A GIFT FOR YOU

(ACCEPT IT OR REFUSE IT!)

 

Mark 11:24) "Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them."

(James 1:17a) "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the father of lights" .

Gift- Something voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation.

          How many of us refuse gifts, packages or presents when someone presents them to us? It doesn't matter if the package is presented to us personally, anonymously, delivered by mail or brought by someone else other than the sender. If we accept the gift sent, it is ours to have. When we refuse the package, it is either returned back to the sender or we have the option of giving it away without opening or just let it remain untouched.

           Whenever we go to our mail receptacles, we are looking to receive something because that's the purpose of the postal system. They provide places for our mail or packages to be housed until we pick them up. It's up to us to open them. There are even times when we receive "junk mail", many of us immediately toss it into the trash without opening it. God is not in the business of taking from us but trying to get something to us. Many people pull back or refuse to receive what He has sent because they feel He is trying to extract from us. A gift is given merely because the giver felt you were deserving of it. One does not have to work for it, but it is freely given without expecting anything in return.

           God doesn't need what we have because He has provided what we have. The only thing He is asking of us is to give freely, serve him, love Him, obey Him and praise and worship Him. This is our servitude to Him if we love Him as we say we do. He has offered so many benefits and blessings for those who would receive them but so many people refuse the package. Don't let us be like the story where the man was being escorted in heaven by the angel. As they walked by several rooms before the angel proceeded to take him to his room, he noticed a room filled with unopened packages with people names on them. He asked the angel why were there so many unopened/returned packages in this particular room. The angel's reply was that they were delivered by the angel to those who had requested them in prayer, but because of their unbelief, they failed to receive them.

         The most priceless gift that our Father gave us was the gift of His son. The most priceless gift His son, Jesus Christ, gave us was His life. The gift that Jesus offered to us was eternal life and the gift of the Holy Spirit. What awesome gifts to have! Yet, many people refuse them and fail to accept them not knowing the value of them all.

         I want everything (spiritually, financially and naturally) God has for me. I don't want my "stuff" returned because of lack of faith or my failure to trust God for what I've asked of Him. When we release what is in our hands, God is already standing ready to release the gifts that's in His. Believe and Receive what He has for you- It has your name on it! What God has for you, it is for you!