I want to share this from Kenneth E. Hagin's Faith Food for today:
When I view and consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained and established, What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of [earthborn] man that You care for him? Yet You have made him but a little lower than God [or heavenly beings], and You have crowned him with glory and honor. You made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands…. (Psalm 8:3-6 AMP)God did not create man for death! Death, sin, sickness, hatred, revenge, and all such tragedies reflect conditions on earth that had no place in the original plan of the Creator. Man was created instead for joy, happiness, and peace!
Man was designed for eternal fellowship with God. He was created in God's very image and likeness (Genesis 1:26-27). He was created for joy, happiness, and peace. And he was created to give God pleasure (Revelation 4:11).
God gave man a place in His creation second only to Himself, with dominion as far reaching as the universe itself (Psalm 8:3-6; Genesis 1:26-28). Adam was the master of himself, of creation, and of Satan. Adam did not have to yield to sin - he had a choice.
Confession: I will do what I was designed to do; I will fellowship with God. I will give Him pleasure. The Bible says that without faith it is impossible to please God (Heb. 11:6). So I will walk in faith. I will not be dominated by sin, sickness, fear, and doubt, or anything else that is of the devil. I choose to walk with God.
Know this: God was NOT surprised by Adam's sin! God created mankind with the ability to choose, KNOWING that at some point, someone would sin and fall. That's why, BEFORE God created Adam, He already had the plan in place to ransom us back from the control of the enemy! By giving us a free will, our choice to love Him would be genuine! No robots here! AND, God's plan for our salvation gave us the right and the privilege to now have God Himself, in the person of His Spirit, IN us! We are truly a new creation that is far better than the original! AMEN! So, stop nursing a consciousness of sin and begin to be fully aware of who you are IN HIM! THAT is His good intention for us! Our desire and tendency to make selfish decisions that displease God (sin) will grow less and less as we get to know Him more and more! Let's start NOW! AMEN! Here is another Christmas song from Hillsong called "Our King Has Come":
Shalom in Him!
