TE0701January 15,
2007
Making It Work In Our Lives!
By Charlie
Rogers
Regardless of what
you’re calling is in this life here on earth, whether it is to be a farmer,
or drive a truck, or be a preacher, we are all expected and instructed by
the Word of God to begin to make character changes along the way. All the
while developing this image and beginning to follow what He has for us to
do. The Holy Spirit is here to make sure that you run the race and deliver
you to the Lord Jesus Christ, whenever Jesus comes again. That’s one of His
jobs. You were sealed by the Holy Spirit to the day of redemption. That
redemption is complete with the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Holy
Spirit was sent to keep us. He’s part of our inheritance. He’s the one
that reveals our inheritance. He’s the one that keeps us until the day that
Jesus comes for you. Glory to God!
Rom 5:3-5
3 And not only that,
but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces
perseverance; 4 and perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 Now hope
does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our
hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. NKJV
Hope!
If you don’t have hope, you can have hope. Regardless of what the devil
says. Regardless of what circumstances say. Regardless of what the world
says. As you worship through the tribulations, your character has been
developed through these tribulations, turning into perseverance,
perseverance turning into character, and character produces the hope. What
you do in the tribulations, not the tribulations themselves, causes you to
get back your hope and for that hope to cross the line to faith. Faith
produces the manifestation of whatever your need is.
Remember what “to
glory in your tribulations” means to do? It means to worship. Worship is
an important key for us to activate in our lives. We need to worship Him in
these tribulations. When you’ve been hit with all these circumstances, all
these tribulations, you feel like you’re going to fall. You’re feeling like
you’re standing there with one leg kicked out from under you, with one eye
looking up in the air, and one eye looking down at the ground. What’s
your image? Your character produces hope when you worship in these
tribulations.
Now worship isn’t,
“Oh, why do I have these tribulations. Woe is me.” NO!!!! Worship is “Oh
Jesus, I worship You. You are my hope, Jesus. I worship You and praise
You.” The devil comes knocking with tribulations. “Oh Jesus, I worship
You.” The devil gives you a bad headache. “Oh Jesus, I worship You in
these tribulations.” Your body starts to act like its sick, convinces you
that you’re sick. “Oh Jesus, I worship You in these tribulations of
sickness. Jesus, I worship You. You’re still on the throne. Nothing’s
changed with You.” Circumstances don’t change You, Jesus. Nothing changes
You. You change not. Oh, I worship You.” “You’re still the Healer.
You’re the Healer yesterday, today, and forever. That’s You Jesus. You’re
the miracle worker yesterday, today, and forever.” “You’re peace
yesterday, today, and forever. You’re prosperity yesterday, today, and
forever.” “Oh Jesus, I worship You, and praise You, and thank You.” They
laid a bunch of people off. “Jesus, I worship You, and praise You, and
thank You.” They were ugly to me at my job. “Oh Jesus, I worship You. I
give You glory and honor and praise.” The Pastor picked on me all Sunday
morning. “Oh Jesus, I worship You, and praise You, and thank You. I give
you glory Jesus. You are my hope. You are the Author and the Finisher of
my faith, Jesus.” It is a good thing to incorporate confession of the Word
with your worship. To tell Jesus what He is in your life.
Worship in these
tribulations produces perseverance, to stand when the devil is kicking one
leg out from under you. Worship causes you to be able to stand in these
tribulations. Then through those tribulations, through that perseverance,
all of a sudden, character is developed. You start loving on others and
caring about those that have done you wrong. You stop hurting others and
start believing in the Word of God. “By His stripes I was healed. I doubt
not. He already healed me 2000 years ago.” Then that character produces
hope and all of a sudden, there is light at the end of the tunnel.
“Jesus is still on the throne. By His stripes, I am healed. Glory to God!
I cannot fail. Because love does not fail. The love of God flows in me,
and through me.” Why? Because you chose to worship Him and confess the
Word of God.
“Jesus, I worship
You, praise You, and thank You.” I glory in these tribulations. “I give
You glory, Jesus.” “You’re worthy of the praise and honor Jesus. I worship
You. Oh Jesus, there is none more than You. You are everything to me.
You’re my prosperity, you’re my peace, you’re my health Jesus. You’re
everything to me. You saved me. I’m going to heaven Jesus. Glory to God!
You died on my behalf that sin shall not have dominion over me.” Glory to
God! When that sin comes knocking in the form of tribulations that worship
causes you to preserver, and then begin to change your character. Your not
worshiping God and confessing His Word to convince Him, He doesn’t need to
be convinced. It’s you and I that need to change the doubt and unbelief in
our lives. God’s not stuck, we are!
Now, all of a
sudden, sin truly doesn’t have dominion over you. You truly are an over
comer. Not just saying it, but you truly are an over comer. Now all of a
sudden, you cross into hope on your way to faith. You continue on in this
worship and confession until you cross from hope into faith. Now I can walk
free. No more can sickness drag me down. No more can confusion, doubt, and
unbelief override my mind. Now I’m free from those things, and I can
complete the race set before me. Why? Because I chose to worship through
those tribulations. “Jesus, my healer, my salvation, my miracle worker, my
prosperity, Jesus, I worship You.” I glory in spite of these circumstances
and tribulations. “I worship You.” Are you going to spend more time
worshipping Him? Are you going to start asking Him to help you change that
image?
I’ve been there with
those jobs that you hated to get up and go to, but you had to, to put food
on the table, and pay the bills. God never intended it to be that way.
Well, He intended for you to pay your bills and put food on the table. But
He didn’t intend for that new car payment to interfere with the call that He
put in your heart. Do what He called you to do, instead of what the
almighty dollar calls you to do. You might have to cut a room off the
house. You might have to get rid of one new vehicle to end up with that $50
a month. It might take a little sacrifice.
But you want what He
put in your heart, don’t you? You want to make that change to what He has
called you to do don’t you? You may be thinking, “Oh, I ended up with a
“zero” month. I had a $350.00 truck payment. That’s paid. All the bills
are paid. We got a little bit of spaghetti and macaroni until the end of
the month. I made it.” “Zero” Yeah, but that’s not God’s perfect will.
It’s O.K., it’s permissive, but it’s not perfect.
What about some
souls, your family? What about fulfilling that race, running that race?
How can you do it if you’re sick? How can you do it if you’re working
twelve hours, six days a week? Even, if you get to go to church on Sunday,
you sit there dead tired. You don’t hear anything that the Pastor says.
You don’t get anything out of it. You start again the next morning. Twelve
hours a day, because of a new truck payment, a bigger house. There’s
nothing wrong with houses, I have one. There’s nothing wrong with
automobiles, I have one too. I’m not preaching outward holiness. I’m
preaching life change, direction change, image change and running your
course for Jesus.
So, when those
tribulations come, I’m going to worship Him more. “What if I don’t have
anything Brother Rogers, to worship Him over?” Have you got a can of beans
in the cupboard? How about a can of Vienna sausages? How about the shirt
on your back? How about the shoes on your feet, even if you don’t have the
socks? You’ve got something to worship Him for!!! How about your
salvation? How about the fact that you’re not going to hell, but you’re
going to heaven? How about the fact that He died for you, gave His life for
you? God sent His only begotten Son. How about it? You’ve got lots to
worship Him with. How about that friend next to you? How about your
church? How about your Pastor? You’ve got lots to worship Him over. “Oh
Jesus, I worship You.”
Worship is going to
deliver you to the hope, and to the faith necessary to deliver you out of
whatever you’re in. Whether it is cancer, whether it is financial
bankruptcy, bankruptcy of the mind, whatever it is that you need delivered
out of. It will bring you to that place of deliverance, and deliver you out
of it, because you took the time to stop and lift your hands and begin to
worship in spirit and in truth. Confessing His truth, the Word of God.
My new email address is
charlie@charlierogers.org
