Day 16 Reconciliation Fasting

Never Mind the Jones’, Your Individual Purpose is not to be Compared

Today’s Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NIV)

¹¹ He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

Today’s Scripture Message

Live your life. All that is purposed for you is applicable only to you. Everyone comes with strengths and weaknesses different from others so there is no comparison. Many times we lose our focus for the distraction of what is happening around us. If you continue to strengthen your life, your purpose, your existence, it would become greater than you could have imagined. Stop the “grass is greener” living and work on improving your own lawn. Don’t miss the beauty before you for the admiration of what seems bigger & better, one thing is certain…exactly where you are is exactly where you chose to be, to improve it is to improve you according to what is best for you & not what is seemingly better for someone else. Do you!!!

Thought for the Day:

“To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly”. - Henri L. Bergson

Goal for the Day:

If it is broken fix it so it pleases you.

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(From Pastor Gregory Dickow’s – Fast From Wrong Thinking)

Today we’re fasting from the thought that says, “The Bible doesn’t work for me like it does for others.” That’s what the devil wants you to think, to keep you from sowing the right seeds for your success.

Let's CHANGE IT TODAY:

1. Escape the comparison trap. When you compare, you despair. 2 Corinthians 10:12 says we’re unwise when we compare to others. And it's the lack of wisdom that keeps things from working for us.

2. Think timing. God’s timing is impeccable. He makes all things beautiful in their time (Eccl. 3:11) Be patient. (James 5:8)

3. REALIZE you are a WHOSOEVER. I love how the promises of God are not reserved for just a select few. (Mark 11:23)

4. Embrace the fact that we reap what we sow. (Genesis 8:22) This is a universal law, and it works for everyone, Christian or not.

5. Be covenant minded. Covenant-minded. Covenant minded. God swore in His own blood, that His promises would not fail. (Hebrews 9:15-20)

6. Dwell on God’s love. Faith works by love (Galatians 5:6). Your faith works when you know you’re loved by God. It breaks down any other way.

THINK IT & SAY IT:

God’s Word is working for me right now. Though I don’t yet see it, it's coming to pass. I reject comparing myself to others. The Word works for anyone who works it. I will reap what I sow. I am not cursed, but blessed! My faith works through knowing God’s love. He swore it in His own blood. His promises are coming to pass in my life, in Jesus’ Name.