The unhappiness, failures and disappointment in the life of many people does not come from someone else but from themselves though, there are many who always look for someone to blame for their failures and disappointment, as a matter of fact it's much easier to blame others than to recognize that the problem is inside of ourselves, how many times satan whispers his evil voice in our mind and instead of rebuking it right away we allow that negative voice to remain in our mind, and suddenly you find yourself having a conversation with the evil one? Should I do this or not? But if I do it and it doesn't work? What am I going to do? If my family, friends, co-workers find out that I have this or that problem? Etc, etc... A lot of questions without answers in your mind, why? Because you simply accepted some suggestions brought by the spirit of doubt and fear when you should have cast it out immediately. Either we believe that God is with us or we don't believe, what we cannot do is to allow satan to prevent us from conquering great things in life because of doubt and fear and if this has been happening to you then, it is time to clean up your heart from it otherwise you won't be able to move forward as you should have, you should have already reached much further by now, don't you agree?
Peter had the best opportunity of his whole life to do what no one else had ever done before which was to walk on the sea, who else besides The Lord Jesus had done that? However, when he was called to do that though he had started to walk on the water he sank because there was fear, doubts in his heart and it was more than enough to prevent him from doing what The Lord Jesus told him to do and how many things God through the Holy Spirit using His servants has told you to do and to conquer but because of fear you ended up missing your victories?
"But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Be of good cheer! It is I; do not be afraid.” And Peter answered Him and said, “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.” So He said, “Come.” And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!” Matthew 14:27-30
Dear assistants, it is time to remove from your heart whatever doubts and fear that has prevented you from having a heart after God's own heart. A heart of faith exactly like King David had, " And when He had removed him, He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.’ Acts 13:22
Be of good cheer!
Bishop Carlos
“To the angel of the church of Ephesus write, ‘These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands: “I know your works, your labor, your patience, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars; and you have persevered and have patience, and have labored for My name’s sake and have not become weary. Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place—unless you repent. Revelation 2:1-5
Hello assistants, by reading these verses we all can see and understand clearly how much God knows us in every aspects there is nothing that we can hide from Him, Even before we say something He knows which word we are about to say, He knows each and every intention of our heart and I do believe that you know about that as well but what I want to share with you is about those who are serving Him and they have already lost the fire of the first love, they are doing the work of God simply to give satisfaction to the pastor and to keep the uniform and the title of assistant but there's no more pleasure, no more joy nor happiness in what they do, to be frank, there are many who are serving God as an obligation. But, why are they acting like this? Why in many of them there is no more love? The answer is, their heart! In the beginning they had a pure heart ready to listen and obey God's voice there was nothing more important than do His will above all things but gradually, the contamination of this world started to invade their heart to the point of dividing them between the will of God and their own will, nowadays is very common to hear assistants saying, I'm busy I have no time or I'll try to come or not today maybe next time... Love means sacrifice if there's no sacrifice for the one you say that you love is because your love for him has already disappeared long time ago.
The secret to keep the fire of the first love always burning inside of you is to protect your heart from all types of contamination such as; doubts, fears, envy, grudges, evil desire, pride, lies, gossip, and the like. If by any reason you've been carrying one or more of these problems inside of your heart, then do not hesitate, it's time to clean up your heart otherwise, you won't be able to see God in your life.
If you need me to help you in anything please feel free to contact me.
Be blessed in Jesus name.
Bishop Carlos
