BREAKING OFF LIMITS 17 DON'T GIVE UP

The easiest thing in the world is to give up; it is to say "I am not going forward again". The mark of life is growth. For instance if you plant maize and you covered it up, once a little ray of light enters through the cover, the plant will bend toward the direction of the light. Plant is made that way; it does not give up and say it is too dark. I cannot become anything. No, it will move toward light, it is called phototropism.

Hear this from me, God does not promise to take you over but to take you through. Many times people are looking for a magician, they will say "God just take me out of this." God did not take the children of Israel from Egypt and drop them into the Promised Land, He took them through. You will not get experience and wisdom until you go through. The things we went through help us in life today. We all hate trouble but trouble made all of us.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Psalm 23:4
Here the Psalmist did not say "though I jump through, or rapture through" but he said "though I walk through". You must learn to go through. Some people are complaining like the children of Israel did in the wilderness.

Beloved, be determined to make it. Cast down every negative idea. Don't ever say you will give up. Cast out negative dreams or vision of the night that says you are limited, that God cannot do what He plans for your life. God can do in your life whatever He plans for you. Some don't have experience and wisdom because they have gone through nothing. When they see mountains, they dodge it. No, that you dodge a mountain does not mean the mountain will go away. Sometimes in your life, you have to go through to experience them. Someone may say "I am on the mountain of trouble". Thank God; if there is a mountain then there must be a valley near. I say your miracle is near. You will live, you will not die.

Hear Apostle Paul in II Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

Apostle Paul was saying we human beings, we are clay, ordinary dust. The most beautiful or handsome of us is mere dust; but we do not glory in the dust, because the unbelievers glory in the dust but we glory in the treasure. We glory in the human spirit that is born again. We glory in the Holy Ghost that dwells in us.

We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
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Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
II Corinthians 4:8-9

This was the experience of Apostle Paul. A Bible version says, "Knocked down but not knocked out". Have you ever watched a boxing match, for example Mohammed Ali versus Frazer in those days? One just hit the other and he landed on the ground. The spectators may assume it is finished with the man on the ground, helplessly lying down. As the referee is counting, the man on the ground is trying to gain strength and courage. He then rises up with ferocious punch. He hits his opponent badly and brings him down; at the end of the game, he becomes a winner.

The story of your life is like that, you may be defeated now; it may look as if you are at the bottom of the barrel but you cannot go lower than that. There is only one way for you to go, which is the upward way. No wonder the book of Proverb 4:18 says,

But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

The adversity of the world is your advancement. Stop telling people around that "it can't work; let us leave, let run away". No, don't run away, God wants to transfer the wealth and the blessings, of the wicked to the righteous in these last days. God promised us that there will be abundance of silver and gold and blessings on earth for the righteous. You will not die now. With long life He has satisfied you. God is able to provide for you. He is able to meet all your needs; your death is not now.

Why am I so confident? My confidence lies in Psalm 91:16
With long life will I satisfy him (you), and shew him (you) my salvation.

This is God, the LORD Almighty talking to you. He is the Almighty God. He behaves like an eagle. He is planning your life. The word "satisfy" means you can ask for more. If I come to your house and you offer me a glass of water and you say "Are you satisfied?" It means you are giving me an opportunity to ask for more. The scripture means God does not think or plan about the day I will die. Do I say He does not know everything? He knows everything but the day I will die is not in His mind.

How many of you have dogs in your house and all your thought about your dog is when it will die. No, you don't plan that for ordinary dogs. So why will God be planning your death? Your death is not in His mind. He wants you to live. You will live in Jesus name.

He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.
Psalm 68:20

If any false prophet sees vision of death for you, tell him, it is a lie of the devil; don't believe it.

For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God Romans 8:19

God is waiting for you to manifest. This is not a period to die, it is a time to live in good health, therefore reject thoughts of death. Fix your eyes on God, don't give up. Don't give up on life, people may not believe you, others may write you off but only rest on God because He has a future for you. You are going places. God will be glorified in your life.

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