HOW YOU SEE YOURSELF, MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD

HOW YOU SEE YOURSELF, MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD

My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways. [9] For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts." Isaiah 55:8-9 (AMP) The human thought process completely reversed, at the fall of man, way back in the in the garden. You used to think My thoughts, but now in order to be kingdom ready, you must reverse your thinking 180 degrees.

You must see yourself lost, in order to be found. You must see yourself bound in order to be freed. You must be a failure in your own eyes, before you can be a success in Mine. The moment you came under satans's rule, you were injected with the same poison that resulted in his downfall, "pride". Even those who are going hard after Me and determined to be a leader for Me, seeking Me with all their heart, must be careful. "Especially a new convert, (saved only two or three years,) or he may develop a beclouded and (stupid state of mind) and as the result of pride be blinded by conceit, and fall into the same condemnation that the devil once did." 1 Timothy 3:6 (AMP)

If you are a success in your own eyes, your a failure in the kingdom! If you think you have a lot to offer, you are bankrupt in the kingdom. "Therefore let anyone who thinks he stands who feels sure that he has a steadfast mind and is standing firm, take heed lest he fall into sin." 1 Corinthians 10:12 (AMP) Especially if you have been saved many years, because pride starts as a tiny seed, planted inside a beautiful complement. You never know which complement it's hidden in! Maybe when someone said, "That was an awesome message you preached!" "You are a true man of God"! "You changed my life!" "If it were not for you, they could not operate!" "You are so beautiful!" Any of these statements may be true and need to be said, but what happens the moment it enters the heart of the receiver, determines if it will bring forth life or death.

If you receive the complement your doomed to downward path, if you deflect the complement toward Me you are destined for kingdom greatness. Do not mull it over and enjoy it for a single moment, that's the seed planting time. This is the "way that seems right to a man and appears straight before him, but at the end of it is the way of death." Proverbs 16:25 (AMP) You may convince yourself you are not proud, but let someone try to correct you, or ignore your talent, and watch your reaction. If it sets of a firestorm in your soul, the seed of pride is bringing forth death. Pride has choked off your teachable spirit, and your growth has ended. You will die very quickly.

The life you were set free from will return, and your latter state will be worse than ever before. If you are now saying. NO WAY! Never not Me, make sure it's only because you live in My humility, and your security is ONLY! ONLY! ONLY! in My keeping power! If you always see yourself as,

"a minister, according to the gift of My grace, given to you by the effectual working of My power. [8] And always see yourself, less than the least of all saints, and only by My grace have you been given, the privilege to preach the unsearchable riches of Christ;" Ephesians 3:7-8 (KJV) you will make it into the kingdom, as a leader in humility.

Every time you pick up a microphone, say to yourself, "I don't deserve this", sometimes you may need to say it out loud, just to kill any hidden seeds. Always remember:

It's only by grace you are saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is My gift to you: [9] If you keep in mind, Not a single thing you have done has brought you to where you are, you will not be tempted to boast." Ephesians 2:8-9 (KJV)

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