At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Unless you become completely dependent. There's a lot of us who are not completely dependent on God. We work with a mixture, sometimes we lean on our own selves, sometimes we depend on God and sometimes we take it into our own hands. But what the Lord was showing me is it's not just a matter of going to God, but the completely dependent, understanding how helpless you are, meaning I depend on God, like a baby is completely dependent on their parents. And the Lord says, the greatest in the Kingdom are those who are completely dependent on Me.
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
For those who are completely dependent on God, their help is near. You got angels.
In Genesis 3, look what the enemy sold Eve. The enemy was soliciting independence from God. The fall of man began with their own independence. One of the tenements of the enemy is do thy will, do what pleases you. But look at Christ, He said, I only do the things that I hear My Father say and I see My Father do. The Lord says, I'm not working on My own but My Father He works with Me. What was He saying, "I'm completely dependent." and Jesus was never far away from power. Jesus was never far away from the Word. He was never far away from everything that He needed.
Sometimes in our minds and in our hearts we think that everything that we need is so far away. But for those of you who are dependent on God, your help is near.
Some people say they're dependent on God, but they're frustrated, angry. They don't have a confident expectation of good. They don't have a confident expectation that this thing is gonna turn around. So what they do is they have it structured in their mind, "This is how it should happen, this is what's going to happen, this is the timeframe it's gonna happen." And when it don't happen in that way, they get upset. Which means they are not completely dependent on God. They're going to the right place, they're going to God, but when you go to God, you gotta believe that He is. When you are completely dependent on God, you know that the petitions that you placed before your Father, He's gonna do it for you. The things that are pertinent to your situation, you know that He's gonna perform. The things that He spoke over your life, you know that He's gonna do that, you know that He's not a liar and so when you are completely dependent on God, it allows you to come into a place of rest.
But the root of the enemy's game plan is to create independence from God- be your own god, do what you will.
True kingdom development is absolutely being dependent. Adam when he was created, he was created dependent on God. Adam wasn't worried. And the Lord talks about this as a conversion, it takes humility. He said if you would humble yourself, this becomes part of the life that we have to lay down our right. The Lord says if you lay that life down you'll find it. If you lay down that Adam's life you'll find Christ's life. You'll find the life that Christ had for you.
Those who are completely dependent on God- you become the most dangerous to the kingdom of darkness.
This is why you pray for those who do harm to you. Because if you touch somebody, if you put your mouth on, put your hands on somebody who is completely dependent on God, then you are in trouble. It is better for you that you weren't born, it would be easier if you take the millstone over your neck. That's why it's always better, if you open your mouth to talk about somebody, God's got to speak first. You got to be careful because you don't want to be offending someone who is completely dependent on God. This is what happens when people get in their independent mind, they just got thinking and speaking. Jesus said, I don't say nothing that God ain't said. You don't know God's opinion on others, so before you open your mouth, pray about it. You never know who you opening up your mouth against. It's dangerous to be talking about somebody who's fully dependent on God, to be slandering somebody. You can give rebuke, you can give correction, you can give iron sharpens iron, you can exhort. If you open up your mouth to slander anybody who's fully dependent on God, you better make sure that God is signing off on it. Because if you cause them to stumble, if you cause them to lose hope on God, you are in dangerous territory. So better humble yourself. Stop trying to look important. There will be no reward but there will be judgment. Always find God's heart over a matter before you get to opening your mouth or speaking carelessly. Find out what God says about it so that way you know that you have all of heavens authority on what you are saying and you can speak with boldness and confidence.
Pray for those who harm or hurt you, to fall in God's hands. What they did to you, God is not turning a blind eye, even though it seemed like they got away with it. Your help is coming, your vindication is coming. God is gonna vindicate you what they did to you. God saw it and your vindication is coming. They didn't get away with it. That's why I'm encouraging you to pray for them, because it's a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the Lord. And when you know that you become completely dependent on God, first thing I do is pray, "Lord help them Jesus, Lord have mercy on them. Bless them Lord." Because I know that He takes what they did to me personally. He takes it personally. Jesus Himself said, "When I was thirsty you gave Me nothing to drink. When I was hungry you didn't feed Me. When I was naked you didn't clothe Me. When I was in prison you didn't visit Me." Then they asked, "Lord, when did we not do that to You?" Jesus said, "Whatever you do to the least of man, you did it unto Me." What's amazing is they think that they did it to you but it's the Lord who's taking what they did personally. Pray for them because it's a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the Lord.
The last Adam came to reestablish, to bring us back into the fold, and what does that mean, where Adam failed, Christ succeeded. And He opened up a door again for us to lay down our Adam life and to find our Christ life and to be fully dependent on God again. And as you surrender whatever burdens you're carrying, the Lord is saying, your help will come. For those of you who've been looking around and you've been tempted to worry and the enemy's been soliciting all these things, exhale all your problems and cast them on the Lord, the Lord says your help is coming, your help is here today. Because your angels they're standing there beholding the face of God. See you got angels. For those of you are completely dependent on God, the bible says, there's angels assigned to you. The Bible says, when Jesus was done in the wilderness, angels came and ministered unto Him.
Dependence on God is the greatest form of faith, childlike faith. There is a benefit or blessing to being dependent on God. Extreme benefit: you thwart the overall goal of the enemy which is to create independence in you. Independence from God is death. Because God is the only LIFE. He's the way, the truth and the life. So if you separate yourself from God, you got is the - wrong way, lie and death.
So the benefits of being dependent on God, is that God will never fail you. God will never take His eyes off you. God is not like man. So anytime that you leap, He will never fail you. Men will fail you inspite of their best intentions, but God never will. This is why your dependence on God will bring you to places that you can't imagine. This is why your dependence on God will open up doors for not only you entering into the kingdom but it'll open up doors for your help to arrive. God always got His eyes on you.
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