The Handy Work Of The Lord In This Day And Time

I love the Father and the Savior for many reasons. Too often billions of people really have no idea who they really are, or how much the Lord has done for this world. Again, it's virtually unknown as to how much He is still doing through the people that He has chosen to carry-out His will in this sinful earth. As we all go about our daily duties, unless we are the redeemed, we really have no idea how blessed we really are. For the disconnected and lost souls, they are tempted consistently by the devil. Yet they chose to say it’s the boss, the wife or husband. Then there are the other groups of folks who believe that it's simply bad luck as to why they do not prosper and death or some other calamity is always at their door. With all the craziness going on in this world, it is very easy not to see the hand of the Lord working; nevertheless, he is doing great things for the nation. The Bible makes it crystal clear:

For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and division, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos, are ye not carnal? Who is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave every man. I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that planted anything, neither he that watered; but God that giveth the increase. {1 Corinthians 3:3-7}

One of the reasons why many people can’t see the handy works of the Lord is because they are blinded by their own willful neglect. Meaning to say, when we are not saved and walking in that newness, we can become carnal Christians. Which simply means, we are no longer connected to the divine vine Jesus the Christ of God’s. So, in this quandary of thorns, it's easy to forget who you are and where you came from. Ok, it's like this. Changed people are changed only because of the deliverance which comes from the salvation plan sent forth by Jesus; you know, the one who died for the sins of the world. Anyone found in this cove of envying, strife or division is a clear sign that such folk are worldly people who obviously have not been converted souls. Therefore, such citizens must live a worldly lifestyle. Meaning, they will no longer listen or follow the leading of the Lord. But what you find them doing is hiding behind some sort of mask as a cloaking device to hide their true nature. So, as you have read, they will fight over their so-called pastor and anyone they deem as their true leader. By saying things like: My pastor is a real man of God. Others will boldly say, "my pastor has a TV broadcast, radio pod cast, or a mega church." Again, the word tells us that it doesn’t matter who your leader is, unless God is in the mix all they are doing means nothing. God is the only one who can bring about blessings in any situation.

Listen! God is the only one who gives:

Life

Health

Strength

Wealth

Talents

Gifts

Positions

Let’s read the word:

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in good health, even as thy souls prospereth. {3 John 2}

The point again is this: God is the only one who can bring about divine changes in anyone’s life, but without Him we can do nothing. This is just the part that keeps sinners in the lost realm. Listen, everyday that we wake up it's because of the Lord. The food you have to eat is of the Lord. And the day you allow the devil to cause you to believe otherwise, well then that’s the day you will no longer be able to see the hand of God working for you. What I’m trying to get you to see, is the fact that you must constantly present your whole self to the Lord on a daily basis. Otherwise you will fall into being a carnal person.

Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience. {Ephesians 2:2}

From the scripture above, we should be able to glean that the devil is the prince and the power of the air. In other words, if you can’t feel the Father's hand working on your behalf, the devil has captured you. Listen, to the word again:

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord and depart from evil. It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. {Proverbs 3:6-8}

The moment we stop believing what God told us, we become victims at our own hands. Ok, let me put it to you like this: The Bible tells a man that when he finds a wife, he finds a good thing and then he obtains favor with the Father. But when a woman takes unto herself to find a man that the Lord did not sanction, she can no longer see the hand of the Lord. Then the devil will allow her to believe that she has the right to do as she pleases. When we put our trust in the Lord, we are then guided at every point. Meaning, He will never leave nor forsake us. However, billions of people who call themselves Christians leave and forsake His divine leading, the moment we want our will to be carried out throughout flesh.

Listen, when we acknowledge God in all of our ways, we then can be guided in many ways by His Spirit. When we wake up every morning, that’s God's handy work. The day you get the job that you knew you did not have all the qualifications for but somehow you got the job, that was the handy work of the Lord. When the doctor tells you for two years that you can never have a baby, but the next thing you know you are delivering a baby, and a healthy one at that, that too is the handy work of the Lord. Too often people believe that it's good luck that they have what they have received, but it's not luck, its God. When the sun and the rain do these things, it’s for the worthy and the unworthy that the Father blesses us. God can and wants to be involved in everything that concerns us, but when we reject His divine will, well then, we are blinded from knowing His truth and direction. Listen any blind person following another impaired human will fall into a ditch. Then what can they both do at that point? Nothing, but call for help that they may never find. No one in this world can know the things of God unless they have been saved and willingly walking in the Spirit of the Lord. In other words, the things of God are Spiritually discerning and no unsaved person will be able to figure out what the Lord's plan is because they are not connected to his vine.

I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be ye not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God. {Romans 12: 1-2}

Once more, the handy work of God can clearly be seen through a willing vessel by way of obedience. In other words, when we willingly present our own bodies to the father, we then can see His hand moving on our behalf. Not only that, but also, we can know his plan for us in the future because we are being transformed through updated transfers on a daily based. However, anyone who is not transforming are conforming will not be able to see the handy work of the Father or His son.

I pray that these little bits of words have blessed you to the point that you want to see the handy word of the Lord working on your behalf.

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