How to do the works of God

TREASURE OF GRACE DAILY DEVOTIONAL (MONDAY 20TH JULY, 2020) 

Written by JOEL DABBAS 

WHAT MUST WE DO TO DO THE WORKS OF GOD 

SCRIPTURE: Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent | John 6:28-29 (KJV)

During the earthly ministry of Jesus everyone could evidently see that He was not doing His own work but that of God. Everything in and around the ministry of Jesus reveals the Father. Every action was sanctioned by the Father. This hundred percent God move generated mind blowing results. Men saw the outrageous power of God, they saw the love of God, heard God spoke to their ears everyday for thirty three and half years. 
Then in todays' anchor text, these people came to Jesus with a question. This question looked genuine, it looked like the question from the lips of one hungered for God, it resembled questions from the heart of one yearning desperately for God but alas it was a question just to know God and do miracles for their personal and economic gain. They had just been fed supernaturally and i feel they thought within themselves if they can operate in this dimension there will always be food in their homes and so forth. I truly wish it was a genuine cry from their heart. I wish it was a genuine desperation from a people looking to know God. 
Jesus brought them in through the door of the spirit to show them how to begin the works of God which is to believe in the One He has sent. Believeing in Jesus is the primary demand for anyone who will manifest the works of God. Anyone that is truly born again can do the works of God. 
Listen beloved, there are many believers today with false hunger. They fast, pray and study Scriptures but the bedrock of all of this is just so they could manifest the power of God. This is good but it is not complete and heaven will veto this thoroughly to see on what basis is this heartcry coming from. If it is from a heart which truly desperate for God then there is an introduction into more of God and effortlessly God manifests Himself in you. If you must truly experience God moving in you and through you then, you must be ready to believe Him deeply, intimately, honestly and totally. God cannot pour Himself in a selfish person. He cannot work through a selfish person who wants God for a personal goal or agenda. 

PRAYER: O Lord, I seek You in all genuineness and sincerity. I ask that the content of selfishness that has neen the bedrock of my pursuit of You is eliminated now in Jesus name. 

REMEMBER THIS: "Believe is a spiritual conception tool. It helps you to conceive what is in God and so receive from and of Him. That s why there is no receiving without believing" - Dr. Joel Dabbas   

PRAISE IN THE PAIN

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                         PRAISE IN PAIN

                                            Written By Joel Dabbas 

Life in itself is challenging: a curve of many sorts with dimensions of transitions; but even if it is top of the mountain or deep valley experience you are going through right now, I want to assure you that God is with you and it will end in praise.

A times precious people pass through very tough situations. The things they are encountering sometimes seem so overwhelming that it seem as if there is no answer. There are times that as we pray unto God answers were released instantly, and there are instances where it took time. But in all of it God always prevails.
Also there are even times when it looks as if God is not answering at all and it seems there is no help insight but I have discovered that in this kind of faith trying situations just like Abraham we must increase our faith dimensions, float in another frequency and realm of faith (Romans 4:18). So such situations triggers more faith and believing because in all assurance there is no failure in God.

1 Thessalonians 5:18 says that "Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus" (NIV). If you didn't read that carefully you would reason that the Scripture is saying that it's God's will or that it was God who fashioned that pain, or distressing circumstances you are passing through. But that Scripture means that thanks or praise is God's will for you. So as you pass through different challenges, what God desires from you is praise. Not complain nor fear. If you can turn that pain into an avenue of praise God will breakthrough for you.

3 things that happen as you praise through pain:

1. It is a statement of your faith in God and your love for God
Romans 8:35-39 KJV "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

2. It builds in you expectation for the miraculous
2 Timothy 1:12 KJV "For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day."

3. It activates systems of supernatural help
In Isiah 41:14 this is what the Lord said "Fear not, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will help you, says the LORD, and your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel" (King James 2000 Bible). The "worm Jacob" speaks of weakness, frailty and absence of strength. So even if you are weak and have no strength God will help you: help you overcome the challenges and pain.

Finally, in Isaiah 30:19 Scripture says that "For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee" (NIV). Beloved, weep no more. Turn your tears into praise. Turn your pain into praise. It might not be easy but it is worth it.

Shalom!!