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Your victory depends on hearing God`s voice

God knew about the suffering from the people of Israel due to bad choices and would forgive them, but He waited for their clamor in order to act.

04/05/2017

By: Bishop Jorge Pinheiro

Article by: Victor Correa

The people from Israel fell before their enemies, the Midianites in Judges 6.1 because they did people harm before God. It`s like the law of sowing, which says that if we do good, we harvest good things, but if we sow bad things, such as rage, vengeance, resentment, living without loving God, under lies, addiction, prostitution, doing people harm, we will harvest evil condition

Midianites attacked while Israel needed to dig holes for them to hide themselves, so they became weaker every year. It`s worthless running away because it doesn`t bring any solution. It`s worthless drinking, playing games, running away from problems, and using drugs. Everything that starts in a wrong way, ends up in a wrong way too. We have to face our problems.

Israel was already in a weak condition and when they sowed, their enemies came and stole their production. They didn`t have much, and their few products were stolen. It happens to many people when they plant, devil comes and takes it away from them. Many laborers have lived that way in Brazil. People can`t harvest what they plant. Their crisis lasted seven years and they were defeated and stolen. Israel`s people lost donkeys, oxen like many people who have to sell their cars in order to pay off their debts, which we consider impossible to be paid off because of interest rate. The Midianites had a lot of assets, but even so, they took everything from Israel such as banks. They behaved as loan sharks who never forgives and get everything you have away. If Israel`s sons cried out for God in the beginning, many situation wouldn`t have happened. If they hadn`t transgressed God`s law, any of those conditions wouldn`t have taken place. So, they would have been strong with their enemies running away from them. There`s a saying like this: “who doesn`t come for love, comes for pain”. Their enemies became stronger and stronger and defeated them. God made them remember He delivered them from slavery, but people portalt about. I will talk about me and myself, I know who I was, how my life was, my health when I met Jesus, how my family was and my financial condition. God delivered me, thrived me, and blessed my family. I have to remember and recognize that if I`m here today, if I have everything, well married, healthy, it`s because God provided me with all. Human being is ungrateful and complains even if being well fed. We can`t portalt about those privileges God provides us with and we have to recognize the value the Lord has in our lives. Remember how your life was before God delivered you. The changes take place slowly. People get colder; complain here and there, and then everything becomes bad, so they get away from God`s path. Human being is difficult to deal with. If you hear God`s voice, He will save you against all of those conditions. They won`t achieve you or your family and they won`t defeat you. But you have to hear God`s voice not only hear the word, but keep it in your heart because of that, the word is the most important part of the service. It`s worthless for you to be blessed if you don`t hear God`s voice. No nation in the world ever saw more miracles than Israel`s people. However, those people did harm before God and didn`t hear Lord`s voice and were humiliated and defeated year after year Your victory depends on you. If you hear God`s voice and obey Him, devil never touches you. God saw the people of Israel suffering, as He sees people suffering today, but He doesn`t break into your life because He provided you with free will, which means the right of choosing. He doesn`t intervene if He isn`t invited to. Jesus said He was at the door and knocked at it, if anyone hears and opens it, He comes in your home, in your life. On the other hand, He won`t force to come in. We have a little, but Jesus has a lot and we need Him. The problem is that many people don`t want to have commitment, they answer without opening or getting out of their houses. Israel`s people`s weakness came because of that, for doing the same with God. Before helping them, first God sent them a prophet to talk to them, but they didn`t hear him. Before delivering, He shows us why we suffer, in order not just to be a simple deliverance and the person make the same mistake again. After that, God delivered Israel and gave them victories. God isn’t revengeful. If you recognize Him and come back, He restores you as He did with Israel`s people many times. If you keep doing harm before God, regret soon or you will lose much more until you die. If you are seeking for God steadily continue firmly and never get tired of God`s voice. Use your time with what edify your life.