The intentionality of
love’s goal is purposeful. This purpose is meaningful. Ponder love. God’s whole
heart is love and to love. His Word is designed that we know this. We willfully
seek after love. Our hearts contemplate His love until we follow hard after
Him in becoming like Him. We plan to love others. God is devising this
love! It is loves ultimate intention.
Doubting hinders love.
Philippians 4:6 (Amplified) says, “Do
not fret or have anxiety about anything.” Anxiety
is the instigator of fear. There is purposed intention in the Word of God that ‘laughter is good medicine’.
It is the remover of anxiety and restraints. Be free from the resentments of
the mind. Have no divisions and certainly no divisiveness. Be free from anger
and the controversies of heart. Do not poison minds, by embittering others with
unbelief. Ephesians 2:13 says, “You
have been brought near by the blood of Christ.” Therefore Galatians says in
5:10, “He who troubles you
shall bear his judgment,” God hates unbelief and the stirring of it.
It is as witchcraft. Doubting is to have misgivings, hesitations, wavering
between hope and fear. Then the enemy tries to use it to say by a religious
spirit that the blessing was missed. This is as much the accuser of the
brethren. He is the liar of all liars and the father of it. Have a posture
rather of the generosity of worshipful hearts, with raised hands and without
wrath or doubting. There are times when it looks like God doesn’t hear but
there is a blessing about to be poured out. He is the protector and giver of
life. You are filled giving what you have in your hand to give. If this is
worship, He will fill you to understanding what or how to give in greater
measure. His hand will be upon you to give back in good measure, pressed down,
shaken together and running over!
To you: Oh One who
does not believe you have enough to give, as the scriptures say in 2
Corinthians 7:15-16, “His
affections are greater for you as he remembers the obedience of you all, how
with fear and trembling you received him. Therefore I rejoice that I have
confidence in you in everything. And...2
Corinthians 8:2-3 says, "In
your deep trials of affliction, the abundance of your joy and deep poverty
abounded in riches of liberality, bearing witness that you are freely willing.” You must have confidence as it is your
reward. Don’t be caught off guard by the promptings of the generosity of the
Holy Spirit. Go with what He tells you. He will give to you lavishly with a ‘want
to’ of your heart. Be not despaired at heart. "He
who has a generous eye will be blessed." (Proverbs 22:9) This is this ones
great generosity. He knows you long to give greater and he wants you to. Ask
Him for what you want to give and be expectant. His mercies are everlasting and
His gifts are abundant. 1 Peter 3:11 says… “…seek
peace and pursue it.” Align
your emotions to His will. Do this as you give. It will become abundantly clear
what to give. 2 Corinthians 9:7 (Amplified) says, “Let each one (give) as he has made
up his own mind and purposed in his heart, not reluctantly or sorrowfully or
under compulsion, for God loves (He takes pleasure in, prizes above other
things, and is unwilling to abandon or to do without) cheerful (joyous, “prompt
to do it) giver whose heart is in His giving.” This cheerfulness is as the anointing
of joy that breaks anxiety. The enemy flees in an atmosphere or a worshipful
spirit.
Hosea 6:3 says, “Let us know. Let us pursue the
knowledge of the Lord”….and goes on to say, “He will come to us like the
rain. Like the latter and the former rain to the earth.” Ask God to restore you, to revive and
to heal and give you prevalent gifts…and then believe He is the giver of these.
There is more to healing than living in a state of health. Healing often is His
filling you up and being encouraged to overflow onto others in a purposeful
healed place. Proverbs 11:25 says, “The
generous soul will be made rich, and he who waters will also be watered
himself.” The anointing
breaks the yoke. John 7:38, “He
who believes in Me, as the Scriptures has said, out of his heart will flow
rivers of living water.” John
4:14 says, “but whoever drink
of the water that I shall given him will never thirst. But the water that I
shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into the
everlasting life.”
Consider Psalm 31:19
in giving Him praise and being encouraged. It says, “Oh, how great is Your goodness
which you have laid up for those who fear You which You have prepared for those
who trust in you in the presence of the sons of men!”
The Message says in
Acts 10:35, “It makes no
difference who you are or where you are from, if you want God and are ready to
do as he says, the door is open.” These
are the keys of love. Hallelujah! His love is never over! They went to the tomb
and it was empty. The harvest is white. Go after God and be full of His
intentional love.
