Today I want to share Kenneth and Gloria Copeland's "Faith To Faith" devotional. This message is very important in finding and fulfilling God's will for our lives!
Know God's Will
Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that
build it. Psalm 127:1
What a time of monumental decisions and changes we’re living
in. If there ever was a day when you and I must know God’s will and
purpose for our lives, it’s now.
In fact, nothing else is going to work! God is changing and
rearranging things, lining them up for the end-time move of the Spirit. If
you’re going to keep up, you must know God’s perfect plan for your life—and how
to carry it out in His power!
How do you do that? Through prayer.
In fact, God has provided us a prayer in His Word that we
can use to receive the wisdom and understanding we need for this critical time
we live in. You’ll find it in Colossians 1:9-11.
“For this cause we...do not cease to pray for you, and to
desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of [God’s] will in all wisdom
and spiritual understanding; that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all
pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of
God; strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all
patience and longsuffering with joyfulness.”
In recent months, God has instructed Gloria and me to pray
that prayer for our ministry Partners and for ourselves every day. It’s a
powerful, Holy Ghost-inspired prayer that will not only enable you to know what
God’s will is, but to have the wisdom and understanding to carry it out.
That’s where most failure comes in Christian endeavors. We
get a glimpse of God’s will for our lives in the spirit, but then we mess
things up by trying to carry it out in the flesh. Instead of letting the Lord
build the house in His power, we try to build it ourselves and end up doing it
all in vain.
Don’t make that mistake in the days ahead. Instead, pray
this prayer that God has given us. It was written in the New Testament for you.
Put your name in it. It’s a prayer you can be sure God will answer. Put it to
work in your life daily and God will fill you with His knowledge and
understanding!
AMEN! True prosperity is being where God wants you to be, doing what God wants you to do! Praying this prayer will give you the confidence to go forth boldly! Here, to encourage you further, is Hillsong with "Who You Say I AM":
Shalom in Him!
