Promises

2 Chronicles 15:2 (NKJV)…The Lord is with you while you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

The other day I was thinking about all of the negative situations that are taking place in the world right now; from the different types of diseases to the fighting that is going on in the different nations. As I begin to think of the root of some of these calamities it dawned on me of where most of this could stem from.

The first thing people want to do is blame the devil, people say that the devil is causing all of the chaos and evil things. I beg to differ; I believe that as a result of people forsaking God this is just a result of what happens. The Bible is full of promises from God, but we tend to only focus on the ones that are good to us. We only see the ones that talk about wealth, health, and prosperity. In the Bible there are what I call consequential promises.

Consequential promises produces by-products of not obeying the condition of the original promise stated. The Lord says that He will never forsake you, He will never forsake you if you walk in His ways and follow His ways; if we don’t obey Him and do not walk in His way and put Him to the back of our minds than a consequence of that action is produced as stated in the above scripture in 2 Chronicles 15:2.

Now, if you are obedient, walk in His ways than you produce the good fruit of the promise; He will never leave nor forsake you, you will be blessed, and you shall prosper. The more you pour of yourself into God the more He pours Himself into you. The more attention you give Him, the more attention He will give you. The Bible says if you seek Him than you will find Him.

Just take a look at all of the nations that have forsaken the one and true God. North Korea for example is not a Christian State and they are very poor, the people suffer under the works of evil; now let’s look at their neighbors to the South. South Korea has a strong Christian following although they are not the wealthiest nation around but they are blessed and much further along than North Korea. Take a look at the countries in the East that are mostly Muslim; there’re going through some of the worst times in their existence; they have forsaken the one and true God.

Even though these nations don’t seek God as a majority there are a small few who do recognize God, and Jesus as their Lord and savior; the Word is being preached and persecuted at the same time. I think it’s very important to pray for those in those persecuted nations that are preaching the Word of God.

Now, let’s look at our house. North America is one of the wealthiest nations in the entire world. I don’t think this is just by coincidence. This nation was founded on the principle, “One Nation Under God”. The founding fathers of the United States may have not known their true identity in Christ but they did know without God it wasn’t possible. Today many North Americans have swayed away from that very key principle and as a result many people in this country are lost and wandering searching for the meaning of their lives. The meaning of life is simple, its one word; God. We have been blessed as a nation and we will continue to be blessed because there are many in this country that believe in the power of prayer and who recognize God as the one and only God.

God is raising up many people to take His Kingdom message all over the globe, those countries that once persecuted Christians will begin to accept Us and moreover have their minds renewed to the word of God.

We have to start seeing the earth as God and His angels see it, even though there is much destruction going on, God and the angels of Heaven don’t see that, they know what’s going on but they are saying “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory (Isaiah 6:3 NKJV)

I pray that this has been a blessing on your lives.

Daryle Houston II
Kingdom Vizion Ministries
www.kingdomvizion.org

FYI… If you are indeed in the Chicago area, I will be speaking this Thursday 12/3/09 at CRC (Crossroads Restoration Church) in West Chicago at 7:00pm. The address is 245W. Roosevelt Rd. West Chicago, IL 60185, (630)562-3073.

If you have any questions or comments please feel free to email us at: lifeword@kingdomvizion.org