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Romans 8:14  For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.  NKJV

There are many challenges as we navigate through life.  Those challenges are relative to our particular environment.  On the plains of Africa, you don’t even consider a cool night in an air-conditioned home as an alternative so you don’t worry about an A/C unit breaking down and causing you discomfort.  You are grateful for a cool breeze making its way through the opening of your humble abode.  You are more concerned about where your food will come from tomorrow than the cost of a new bathing suit.

Each of us was placed at a particular location on earth by Our Heavenly Father.  Our placement was HIS decision.  Whether placed in a simple environment or a complex environment, our mandate is the same- to be led by the Spirit of GOD.  We are to overcome our emotions that would take us on a roller coaster ride to the extreme.  We are to overcome the trappings of the world, designed to move us into the outer darkness.  The greatest challenge to overcome is our flesh, aka the ego.

The ego has a never ending goal to exalt anyone but Our Heavenly Father.  It is usually focused on you but will exalt someone you can by associated with as well.  That association exalts you in a subtle manner.  When a wealthy man walks into a room, most people immediately try to gain recognition by associating with him.  His money is like a magnet to the ego.  The ego would say, “If I can gain favor with him, he will part with some of his money”.  For the most part, wealthy men would never give away their money, that is how they became wealthy in the first place.  Greed constantly plays games with those who focus on money.

When you are led by the Spirit, you take greed out of the equation for Our Heavenly Father is not moved by men’s money.  After all, HE established value in the first place.  Our Heavenly Father once told me that HE views money as a commodity and I should too.  As you respond to the leading of Our Heavenly Father, you will be prompted to give.  Giving is just one way that you keep your ego in check.  Tithing is a definite challenge to the ego.  Being directed to give a portion of your tithe to an individual that causes you grief may be one of the greatest challenges to the ego.  Your ego wants to judge that person unworthy to receive tithe money.  How on earth do you think that they will ever change if they receive no expression of Love?  Your job is to sow the seeds.  Our Heavenly Father’s responsibility is to provide the increase.

At the end of each day we should ask ourselves a few simple questions.  Was I led by the Spirit of GOD today or by my ego?  Did I impart Love into someone today or did I move someone further away from Love?  Did I do anything to further the Kingdom of Our Heavenly Father on earth today?

Fortunately, tomorrow is a new day!

Many Christians know this phrase from the parable of the wedding banquet in Matthew 22.  These were words spoken by Jesus.  The Son of GOD was expressing a truth to us with many applications and facets.  An event was at hand, the king was giving a wedding feast for his son.  The Bride of Christ was to be joined together and Our Heavenly Father made the call to come forth a be a part.  A wedding represents a celebration of Love and its consummation.  The engagement process is complete and now it is time for the culmination to occur.

When the call was made it was met with indifference.  The people were lukewarm.  “But they were indifferent and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.”  This portion of the parable could point to the Jews of today, the clergy, the five-fold Pentecostal ministry, and others who have been “called” to minister and be set apart.  Nonetheless those who should have heard the call failed to attend the event.  Some even attacked the messengers of the truly Good News.

Others were summoned to attend and they responded.  They were the outsiders, those rejected by the previous generation of “called out ones”.  What separated them from the prior group?  First of all, they could hear Our Heavenly Father’s Voice.  Secondly, they would add something to the wedding feast: Love.  Do you think Our Heavenly Father would want someone to show up who put a damper on the occasion?  One such person did:

22:11 But when the king came in to see the wedding guests, he saw a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. 22:12 And he said to him,‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But he had nothing to say.

Oops!  There are of course many prophetic ramifications to attending without wedding clothes but the point here is that the man was not prepared.  He failed to consider others.  He was self-absorbed with himself to the point where he was totally unprepared for the consummation of Love.  What happened to the man?

22:13 Then the king said to his attendants, ‘Tie him up hand and foot and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!’

Do you think that Our Heavenly Father would invite someone to this wedding feast who did not have a revelation of Love to some degree?  If “GOD is Love” and the whole law is based on Love, then the invitation to the wedding must incorporate a revelation of Love.  I would submit to you that the best education will not get you in the door nor the best head knowledge of Scripture.  I would suggest that the best preparation for attending a feast of this nature is to pursue the revelation of Love at all costs.  Will there be failures along the way?  Absolutely, I can attest to that reality on a personal basis.  However, Our Heavenly Father knows my heart and encourages me to continue on the path to the full revelation of Love.  At the fullness is Him for HE is Love.  If you travel in the other direction away from Love, you find the outer darkness, away from Him.  It’s all about direction.  For many are called, but few are chosen.