Easily followed

Not everyone’s motives are pure, still others mislead because they have believed a lie themselves. Continually we are to compare and test ideals, thoughts, and motivations against the Word of God so that we are not led astray. Paul said this to the churches of Galatia.

(Galatians 1:6-7 NLT) I am shocked that you are turning away so soon from God, who called you to Himself through the loving mercy of Christ. You are following a different way that pretends to be the Good News but is not the Good News at all. You are being fooled by those who deliberately twist the truth concerning Christ.

How important it is to read God’s Word and pray so that you might know Him. As you invest your time, sincerely seeking Him, your harvest will be the ability to recognize God’s leading or His touch in a certain area of your life and it is given fresh every morning. It is not a one-time gift that stays with you because you drew close to God five years ago. Through offering yourself as a living sacrifice God reveals the unseen, affectively pulling back the veil between the physical and the spiritual so that you can see clearly His purpose. The things not revealed to us, God has asked that we have faith in Him until such a time of His choosing.

(Hebrews 11:6 NLT) And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to Him must believe that God exists and that He rewards those who sincerely seek Him.

I ask you is the Lord of Hosts a God of convenience or a God of mysteries? Is He easily ignored or does he bore you? Are your interest quickly pulled to something else? If so you don’t know Him and you have been led astray.

Which has the greater responsibility – the messenger or the ones to whom the message is delivered? Is not the messenger the vessel God has purified through the fire so that what it contains would not be tainted? Paul was able to recognize false teaching because he himself remained desperately close to God knowing who he is on his own was not someone worthy of carrying God’s message to the people. Though his messages seem harsh they are for the good of the reader and he is aware of the result that will be brought about because he has already walked through these things in his life.

(Psalms 18:15-17 NLT) Then at Your command, O LORD, at the blast of Your breath, the bottom of the sea could be seen, and the foundations of the earth were laid bare. He reached down from heaven and rescued me; He drew me out of deep waters. He rescued me from my powerful enemies, from those who hated me and were too strong for me.