Zac Poonen - For Those Who Have Failed | Inspirational

you know when we hear all that we heard earlier it's easy to get discouraged and say well I can never live this life standard is to I that's another lie of the devil it's an absolute lie of the devil that you cannot live according to God's standards his Commandments are not a burden let me give you the testimony of a man who walked with God for 65 years filled with the Holy Spirit the Apostle John he says in 1 John chapter 5 and was 3 this is the love of God that we keep his Commandments and His commandments are not a burden the devil is always telling us God's commands are a burden it's impossible to live up to this standard to always live from God through God to God impossible don't even try it he says it's not a burden in the beginning because we have not used to that way of life we'll find it a little bit of strain see anything new that you try it'll be a bit of a difficulty in the beginning like a little child going into the swimming pool he's scared to go in he said no no no I'll drown that's exactly how some of you may feel after you heard this message but you see that little child ten years later he just loves to jump into the pool and swim effortlessly and floats on his back without even doing anything how did it happen because he went in and believed that he could do what he had seen older people doing so in the beginning it's a struggle that boy struggles struggle in the beginning to learn how to keep himself afloat and in the same way don't give up because in the beginning it's you little difficult to see God's will and seek for his power and seek for his glory but I'll tell you something if you saw an action and you saw the same action again it's like sowing a seed you keep on showing an action after a while it becomes a habit do you remember how is the little child your parents said to remind you every day to brush your teeth it's become a habit now right I hope it's become a habit but it wasn't when you were a child somebody you had to be reminded yet if you reminded to have a shower and remind it to change your owner clothes everything that you keep doing becomes a habit even though it's difficult in the beginning now if you go to some jungle and teach a barbarian who's never brushed his teeth in his whole life to brush his teeth even at the age of 35 he'll find it difficult you may forget for a few days but if you keep doing it it'll become a habit so I want to say this way of life that I just mentioned to you earlier can become the habit of your life and you don't have to live in regret over the years that are wasted let me give you a wonderful promise for those of us who have made a mess of our life in the past there are many people like that remember this wonderful verse acts 17 and verse 30 Acts chapter 17 and verse 30 it says here that God overlooks the times of ignorance but now he's telling us to repent acts 17:30 concerning your past I think many of you were ignorant about some of the things you heard in the last one hour you hadn't thought about it seriously you hadn't seen these things in Scripture but now after what you heard it has become clear that this is what scripture is teaching that God loves you so much that he's got a plan for your life and you say oh I wish I'd known this earlier I wish I'd known this 30 years ago what can you do about it now live in regret know the years of ignorance God overlooked because he knows that you can do nothing about it he doesn't torture you by saying why didn't you do it like this last year or why didn't you do it like this 20 years ago that's the way foolish parents talk to that children why didn't you do this why didn't you do that do you know that God never speaks like that he always starts from the mess you've made and says how can I fix it now that is a wise parent don't go to your children and say why did you do this why do that that you can teach them later but first fix the problem that's always God's way have you noticed in Genesis chapter 3 it's a very beautiful passage you'll be quite amazed and I can show you some things in Scripture you read it so many times and yet you have not seen it so let me show you something very interesting in Genesis chapter 3 God comes to Adam and says did you eat of the tree I told you not to eat Genesis 3:11 and Adam says Lord the problem is with my wife isn't that a very common statement many husbands make and not only with my wife you are the one who gave me this why what we do this is Adam by the way this is I'm not talking about your husband I'm talking about Adam Genesis 3:12 the woman whom you gave me did it okay God didn't say anything he doesn't say anything then he goes to the woman what did you do and she's come from Adam so she's also learned to put the blame on somebody else doesn't that sound familiar always putting the blame on somebody else so now she puts the blame on the snake it's not me Lord this is the snake which you created this wretched thing and again but didn't say anything this is what I like here a man and woman made a mess of their life God didn't say anything okay the snake is with the devil let's get at the devil I like that that even though man and woman made a mess because the devil instigated it God says to the devil first to me that's a tremendous encouragement because I know I've made a mess of my life and my unconverted days also like all of you and even after we are converted we have done so many stupid foolish things and we come to God and say Lord I mean I did all this and he doesn't yell at me he says let's deal with the devil let all that you heard today sink into your heart my brothers and sisters this is not an impossible life it's a possible life I proved a little bit of it in my life as I approved it Elijah proved it John the Apostle proved it there are many others who proved it and you weak insignificant man or woman the Lord says I'll pour out my spirit on my sons and my daughters and even on the boys and girls I pray that we should respond to God Heavenly Father help us that the Word of God will come deep into our heart and change us in a permanent way that will never forget what you spoke to us today we pray in Jesus name

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Length: 8min 58sec (538 seconds)

Published: Fri Jun 17 2016