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Do you have an Agenda? ( Following God purposefully)

I don’t fancy soap operas. Sitting in front of the TV watching romantic stories is very boring, and to me, a huge waste of my time.

Hey, don’t criticize me.

Put me in with an investigative piece, and I am suddenly interested. I want to know how the crime was solved and how the criminal/s were apprehended.
I find it fascinating that sometimes the cases that gives the investigative team much trouble to Crack are the ones where there’s a dirty cop involved, an informant within the team handling the evidence or a very close friend or even a family member.

A particular one stood out to me. This rich kid came in contact with this guy on campus. The other guy sounded genuine, looked real, and they hit it off , a great friendship. From the start, the other guy made it clear he wasn’t after the rich kid’s money or his father’s influence and affluence, and his behavior was just endearing to anyone who knew them.

The semester exams were over, and they went to watch a movie. Now, the rich kid always had an armed body guard with him, but he wanted to be with his friend and didn’t see any need for an armed man following him anywhere.  So he dismissed the guard and stood in line with others at the entrance of the cinema hall waiting for their turn to enter in when a van pulled over and fired shots in the air and took both of them.
To everyone, it was a case of two college students being kidnapped.

The father of the rich kid eager to make negotiations for his son and for his friend, begging that they’re not hurt or killed.

While the investigation was going on and the deadline given was closing in, it seemed the police would never crack the case, how they would know the hideout, etc.

Well, this post is not about the case, so I’ll summarize. 
They finally got a lead, and the special unit force headed down, only to find the beat-up friend.  They breathed in relief that at least one person had been found, and maybe details from him could help them locate the rich kid.

And while they stitched him up, cleaned his battered face, the cops came over to ask for some Intel, time was not on their side, and he slipped up.

He gave an information only know to the evidence team, one of them paused and asked ‘ wait how do you know that, this info was not released to the public ‘ they probed further and the shock was delivered.

He was the one behind the entire kidnapping.

He was never a victim. Even though his friends beat him up a bit, it was all part of the plot.

Then he shared another shocking Intel. He was never friends with the rich kid. The rich kid thought they were best of friends. Infacf, the other kid actually transferred to the college the rich kid attended solely for the purposes of being closer to him. They wanted his father, but if they couldn’t get the father, they could reach him through his son.

He had an agenda from the very beginning!!

Too many times, we as believers walk into relationships and make decisions without an agenda.

Without planning, we tend to allow things to flow as they come. In some cases, we even let down our guard because we feel the other person is on the same frequency as us.

Oh, how we sometimes even tell the Holy Spirit that he is dismissed for the night, or maybe for the day for that hour because we don’t want him hulking over us. We want to be ourselves, and we miss his guidance and protection.

Know this if you haven’t let it sink, Satan has an agenda for you and me, and he’s not hiding it. John 10 vs. 10 gives it all. His agenda is not hidden, but his tactics might be. They might be so subtle that you might mistake them for love and affection.

That friend that welcomes you with open arms all the time but tells you to leave ‘ your Jesus at the door’ as you come in might be so loving but in the long run do more damage than good.

That relationship that didn’t sit well with you when you allowed the Holy Spirit to shine his light on it a few weeks ago, did not suddenly get a green light for safety now.

This legitimate new job, new task that suddenly is making you step up but pushing you away from fellowship and church and makes you feel that those who love you are choking you might just be the tactics of the enemy to isolate you.

Satan seldomly attacks in a group.  He coys one out and  makes sure he attacks before the others come to the rescue.  He did it in the garden,  he came when Eve was alone.

Do you have an agenda for your physical health? Your spiritual growth, your mental and emotional well-being.

Or you just swing it.

Your life is too precious to want to let things roll by.

Sit back and take an assessment,  an assessment of your growth so far.

Be sincere to yourself, it’s you and the Lord alone.
You can take your journal too.
  – How has my growth being this year? All rounded growth.
  – I’m i still tender hearted to God’s word and instructions? Or when I hear a sermon, I immediately think of who it is best suited for?
  – Do I live a double life?

How often do you come before the mirror of God’s Word to let him show you your real self? It needs to be done. So you don’t carry around the version of yourself that people praise ( of course, they praise what they can see, and that’s no crime)

It’s the half of the year, and there is still room for you and I to make a change. One of those changes is to take our relationship with them Lord more seriously. Create at least 30 mins daily or three times a week to spend time with God. Let your love for God’s word grow as you study. This will help you sharpen your discernment. Listen and obey. Obedience is a true test of your growth and heart tenderness.

Work with the Holy Spirit to have an agenda for your walk, you cannot afford to be tossed here and there anymore. Ephesians 4 vs 14.

The Cross cannot be in vain in your life and mine!

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