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As we shared in the last post Jeremaih paid a big price in his obedience to God. Yes, Jeremiah decided he would remain quiet but he couldn't. Every prophet and prophetic person must prepare themselves to stand in the race of rejection. You like Jesus will be rejected!
It doesn't feel good to be rejected and we'd like to think if we are obeying God that we should not have to endure rejection, right? Wrong! Imagine Jesus, rejected by the very ones he was sent to help and speak life into. He came, he spoke truth AND he spoke it in love but they still rejected him. It was not strangers that rejected Jesus but his own people.
Do yourself a favor and don't take this rejection personal, it's not about you. the hearers aren't rejecting you as a person they are rejecting the truth of the word that you bring. When the Lord sends you to deliver his word understand that the hearer may not always be eager to see you coming-notice I said "when the Lord sends you". Pashur just didn't like what Jeremiah had ot say and had Jeremiah placed in stocks! Are you prepared to be an outcast or be unpopular for speaking God's truth in love?
Jeremiah who had done nothing wrong, just imagine. Are you willing to suffer rejection in obedience to delivering God's word? Every prophet must put on the whole armour of God so they are able to stand against the enemies tactics which include rejection.
Tweet from @gapmin
Never allow perception to be ur truth, it's deceiving and tells only one side of the story-ur side!
Everyone has a "that's how I see it" that they can present to the world. But is our viewpoint truth? It's human nature to view life, circumstances, situations and people through our prism of cumulative experiences. It's shocking but true, what we view is often skewed as though we are looking through a glass. God's word is truth, looking at life through a "word-view" is the way to arrive at the truth. I know, I know that takes all the fun
out of seeing things our way. LOL
To determine how a person perceives we often ask them if the glass is half empty or half full. But the perception of half-empty and half-full cheat you of the vision of seeing the glass as overflowing!
Great news, here are a few resources for Twitter that can make using it more beneficial, lots of fun and less time consuming.
The number one complaint I hear from those not on twitter is that they just don't have the time twitter and are not on the internet daily. Twitter can be updated from the web, via mobile SMS or by two wonderful resources I use that allow you to schedule your tweets.
http://twuffer.com/ and
http://twaitter.com/ are tweet schedulers, one of them (I forget which one ) even allows you to mask the fact that you are using a scheduler. I schedule 3 days and do mobile tweets if my day allows or if something special is happening. You can also use resources like
http://rescuetime.com/ or
http://meetimer.com/ to help you monitor the amount of time you spend on Twitter.
More resources later, please comment if this info was helpful. OH, and check out
http://tweetchat.com/ real time chat for updating or doing Twittistry.
Today's tweet @ gapmin
Some people twitter intentionally and others by default but everyone twitters.
Whether you are on the twitter network or not , you twitter. Your parents twittered and so did their parents. LOL. People have been twittering for years, after all there is nothing new under the sun. Twitter is proving to be more than a social network (it is 3rd in line after Facebook and Myspace); its the place of 140 characters or less that can point to resources, tips, tools, empowerment, connectivity etc.
Like other social media networks it is whatever you make it. Next time you are saying your favorite saying (and we all have them) just remember that you have just twittered--okay, maybe you didn't write it and and maybe it had 142 characters and not 140 but your family and friends have all heard it so often they are now saying it.
Your favorite quote is now just as popular as the many Zig Ziglar, Les Brown and Mother Theresa have released. Are you twittering intentionally or by default?
Tweet from @gapminLife is God's canvas, he has loaned U paints & a vivid & creative imagination, don't just stand there paint something!
The amazing thing about God is that he provided everthing that we need to create something beautiful in life-everything! Imagine being handed a canvas, paints, brushes and imagination and just standing there gazing with a puzzled "what do i do with this" look on your face...that's how many believers are ...they have what they need to create a master piece and would easily discover what's in them if they would just start painting! Just paint!
We talked about how Jeremiah felt that he would forbear and not speak of God due to experiencing rejection from the people. Jeremiah had a challenging task like every prophet does--he had to give the people the word of the Lord and in
Jeremiah 19:10-11 he was given instructions by God to
break the bottle in the site of the people demonstrating how God would break them in such a way that they could not be put back together again. Remember these were God's people!
It's no surprise Jeremiah wanted to remain silent-- to forbear. To have to deliver such a message of rebuke and to provide a visual demonstration of God's plan for an unrepentant people would certainly cause any of us to want to remain quiet. Despite the difficulty of proclaiming what God had given him, Jeremiah, the weeping prophet obeyed God.
A true prophet of God takes no pleasure in having to deliver God's word of rebuke but understands that doing so will enable the people to repent and be redeemed. Jeremiah's nickname was "the weeping prophet", he carried such a tremendous burden for the people and had a heart for God--a prophet of God will always have a sincere burden for the people.
The cry of Jeremiah was so intense in Jeremiah 20:14-18 that he wished he had not been born. Far to many of God's new testament prophets are concerned with their titles, self-images, being rejected, entourages, media ministry and next money making prophetic conference. Many lack the burden that we we see ribboned throughout the bible from old to new testament. In order to throughly equip (perfect) the saints(Ephesians 4:11) a prophet will need a passion and a burden for equipping; an integral part of this equipping will involve delivering unpopular words to the corporate body of Christ and to individuals. It may not be easy but it is necessary for every prophet.
A prophet that is not willing or ready to deliver the word of the Lord will require more time to mature and should continue to seek God in prayer for growth in their prophetic anointing. A burden for the people also includes a humble obedience to God and obedience to speak the truth in love. This is often challenging but like Jeremiah the prophet understands that without delivering the word the people have no chance ot repent and be redeemed--so obedience is necessary.
Today's Tweet from @gapmin (1 Samuel 17:38-49)
Everyone has a 'Goliath" in their life. When facing ur giant don't forget ur slingshot and 5 smooth stones!Get your video cam and get ready to do a broadcast from the street, stop strangers and ask them about their Goliaths or the challenges they are facing in life and you are guaranteed to get a great assortment of woes; everyone has them. The issue is not the giants but using the wrong weapons to defeat the giants.
The wrong weapon can cause you to lose the battle and the war! Saul offered David his armour and it just didn't fit, in fact David declined wearing the armour because he told Saul that he had not 'proven' it. Keep in mind that Saul had won some battles wearing the very armour he offered to David---someone else's methods of overcoming may not work for you.
David understood that what worked for Saul may not work for him so he followed the plan of God for taking on Goliath and walked away with victory! If it takes five smooth stones for you to defeat your giant, go with it. If it takes prayer, do it. Fasting, do it. LOL. Ask God for a can of 'giant killer' and watch him give you the plan and the strategy on how to use the thing that seems least. Imagine going out on the battle field with nothing but a sling shot and some rocks--but David prevailed against his Goliath and so will you!
** giant killer is not available at ur local department store, only avalable from God.
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