Hosanna Restoration Church

It is quite possible that we all at one time or another have said one thing and done another. We all know that actions speak louder than words and the proof is in the pudding as they say. I could profess that I am a professional football player and if I was in the right place someone might believe me. With today’s social networks, we hear all kinds of stories of people misrepresenting themselves. Sadly, there is a lot a misrepresentation that goes on in the church as well.

We can say that we are Christians but what do our actions say? Do we confess one thing and act another way? If one moment I say, “I believe God,” and the next moment I say that you just never know what God is going to do, I have professed one thing and confessed another. It is amazing how much confidence people will put in what the news says and think that is the right thing to do, but think there is something wrong with putting total confidence in what God says. How should God feel about this?

What if you professed to your spouse that you were happily married and then ten minutes later your spouse overheard you telling someone else something different? How would it work when you tried to explain to your spouse that you were telling them (your spouse) the truth and just did not want to make the other person feel bad because the others were having troubles and it did not seem right to tell them how good things are for you?

What God says is important, and it is important to Him that we respect and trust Him. Many years ago when I first began my walk with God, there was a person that told me in so many words that if I did not speak in tongues I was not really a Christian. My first response was to look at this person’s life and decided that I was a better Christian than they were and that I did not need to speak in tongues. Though this was partially true in the fact that this person had some less than Christian ways, it was wrong to reject a gift that was in the Word of God.

Not too long after that there were circumstances that led me to really seek the Lord concerning this gift and for months He and I worked on my attitude. God did not need months of course; I was the hold up on the situation. Then one day, I got over myself and stepped out in faith and received what God prepared for me from the beginning of time. It was a joyous experience. I was so thankful and told God how thankful I was. However, when I shared with a friend that I had in fact begun to speak in tongues I foolishly added that it was not that big of deal, that it did not change my walk with the Lord. This was my first lesson and the only one I needed to teach me that I should not diminish the things God gives me.

You see, the next time I went to pray I discovered that the marvelous gift was no longer the same. In fact, it was not there. As soon as I realized this, the Lord said in my heart in a tone that I understood very well, “Never again make light of anything I give you.” I repented, apologized and assured Him that this would not happen again. We must make sure that what we confess lines up with what we profess because these things really do directly affect what we possess.