The hearers of this word in Isaiah were offended. They mocked that they were talked to like little children
that must be slowly taught. Well, what did Jesus say to those who wanted to be the greatest?

At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,
And said, Verily I say unto you,
Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
And whoso shall receive one such little child in My name receiveth Me. Matthew 18:1-5

Without humility, it is impossible to please God. We must acknowledge that we are nothing without Him.
He created each of us and without going through the door, that is Jesus, we will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
If we try to come in any other way, we will be a thief and a robber.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way,
the same is a thief and a robber. John 10:1

The word of God is to be honored and respected. It can be read in the flesh.
However, the riches of the Kingdom are there for those who seek God with their whole heart
and those who try to understand it with their human intellect, will fall flat on their faces before the Lord.
They will never understand.

In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; i
f God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth:
men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. 2 Timothy 3:7-8

If we acknowledge that we are not able to learn the mysteries of the Kingdom without God,
we must become like little children.
That is, casting down our vain imaginations, and letting God’s Word rule in our hearts.
There will be many times we do not understand what He is saying, in humility.
Let His Holy Spirit teach you, and you will be given the keys to understand what He wants to teach you.

And the Lord, He it is that doth go before thee; He will be with thee, He will not fail thee,
neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed. Deuteronomy 31:8

When Jesus walked on the Earth, He told many to follow Him.
He still says that to me sometimes.
When I am concerned with things that are not my responsibility and sometimes not my business.
He will remind me where to focus and on whom I should focus.

But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead. Matthew 8:22

This world is full of dead works, people who are dead in the spirit, not awake, not aware of Jesus and His Authority and Splendor, not aware of Who He is.
We need to keep following Him, doing what He asks us to do, going where He asks us to go,
and not getting distracted by all the things that come our way.

Some things are too big for us to handle.
We would do well to lay our burdens down at His feet and, then, follow Him.

Some things can hinder our prayers, that is sin, darkness, hatred, unforgiveness, mistreatment of others.
Anything that is out of alignment with God’s goodness can hinder prayers.
But just because a prayer is taking a while does not mean sin is included.
Sometimes, He is working on the things that we cannot see or understand until He completes the answer.

If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: Psalm 66:18
Then, the good news:
But verily God hath heard me; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor His mercy from me. Psalm 66:19-20

But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. John 5:17

We can see how God worked in all of the stories in the bible. Pick any one and you can look and see His work,
how He orchestrated events and the performed His will, how He prepared hearts and protected His people.

Let’s take a look at David. David was chosen to be the next King of Israel.
He was a young sheep-herder who had protected his sheep from a lion and a bear.
He had faith that God would help him when it came to Goliath. He trusted in God because God had been working.

And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep,
and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth:
and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, slew him.
Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them,
seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
David said moreover, The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear,
He will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.
And Saul said unto David, Go, and the Lord be with thee. 1 Samuel 17:34-37

We know how that story ended. David slew Goliath and then became King. God worked all the way through. God was glorified and most humans who have been born since have heard of David and Goliath.
God is performed His word like He always does.

We have a great promise in Romans 8:28 that covers any and all situations:
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God,
to them who are the called according to His purpose.

We will learn and grow as we continue to read God’s word, realize the miracles He has wrought (past participle of work),
draw closer to Him and let Him help us to remain clean and pure in His sight.
Keep in mind in the most difficult of situations, and the ones hardest to trust Him in, that He is working.

There are many false prophets in the world today. Some who have copied the words of true prophets for their own glory.
Some who have brought lies and told of things that will come to pass and then have erased them from their records,
as they did not come to pass.

We shall know them by their fruits. So, what is the fruit we’re looking for? How can we tell the difference?
Some people seem so right.
If Jesus is not exalted, it is a false prophecy.
Jesus always speaks to His people to relieve their fears and that He is there for those who repent.
He does not just hammer people without reminding them that He is there for those who call out for Him.
Even those of Nineveh understood that God was merciful and may spare them if they repented.

Always pray for wisdom and discernment.
Sometimes it can take more than what we already know to determine what is being said
and whether or not it aligns with the Bible and the nature and holiness of God.

Sometimes people don’t even know what they are doing or why they are doing it.
it could be their history, they could have issues you do not know about,
but it also could be that you serve the Living God and that can be apparent by your choices, your life, your actions.

I have someone in my life who has asked me to do illegal things. She has also asked me to lie.
I know some people follow her lead. I refuse. I will not bow to her which really is what some people want.
They want power and control. They want to be like God and have people serve them. It’s an ugly truth.
That will not happen with me.
I will submit as unto the Lord, but not to them when they ask me to do something that I know is wrong.

Expect to be mistreated and then it won’t be such a shock. That is what Jesus told us would happen.
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated Me before it hated you.
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world,
but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. John 15:18-19

Don’t be surprised. God allows us to be treated as less than sometimes. He knows it is hard to live on Earth amongst these earthlings. Each of is also of dust. We belong to the Lord above and He warned us so we would know when we are persecuted or treated unfairly that we are to still serve Jesus and honor Him in our lives.

It seems sometimes like mistreatment will never end.
One day, we will not be here on this earth any longer.
We will be forevermore with our Creator.
Let us not forget that while we are here, Jesus would like us to bring as many as will come with us
to meet and give their lives to the Lord.
It will help us all to remember we are not here for ourselves, but rather to do the work of the Lord.

For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, saith the Lord.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways,
and My thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:8-9

Many humans, including Christians, those who consider them followers of Christ,
put their own thoughts above God, above His word and above His commandments.
There are a myriad of excuses of how they consider their opinions so valuable that they rise against God.
Where is their humility and where is their fear of God?

Lack of forgiveness is what may cause the most people who think they follow God to be turned away on Judgment Day.
The roots of bitterness that are present in people’s hearts, giving them rights to justify their feelings after having been wronged.
Another controversy is those who teach that God doesn’t care about certain sins.
Not so. God is the same God who inspired all scriptures by His Holy Spirit.
If we choose to believe lies, we will find ourselves deceived. We must love the truth and value it above all of our own thoughts.

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine;
but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. 2 Timothy 4:3-4

God’s ways are always higher and it takes humility to accept that.

Therefore doth My Father love Me, because I lay down My life, that I might take it again.
No man taketh it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down,
and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of My Father. John 10:17-18

Our Savior laid down His life for each of us. For every man, woman and child in the entire world.
This is impossible to understand unless you have ears to hear and eyes to see.
It is like a foreign language to some. They find it foolishness and folly.
The gospel is not understood by all.

But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not,
lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts,
to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 3:4-6

I rejected the gospel at first. I didn’t understand why my friend kept talking about Jesus.
I knew Jesus was a good person, but she was sharing that He was God and the Savior of the world.
It took a little time. I resisted, but I kept coming back with more questions. I was trying to understand.
I was trying to find the truth and God knew that.

Some people are not trying to find the truth.
If they are, God will get through to them. He will teach them. That part is out of our hands.
The people were created by God and He knows what is inside their hearts toward Him, whether it be good or evil.

We must not forget the power of God’s word. When it goes forth, that is, when it is spoken,
it will accomplish what God set it forth to do.
Remember the power of God’s word in prayer also.
He opens the doors when we are sharing Christ and speaking to the saved and unsaved.

Learn His word well, so you can sprinkle it and sow it as His Holy Spirit gives occasion.

For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither,
but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud,
that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
So shall My word be that goeth forth out of My mouth: it shall not return unto Me void,
but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. Isaiah 55:10-11

Never underestimate the power of God’s word who is Jesus. Send it forth as often as you are able.
Not out of season, but in sync with the Holy Spirit and it will accomplish much. A little salt here and there.
Listen, pray and obey. God will work. You will see Him perform His word.

And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,
Great and marvellous are Thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are Thy ways, Thou King of saints. Revelation 15:3

Jesus was there. He was always there from the beginning.
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. John 8:58
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning with God.
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. John 1:1-3

He has always been with God.
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: Philippians 2:6

And, thus Jesus was killed by those who did not accept that He was God in the flesh.
Those who refuse to acknowledge that Jesus has come in the flesh are of the Antichrist spirit
which was and is in the world, ready to deceive and exalt himself in Jesus’ place.

And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God:
and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come;
and even now already is it in the world. 1 John 4:3

Love the truth above all your own thoughts.

Maybe we’re being disciplined?
Maybe we’re being molded and remade?
Maybe we’re just learning lessons.
Whatever the problem is, God knows the answer and He is there to direct us.
Maybe it’s just remembering humility: You’re not all that strong in the Lord, you still need Him.
Maybe you are strong in the Lord, but He is teaching you to be stronger, to fortify your walls and hide in Him a little tighter.

Remember Job’s comforters? They thought they had all the answers? Not so.
Job knew he did not have all the answers.
He sought the Lord for the answers and remembered that he was dust and God was insurmountable.

Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? Job 10:9

For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Job 19:25-26

How dare we compare ourselves with the suffering of Job?
That is God’s word and those words are comforting for us sometimes. God loved Job very much.
He did nothing wrong. God does what He does and our lives are in the palm of His hand.
He will see us through. He is our Redeemer and He lives.

Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together,
and running over, shall men give into your bosom.
For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. Luke 6:37-38

Be mindful of the type of fruit you produce and share.
Bad fruit will bring forth bad results.
Shame and sorrow shall accompany bad fruit.
At first, you may not notice it.

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. Galatians 6:7

Be a good tree. Bear good fruit for Jesus.
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace. James 3:18