@Danbrilliant 30 July 2020 more from that month

Are You Satisfied?

Text: Proverbs 1:32 'For the turning away of fools will slay them and the complacency of fools will destroy them.' Complacency is a feeling of being satisfied with yourself or with a situation so that you do not think that any change is necessary. Sometimes in our walk with God, we may be tempted to believe that we have seen it all, heard it all or known it all. I remember an experience I had years back with a friend. We were supposed to be at a service but we couldn't make it to the the service. When we talked about our inability to make it to the service , he asked me, 'What does the pastor have to say that we've not heard before?' Unfortunately, this is the mindset of some believers towards the things of God. Nevertheless, God always has something new for His children to make them better or to give them better understanding of things. Have you ever found yourself on that path where you think you do not need to move further in your walk with God because of many years with Him? The scripture says you are not wise. 'The turning away' from constant reading of God's word, praying or living in obedience to Him or from living holy lives is a foolish thing to do. We are wise children of God when we make conscious efforts to be in God's presence to receive fresh instructions from Him and to follow them. As long as we remain on earth, we will have new encounters that will require God's direction. But once we begin to feel that we've prayed enough or that we've had enough of God's word to see us through, we lose what God wants to say or show to us per time. This is why we need to develop hunger and thirst for God such that we are never satisfied with whatever height we may have attained in God. Believe it, there are heights and depths yet unknown that you can attain in God and only your hunger and thirst for this can get you there. Remember Peter's experience in Luke chapter 5 verse 1-7. He thought he had done all to get fish but after hosting Jesus on his boat, at Jesus' instruction, he launched into the deep and he was surprised at the result he got. Did he go to another river? Or did he use a different net or new tactics? No, he didn't. Peter's experience is an example of the benefits of constant fellowship with God to receive fresh instructions from God and to live by it. Shalom