Order My Steps
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Psalm 37: 23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD:
And he delighteth in his way.
24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down:
For the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
25 I have been young, and now am old;
Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken,
Nor his seed begging bread.
To begin with brothers and sisters, Christian friends, well wishers, and saints of God there are a plethora of circumstances that centers around the circle of our lives that we need to be cognizant of. There are things we need to be aware of. And there are a few things we need to pay attention to.
And as we look at our world today with the world wide pandemic changing and taking on new and different shapes and forms we have to be asking ourselves what is God saying to the world? Because there isn’t a place on the globe that we can go and not find this awful Corona Virus. So I’ve concluded that I want to be in the will of God and then I know that I’m safe. If God is ordering our steps!!! then deep down in our spirit man we ought to feel God’s safety and God’s security. Amen. David said Lord thy word have I hid in my heart that I might not sin against God.
Listen to me God’s word must penetrate our hearts and become a permanent part of our core spiritual being. And when God’s Word is in the core of you, you’ll make meaningful changes in your life and in the lives of others.
Brothers and sisters in order for our steps to be ordered by the Lord, we have to be willing to hear, receive, and obey what the word of God says. I’ve told you before that “Every Christian is under obligation to submit to the Supreme will of Jesus Christ.” And Anybody who is refusing to adhere to God’s Word is directly rejecting God Himself”.....
The text says the steps!! of a good man are ordered by the Lord: And he delighteth in his way. Saints of God You’ve got to delight in hearing the word of God. As a Christian the means the modes and the methods of modern society may change and cause us to adjust to the norms around us, but our adjustments should always be Christ Centered and established in righteousness with the expressed purpose of the improvement of human society for Kingdom Business.. If we’re just making improvements for the world without God the Son Jesus Christ then the improvements mean nothing.
Because our lives ought to delight in God’s ways where we should be rooted and grounded in the regenerative saving Grace of Christ Himself.
I’ve taught you before that we’ve got to be Born Again, and that’s called Regeneration.
Regeneration is a Change of heart John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Then there is Repentance. Repentance is a Change of Mind
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Also Let this mind be in you which is also in Christ Jesus.
You got to have your mind right to obey God. God can’t order your steps if you ain’t gon listen. Some things has got to change. What to do in 22? Make some positive Godly changes. And another positive godly change is to be converted. Because Conversion is a change of Lifestyle.. The steps!!! of a good man are ordered by the LORD. Every step God is ordering Yeah yeah yeah. Dr. R.A. Williams from Los Angeles taught us that when you’re truly in the will of God, God orders every step, not just the journey but every step!!! If God orders every step then chances are we won’t walk into sinful situations. Because Life is hard by the yard but its a sinch by the inch.
Tell your neighbor: Let God direct your steps
Then there is Justification. And Justification is a change of state. Let me prove it in Romans 5:1-2 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
When I belong to Christ. When I am God’s property. When my live is not my own and I give myself away to be used by God. it’s special because Now I’m in the royal christian community of saints, and that’s called Adoption. Adoption is a change of family. Your family could be tore up from the floor up but when God put you in the royal christian family everything is alright.
Tell your neighbor: If I wasn’t alright before, I’m alright now.
Because the bible says in Romans 8:15-17 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
In plain English let’s say it’s a pandemic and it is, then wouldn’t you want to be safely and securely adopted in God’s family so that what ever happens you’re in the will of God. I don’t care how hard it gets if it’s in the will of God for my life, it’s better than anything I could have planned or pursued or pondered on for myself.
My plans nearly destroyed me and it wasn’t until I listened to the word of God that I truly understood “All things work together for the good to those who love God and who are the called according to God’s purpose.” Because Everything we need in order to have our best life is in the word of God.
When God orders our steps we have a real relationship with Him. And when God orders our steps
God orders our going outs and our coming ins
God orders our ups and our downs
God orders our triumphs and our failures
God orders future and our finishes
God orders friends into our lives and then God orders our enemies too
God orders some sickness to come so he can direct us through the healing process.
God orders some rain to come in our lives but not too much rain because too much rain will cause a flood
God orders some sunshine to come into our lives but not too much sunshine because too much sunshine will cause a desert
God opens door that our enemies have closed in our face and God makes us stand still and see the salvation of the Lord
And then God allow us to have difficult problems so we can know that He can solve them Because the text says in Psalm 37:24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down:
For the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
I could fall down 3x but because I’m God Child the word of power says The Lord holds me up. The Lord picks me up turns me around the Lord puts my feet on solid ground!!!! And just when the devil thought he had you,,,,, God work that thing out!!! Because God works in mysterious ways.
Tell your neighbor : God works in Mysterious ways.
I know this because God is too Omniscient to be dumb. I know this because God is too Omnipotent to be weak. I know this because God is too Omnipresent to be absent. Everywhere we go! God is there ordering our steps.
25 I have been young, and now am old;
Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken,
Nor his seed begging bread.
God will never ever never leave His children begging bread. Because my God shall supply all my needs according to His riches in glory.
Did you know that if you didn’t have food to eat God can still rain down manna from heaven to make sure His seed is eating bread.
Well I’ve held y’all long enough but tah I’m reminded of a story that comes to my mind um um
Yes once upon a time there was an old grandmother um um
who had her grandson to come down south for the summer um um
And grandmother didn’t have no food And grandmother didn’t have no money in the bank and grandmother didn’t have no more credit at the local grocery store. Ah Lord
Oh Lord. So Grandma wrote a note send her Little Grandson down to the local grocery store um um And the little grandson had his little red wagon going down to the grocery store.um um
Grandma said now Lil John when you get there give the note to Mr. Charlie, he’s the owner of the store.Ah Lord
And he’s going to give you some food for us.
Great God
And Lil John got the grocery store and very politely said I have a note for Mr. Charlie. And All of the other white men laughed and laughed.
Please sir to have mercy
Mr. Charlie came out of the back of the store and said son what do you need? um um
Lil John said my grandma Fanny said to give you this note and you would give us food to eat.
Please Sir to have mercy.
Mr Charlie looked at the note and said I’m sorry son but you’re going to have to go back and tell Fanny that we’ve have stopped giving charity and food on credit.
Please sir to have mercy
And All of his friends started laughing again and just for spike Mr. Charlie said well Lil John I’m going to put your grandmother’s note on this balancing scale. And as long as this balancing scale stays level with your grand mother’s note y’all can have all the food your little red wagon can carry.
Oh Lord
Lil John didn’t open his mouth. And they put some rice on the scale and the scale didn’t move um um all of the men stop laughing and started looking.
Mr Charlie took the rice down and put the rice in the wagon yessssss Then he put some pork chops on the scale and the balancing scale stayed level again
Oh Lord
By Now it’s got people standing around watching this miraculous sight that was taking place right before their eyes
and Mr. Charlie took the pork chops down and put that in the little red wagon
and Mr. Charlie got a sack of potatoes and put the sack on the balancing scale and the scale didn’t move
oh Lord
So somebody said let me check your scale Charlie. and the man got another piece of paper and put it on the scale and then put 2 cans of campbell soup on the scale and the scale dropped all the way down. Oh Lord.
The Mr. Charlie took his friend’s note off the scale and put Grandma Fanny’s note on the scale and the scale got level again.
Ain’t God Alright.
So everybody in the store wanted to know what was on old grandma Fanny’s note.. And Mr.Charlie open the note and I heard him say it’s just got Five little words “Lord!!! have Mercy on me”
And what I want to tell you is that Lord will make a way somehow. Oh yes He will.