You can be successful, Speak Up.

Grace and Peace be unto you, from God our Father and from the LORD Jesus Christ. I am honored to be writing you in my capacity of Servant of the LORD Jesus Christ. Jesus has successfully redeemed us from a position of desperation, to a place of unquenchable hope, marvelous light, and all of us have received beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. Beloved I want to encourage you. Life has the ability to get us down, drive us crazy, and quite frankly scare us. We ought not to give into those fears, real though they are, because Jesus the Christ, the son of the living God, has given us power to be successful in whatever we put our hands to. Let’s look at the text:

Matt. 7:7 ¶ Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Matt. 7:8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

Beloved, this is not a magic spell for believers. This is a paradigm. Jesus in this passage admonishes to behave in a way that is distinctive to him. To be a people that transcend what is required by the law, and become honestly a people genuinely striving to reflect the glory of God. To be honest, passionate about the things of God, earnest in prayer, and behavior. When we have taken steps to conform to the mandates of God, we are partakers of these truths. Jesus says to us, if we want something, there is a Christian way to obtain what we want from God. We needn’t try to raise money, or make agreements with people, we need not depend on men or women. We need not compromise. We need not become someone or something else to obtain the things we need. Jesus said, when you have done your part, ask. That’s all we need. Just ask, and what we ask God for, he says ‘it’ shall be given you. Seek and you will find it. Knock and it shall be open unto you. Access to your success is not in your ability to finance it, or manipulate people for it. Just ask for what you want. The awesome truth shared in the next verse is that everyone who asketh, (which means to keep asking) receives what they ask for. Think about that, everyone who asks God for what they want, and have conformed to his word, has received. This is the paradigm set by God.
Beloved, as long as we keep our mouth shut, we will not see success. What we ask for, we tend to expect. Live life on purpose. Ask for what you want. Success belongs to you.

Your Because I am His,
Leo Colon
www.ihpfwc.org
pastor@ihpfwc.org