Are we living an extraordinary life?

I’ve been watching a bit of Extraordinary by John Bevere on ACC – it’s absolutely amazing! That’s definitely next on my list to get! We are all called to be extraordinary, not the ‘norm’. We are meant to reign in this life and have the world coming to us, asking us for advice. We should be the best at whatever God has given us to do. Why isn’t that happening? That is the big question! Well John’s teaching on grace is sooooo good in this series. He always goes back to the true meanings of the words in Greek and Hebrew, I love it! So he states that the grace of God is God’s empowerment. It is the empowerment from God to do what truth demands. In other words, it’s God’s power that is in us to do what ever He wants us to do. What HE desires us to do and how HE desires us to be, IS the truth. Whatever is in the word and what He speaks to us in the spirit, IS the truth. I know I’ve said this before, but I’m so sick of hearing lies, and not from non-believers, from believers!!! Come on! What are we doing! You know, we go to church or a conference and get all fired up and we hear all about God’s power that is in us, that we’re in this world to rule and reign in this life, then someone will say, “I just don’t know what to do about this or that, it’s really worrying me and getting me down.” That is a straight out lie from the devil! We also have the wisdom of God in us and if we lack wisdom, we can ask God for it, with no doubting and He has to give it to us (James 1:5), because He can’t lie, His words are the truth. How often do we ask God first? Don’t you think we should EVERY time? We so easily believe lies. When are we going to really start believing in Him. You know it breaks His heart. When we worry about what other people think or believe what someone else says and not what He thinks or what He says. When we please people before pleasing Him, His heart is breaking. It’s just like the person closest to you, your husband / wife or a best friend decides to believe a complete lie about you that ends up putting you at a distance between each other, you’re no where near as close as you were and there’s nothing you can do. When we think about that happening to our relationships, times that feeling and heartache by 1000 to get a glimpse of how God feels. God has given us a choice and will not force us to believe Him. His truth and what He thinks is what really matters. What is in God’s heart, what are His desires, what are His desires for others? He wants to be involved in every area of our life simply because He loves us so much and that’s what people do when they’re in love. It’s so amazing that He has given so much to us and for us, that we’re not living the way His heart desires for us to live. He has given us an extraordinary life! The best and greatest life we can ever have! The key is, it’s His power and His way, not ours. All we have to do is believe, obey and trust in Him. We have to let go of our own desire and control, that’s the only way we will live an extraordinary life through Him. It’s amazing that a simple little thing like believing that God’s way is the best way, is so hard. We are always trying to do things our way (myself included). We will never see and live in the fullness of Christ until we let go of our own control. It’s pretty ridiculous really when we think that we can do a better job. He did create us, the world, the universe, the heavens, absolutely everything!!!

Extraordinary: The Life You're Meant to Live DVD Curriculum By John Bevere

Extraordinary: The Life You're Meant to Live By John Bevere