Got an email from G sharing what she read from your destiny. Below was what she quoted from this book. The pastor was in the middle age crisis at that time. He had been searching. Then he saw a client's profile.
This is what he wrote:
I was reading the file of one of our clients. He was a man, my own age, who had succeeded tremendously in the world and had great accomplishments and was also very wealthy. At that moment this sense of failure came over me as, at the same age, I had nothing to show in the eyes of the world. I was trained as a minister and had served the Lord in many ways, but, suddenly, a great need for identity came over me. I thought of going back to school and doing something else with my life. I thought that this would make me "somebody".
- As I was going through this, the Lord came and met with me.
- He said "Ivan, what have I ever asked you to be, tell me?"
- I began to tell Him everything I thought He wanted me to do.
- He said, "No, that is not it. Tell me, what have I ever asked you to be?"
- I thought harder and again told Him, in detail, everything I thought He wanted me to do.
- Then a third time He said, "No Ivan, tell me, what have I ever asked you to be?"
- I felt frustrated and said, "I give up Lord, I don't know what you want. Tell me, what do you want me to be?"
- He said "Ivan, I only want one thing from you. I only want you to be my son. That's all I want from you. Just be my son."
At that moment, everything came together and full revelation of sonship filled my heart. He then said, "Ivan being a son is not a privilege. Being a son is a right. Being a son is something that you are and can never lose. You cannot earn it, buy it or sell it. Sonship is your right." I heard Him and understood. I am His son, not because of what I do, but because He made me His son and no one can take that away from me. It is His gift to me and being His son is all I ever need and want to be. That became my identity and all the striving fell away.
Before I understood this, I could not believe that He would ask me to do great things but, after the revelation came, I believe and expect great things from my Father. Before I was always beat up by the voice of the accuser, but now the accuser has been silenced and my ears have been opened to the Comforter.
As the accuser, he is always pointing out everything that is wrong in our lives and never mentions anything good or positive. He only focuses on the negative and brings up things from the past, as well as the present, and tells you that the future will be the same. He leaves you feeling discouraged and hopeless. He speaks words that cripple, condemn, kill, and destroy, and will always push you away from God.
As the father of lies Satan will try to destroy you, making you think is it the Father speaking. He pretends to be the Father to deceive you, but unlike the pulse of the word of God that is alive, His voice carries death and leaves you feeling condemned. This leads to general feeling of despair, makes you believe that there is no way out, which leads to hopelessness, depression, and urges your destruction.
Pay attention to the fruit left in you. If is is anything like this, then rebuke and discard it. It is simply the accuser and you have the power to silence him.
In the end, G wrote down this:
祝福大家, 真的是打從心裡相信接受, 我們都是天父的孩子, 這也是我們的真實身分, 世界教我們要競爭要比較要成功要如何如何, 我們的生活時時充滿了條件和成績單式的check list, 但是神真的只單單教我們做祂的孩子, 路就會為我們打開. No more striving, just being His child and agree with His love for you.
This is also what I need to learn: learn to be simply like a child. 看完感觸很深啊!
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