Luke 2:52: And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature and in favour with God and men.
How did Jesus increase? What is the secret of the increase of our Lord and Saviour. Oh yes, it is good to pray and seek the face of God. But prayer does not necessarily translate into an increase of stature. There are christian groups that pray to God for days, weeks and months. In Fact I have heard of people who live permanently on the mountain top giving themselves to prayer and countless nights of vigils and yet have not increased in stature.
They have no weight in the spirit, they have not grown in their walk with God. The devil has no regard for them, they have not increased in their sacrifice neither have they increased or grown in the grace of God.
So prayer is great but the quality of your prayer life is largely determined by the desires that power your prayer life. Mark 11:24: Whatsoever thing you desire, when you pray, believe that you have received them and you shall have them.Your desire would motivate you to the place of prayer.
The first secret desire of Jesus that increased his stature was His deep desire to do and fulfill the will of God.
John 4:34:Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
John 6:38: For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
The result of doing the will of God is clearly stated in: John 8:29: He who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him."
Just as we survive on food, Jesus survived by doing the will of God. Just as food gives us physical weight and energy, fulfilling the will of God gave Jesus the spiritual weight that defined the power of His ministry when He was on earth. The weight of Heaven was deployed to back Jesus up simply because Jesus lived to fulfill the will of the father.
Heaven will hold nothing back from a man, a woman, a youth, a child that seeks to do the will of God.
I pray for an increase in your desire to know and fulfill all the will of God. Listen and share with others.
Luke 2:52: And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature and in favour with God and men.
How did Jesus increase? What is the secret of the increase of our Lord and Saviour. Oh yes, it is good to pray and seek the face of God. But prayer does not necessarily translate into an increase of stature. There are christian groups that pray to God for days, weeks and months. In Fact I have heard of people who live permanently on the mountain top giving themselves to prayer and countless nights of vigils and yet have not increased in stature.
They have no weight in the spirit, they have not grown in their walk with God. The devil has no regard for them, they have not increased in their sacrifice neither have they increased or grown in the grace of God.
So prayer is great but the quality of your prayer life is largely determined by the desires that power your prayer life. Mark 11:24: Whatsoever thing you desire, when you pray, believe that you have received them and you shall have them.Your desire would motivate you to the place of prayer.
The first secret desire of Jesus that increased his stature was His deep desire to do and fulfill the will of God.
John 4:34:Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
John 6:38: For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
The result of doing the will of God is clearly stated in: John 8:29: He who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him."
Just as we survive on food, Jesus survived by doing the will of God. Just as food gives us physical weight and energy, fulfilling the will of God gave Jesus the spiritual weight that defined the power of His ministry when He was on earth. The weight of Heaven was deployed to back Jesus up simply because Jesus lived to fulfill the will of the father.
Heaven will hold nothing back from a man, a woman, a youth, a child that seeks to do the will of God.
I pray for an increase in your desire to know and fulfill all the will of God. Listen and share with others.