"WHAT MATTERS, AND WHAT DOES NOT (II)"

Post date: Apr 5, 2017 1:02:43 AM

“And the Lord spoke to me, saying, you have circled this mountain long enough.” Deuteronomy 2:2-3. That is the kind of life most of us have been living for a number of years, just going round every kind of issues that confronts us daily without making headway beyond stirring at them; all our best efforts had been fruitless, our strength depleted, our courage dying and our self-esteem fast eroding; that is the kind of life most of us had experienced for too long; and that experience is making us look as failures because we have not been able to overcome the mountains; all the success we think about, the breakthroughs we pray for and the dreams we had been very elusive; but that is not the life God wants us to have, that is not His desire, His will, His plans, and that is not the destiny He had promised. By His grace, we are leaving the mountains behinds to begin really matters in our lives and what will advance us beyond where we are right now. Remember, God told the children of Israel to leave the mountain and they did.

The mountain of issues in our lives does not matter as much as the plans of God for us, but are best had been constantly consumed by the demands on us by the things that do not matter. God knows we have issues and He can and will take them out of our ways but have we truly given these issues the proper considerations and places in our live? Most of the issues that confront us daily and challenge our dignity and thoughts most are the devil's ways of distraction and keeping us from what really matters for us, in us, and with us. Despite what is challenging you right now, despite the pains, despite the disappointments and frustration, and despite all your experiences in life, God has a desire just for you alone, he has an assignment just for you alone, he had a plan and purpose for you and He has a destiny for you to inherit and that is what matters most.

When you are focused on what matters most in your life, you will change the things that do not matter in you and around you soon; when you focused on things that matter most, things that do not matter would not be a distraction causing you to worry indefinitely; when you are focused on things that matter most in your life, things that do not matter will come up seeking attention but you will be able to know where your priority lies and know where and what to give much of your time to doing. Everyone is involved in this rat race of chasing things that do not matter, but God wants to change that for you; He wants to redirect our route; He wants to give the kind of victory that will reveal His purpose for us despite all the odds in our lives. Unknown to his parents and despite their anger, Jabez was born to change the fortune of his family but he was born with the disability that brought painful anger to his parents. At birth, Jabez was confronted with things that do not matter and when he grew up he shoved that aside and concentrated on what matters. In his prayers, he did not ask God for healing, though he needed one; did not ask God to change his name, though he needed a change of name, and he did not ask God why he was born that way though he was not happy the way he saw himself. He asked God what matters most and got what he requested. “Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain. So God granted him what he requested.” 1 Chronicles 4:10

When you live for what matters most, God will give you extraordinary grace to be revealed in a different way; you will become a living testimony to positive things despite the discomfort that others talk about; your daily experiences will change, your vision will change, your mission and dreams will change; God will give you joy beyond the obvious in your profession; He will give you success beyond the imaginations of people who are against you, and He will establish you where others are failing or running away from. What are the issues keeping you up late without signs of change? God is taking you over them as He did for Jabez as you keep your focus on what matters and trust in His words and ability to fulfill all them. For Prayers Click here