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Testimonies Part 2: "Everything He has is yours!"


Unfortunately, there are many young people in the church who do not truly believe for themselves that Jesus is God. Their waiting for God's "big reveal", while they insist on not fully living up to all the knowledge they have about God. It brings to mind the brother of the prodigal son who was angry at the Father for celebrating his brother's return. Luke 15: 29:Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command, yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might celebrate with my friends. He points out to his Father that he worked for him many years and has not received anything from the Father. This reveals that he is not content to be with the Father without reward to some extent. But the Father, reminds the son that he has access to everything that the Father owns. In Luke 15:31, the Father says: Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours"

Now, I like testimonies of people who were engrossed in the world and then God reveals himself to them in a big way.They have been very inspirational to many and the Holy Spirit has used them to bring souls into the kingdom of God. These testimonies are great but they also testify to the power of Satan to ensnare people in the world even for a little while. And they make young people with in the church feel as if they have been deprived from having a real experience in Christ because God did not reveal Himself to them in that way. They go out in the world to experience its glamour waiting on  a "big reveal" that may or may not come.

God wants to remind you today that you don't need to hit rock bottom  in order to finally see who He is. Everything He has is available to you. You have more favor than the person who has departed from God. Why? Because you were always with Him and to you He grants access to all that He has. You can celebrate His favor now. You can ask for a goat and party with your friends now. If you yearn for the world, that's something that God's willing to change but the testimony he grants to the person who comes back to Him after partying it up with the world is not better than your testimony of continual surrender and obedience to His will. Your testimony I would say is stronger because at no point did you allow the devil to ensnare you. You fully testify of Christ. Amen.

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