“Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”
Matthew 16:23, New International Version.
How often we want to help God in very many things. How often we feel that our ways and the things we are doing for Him should be pleasing unto Him when in the actual sense He is saying to us get behind me and stay right there and stop being a stumbling block to my will for your life and My kingdom! How many times, despite our ungodly lifestyles, have we done something good for the less privileged and thereby think we now have God’s undivided attention? How many times, despite a wicked lifestyle, we either sow seed or pay tithes to a church or man of God and then conclude we are right with God, etc. Let’s not forget that God’s ways are not ours, neither His thoughts our thoughts. We have to be mindful of the things that we do in the name of God to make sure that He fully approves of them. God is more interested in things that not only saves the souls of His children but also keeps them saved, as well as that which expands His kingdom. As you do the one, don’t forget to do the other; as you sow the seed and give the tithe cheerfully as God gives you the grace to, don’t also forget to clean your life, that it may be well with you!
PRAYER!
Father God, help me not to be a stumbling block to You. Do not suffer me to be a stumbling block to the progress of Your children, myself, and Your Holy kingdom. Reveal to me O LORD anyway, shape or form that I have been a stumbling block to You and help me to repent and desist from such wicked acts in Jesus’ mighty name, amen.
Jesus loves you!
Written by Prophetess Susan Ikeokwu
JESUS IS LORD!