05/16/2025
This is deep. 😮
😯 Exposing myself. 👇🏾
I have learned that the more control of my life I give over to God. It exposes more and more selfish motives that I didn’t know existed. The more I yield my life to Him the more He exposes impurities in me that He wants out of me.
I look back at all the times that I did not allow Him to take me through this process. I was too busy doing His work. I was in control of what I did for Him and how I did it. I did not have the time or the willingness to allow Him to take me through that process of change.
I see so many Christians today doing the same thing. They will never really give full control of their life over to God. So they will never know their selfish motives. God will never change you without you knowing it. He wants to take you through the process willingly not unwilling.
So many believers serve God today for what they can get from Him. We have selfish motives that He wants to deal with. But He will never be able to deal with those selfish motives if we do not allow Him to take us through the process of change - by allowing Him to take full control of our every day life.
😯 Folks let me tell you how scary this can be. I have been doing ministry now for over 16 years. I’ve laid hands on the sick and seen them recover. I have cast out demons in the church and even on the streets. I have personally led over 6,000 people to Christ. I have prophesied over hundreds of people and seen many of those prophecies come to past. Yet in all of these years of doing affective ministry, I truly do not think I’ve completely yielded my life to Jesus. Meaning I still have control of my everyday life. To the point where I would not allow Him to lead me into a wilderness to refine me.
I would not allow Him full control of every aspect of my life. And I mean everything folks - giving it all to Him. I truly believe I’m just now doing this. God has brought me to this point and I’m learning more and more how selfish I was. I would’ve never known if I did not allow Him to have full control.
Joseph allowed God to have full control over his life. He could’ve took his life back at any moment, but he chose not to.
David allowed God to take full control over his life while he was in the wilderness for all of those years running from Saul. He could’ve killed Saul twice and took back the kingdom prematurely. He chose not to, he chose to allow God to be in control and build godly character.
So many Christians will live their whole entire life going to church, reading the Bible, praying and worshiping God and never truly yield their lives to Him. Simply because we have selfish motives- we serve God for us. Not for Him and what he wants to truly do in and through us.
I’m at a point in my life to where I can truly understand this scripture more than ever.
👉 Matthew 7:21-23 21
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’
And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’
So many Christians today are so deceived into thinking that they are totally right with the Lord because they’re flowing in their gifts of ministry. In Luke 10:17-20 The disciples return to Jesus with great joy saying that “even the demons are subject to us in your name.” It’s funny because Jesus told them “not to rejoice because evil spirits obey them.” He said “rejoice because your name is registered in heaven.”
Over the years I’ve had so many selfish dreams from my life that I’ve had to walk away from. I have found that every time I walk away from those I am tempted to be so offended with the Lord.
The reason why I’m tempted to be offended with the Lord is because it’s exposing my selfish desires. I’m not aiming to please Him and follow Him at all costs, I’m aiming to follow Him to get what I want out of it. I’m learning folks that this mindset and this lifestyle will lead us to hell. Yes I said it - it will lead us to hell.
Please read 👉 Matthew 7:21-23 21 for yourself. It is those that are not willing to do the will of the Father. This is meaning allowing Him to do whatever He wants to do with you. And if you don’t, you will end up in hell. It does not matter how much ministry you’ve done, how many messages you have preached, how many demons you have cast out.
He will say I never knew you. And the reason why is because you’ve never given Him full control of your life. I don’t want to be that person. This is where I’m at. And I’m trying to yield my life. I’m willing to pray & help whoever reads this and I ask that you pray for me and my strength in Him as well?
