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Living in Gods Best

by
Andrew Wommack

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible.

Living in Gods Best: Don't Settle for Less
ISBN: 978-1-68031-139-6
Copyright 2017 by Andrew Wommack

Published by Harrison House Publishers
Tulsa, Oklahoma
www.harrisonhouse.com

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God Dependent

And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt? but now the Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites. And the Lord looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?

Judges 6:11-14

D uring the time of Gideon, the Israelites were being oppressed by the Midianites, who would come down and take away all the Israelites foodstuff. Gideon was threshing wheat behind a winepress so he could conceal it from these enemies. He was hiding and trying to beat out a little bit of grain so he could have something to eat, when an angel appeared to him and declared, The Lord is with you, you mighty man of valor!

Gideon responded, If I am a mighty man of valor, where are all of Gods mighty works that our fathers told us about? You know, how He delivered them from the Egyptians, brought us into this land, and performed all the other miracles? Some people interpret this as Gideon criticizing the angel and saying, No, I dont believe You. I dont trust You. Personally, I look at it the opposite way. Gideon had heard about the miraculous beginnings of the nation of Israel and was sick and tired of living a substandard life. Refusing to yield to these enemies who were forcing Israel to live that way, he was doing what he had to do to thresh some wheat. In his heart, Gideon was tired of living under the enemys oppression. He genuinely wanted Gods best. So the angel responded, saying, Go with this your might, and God will be with you. In other words, the angel basically rewarded him for wanting more than what life was handing him.

One of the first steps to seeing the supernatural power of God operate in your life is getting to the place where you genuinely say, I am not going to live like this anymore! From your heart, you declare, I refuse to live this way any longer!

Burning Daylight!

Are you in a dead-end job? Do you hate going to work? Maybe you get up on Mondays and talk about blue Monday. You drag through your week because you have to do your job, but then on Friday its TGIF (thank God its Friday), because you cant wait to get out of there. Why are you living like that? Life isnt a dress rehearsal; this is the real deal. Youre burning daylight!

Either youve advanced today and gotten closer to what the Lord has for you in life, or youve just spent another day wasting time. If you dont love what youre doing, if it doesnt give you a buzz, and if it doesnt build you up and excite you, then why are you doing it? You might say, But Andrew, I have to make a living. Why not make a life?

Do you know why youre living the way youre living? Its because youve accepted it. Youre just marching in step and keeping time, not really doing anything significant. Youre just tolerating it.

God made you for something special. Hes never created a piece of junk. Hes never made a failure. God doesnt make people mediocre or what the world would call normal. He created people to be unique and to accomplish different purposes. Not everybodys going to do what Im supposed to do; neither will I do what someone else is to do. God made you special, and your life should count. You ought to be excited about your life and about knowing that youre fulfilling Gods call and destiny. Yet many people just settle for less.

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

James 4:6-7

Humility is submitting yourself to God; its yielding to Him. According to 2 Chronicles 16:9, the Lord is looking for someone who is humble and submitted to Him. His eyes find the one who is hungry and who desires Him, the one who isnt satisfied with what everybody else is settling for.

Self-Dependent

To a degree, Im preaching to the choir right now. Here you are, reading this book written by a hick from Texas. So either youre the fanatic or you were told to read this by one. You arent just run-of-the-mill. You desire something more. Youre submitting to God. You could be watching As the Stomach Turns or something like that on television, but instead youre reading and considering what Im sayingwhat God is sayingthrough this book.

Humility is submitting ourselves to God and resisting the devil. The devil flees from us when we do that. Sadly, most of us arent submitting ourselves to God. We arent resisting the devil; were actually cooperating with him, and much of the time, our cooperation isnt even intentional. We just dont recognize what were doing.

Humility is being God-dependent instead of self-dependent. Its trusting the Lord instead of your own fleshs strength and ability. When youre trying to live life by your own human strength and effort, you arent humble, and you arent submitted to God.

That was King Asas problem in 2 Chronicles 16:1-6. The kingdom of Israel had broken into two parts. The northern ten tribes were called Israel, and the southern two tribes were called Judah. Asa was king over Judah. The king of Israel came against him and began to build a town called Ramah. The town was strategically located where it could cut off Judahs supplies and prevent communication with any other country. Its purpose was to help bring about Judahs defeat.

The Word says that when the king of Israel built Ramah and began the siege, King Asa took all of the gold, silver, and treasures that were in the house of the Lordall of his wealthand sent it to Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria, saying, Let there be a league between us and you. Go and attack Israel. The idea was that if Israel was busy fighting a war with Syria, they wouldnt be able to also fight with Judah. Ben-Hadad took all of the treasures, listened to Asas request, and then attacked the king of Israel. So, the king of Israel had to abandon his siege of Judah and discontinue building the town of Ramah.