Hi there, today we are going to discover a very powerful weapon that the devil uses against us in order to steal the blessing of living a peaceful and successful life. We will see the Power Of Now as taught by our Lord Jesus.
The devil has always been very successful in employing this powerful strategy and today we will not only bring it out to the light but also find out how to overcome that.
Power Of Now
You know God always wants us to focus on the NOW – THE PRESENT.
But the devil always wants us to focus on anything else but the PRESENT.
The devil wants to either focus on the PAST or the FUTURE but NEVER on the PRESENT.
The devil attacks us with thoughts of Guilt, Condemnation, and Regret to get us to live in the past.
In the same way, the devil attacks us with Worry, Fear and Anxiety to get us to live in the future.
By doing both of these, he succeeds in not allowing you to live peacefully in the PRESENT.
Whereas God always wants you to live in the NOW – PRESENT.
What did Jesus teach us to Pray?
“Give us this day our daily bread! “
THIS DAY –
DAILY BREAD!
Those are the Keys to successful living!
Do you remember the Manna that was given by God from Heaven, to the Israelites when they were travelling in the desert?
The Manna was a daily fresh food that was dropped from heaven! The people were not supposed to store it for the next day!
Still some of them did and the next day, it was full of worms. So they had to gather it fresh every morning. Its Fresh Manna.
You can read about this in Exodus Chapter 16.
Daily bread!
See, that’s how our God Works!
Focus on the NOW!
Power Of Now
The devil wants you to dwell in either your past or your future.
He brings memories of your past failures and mistakes.
He is very good at it. Some of you constantly slip back into your past memories and keep wasting your time and life.
Sometimes its the bad things that happened to you. Sometimes it’s the injustice that’s been done to you.
The more you keep thinking about it, the more you regret and even get angry with other people for what they’ve done , yourself for perhaps not fighting back and even God sometimes!
Or the Devil would take your thoughts to the future and cause you to worry about your future.
The news and the social media are best agents to accomplish this!
Rumors all over the place! Even real but bad news all over the place!
Immediately the devil attacks you with fear, depression, worry, stress!
What do you do?
Kadesh Barnea
I love the incident of Kadesh Barnea!
The incident of spying the land of Canaan which is recorded for us in the Bible.
Moses sent out 12 spies to the land of Canaan to check it out. 1 person from each tribe of Israel.
Look at the report brought back by 10 of the spies:
[Num 13:31 NIV]
But the men who had gone up with him said, “We can’t attack those people; they are stronger than we are.”[Num 13:32 NIV]
And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. They said, “The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size.[Num 13:33 NIV]
We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.”
So the bad news came up!
Now what happened to the people?
[Num 14:1 NIV]
That night all the members of the community raised their voices and wept aloud.[Num 14:2 NIV]
All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, “If only we had died in Egypt! Or in this wilderness!
See? The devil brought bad news about the future and the people started to worry!
They gave up!
They have seen the miracles of God Almighty! They have just crossed the Red Sea upon dry land!
And Yet, one bad news about the future in front of them and they were destroyed!
But 2 of the spies CALEB AND JOSHUA REFUSED to FALL INTO THE TRAP! They DID NOT worry about what they saw!
They were not worried about the future!
See what they said:
[Num 14:7 NIV]
“The land we passed through and explored is exceedingly good.[Num 14:8 NIV]
If the LORD is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us.[Num 14:9 NIV]
Only do not rebel against the LORD. And do not be afraid of the people of the land, because we will devour them. Their protection is gone, but the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them.”
See their FAITH!!
Their Faith in God kept them optimistic about the future and they rejoiced IN THE PRESENT!
Do you know what happened?
The other 10 spies who gave bad report and caused fear and panic were struck by God and they died!
The entire nation of Israel had to wander for 40 years in the desert because of their unbelief and all the older generation died in the desert! Only those who were below 20 years old at the time of that incident entered the land of Canaan!
let us read what God said:
[Num 14:30 NIV]
Not one of you will enter the land I swore with uplifted hand to make your home, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
See the result of worrying?
But also see the result of STRONG FAITH IN GOD and being POSITIVE!
You have to RESIST the devil when he wants you to focus on the pain of the past or worry of the future, and instead FOCUS ON THE PRESENT!
I get it, sometimes you just can’t stop or control your thoughts! But as the saying goes…… you can’t stop birds from flying over your head but you CAN stop them from building a nest over your head!
So if the thoughts fly by, its ok but remember to apply FAITH to those thoughts!
What did our Lord Jesus teach us?
let us read:
[Mat 6:34 NIV]
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Absolutely Clear – DO NOT WORRY ABOUT TOMORROW!
Now some of you may question, so does this mean that we don’t have to plan or work for the future?
Listen Jesus NEVER SAID Not To PLAN for the Future, He said NOT TO WORRY!
Jesus also NEVER SAID Not to WORK!
He only said NOT TO WORRY about anything – IN THE PRESENT.
Ok, now does this mean that we don’t have to worry about the future and so we don’t have to do any work?
Like for example, kids have exams and they say, hey God said not to worry about the future and have faith. So I won’t study and I’ll still Pass with Great Results!
Is it so?
No way!
We got to do what we have to do.
The Bible says:
[Pro 21:31 CSB]
A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but victory comes from the LORD.
So you gotta do your work.
You have to Go.
You have to Start.
But BEFORE you do anything, make sure you get God on your side. That’s all. Then you DONT WORRY!
God will take care.
The bible says:
[Deu 29:9 KJV]
Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.
Prosper IN ALL THAT YOU DO! So you Gotta Do man!
You gotta Do.
[Exo 4:12 KJV]
Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
You gottta Go!
But BEFORE YOU START ANYTHING, MAKE SURE YOU GET GOD ON YOUR SIDE!
So the lesson learnt today is to FOCUS ON YOUR PRESENT and NOT ON YOUR PAST OR FUTURE.
BUT Anticipate a blessed FUTURE, WITH FAITH!
Finally the Empowerment For You today is, when you focus on your present and get God on your side and DO WHATEVER YOU DO, GOD’S GONNA GREATLY BLESS AND PROSPER WHAT YOU DO!
So let us do what we have to do,
and go where we have to go,
but do not worry but work with faith!
Power Of Now
God Wants You To Focus On The NOW!
Just remember that God’s ways are higher than ours and His thoughts are higher than ours!
So sometimes some things get delayed or doesn’t happen, trust him because it’s for our own good!
Jesus said in Matthew 7:11
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
So then if you are not getting something then just trust him that it’s for a good reason!
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