The Track Record:
The city doesn't open because you are anointed, the heart doesn't open because you are eloquent. The only access to the authority of the Spirit that you have is the track record . Everything that secular humanism teaches you does not prepare you for this. Most people will just wish something happen to them, but wishing does not change dackness to light, wishing does not take away hunger and bring bread. Authority is only available to those who are willing to pay the price, and the only price is to establish a track record.
Faith itself is a track record. Faith is not getting up today and believing God for bread, faith is a continious insistence or persistence decision to follow God and to just trust Him, and to believe Him. Sometimes faith will endure the trials of darkness, sometimes faith will endure the trails of lack, and faith will believe when there is nothing to believe. Faith is following Jesus whithersoever He goeth (Rev 14:4). Jesus can decide to enter into barreness faith will follow Him, He can choose to go in afflictions and persecutions faith will still follow Him. Faith will never look back even in the time of neccessities. It is the track record you need and you need to establish it.
God doesn't just stand up and give you a prophesy. You cannot prophesy to the church or nation when you have not prophesy about things in your pocket. God will start with you, He will teach you and expand your sphere of influence. He will you lead to understand what the morning, afternoon, and night is all about. He will tell you to get up and pray, and if you obey Him, the next thing He will tell you is to go and rest now. Sometimes He will tell you get up and study now.
If you alway obey Him, one-day, He will tell you don't enter that bus and the moment you leave the bus you hear it had an accident. Sometimes, He will tell you don't enter the station but wait over here, and many times you will wait in vain and nothing will happen, then He will tell you let go now. He is only trying to teach you and exercise you on the habit of obedience, because strong meat belongth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil (Hebrews 5:14). Your level of obedience to God will determine the level of your faith in Him and your spiritual maturity.
If you are always faithful to Him one day He will give you prophesy concerning nations. You don't desire the mountain top when you have not gone down to the valley because the journey to the top begins from the deep of the valley. The flow of the valley is the root of the mountain. You need to establish this track record my friend because that's what walking with Jesus is all about.
Examples Of People God Set On Track Record:
God set Joseph on track record. He was with his father, Jacob, enjoying, not knowing he was to save two nations- Egypt and Israel from famine. God took him away from his father by allowing persecution against him among his brethren. The persecution lead him to prison and from the prison to the throne. Track record is God leading you in the path of righteousness and sometimes path of righteousness invokes rejection and brings persecution but rejoice because God is taking you to your throne and He deliver you from every persecutions (2 Timothy 3: 11-12 ).
Another person in the Bible God set on track record is Abraham. Infact he is the perfect example. He was in his father's house when God called him(Gen 12:1) and God made a convenant with him to make him the father of many nations. Abraham developed a relationship with God, He walked with God and have faith in Him, and it was counted unto righteousness for him. Track record is all about walking with God and obeying Him, it is all about having faith in God. Abraham longsufferred for twenty-five (25) years before he could receive the promise from God. He walked with God throughout those years to learn God's holiness and perfection. In Genesis 17:1-2 God told him to be perfect to fulfill the convenant He made with him.
Another important example is Samuel. Samuel was dedicated to the Lord by his mother, Hannah (1Sam 1: 27-28 ). He stayed with Eli, the priest of the Lord and learned from him. Eli was the judge in those days and when his eyes were began to wax dim, the Lord called Samuel to be the next judge over Israel. As Samuel grew up, the Lord was with him and he obeyed all the words of the Lord. The Lord expanded his sphere of influence by making all Israel to know that Samuel was a prophet and the Lord revealed Himself to him by His Word (1Sam 3:1,2,4, 19-21 ). If you walk with God and obey His Word He will expand your sphere of influence and reveal Himself to you more and more by His Word.
The disciples of Jesus is another important example of people God set on track record. they learned the gospel of the kingdom from Him to became the preacher of the gospel. And like the disciples and other examples above, we also are being called by God to be set on track record.
Conclusion:
Trusting God entails handing over the course of our life to Him. ''Commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established.(Proverbs 16:3). This means that in all we do--our whole lives and our day-to-day work must be entrusted to God. 'Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act.(Psalm 37:5).
Trusting God also means placing our faith in Jesus alone for salvation. Nothing we do can earn our salvation. ''For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9).
So, can we really trust God? Yes, because He said it in His word, and we can surely take Him at His word. Do you need more assurance that God can be trusted? Then you need to read these verses:
¤ Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock. Isaiah 26:4 (An everlasting rock that never fails).
¤ In the day of my trouble I call upon you, for You answer me . Psalm 86:7.
¤ This God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD proves true; He is a shield for all those who take refuge in Him. Psalm 18:30.
¤ Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will act . Psalm 37:5.
¤ The Lord your God will fight for you, you need only be still . Exodus 14:14.
¤ The Lord is near, Do not be anxious in anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Philippians 4:5-6.
¤ The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; He delivers them from all their troubles. The Lord is close to the broken-hearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit . Psalm 34: 17-18 .
¤ For He will hide me in His shelter in the day of trouble; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will lift me high upon a rock. Psalm 27:5
All the passages above would be incomplete without this one: Isaiah 40:31; "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings as eagles. They shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint." So, brethen, we can surely trust the Lord and not be put to shame. ''...it will not fail. Though it tarries, wait for it; For it will certainly come, it will not delay.''
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