God's Best

Text: Col. 1:9-12
More Lessons: Matt. 6:32-33
Bible Reading in one Year: 1 Timothy 4-6

Immediately man was created, God gave him His best as we can see in Gen.1:26-30. Man was not supposed to struggle to have the best of all things. But immediately sin entered into the garden, man lost the divine provision. Moreover through the sacrificial death of Jesus on the cross to save mankind from eternal destruction, all God's provision was channelled through the Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, it is only those who are in Christ Jesus that can have God's best. Being in Christ is belonging to God's Kingdom on earth. And all of God's provision is accessed through the Kingdom principles. God has given the believer all he needs, but he can only have them through Christ Jesus.

Here are some of the things the believer can do to access the fullness of all that God has for him/her. The believer must:

a. Have a good and fertile heart. What you get from the Word of God depends on the response of your heart.

b. Must not settle for less; the fullness of God's provision must be enjoyed by the believer (Heb. 12:15-17). And we can only have them through our knowledge and by constantly appropriating the promises.

c. Focus on Jesus: ever y serious believer must know that there may be times of difficulties or hardship in the process of following but we must persevere and hold unto Christ (Heb.12:1-2), filling your heart and mind with the word of God.

d. Mediate on God's Word, daily so that the believer's mind and spirit can be filled with God's Word (Josh. 1:8, Psa. 1:1-3).

e. Make friends with the Holy Spirit who always wants to be intimate with believers; and as we open up to Him we can enjoy His love and help (John 16:12-15, Rom. 8:14).

f. Hear and obey God's voice promptly. As God speaks to us, those who want to enjoy His promises must obey God's instruction without delay (Exo. 15:26, Deut. 28:1-2).

g. Be careful how and what you hear in order to have a consistent spiritual growth (Mk. 4:23-25, II Tim. 2:16-18).

h. Make sure your priorities are right by being in the spirit and always seek directives and clarification from God and godly men.

i. Let God choose for you. When the believer allows God to choose for him in all things, he is bound to always choose right.

j. Give God your best and have God's best without struggle. All of God can be ours if all of us can be God's.

To have God's best, you must put the eternal before the temporal.

Prayer / Action
* Pray that your life will not go less than God’s best for you, in Jesus name.
* Ask for grace to abide in Christ and do His perfect will everyday.