GUARANTEED RIGHTS

PRAYER JOURNAL 2/7/19

John 1:12  But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name.

When our Founding Fathers framed the Constitution, they only guaranteed things the government WOULD NOT do to its citizens….take away their freedom, take away their life and take away the opportunity to pursue a dream. They wisely, understood that outcomes (even to the things they guaranteed) were dependent on the behavior of the individual. If a person chooses to enslave themselves, end their life or give up on a dream, there is no legislation that will change the outcome.

Can we now understand that ECONOMIC EQUALITY is a “pipe dream?” Even if we took all the money in the United States and distributed it equally to every person, the outcomes would be different. Some would invest or save, others would buy only necessities and still others would waste every penny until nothing was left and the process would have to be repeated again and again and again.

Unlike the Constitution of the United States, guaranteeing what the Government WILL NOT DO, the Word of God is full of promises of all the things God desires TO DO for people.  Jesus Christ came to give LIFE and give it more abundantly.  He came to proclaim FREEDOM to those who are in bondage to sin and self.  And not only does He give us the opportunity to PURSUE A DREAM, but God PLACES THE PERFECT DREAM in our heart and then opens the doors necessary to FULFILL THE DREAM.

We are also promised the OPPORTUNITY to be partakers of the GREATEST RIGHT ever offered to a person...You and I have been given the RIGHT TO BECOME CHILDREN OF GOD!

Some would argue that “we are all Children of God.”  While it is true that we are all “made in the Image of God,” the Promises, however, are dependent on each Individual’s response.  Many will take hold of the Dream and waste it away, pursing the things that bring glory to themselves.  Others will pick up the Dream, and then quickly lay it down once they realize there is a cost in which they must participate.  Then there will be those that take hold of the Promise of God to BECOME A CHILD OF GOD!

TAKE HOLD OF THE PROMISES OF GOD AND NEVER LET GO!

Yes, it will mean a SACRIFICE OF SELF; it may ask that you do the things that will deny your flesh but your spirit will be fed.  The Promises of God will require you to follow a path that may be unfamiliar, walk through doors you may not recognize and at times you cannot even be sure of the outcome but if you..

 FOLLOW THE PATH, WALK THROUGH THE DOOR AND OBEY THE WORD OF THE LEADER, YOU WILL BECOME A PARTAKER OF THE PROMISE!