going to be more than you can ask or think. God has not only already arranged them, He’s taken it one step further; He’s already put your name on them, they’ve already been marked as part of your divine destiny.
what’s your part: worry, struggle, try to make it happen, manipulate this person, maybe they’ll do me a favor? no, you don’t have to play up to people, you don’t have to beg people, hope that they’ll throw you a crumb here or there. you are not a beggar, you are a child of the most high God. you have royal blood flowing through your veins. you are wearing a crown of favor. God has called, equipped, empowered, chosen you; the Creator of the universe. all you’ve gotta do is keep honoring God, and the blessings will find you, the right people will show up, the ones that want to help you. the good breaks, businesses, contracts will track you down. one phone call, one person God has ordained to help you, can change the course of your life. how is this going to happen? just your talent, ability, hard work? that’s part of it, but the main key is by honoring God. that’s what puts you in a position for his blessings to overtake you. that’s what makes you a magnet for Hs favor.
some of you are very close to attracting what you’ve been praying and believing for. you’ve honored God, been faithful, now God is about to release an eventually in your life. it’s going to be bigger than you imagined. when you meet that person, they’re going to be better for you than you ever dreamed of. you waited a long time, but when they show up, you’re going to say, “you were well worth the wait.” “you’re just getting everybody’s hopes up today”; you’re right, you can’t have faith if you don’t first have hope. some of you have gotten stuck in a rut. God’s been good to you, you’ve got a good family, job, you’ve seen God’s blessings; you haven’t seen anything yet. you haven’t touched the surface of what God has in store. don’t become complacent, thinking that you’ve seen your best days; God never performs His greatest feats in our yesterdays. you may have seen God’s goodness in the past, but it’s nothing compared to what God is about to show you. some of you are going to write a book, movie, song that will touch the world. the idea will come to you; you don’t have to go after it. some of you are going to start a business that will become a global force. some of you are going to have a ministry that will shake nations. some of you will raise a child that will become a history maker.
the eventualies God has in your future are going to boggle your mind, it’s like nothing you’ve seen before. God has raised you up to take new ground for the kingdom, to go where others have not gone. dream, believe, pray big. make room for God to do something new in your life. God knows what He’s put in you: gifts, talents, potential. you have seeds of greatness on the inside. because you’re honoring God, He’s going to open doors that no man can shut. He’s going to bring talent out of you that you didn’t know you had. He’s going to connect you with the right people, present you with opportunities that will thrust you into a new level of your destiny. when you simply honor God, He’ll cause people to be at the right place at the right time. you won’t have to seek them out, they’ll seek you out. don’t talk yourselves out of it; because you honor God, you have the same commanded blessing on your life. right now, God has favor tracking you down, good breaks are looking for you, divine connections, the right people, are in your future. you don’t have to worry about how it’s all gonna work out; what has your name on it, real estate, good breaks, businesses, favor, will eventually find its way into your hands.
Proverbs 13:21 (NLT)
21 Trouble chases sinners, while blessings chase the righteous!
you are the righteous; right now, favor, promotion, healing, is chasing you, victory is coming your way. don’t ever say, “I’ll never get outta debt, get married, be well again”; you know what that’s doing? demagnetizing your magnet; it’s taking away the attraction power. when we dwell on negative, can’t do it, not able to, never going to happen thoughts, that is demagnetizing our magnet. you are taking away its power to pull in what belongs to you. I’m helping you to turn up the power on your magnet. when you realize God has put a commanded blessing on your life, and you go out each day with the attitude that something good is going to happen to you, that’s when God can do exceedingly, abundantly above and beyond. every one of you can look back over your life and remember a time where you unexpectedly saw God’s favor. you didn’t go after it, it came after you. God has done it in the past, and the good news is, He’s not only going to do it again in the future, but what He’s going to show you will make what you’ve seen in the past pale in comparison.
God has explosive blessings coming your way; they are going to thrust you to a level greater than you’ve imagined. you’re going to look back and say, “how in the world did I get here? I’m not the most qualified, talented, I don’t have all the experience.” you may not, but God does; He knows how to get you to where you’re supposed to be. because you’re honoring God, keeping him first place, the power of your magnet is being turned up; you’re about to draw in good breaks, promotion, healing, favor, ideas, contracts, creativity. God is about to release what already has your name on it. you’re not going to have to go after it, it’s going to come after you. it’s going to be bigger than you imagined, it’s going to happen sooner than you thought; you’re about to step into the fullness of your destiny and become everything God’s created you to be.
Thank you for this post. I started to got discouraged when I was rejected from another job. I need a second job to save to buy a car, because I don’t have one. I have been depending on my parents to drive me around and I’m 25 years old. I feel like my entire life has been put on pause. But ok, I will continue honoring God, I will continue sitting at home not socializing due to lack of transportation, continue working my low-wage job with coworkers who gossip about me and try to get me fired, continue serving the ungrateful, racist parents who don’t value me or even respect what I try to do on any level whatsoever. But I’m not taking the bus. I’m tired of taking the bus. I will ride my bike, despite the dangers. He will give me sufficient grace in my weakness (i.e. not having a car). So I will ride my bike through the dark South Florida streets and He will protect me.
Hello Diana,
i see your post is 2013 so it seems no need to write as things may have become better. However, maybe not for you but another may see my post and it may help. Am writing from far away Nigeria and i want you to pause for a second and realise your life is not as hard or as difficult as you think.
1. you have parents so even if u dont have money, hunger will not be an issue and its not an Africa thing, there are still people in the states without food.
2. you have a roof over your head, many are homeless.
3.you dont need transportation to socialise, you may meet ur next best friend in a bus or while riding your bike, believe me, am very positive. Imagine having someone as a friend who is your friend because the person gets a ride from you….
4. people gossiping about you at your workplace is an advantage, they notice your presence. It will be worst if no one talks about you at all….that will mean u are a nobody
…Am wriitng too much, i wish we could analyse every aspect of your life and see they are all actually beautiful………….
It sounds like you’re stuck in a tough spot, Diana; an all too common location for people these days, sadly. When I was your age, I lived with a mother who treated me with contempt, had no job, no one to socialize with… and no relationship with God. I eventually got a better life, and so will you; fortunately, you will have God to turn to for assistance, so you will do better than I did. I’m glad the sermon helped!!
Diana,
I want to just tell you that things will turn out for your good. It seems hard right now. Or impossible. Listening to your words, I hear more of anger. I hope you don’t feel like you shouldn’t socialize or place yourself at risk of riding in a dangerous neighborhood. I’ve been there, where I inflicted poor eating habits on myself being someone who was a health nut. I was upset tho. Very upset at God so I began just sitting there waiting for him to do whatever. I looked at myself and saw how changed I was. And it was hard for me to get back to the healthier place. So don’t let your mind wander there. Just be still and hopeful.
Once again, I find myself re-visiting a post that seems to speak to me directly. One of my dreams is to find my true love and after the passage about “the right one will not be able to live without you. the one God designed will think you’re the greatest thing in the world,” once again I teared up. I’m starting to think I’m a girly-man, lol. It’s just that this makes me so happy to know that she is on her way and my life will be that much more better with her in it. Yay me.
On the same note, and forgive me if I seem too presumptuous, but I’m really interested in knowing who the other Windsor, Canada visitor is. If it’s a female, wouldn’t it just be a total trip if God ordained us to meet because of your blog, FH? Think about that one for a sec.
It sounds like you’re turning into a magnet for blessings yourself; the fine Christian woman God is bringing you is closer than you think!!
I have no way of knowing who any visitors are on Feedjit; maybe whoever it is will comment at some point. 🙂
Diana, So Lost and FH are correct. I’m 43 and although our circumstances are different, what I can tell you is we all go through shifts in our lives. Your only 25 and this may sound passe, but you DO have your whole life ahead of you. In our lives people go through, for lack of a better term, a metamorphosis about every five to 10 years. That doesn’t necessarily mean that you’ll change (although that’s a safe bet as well) but your life will. You’ll meet someone or get a new job, or move to another state (or province in Canada) or even all three. That’s what happened to me and I got a new job, met a girl (it didn’t last, but still) and I found the best and supportive friends that I’ve ever had in my life. Hang in there. Things will not only get better, they will get MUCH better. 🙂
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Do you think it is possible for us to make a comeback after backsliding and you can visibly see and feel the destructive effects of being out of and living out of God’s design for your life, when we ” Come to our senses”?? not like we mean to backslide, it is gradual. I am embarrassed I did. but God is great, and I would not let shame keep me from returning to God.
Yes, M, we absolutely CAN make a comeback, no matter how far we have gone for how long; God will always forgive us and give us another chance, and He will always love us and long for us to return. It’s God’s will for you to return to Him, so you can go boldly to the throne and be sure that He will welcome you back!!
M, it is definitely possible for someone to come back after backsliding. I was an on fire believer for 5 years saved in 2003 at the age of 23. The world had nothing for me after a broken relationship. I totally fell in love with God and dedicated my life to His purposes. Gave up alcohol, guys, cigetettes, night clubs. I just got totally transformed. He was able to use me powerfully in music ministry, evangelism and raised me up to live a fasted prayer surrendered life.
But…I made a terrible mistake 5 years into my salvation (I was still a baby in Christ as I look back now) which saw me being ex communicated from church and told never to return necauae i was apparently “unrepentant”. Not true. The basis of what happened was not biblical at all. I was heartbroken. Spirit crushed. My soul fell out right at the bottom and obviously it’s invisible so I couldn’t even see it to catch it. Knocked out on the floor seeing stars. Where did I run to? Back to the world. I didn’t mean to, but the damage had been done. Bruised and bloodied, my sin condemned me and so did my church (God never did though) but I was far too broken too realise that. At the same time as this happened l also got made redundant from my job. Double rejection. I was a complete and awful mess. I became worse off then before I’d been in the world. I’d lost all my “friends” because it was church ethos to not communicate with an ex member. I couldnt eat, i couldnt sleep, my hair even started to fall out. I found a new church and God was merciful enough to raise me up again in music ministry in the short time i was there but i just felt like a hypocrite and I couldn’t connect with people. (I actually could, but the devil was playing major games with me and my spiritual discernment wasn’t at its best understandably as I wasn’t in strong fellowship with God as before and my heart being broken, spirit crushed and soul lost somewhere it just wasn’t happening). I ended up leaving that church after some offence and visited a couple others but just eventually lost interest in church. I held a lot of guilt and blamed myself for what had happened to me. But God, God was always on my mind. He must have a lake filled with my tears. Drinking to hide my hurt “helped” at first, but this slow dependence on alcohol to see me through this painful time eventually turned into full blown alcholism. I’m talking a bottle of wine a day for the best part of 5 years. (A fully functioning one which i put to Gods grace) . I had lost my ministry, i had lost my friends, i had lost my church community, my reputation, i thought I’d lost God too. Gods grace was still on me throughout this terrible time in my life though. He blessed me with a temporary job after about a year after my redundancy. When that ended the door opened for another role for a year and after that another role where I got a massive pay rise after 6 months of being in the job. In and out of bad relationships, still self medicating on alcohol so I wouldn’t have to deal with all this crazy pain.
All the while I still offered my feeble prayers to God. It’s true that God looks at the heart. I was so grieved by my situation, I wanted to be free. I still sought God in my heart even though i no longer had a church home. I went on several healing seminars which helped but I’d always end up back to square one. And my alcohol “helper” turned on me. It wasn’t helping me at all. It turned into my enemy. I hadn’t touched the bible for years. Every time I tried to read, oh the condemnation. The word wasn’t condemning me though, I was doing that to myself. My spiritual life had flipped 360. What i knew to be suddenly wasn’t anymore, and what wasn’t, was. Does that make sense? No? Rightly so, because I was absolutely confused. Riddled with the lies of the enemy, my mind was some major battlefield. Ended up pregnant and had a baby. I didn’t plan him but God did. My son was my blessing in my storm. The guy I had a baby with was not. I’ll just leave that there.
But all the while, God, oh our Dear Abba Father, and His son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit NEVER let me go.
I look back now and realise how involved God still was in my life. Several blood tests taken over the years because I was convinced I was damaging myself from the alcohol abuse, and was going to die soon – all tests came back normal. Nothing. No diabetes. No abnormalities. ONLY high blood pressure stabilised with medication.
6 weeks ago I felt a major oppressiveness on me. I sought a friend out and confessed about my addiction (most people didn’t know the severity of my issue because I hid it well) and she committed to praying with me daily. Things seemed to get worse though and I got majorly depressed. I kind of knew my breakthough was coming though. I can’t explain it i just knew. I just didn’t know when or how. I broke down in tears in my living room one night and wailed to God to please HELP me! I felt a godly sorrow, enough was enough! And then I got up and praised Him for 2 hours straight and then went to bed. I woke up the next day and I knew I’d been healed. The peace I felt was incredible. That cloud or blanket of God’s presence which is quite tangible was just all over me. No desire for alcohol. No desire for cigarettes. No heavy hand of oppression (which I actually think was God’s hand). All gone. Just like that. Sometimes God will get heavy on you when it’s time to fix up and yes does it hurt! I made a point to stop my high blood pressure meds and my pressure is back to normal too! God delivered and healed me with one touch! I was seeing a guy for about 6 months and I completely locked that off too. The way God had dealt with me, I just knew it was time to come home and leave EVERYTHING behind. We’re too precious to Him and our way just leads to messiness and I just know God has something better. Do I deserve better? Probably not, but I’m looking at Goss grace. I’m holding Him to His mercy towards me and His faithfulness.
This was just 4 weeks ago. I’ve been reading the bible daily, journaling like I’m about to write a book or something and praising God with a newness.
I’m still incredibly in awe at what has happened so quickly. Im just like “eh?”. I walk into a supermarket and i pass the alcohol aisle on purpose – and nope, no inclination at all to buy any. I had previously commented on another post on this blog about acceleration in relation to a word I feel God had given me about Him restoring my lost years. 8 years I battled and God came through. He took 8 years mind you because I suppose I was too scared to go back to God and wasn’t fully working with Him but I had nothing to be scared of at all. And when God says it’s time, it’s time.
I believe He hasn’t brought me out of this for no reason so im literally waiting with expectant faith at what He is about to do.
I call this my re-re birth. God is good. In all things give thanks. The 8 years weren’t easy and yes the fire did burn. But God yes, does allow situations for a greater purpose.
No more condemnation. No more guilt. Yes still need emotional healing and my heart needs softening but that’s the 2nd touch coming. I’m far too blown away by what God has just done to doubt that He’s just going to not do any thing further. It’s a tough one because I’m not in church, I gave up my job to look after my 2 and a half year old son, single mum, so I feel kind of cut off from everything. I’m not very trusting of people after that ex communication thing so I wonder how God’s going to do anything here – but the beauty of the alone times and desert days I suppose is when God really shows up and what He does is super magnified because it happens in the drought.
So M. Be encouraged. God loves you dearly. Any comeback you make will be His doing so let Him work it.
Sorry for the extra long post. I got a bit excited writing this and this isn’t even the half of it. Got a bit carried away! Be blessed and encouraged.
FH, your posts are so encouraging they really are! God bless you.
Very true, as we have to see ourselves as magnets which attracts all the blessings to us, if we first seek God’s kingdom and should not demagnetize our magnet being God is sending is blessings in a explosive way.
I am 68 years old and over the last seven years I halve witnessed in my life what it means to not have the favour of God with you. Materialism and credit cards have ruined our lives. Today we are suffering and poor. I can see where the enemy of our souls have seduced us into a false reality. I really thought we were in the favour of God and being blessed until one day my husband l lost his
job, he had open heart surgery and now is on dialysis waiting for a kidney donor. I can only say that we were indeed not walking with God how he wanted us to be. I like your post because you say that God has a plan and I pray now that the right people will step into our lives. To bring us back to a better and bigger place than before. I now am starting to put God first everyday and give him number one in our life. I believe that God can use all these trials and troubles for is glory. We have a story to tell and miracles are on their way.
Being grateful everyday can open the gates to heaven.
Stay in faith; God will respond to your obedience with blessings!!
thanks very powerfull brought me bac to reallity
You’re welcome!!
Thanks for that powerful message. I once again feel hopeful that even though i was at the verge of giving up and often suicidal, i realise God has a way of turning things around for His glory. I come from a broken family where my father used to batter my mum and even wanted to kill her and burn me alive. My mum has singlehandledly struggled to bring me up and educate me. I just finished college and am struggling to get a job. All my relatives have become self centred and wont give any aid simply because our classes dont match. I once almost gave up in life. My mum has tried to help out as much as she could bt no one acknowledges her efforts.With massive debts, no job, living in absolute poverty and no opportunity to explore my potential, i know God has a way of turning things round. Amen
believe our breakthrough is not far away
Thank you for this divine, Holy Spirit filled encouragement. I am almost being fed up with my faith until I came across this sermon, I am believing God that my story will change to testimony in JESUS name Amen
My GOD! Glory to the most high GOD! I just gotta say….HALLELUJAH! He is worthy.
My GOD! My GOD! the Lord is mighty and I thank Jesus for His power to move in my life. Eventuallies are coming, I will be filled with the Holy Ghost, have husband, and family, a career in Human Resources as a Regional Manager, my ministry to serve the poor, sick and homeless.
My EVENTUALLIES are coming
Thank you, for this word that encouraged my soul.
I receive the Blessing of God! I will honor God in all that I do, in Jesus name. Hallelujah, praise God!!!
This is directly directed to me. I really appreciate.