Category Archives: Acknowledge God
God’s Principles
1 Cor.3:6 “I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase” [KJV]
The Right Seed + the Right Soil + the Right Conditions = Abundant Harvest. I am teaching you a principle, a principle that has worked in my life. Again, let me emphasize that it is God that brings the increase so do not get what I am about to say next wrong. I can almost work this formula at will. When people do not know the ways of God, they will think the increase is by chance. When you know the ways of God you can reproduce it.
Rs + Rs + Rc = AH!
1 Cor.3:6 “I planted the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow” [with emphasis].
Yesterday we highlighted the three glaring components of an abundant harvest from 1 Corinthians 3:6. The first is the seed [I planted]; there can be no harvest without a seed. The second is the soil [in your hearts]; the seed must have good soil. And number three is the right condition [Apollos watered]. So the formula for abundant harvest is this – the Right Seed + the Right Soil + the Right Conditions = Abundant Harvest. So in whatever area you want an abundant harvest [spiritual growth, finances, marital harmony, career, or souls], it is the same formula.
The Formula
1 Cor.3:7 “It’s not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What’s important is that God makes the seed grow.”
You and I must make it our priority to connect to the heart of our Father and not just focus on getting results alone. The truth is that the formula will deliver results and that is unquestionable. But the question is, is that proceeding from the heart of the Father? So if you are just about the formula, you will get results. But it is for this same reason a lot of “tongue-talking” people are going to hell. People are actually using their spiritual armory to perform witchcraft and it has nothing to do with God. Some Christians are praying for other Christians to fall down and die. Do you think their Father, our Father will be happy? Is that proceeding from His heart? Let pleasing the heart of the Father be your goal at all times.
The Son’s Heart
Matt.6:10 “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.” [KJV]
Every Son knows the ordinance of His Father [the ways of the Father]. Remember when Jesus was tempted in the wilderness and satan said to Him, “If you are the Son of God [you know the ordinance of heaven], turn these stones into bread”. But Jesus said, “It is written, man shall not live by bread alone but by every Word…” What Jesus was saying in essence is, “Even though there is a formula to turn stones into bread, it is not the heart of the Father for Me to turn stones into bread”. I hope you get this.
The Father’s Heart
Ps.103:7 “He revealed his character to Moses and his deeds to the people of Israel”
The ways of God are both the formula [the ordinance of heaven] and the act [the character] of the Father. You must know both to understand the ways of God. It is not just the ordinances; if you know just the formulas you are going to get into trouble. Why? It is because if you know just the formula, you will get the result. The beauty of the formula is that you do not even have to be saved to know it. If you know it and work it, you will get the results but you can lose your soul. It is possible to actually operate under the ordinances of heaven and go to hell.
Acts And Ways
Ps.103:7 “He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel” [KJV]
To labour [work] with God, you must know what to do. In working with God you must understand that there are the Acts of God, which are the miracles that we see. And there are the Ways of God, which is how the miracles come to be. “He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel”. God showed Moses His ways, the workings of the miracles. But He showed the miracles, the end results, to the children of Israel.
Partnership
Job 38:1 “Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind: 2 “Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorant words? 3 Brace yourself like a man, because I have some questions for you, and you must answer them”
God does not want us to lose sight of the fact that He is undeniably God and that we need Him for miracles to happen. Please read Job 38:1-21. God does not usually speak in a whirlwind but when God speaks to you in a whirlwind, you know there is trouble. Picture the beach for a moment and how the waves charge towards you; but they get to a point and they run back. God actually put a barrier for the sea; you cannot see the barrier but the waves know it. The reason there is erosion is because man has pushed back the water. The point is this – God is awesome.
