ARE YOU SINKING WITH THE GOD GIVEN BLESSINGS?

If we read Luke 5:1-10, we can learn a good lesson from the first meeting of Jesus Christ with Simon. Simon was trying to catch fish throughout the night with his friends but all his efforts were in vain as he could not catch any fish on that particular night. But when God directed him to let down his nets for a catch, there were plenty of fishes in the net that made the boat to sink. Simon had never kept his eyes on the plenty of blessings Jesus gave that morning but his eyes looked to Jesus the one who gave those blessings and he immediately fell down in the feet of the Lord. When Simon saw those blessings he humbled himself before Jesus Christ. As he humbled himself before God, Jesus Christ exalted him as the one who catches men for the kingdom of God. At that moment, the entire life of Simon was changed from an ordinary fisher man to that of the disciple of a Great God.

Now the Question is:

Are you sinking with God? (Or) Are you sinking with the God given blessings?

We often use God rather we serve. We seek God when something is needed and turn our back to Him when we receive what we desired for. As soon as the things started working well around, we forget what God has done and we just sink in to the blessings. Even though the Spirit of the Lord tells you to follow God, we will not obey and we shut down it.

Are you sinking with the God given blessings rather than God? If so, God wants you to come back to Him. There were some men of God whose life had ended up terribly because of this reason.

There was a man named Paulaseer Lawrie who was born in the southern part of India in a Hindu family. He was anointed and appointed by God to claim his birthright and thereby become the greatest, mightiest and most highly exalted personage in the whole history of mankind. He got a calling and became an evangelist. A series of "miracles" sparked interest in Paulaseer's message throughout the world. There were so many people who got blessed through the ministry of Paulaseer.

But on a fateful day, he claimed to have become the second coming of Christ. At one point of time in his life he began to sink with the God given power as he failed to keep his eyes on Jesus Christ. Soon he began to draw much more on Hindu and even Muslim ideas to attract more native Indian followers. Finally as he moved away from God, he faced a miserable death. Even today many preachers in the world are using his name as a bad example.

My dear friend, are you doing the same? Are you sinking with the God given blessing? God might have given you a good job. You might have work hard for promotions and you would have left the fellowship of God putting your eye on promotions and fame. God might have given you good gadgets. Are you glorifying God with it or are you using those for your own pleasure? This is the time for you to put your eyes on Jesus Christ who raised you to this level.

Simon fell down at the feet of the Lord and He got a great blessing to be a disciple of a Most High God. Even today if you fell down at the feet of the Lord and humble yourself, God is faithful enough to raise you high and make you His own disciple. Jesus Christ loves you a lot and He don’t want you to destroy your own life by sinking with the blessings you got from Him. He wants to give you His peace today. Come to Him and be blessed. God bless you.