ALL THINGS COMMON
ACTS 4:32
AND THE MULTITUDE OF THEM THAT BELIEVED WERE OF ONE HEART AND OF ONE SOUL: NEITHER SAID ANY OF THEM THAT AUGHT OF THE THINGS WHICH HE POSSESSED WAS HIS OWN; BUT THEY HAD ALL THINGS COMMON.
NEITHER WAS THERE ANY AMONG THEM THAT LACKED…
WE MUST HAVE ALL THINGS COMMON. WHAT DO WE CONSIDER COMMON? WE MUST KEEP THINGS SIMPLE AND REMAIN OF ONE HEART SO THAT THE TRUE SAINTS AND DISCIPLES HAVE NO LACK. THE THINGS THAT ARE COMMON TO YOU OUGHT TO BE COMMON TO OTHERS. THE CHILDREN WILL BE TAUGHT “COMMON SENSE” IF THINGS REMAIN COMMON! WE MUST CONDESCEND TO THE LOWLY ESTATE AND SEEK TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OTHERS. THEN WE ACHIEVE TRUE DISCIPLESHIP WHEN THE TEACHINGS ARE CONFIRMED WITH WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.

​- A GODCHASER

II Timothy 2:25-26
In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves: if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the Truth; and that they may recover themselves out of the snares of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
Sometimes it seems like we just can’t get it together and that we are just not doing much right but we find that we are opposing ourselves. We must love our God with all of our being and our neighbors as ourselves yet how can we accomplish this if you don’t love yourself as you ought? The Lord doesn’t want us to put ourselves on a pedestal but He does want us to love ourselves because we are fearfully and wonderfully made. If you love yourself then you love what the Lord is doing in you as He continues to shape and mold you into who He has destined you to be. Sometimes we get in our own way and oppose ourselves and if this is the case then we oppose God because He is with us. Do not grieve the Spirit or quench the Spirit by going off and doing your own thing and leaning toward your own understanding. True humility requires hearing things that you don’t want to hear about yourself and crying out to God to change those things that doesn’t please Him so that He can get the complete Glory out of our life. His Glory He won’t give to another.
Let’s not allow the fear and intimidation of people or the cares of this life to interfere with the work that the Lord is doing and desires to do in your life. How do we oppose ourselves? We oppose ourselves when we don’t believe we’re worthy of God’s love. We oppose ourselves when we believe that things are fine and we can do things ourselves and that we’ve got the Lord all figured out.  We oppose ourselves when we keep one foot in the world in doubt as if you need a backup plan “just in case” the Lord doesn’t do what we want Him to do. We oppose ourselves when we rationalize sin believing that God “understands” instead of simply laying aside every weight and sin that does so easily beset us and asking Christ to remove it. The harvest is indeed plentiful yet the laborers are few. We oppose ourselves when we look for a harvest without doing any labor…with complete belief and in Holiness. There is a way that seemeth right to a man and the end is destruction.
Ezek 18:23
Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? sAith the Lord God: and not that He should return from His ways and live?
So let us get out of our own way lest we fall into the snares of the devil and the Lord puts us into position that we have to recover our ownselves. Sometimes we grieve the Spirit so much that it can barely operate on our behalf for whatever reason. Let’s not oppose ourselves but be one with the Lord so that He may do a complete work.

-a GOD CHASER

AM I MY BROTHER’S KEEPER?
 
THIS IS A PLEA FOR THE SAKE OF CHRIST FOR THOSE THAT I HAVE CONTACT WITH THAT YOU HUMBLE YOURSELF COMPLETELY TO THE WILL AND PURPOSE OF CHRIST BECAUSE I LOVE YOU AND JESUS LOVES YOU. I SEE ALL SORTS OF OF NOTES OF ENCOURAGEMENT COME INTO MY FEED ABOUT CHRIST FROM PEOPLE AND THEN ANOTHER PIC SURFACES FROM THE SAME PERSON A THE CLUB OR WITH A WINE GLASS IN THEIR HAND COMPLETELY TOASTED. I AM NOT SPEAKING AS A JUDGE BUT AS ONE WHO IS TRULY SEEKING THE FACE OF GOD. I APPRECIATE THE ENCOURAGEMENT BUT I’D RATHER BE ENCOURAGED BY SOMEONE WHO IS IN THE STRUGGLE WITH ME TRYING TO LIVE RIGHT AND NOT JUST SAYING ONE THING AND ODING ANOTHER…NOT JUST SAYING SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS GOOD AS A SOOTHSAYER OR CHARMER. WHERE ARE THE SAINTS? WILL YOU COME FORTH? THOSE WITH TRUE TESTIMONIES AND WHO AREN’T JUST JUMPING AND SHOUTING WITH SHOUT ON SUNDAY AND THEN BACK TO THE SENSUAL AND DEMONIC R&B ON THE WAY TO WORK ON MONDAY. WHERE ARE THOSE THAT ARE REALLY IN LOVE WITH JESUS? THE LORD DESIRES THAT NONE SHOULD PERISH BUT IS THERE ANYONE WILLING TO PIERCE THE FLESH AND GO IN PURIFIED LOVE, BEYOND THE WALLS TO SEEK THAT WHICH IS LOST, OR DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU’RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE YOU CLAIM TO LOVE? WHEN YOU SEE DEVASTATION ALL AROUND ITS NOT FOR YOU TO LOOK AT THE SITUATION AND WONDER WHAT THE PERSON DID WRONG BUT AS A REVELATION OF HOW YOU CAN GET RIGHT WITH THE LORD. THE LORD IS USING MANY OF HIS PEOPLE WHO HE CREATED TO GO THROUGH THINGS AS A CALL TO RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR OTHERS. THERE WAS A DEAD MAN THAT DESIRED TO COME BACK FROM THE GRAVE TO TELL HIS BRETHREN TO REPENT BUT THE LORD SAID IF THEY WOULDN’T LISTEN TO THE PROPHETS OR MOSES THEN SURELY THEY WON’T LISTEN TO YOU. WILL YOU LISTEN TO THE PLEA OF A DEAD MAN? WILL YOU GIVE THE LORD WHAT HE PAID FOR? NOT JUST A HALF-HEARTED SURRENDER BUT ALL OF YOU? I URGE YOU NOT TO BE LED BY WHAT YOU THINK OF ME. ITS NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. ITS ABOUT PURIFIED LOVE AND GETTING OUT OF FLESH AND NOT THINKING WITH VAIN PHILOSOPHIES BUT WITH A HEART AFTER CHRIST TO BE AFTER GOD’S OWN HEART WANTING TO GLORIFY HIM COMPLETELY IN OBEDIENCE AND FAITH. YOU DON’T’ HAVE TO SETTLE FOR THE SENSUAL THAT HAS BEEN SENT TO THE CHURCHES TO GET THEM TO BELIEVE THAT EVERYTHING IS FINE WHEN YOU KNOW DEEP WITHIN YOUR HEART THAT EVERYTHING IS NOT FINE. THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH BUT THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE. YOU MUST COMPLETELY SURRENDER. LEAVE THE CARES OF THE WORLD BEHIND. THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM. DON’T MISS THE BOAT BECAUSE OF LIES AND DECEIT THROUGH A CHESS MATCH THAT ENEMY HAS BEEN PLAYING WITH YOUR MIND. GET IN THE SPIRIT AND FORSAKE ALL BEFORE YOU’RE PUT ON THE LEFT WITH THE GOATS. DOES ISAIAH NEED TO WALK NAKED AND BAREFOOT FOR THREE YEARS AGAIN? OR DOES JONAH NEED TO RUN THROUGH THE STREETS SCREAMING REPENT? DOES EZEKIEL NEED TO LAY ON HIS SIDE 390 DAYS AND EAT COWS DUNG AGAIN? THE WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE!

​-A GODCHASER