The most important thing.

The most important thing.
- Pastor Ashish Mathews

Proverbs 4.7
Wisdom is the principal thing; Therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding.

Wisdom is not one of the most important things. Wisdom is the most important thing. Solomon says get wisdom, get understanding even if it may cost you everything you have. Wisdom is the ability to dominate in every arena of life.

Wisdom has long life in her right hand and riches and honour in her left. All her ways are of peace and joy. No wonder Solomon says make wisdom your top most priority and get it any cost. Proverbs 8.11 says, 'For wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things one may desire cannot be compared with her.' No matter which profession you are in or what your age is, you need wisdom so that you can use your time, energy and resources in the most effective way and enjoy your life of dominion. This verse says get wisdom. It tells us that wisdom is the principal thing and then it says go after it, seek it and pursue it because once you get it, the rewards are outstanding. What wisdom gives is better than finest gold, better than finest silver. Wisdom gives you riches, honour, enduring wealth and righteousness. People who love wisdom inherit wealth and their treasuries are filled. How do you get wisdom? The word of the God is the wisdom of God. Jesus is the wisdom of God in action. As you grow in the word of God and in the revelation of Jesus Christ, you will begin to operate in God's wisdom. You will make the right decisions, you will make wise and profitable choices. You will be able to discern things in your daily life. You will have an insight into reality. The world's wisdom and man's wisdom is foolish, God's wisdom is supreme.

The Bible says Christ is our wisdom. In Him are all the treasure of wisdom and knowledge. He lives in us through the Holy Spirit. Everything you need is in you right now. The very wisdom with which God founded the earth and established the heavens is in you right now. Hallelujah. Make a decision to give the word of God first place and grow in the knowledge of Jesus Christ and as you do it, you will walk in supernatural wisdom and have supernatural impact for Jesus. Remember, wisdom is the most important thing.

“Wisdom is the most important thing. The word of God is the wisdom of God. As I grow in the word, I grow in the wisdom of God. I look to Jesus who is the wisdom of God in action and I follow the Holy Spirit, who is the Spirit of wisdom. Christ, my wisdom lives in me. I dominate in every area of life. Hallelujah.”

All or none.

All or none.
- Pastor Ashish Mathews

Mark 10.50
And throwing aside his garment, he rose and came to Jesus.

Jesus and his diciples came to Jericho and while passing by, blind Bartimaeus, who was a beggar heard about Jesus and started shouting, 'Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me'. Jesus called the man to come to him. Notice as Bartimaeus was coming to Jesus, He threw aside his garment. This is very significant.

His garment was actually a coat which identified him as underprivileged person in the society. It identified him as a genuine blind beggar so people could give alms to him. That coat meant everything to him. It was his source, his life dependent on it. Yet when Jesus called him, he threw it aside. This shows that Bartimaeus gave and surrendered his entire heart to Jesus even before he was healed. By calling Jesus the Son of David, he believed that Jesus was the Messiah and responded to this new found revelation by making Jesus his only source. Notice he didn't do it after he was healed. He didn't play it safe. He didn't take his coat along when Jesus called him, thinking what if nothing happened.

Like Bartimaeus, give your heart wholly to Jesus. Trust him completely and fully. Make him your source. Throw aside everything that's keeping you from giving you entire heart to Jesus. He will meet all your expectations and beyond. He will never disappoint or fail you. You can trust him. Once you give your heart fully to Jesus, you will see his glory in every area of your life. Those who look to Him as their one and only source will be radiant and they will never be covered with shame. Never. Hallelujah.

"I trust the Lord fully and depend on Him completely. Like Bartimaeus, I make Jesus my one and only Source. Jesus is enough for me and He takes care of me. I trust Him and I do what He says and therefore I always succeed and my life is an example for every nation on earth."

Like a little child.

Like a little child.
- Pastor Ashish Mathews

Luke 1.38
Then Mary said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.

God can do so many outstanding things in your life if you just respond like Mary did. God is looking for people who will boldly accept the word of God and not question or doubt it even when it doesn't make any sense.

Faith pleases God because it gives Him permission to do something in your life. This is Love. Hebrew talks about how Israel heard the word preached to them but it did not profit them because it was not mixed with faith. God spoke to Mary through the angel and said that she will have a son. It was very difficult for her to digest it because she wasn't married and no man had ever slept with her. But she boldly received the word because she knew, for God all things are possible and His word never fails. She didnt understand it but she believed it. Thats all God wanted. We don't have to know all the details and have all the answers. We just have to trust and know that what God has promised He is fully able to perform irrespective of how impossible it looks. You don't have to understand it, you have to believe it. You don't have to feel it, you have to believe it. You don't have to see it, you have to believe it. You don't have to pay for it, you only have to believe it.

Like little children, lets believe and recieve everything our Father God has promised and enjoy his great love for us. Abraham received a son when He was 100 yrs old. Jesus and Peter walked on water. Five loaves and two fishes were multiplied to feed more than five thousand people. All these outstanding miracles happended because there was always someone who said, 'Let it be according to your word'.

"Lord Jesus, I believe and recieve your word. I believe that what you have promised, you are well able to perform. I refuse to doubt even though I don't understand it. Like a child, I trust you and I thank you for your love. Amen"

Too hard ?

Too hard?
- Pastor Ashish Mathews

Genesis 18.14
Is anything too hard for the Lord ?

Ask yourself these questions and ponder over them for a few minutes.  Is anything too hard for the Lord? Is there anything that's impossible for God? Is there anything that's too complicated for God to solve? Is there any problem that God looks at and runs away?

Everything God did since the beginning of time was hard, impossible and complicated. That's his expertise. He is a specialist in the impossibilities. Nothing is impossible for God.  God created the universe with his words in six days. He counts the number of stars and calls them each by name. Isaiah says, He holds the oceans in his hands, He measures the heavens with his fingers, He knows the weight of the earth and has weighed the mountains and hills on a scale. Our God is big. Hallelujah. He became a man. Unlimited became limited. He died on the cross. He went to hell and defeated Satan in his own territory, defeated all sickness, all poverty, all sin and all curse. He defeated all hell and rose again victorious forevermore.

Friend, there is nothing too hard for God. Have faith in God. Trust Him. Your faith is His limit. Although He can do anything and everything but for us He can only do to the extent of our faith. We have a free will and therefore God's work and ability is limited to our faith in Him. Work on your faith. Labour on developing your trust. Nothing is impossible for him who believes because the one who believes opens the door to God for whom nothing is impossible. Give Him your faith and let Him make all things possible for you. Go on with Jesus!

“I believe nothing is too hard for God. I don't limit God. I feed on the word and develop my faith in God. As my faith grows, God's work in my life increases. Nothing is impossible for me. I am going higher and higher by the power of the Holy Spirit. Hallelujah.”

Fight of faith

Fight of faith.
- Pastor Ashish Mathews

Joshua 18.3
Then Joshua said to the children of Israel: “How long will you neglect to go and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers has given you?

The Lord had already given the land to the children of Israel. But there were a few among them who still had not possessed what God had given them in his great grace.

It seems to me that they were either lazy or were just afraid to put up a fight for possession with the inhabitants of the land. Without a fight, there is no possession. In his great love and grace, God has already blessed us with every spiritual blessing in Christ and has given us everything we need for life and godliness. Healing. Prosperity. Deliverance. Victory. Peace. Its all ours because of the blood of Jesus. Yet there are some believers who still don't enjoy the manifestations of these outstanding blessings that God has given us. Remember, without a fight, there is no manifestation. The fight I am talking about is not a physical fight. Its called the fight of faith. Faith is the only way a believer can possess the possession. Faith is the only way you can experience and enjoy the inheritance that God has given you. Faith is the only way the blessings can manifest. Faith is a fight. If it were not a fight, every believer would have been walking in the manifestation of Gods blessings. We can't afford to be ignorant, complacent, lazy or afraid.

These blessings belongs to you. Its yours. Take it now. Everything Jesus did, He did it so you could enjoy your life and have an abundant life till it overflows.  This is the fight of faith : Hear the word. Believe the word. Meditate on the word. Speak the word. Do the word. Refuse to give up. Walk in love. Give God praise and thanksgiving because its already done. These eight steps in consistency is the fight of faith. You are fighting for something that belongs to you. If you are not willing to fight, you will not enjoy the blessings which the blood of Jesus has made available for you. Take what is yours!  You are not waiting for the blessings, the blessings are waiting for you.

*"I fight the good fight of faith. It's mine and I will not quit till I have the manifestation of my blessings. I will not allow Satan to distract me and I will not permit him to block the blessings. I work diligently on the word and I enjoy the full manifestation of my blessings. Hallelujah. Thank you Jesus."*

With God all things are possible.

Genesis 17.17
Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a  child? ”

--> At this time, Abraham and Sarah were well advanced in years. God spoke to him and said they will have a son and they are to name him Isaac.

Abraham laughed because its impossible and there's no way a child can be born to such an old couple. Romans talks about the deadness of Sarahs womb and the weakness of Abrahams body. Naturally speaking theres no way for this to happen. God introduced himself to Abraham in the beginning of this chapter as Elshaddai, the Almighty God.  All powerful God.  Gods promise wasn't based on Abraham or Sarahs strength. It was based on His strength. God told Abraham I am your strength and you will have a child because of my strength. Finally Abraham believed God and was fully persuaded that God was able to do what He has promised.

Friend, like Abraham you may be surrounded by impossibilities, doubts and negative reports and you think there's no way Gods promises can ever be fulfilled in my life. As long as you look at yourself and at the things around you, you will question Gods promises like Abraham did. The moment you look and behold God, his word, his wisdom, his riches, his strength, his power, his love and his finished works and know that He is well able, you will see the manifestation of Gods promises in your life.  Fix your eyes on Jesus, on what he has said, on what he has done and be convined and persuaded that He is more than able to do what He has promised. Jesus is Lord. 

The word is the beginning.

Luke 1.35
And the angel answered and said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Highest will overshadow you, therefore also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God."

--> An angel was sent to Mary in Nazareth to tell her she would bring forth Jesus. She couldnt understand how this would be because she had never slept with a man and so this looked impossible to her. She thought how can a woman have a child without seed from a man. She asked the angel, How can this be? She was concerned because birth begins with a seed and she hadnt received seed from any man. She was curious.

The angel explained to her that the word of God was the seed for the birth. You remember John 1.1 says In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God. All things were made through the word. The word of God is the beginning. The word of God is the seed. Hallelujah. As she receives the word, the Holy Spirit will come upon her and the power of the Highest will overshadow her and there will be birth. The Holy Spirit comes upon the word and the power of the Most High overshadows the word and brings it to pass.

Friend, hold on to all that God has spoken to you no matter how impossible and difficult it looks today. Every word of God is full of power. Nothing is impossible for God. As you receive his word and speak it out, the Holy Spirit will bring into manifestation the word of God and fulfill your joy. When God said Light be, the Spirit of God took those words and brought it into manifestation. Don't give up believing and speaking the word of God. You will see the glory of God and the manifestations of all that God has spoken to you. Shalom.