Author: marquitabp

But God had mercy on me so that Christ Jesus could use me as a prime example of his great patience with even the worst sinners. Then others will realize that they, too, can believe in him and receive eternal life. 1 Tim 1:16
Soooo…can we stop using the Holy Spirit as the cover up for our:
– jealousy
– judgmentalism
– critical spirits
– religious spirits
– competition
– comparison
and the list goes on…sadly. A lot of things you say to other people with the words "God told me to tell you…" are lies. They are your way to manipulate and convince a person who isn’t ready to change into what you think they need to be. Ouch. I did this before and I’m praying I don’t still do this. I apologize if I did this to you recently or in the past because it isn’t fair.

Could it be that someone had the same idea as you and beat you to it? Or could it be that God anointed people with the same gift as you? The Bible says the body has many members — we have two eyes, two ears, two hands, two feet, billions of cells, etc, so someone is bound to share a similarity or two with you. Or, personally for me, could it be that people aren’t where you are despite their age? Or could it be that it may take that person longer to kick that habit/hurt/pain/etc. than you? This is to hard to accept. It’s hard to accept you cannot control someone else and their development. My excitement for God (a good thing) combined with my control issues (bad! lol) caused me to end in up in offense many times when I genuinely told others what I heard for them in prayer or a lot of times my opinion lol and it went ignored, to the point that I got the message and now only share when told to. Could it be that God is speaking to you on the behalf of another person so that you would pray? Oh what changes we would see if we prayed!!! If God shows you something about a person, pray that they would come into alignment with God’s will for their lives, not what or who you think they should be!

I have to tell myself that God loves us all the same and will give people the same grace and mercy He gives me for spiritual growth. Even now, I have to ask God to help me extend grace and patience to people when I catch myself judging them. It really is beautiful that God meets us where we are and grows us in the ways we need to grow in His timing. Now for those people that aren’t allowing God to grow them, it’s not your concern, at least in the sense that you must force your opinions and views on them, no matter how biblically based they may be. That’s hard to accept right? Especially when it’s a family member, friend, child, or significant other that you love. Imagine how God feels about them, and you.

Okay, so I’m supposed to share about the necessity of obedience to your faith walk. I don’t believe in coincidences, so I know the series of events I’m going to share are connected.

My baby has a cow’s milk allergy (like me) and I had to switch his formula. I’ve struggled with producing enough milk for him since I put him in day care, but fortunately, I could afford to supplement. I heard to get a specific formula and I heard to buy two. Granted this new formula is more expensive and I get less of it, but I obeyed. This was Sunday.

Monday and Tuesday are fine. Wednesday AM, I notice his rashes are clearing — yes he had rashes from the prior formula. Yesterday, I heard to sow two seeds so I did it. Then out of nowhere, my boss’ boss is in our building and gives me a compliment on my work. He’s loud so my boss and our PM could hear it. I definitely was caught off guard but I knew it was God.This happened after I obeyed and sowed the seeds.

So last night, I was up all night because my baby was sick. He started dry heaving at 2 am and it went on pretty much all night. Day care is the worst in that while it’s definitely a help, your kids get exposed to so many things since they are swapping germs. Needless to say, he threw up after nursing this am and I proceeded to schedule an appointment. I got him to the doctor and together, we eliminate the new milk as the source. While I was on the way to the doctor, I had just said I know I heard God say to get this milk. The doctor gave him something to slow down the vomiting and then to my surprise, she gave me 5 containers of the same milk I had just bought. They were samples so altogether that milk amounted to more than what I had bought. I almost cried!

Now you may say that’s a coincidence but I know it isn’t. I had no reason to take him to the doctor other than that. Of course, now he’s feeling better (he was actually feeling better when we got home after he napped) and I got to spend an extra whole day with him which is priceless.

God operates in unexpected blessings and abundance, things that we have access to when we obey. It could be as simple as paying for someone’s gas or whatever you have been instructed to do, just make sure you do it. Learn from me, I had an unexpected turn of events in my life because I was disobedient and impatient. Obedience will greatly shift you and take you places you never expected to go because God will be able to trust you. You can do it!!! Don’t be like Saul and forfeit the kingdom and God’s anointing because of your disobedience.

But Samuel replied, "What is more pleasing to the LORD: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submission is better than offering the fat of rams. 1 Sam 15:22