ALIEN ON EARTH — Ch 9
Am I Lacking?
One thing we have all gotten highly mixed up is that God owes us stuff. No bro! He doesn’t. There is no possible scenario that you can possibly come up with where God owes you.
Yet by his abundant grace and mercy, he shows his overwhelmingly reckless love for us and that is our biggest blessing.
To those who wonder if they are lacking or not loved enough because they have not received blessings like someone they know or have seen, sit at his feet.
The self-doubt riddled with insecurities clouds our judgments and makes us forget our priorities and we end up forgetting that we are Aliens on earth.
So should I just be okay with not having anything, should I not want or ask for anything? No? That’s why I said get to know him, when you know his love these kinds of self-doubt will not be able to conquer you and even if it does you will be able to resist.
Next, instead of doubting yourself this time instead of asking for more ask him to give you the knowledge and ask to see more than human eyes can and ask for the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation (Ephesians 1:17).
If you have things you need to fix, he will show you and work with you to fix it, if it is not his time yet he will teach you patience. By all means, we need to understand that God’s timing is not as same as ours.
While Israel could’ve taken a shortcut out of Egypt they had to go the long way only because God was protecting them.
When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter.
For God said, “If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”
So God led the people around by the desert road toward the Red Sea.
Exodus 13:17–18
And to some of us are we sure the riches we asking for or even the undeniably overrated things we are asking for are necessarily what we need?
None of these apply when it comes to the most basic needs or when it comes to the things you need to have a stable life. God will open the doors of heaven to provide you with them nothing on Earth can stop it unless you are searching for it in the wrong place.
These things I am saying for my fellow sisters and brothers with a list as big as long as a Pharisee’s prayer.
See one thing about God is that he knew what would happen on Earth even before it was created. He knew exactly what Israelites would do even after he brought them so graciously.
He knew that he would have to sacrifice his son and yet he did not take away our free will and let us have it and let things pan out the way they would.
He is so loving that God hated bloodshed and initially humans were created as vegetarians and yet he willingly sent his son to shed every drop of his blood on Earth.
When he loves us so much do you really think material blessing is something he cannot give you?
If your list is as big as a country he can give it, then what? No matter how much you swear that you will never give up on God, he knows the truth and if he knows you will, he will never let you near it because you throwing a tantrum crying and screaming he can take it all, after all, your soul is what he is trying to save.
If anything stands in the way of your soul being his, he will slash it down, let it be your dream or job or friends or partner whatever it is he will tear it and them down from your life.
And let’s be real for a second some of us have the worst control of money, our greed knows no bounds, when you are called to live as an Alien why are you trying to pitch 25 mansions here?
If you have then give it, if you keep on getting keep on giving. Why do you think God created the poor and rich? God could’ve just created everyone with the same balance right?
So why is a fair and non-partial God doing this? This can also be seen as one of the rich people’s trials. It’s not wrong for you to have it but when will having it for yourself end?
When will your hand start serving others? Your saviour came to serve. Your king came as a humble human, he wore no luxurious robe, he rode no luxurious car and yet he gave you all of them and when you reach heaven’s door will you be able to say “Lord all of what you gave me I can give account for and all of what I gave, you saw, right?”
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Rich people’s biggest test of life is the money and no by giving just the tithe to your church you cannot wash your hands.
Every time you go to buy something expensive, ask “Will it please the Lord”, or “What else can I do with it?” Yes, you earned it, yes you deserve it, yes darling you also deserve heaven and the door to it is not through Tiffany’s or Sephora’s showroom.
It is not easy to resist temptations, it is not easy to be content with what we have that is why we are told again and again to remain in him and stand firm and all of this is possible with the Holy Ghost bought by the blood of Jesus on the cross.
Holy Spirit the most kind and merciful companion who will guide you the voice behind us that will show us the right path whose presence purifies and sanctifies our thoughts and gives us Self-discipline.
For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.
2 Timothy 1:7
Now Holy Spirit just like Jesus will not come rushing in, but you need to ask him, he is right there but you need to ask him and when he teaches you follow it and obey his words and the more you let him the louder his voice gets.
The more you will know what you should ask and what you need and these aren’t things that can only happen when you can speak in tongues or be of higher standing in spiritual life.
No, the Holy Spirit is given when you believe in Jesus and accept him as your saviour.
When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession — to the praise of his glory.
Ephesians 1:13–14
So, do not give excuses, you need not attend retreats for this, while attending can help you a lot, these are things you can do while you kneel in your room and ask him this is no rocket science.
“God always wants me to have to best here” and guess what “The Best” this world could give you is pebbles when compared to him so when he meant the best, it is HIM!
Compared to him there cannot be anything that is possibly best on this earth.
Ever wondered what this verse means,
Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
John 12:25
Now let me ask you, why would the Lord who came to give us eternal life ask us to hate life?
Sometimes the details speak volumes “Who hates their life in this world” and the keyword is “in this world.”
I am sorry if you expect to have everything in this world also and have to have everything like the rest even at the cost of not trusting God, I would suggest a self-examination of your priorities.
Once you walk the life with Christ everything around you changes oh the prosperity gospel is still alive and thriving as we all can see.
I am not asking you to sell everything and sit on the street. Contentment is the keyword here.
But Godliness with contentment is great gain, for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world.
1 Timothy 6:6–10
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Hebrews 13:5
Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
Philippians 4:11–12
As long as you do not learn to be content nothing can satisfy you. And only thing on Earth that can fill up a person and leave them wanting nothing more is God’s abundant love.
