WHEN IS A LITTLE TO MUCH?

WHEN IS A LITTLE TOO MUCH?

I tell you a little is too much when you are unable to raise the dead, cast out devils, heal the sick, or open blind eyes. A little is too much when you walk around in fear of life and of death. A little is too much when you fear anything. 

A little is too much when you cannot hear my voice. A little is too much when depression controls your life. A little is too much when you sin. A little is to much when you gossip, or back bite. 

A little is too much when you must force yourself to pray or be in my presence. A little is too much when you only come to Me, when you need or want something. 

The LITTLE I speak of, is the leaven of the world and it's system.

The way you test the amount of leaven in your spiritual system is, not by how much, but how little. Is it small enough that it does not hinder you from raising the dead? 
Small enough that every waking moment, you long to spend in My presence. Small enough that your faith is unshakable. 

Leaven is always innocent in appearance, it looks attractive and seems harmless. Leaven always expands slowly and unnoticed in the shadows or background. Leaven is always justified with a good reason. 

Anything that fills your time and mind, other than Me, is leaven. Many ask, "is this a sin or is that a sin". When this question is posed, then leaven is present and expanding. This question arises, because My Spirit is drawing to satisfy  My loving jealousy.

Many things that western Christians enjoy is not labeled sin.  I label it leaven because it replaces time with Me. You ask, how much time should I spend with God"?  This question reveals the presence of leaven. I want "all of it" and when I do not have it all, I am jealous. An unleavened person seeks to be with Me night  and day.

 I am a jealous God, I am jealous of your attention, your time, and your love. These three things, I will never demand of you. They are the only things in all my creation that cause jealousy to rise in Me. All other creation obeys My commands and does My bidding without resistance or contemplation. 

Do not rationalize, do not compare yourself to others, do not compare yourself, to how you used to be. I ask you, are you raising the dead? Are you free from all fear? Is sin a thing of the past? Is your faith unshakable?Are you crazy in love with me? Are you living a supernatural life style? 

If the answer is no to any of these, then you have leaven in your system and you are limiting yourself to level one faith which draws from the seen and not the unseen world.

I counsel you to rid yourself of everything that steals the time, attention, and love that belongs to Me and buy of Me gold tried in the fire. You are all Mine and I am jealous for you. Rid yourself of all leaven and you will have need of nothing.

Matthew 16:6 (AMP)
Jesus said to them, Be careful and on your guard against the leaven (ferment) of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Matthew 6:6 (AMP)
But when you pray, go into your most private room, and, closing the door, pray to your Father, Who is in secret; and your Father, Who sees in secret, will reward you in the open.
 
Ephesians 6:18 (AMP)
Pray at all times (on every occasion, in every season) in the Spirit, with all manner of prayer and entreaty. To that end keep alert and watch with strong purpose and perseverance, interceding in behalf of all the saints (God''s consecrated people).

1 Corinthians 5:6-11 (KJV)
Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? [7] Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: [8] Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. [9] I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: [10] Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. [11] But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

Exodus 34:12-14 (KJV)
Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: [13] But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves: [14] For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord , whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (KJV)
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? [20] For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

Matthew 22:37-38 (AMP)
And He replied to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind (intellect). [38] This is the great (most important, principal) and first commandment.

Luke 14:26 (AMP)
If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his own father and mother in the sense of indifference to or relative disregard for them in comparison with his attitude toward God and likewise his wife and children and brothers and sisters--yes and even his own life also--he cannot be My disciple.

John 12:25 (AMP)
Anyone who loves his life loses it, but anyone who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal. Whoever has no love for, no concern for, no regard for his life here on earth, but despises it, preserves his life forever and ever.

Psalm 27:14 (KJV)
Wait on the Lord : be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord .

Matthew 10:7-8 (AMP)
And as you go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand! [8] Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely (without pay) you have received, freely (without charge) give.