No Where Else to Go but up

Introduction

Life is full of challenges and many of those challegenes are filled with life’s lessons. We learn about trust throught challenges, we learn about love through challeges, we learn about faith throught challeges and we learn who God is in our lives as we go throught challegenes. through challenges we learn where we stand with God, like do we really trust him like we say we do, do we really believe in the scriptures when it tells us to pray for those who dispitfully use you. Do we believe the scriptues when it says that all things work together for the good even tho every thing is falling apart in my life. Do we really truly believe or is it just lip service. Challegenes really expose where you are in God and it also exposes that your not really where you thought you are. There has been a great uncovering of the heart becasue of the words that come has come out of your mouth. Luke 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil; for of the abundance of his heart his mouth speaketh. In order words what every is in your heart will eventually be manifested by the words that come out of your mouth. When your faced with challenges and how you respond will show you who God really is in your life. Is he first result or is he an option, is he all you need or is he not, is he your Father or a friend who is he in your life. If you are unsure of who God is in your life pay attention to your movements and responds to challenges. Challenges also place a magnifying glass on where you actually are in God. Some of us really think were saved and that were on our way to heaven. but these challegenes that youve been facing show otherwise. The scripture clearly states what we should say and how we should be acting. so if your not doing that then your in danger of hells fire. Asking God to forgive you is one step that excepting salvation or getting saved. Then theres another step called deliverance. theres a big difference between a saved person and a delivered person. Save ppl use profranity delivered ppl dont. Saved ppl pass judgment, delivered ppl dont. Save ppl weaponized the scripture to justify there actions, Saved ppl use the scripture to reprove, rebuke and exhort. Saved ppl have faith only whens its convenient, Dilvered ppl walk by faith. theres a big difference between the two and challegenes expose who you are and where you stand with God. We must repent, fast and pray in order to become realigned with God and the purpose that God has for our lives. Theres a certain level of excellency that the Lord wants for us but its not found in the place that your currently in. Its not found in your complaining, it is not found in your hatered, its not found in your bitterness, its not found in unforgivness, its not found in your isolation, its not found in your confusing, its not found in your comfortability. Its only found in God and in order to get to God you gotta rise up. Rise above your complaing, rise above haterd, rise above bitterness, rise above unforgiveness, rise above isolation, rise above confusing and rise above your comfortablilty level. You gotta rise up and go to where God is and that Up. (Look to your neighbor and say theres nowhere else to go from here but up and exhort alittle).

Matthew 6:33 says But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. The scripture opens up with BUT, But is a coordinating conjunction used to connect ideas that contrast. Just like theres some AND christians there is also some BUT christians too.Im saved sanctified holy ghost filled but dont cross me, I know theres a calling on my life but Imma do my thing, I know theres something I should be doing but I allow my insecurity’s to get in the way, I know theres more for me to do in God but theres ninjas got me messed up. I know I know I know But..... But but I love god but I got some issues in my life, I love God but I love me more, I love God but I just cant leave him alone, I love God but I just cant leave her alone, I love God but sin is fun too. I love God but I just cant shake this feeling, In love God but I am not where I thought I was in him. We all have Buts in our lives and God is here to help us with our but. Now this particular But Explains your situation and explain why your not where your suppose to be in God. But seek ye first the kingdom of God. You want God but your not seeking God, you want happiness b ut your not seeking the one that brings forth happines, you want understanding but your not seeking the one that brings forth clarity. But seek ye first the Kingdom of God, what is the kingdom of God the kingdom of God is your heart. God whats you to seek, to work at, to focus on allow God to come in to your heart and make his kingdom there. in order words search your heart, Seek your heart, clean your heart, purify your heart. So God can dwell there, if he has your heart then he has you. In any relationship if the other individual has your heart then your fully commented to the union. if they have your heart then they have your time, if they have your heart then they have your money, if they have your heart then they have your mind. If they have your heart they most definitely have you.