UNPLUGGED? JOHN 15:5 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. JOSHUA 7:7-12 7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan! 8 O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies! 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name? 10 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? 11 Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. 12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you. Besides isolation from the source of fire and wrong company, another factor that could cause a FIREBRAND to lose it FIRE is when it is UNPLUGGED. Many leaders have gradually become cold unknowingly and as a result, they are ineffective in their spiritual assignments. This happened to SAMSON. While he was toying with strange women, Delilah unplugged him from his source of power. You cannot toy with the sins of PRIDE, DISOBEDIENCE and IMMORALITY and expect things to be the same. Are you separated from GOD, get reconnected. Pay whatever price HE wants of you until you are re-plugged. You cannot serve GOD without his backing. So seek HIS face today until you find HIM. KEY POINT: Anytime you break off from the VINE, you are left to handle issues and challenges with your own strength.
Posted on: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 06:39:34 +0000