LOOKING TO GOD. GOD CENTRED LIVING:: Shared By Blessed

What is this faith we believe in? Now starting from Genesis, we see how God began to establish His Purpose through mankind. Let’s pick Genesis 12:1-3

The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”

God tells Abram.. "Boss... Hebu toka kwa fathe!” Na ndo Abram asikatae he throws in a carrot "I will bless you..." Because angeamshwa tu hivyo vikavu kavu angekataa huyu. Abram might have pulled a Jonah. Anyway. In the bigger picture, God is not here focusing on Abraham.. God is God and is focusing on accomplishing His purpose. The focus of the Bible is God. The essence of man... and sin is a shift from God centeredness to self centeredness.

All through the Bible we learn/read of great men. We even name ourselves after them.. Moses, Joseph, Jesus etc.. but the entire Bible and all its meaning is on God. God doing his thing. His purpose, His way. But since we sort of kinda understand that. We have relegated that to the back of our consiences and slowly ebbed into self centeredness.

I dont know about you guys.. but mimi nikiomba i start by acknowledging God.. ile ya haraka haraka . "You are God you are Almighty.. Jireh.. etc etc.. then when i feel nimemchangamsha.. i pull my kalist. I so often move from God and what he needs from me.. to squeezing in my needs as 'what he needs for me' and brand it 'his will'.

What are some of the God Centered traits?

•          Confidence in God
•          Dependance on God
•          Life focused on God and his activity
•          Denying to self
•         Seeking Gods perspective

What about Self centered Traits?

• Life focused on self
• Pride in self accomplishments
• Self confidence
• Selfish ordinary living
• Looking at circumstances from a human perspective
• Seeking acceptability in the World.

Now as Christians we are very aware of all these things. What it means to be God Centric vis a vis Self Centric. The question is can we look at the list and identify those things we have picked up from our self centered list and squeezed into Gods list and convinced ourselves they are 'Gods will' for us?

I tend to feel sometimes. As christians, learned and bright. We in the same human wisdom pick our self centeredness needs and squeeze them into Gods and imagine/convince ourselves as being Abrahams, Joshuas, Pauls. It may not be to change the world or community. It might be needs we have as individuals. In career, in our families, businesses etc. And we have inundated God with all these prayer requests. Sadly believing they are part of God's will or what God would love us to have.

So I urge us to look at that kaprayer list we chomoa before God again.. What is genuinely Gods will and what have we convinced ourselves is God's will? Then maybe somebody else some mwaibada can teach us on how to identify God's will vs Our 'God's will'.

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