What will you settle for?

I was listening to Klove the other day when a song from 1999 was played. That song is 22 years old if this were a secular station unless it was an “oldies” station it never would have been played but some one along the line decided there was enough good music in 2021 that they had to play an old tired tune from 1999....At that moment I made a decision I wasn’t going to be bludgeoned by such an old tune I flipped my car to bluetooth and listen to up to date music that is inspiring me right now. Yes the song was good in 1999 but it had passed its prime and someone though o well they will just put up with it

This may seem a little extreme but I need quality music to make through each day, I need quality time in the word and in prayer. I don’t want to settle for last years blessing and anointing or 22 years ago blessing and anointing God’s mercies are new every morning and we have settle too much to long for the old when God has so much more for us.

Satan has compromised the church to sleep. rather than our fighting on our knees he has got us fighting his way on facebook, with our friends and neighbors. Rather than our exemplifying the Holy Spirit through the fruit of the Spirit alive in us…we look just like the world. Rather than the power of pure holy righteous influence we have at times tried to manipulate.... we have forgotten our role Love God, love people, make disciples…if you want to change the world you must do it God’s way....Satan has been doing this for a long time…he tried it with Jesus but it just didn’t work

New Living Translation Chapter 4

Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River. He was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, 2 where he was tempted by the devil for forty days. Jesus ate nothing all that time and became very hungry.

3 Then the devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread.”

4 But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say, ‘People do not live by bread alone.’”

The devil is offering Jesus bread when he himself is the bread of life. In John 6:35 Jesus explains to the world that He is the bread of life...

New Living Translation Chapter 6

35 Jesus replied, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

What Satan was offering Jesus was compromise, satisfying himself for the moment but Jesus said no referring to this passage later that all those who come to Christ will have their needs meet forever.

The enemy wants you to settle with temporary satisfaction, being angry, jealous, envious, holding a grudge, allow fear, doubt or worry to overshadow all the plans God has for you....the enemy tries to get you to compromise with a temporary “one up-man-ship” over someone rather than looking at their life through the eyes of eternity. He wants you to settle with a job, or using your gifts in a in a limited way thinking you can never fulfill your dream…stop settling for the right to be angry, jealous, getting even when God sees your “enemy” in the eyes of eternity. Stop settling by limiting your skills and gifts…set goals, set your eyes on things you can’t do alone, allow the Holy Spirit to begin to work through you to accomplish God has planned.

Jesus said those who accept his bread would never hunger or thirst again....there is no limit to what God will do through a person whose eyes are on eternity and not immediate gratification…stop settling look at everything through Jesus eyes!

New Living Translation Chapter 4

Then the devil took him up and revealed to him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 6 “I will give you the glory of these kingdoms and authority over them,” the devil said, “because they are mine to give to anyone I please. 7 I will give it all to you if you will worship me.”

8 Jesus replied, “The Scriptures say,

‘You must worship the LORD your God

and serve only him.’”