{"id":3295,"date":"2014-08-09T00:01:47","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T23:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/?p=3295"},"modified":"2014-08-05T13:12:20","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T12:12:20","slug":"maximize-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/2014\/08\/09\/maximize-the-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Maximize The Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>\u2018<\/em><\/strong><em>So be careful how you live. Don\u2019t live like fools, but like those who are wise. Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. Don\u2019t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do\u2019 <a title=\"Read the Bible\" href=\"https:\/\/bible.com\/116\/eph.5.15-17.nlt\" target=\"_blank\">Eph.5:15-17.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A lot of people that go through extreme rejection have serious inferiority complex. They react to things through the veil of that complex. But David did not have inferiority complex. He would not have been able to look his brothers in the eye. How do I know? When he needed to confront Eliab, he did it without resentment. \u2018<strong><em>\u2026<\/em><\/strong><em>and Eliab\u2019s anger was aroused against David, and he said, \u201cWhy did you come down here? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the insolence of your heart\u2026 And David said, \u201cWhat have I done now? Is there not a cause?\u201d<\/em>\u2019 <a title=\"Read the Bible\" href=\"https:\/\/bible.com\/116\/1sa.17.28-29.nlt\" target=\"_blank\">1 Sam.17:28-29<\/a>. In order words, David was saying, \u201cwhy are you all sitting in the tent like cowards? Is there not a cause?\u201d No inferiority complex! That is what being in the Presence of God does to you. Someone says \u201cif you can kneel before God, you can stand before men\u201d. Another thing that comes with intimacy with God, in the case of people that are suffering from intense rejection, is not having a superiority complex. Intimacy with God protects you from having inferiority or superiority complex. People come out of the season of rejection and I\u2019m usually shocked how they treat others that are going through the exact same thing they went through. \u201cLet him suffer, I worked for my money\u201d. Have you heard that before? God delivered you from something, you see someone else going through the same thing and you think you are superior to the person? Even the little Egyptian boy, David stopped to fed him and help him because David knew what it is to be left alone in the wilderness to die.Thirdly, David\u2019s intimacy with God healed him completely and David was able to open his heart for covenant relationships. For some, after going through rejection and pain, they become suspicious of everyone. God brings people into their lives to help them reach their destiny and they are suspicious. God brings Jonathans into their lives, instead of embracing him and striking a covenant relationship, they dwell on the suspicion that he can sell them out to Saul. They begin to conjure up theories that don\u2019t exist. That is a sign that they have not utilized that season embracing God.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Prayer<\/strong>: Father, please help me grow in intimacy with You regardless of the season of my life, in Jesus Name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018So be careful how you live. Don\u2019t live like fools, but like those who are wise. Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. Don\u2019t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do\u2019 Eph.5:15-17. &nbsp; A lot of people that go through extreme rejection have serious inferiority complex. 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