Introduction

Good morning, everyone. I would like to share with you a topic called How to Discern God's Will. This is a challenging topic, but I am keen to take it on. Why this topic? Because in the past, I have often been asked: How can I be blessed? What must I do to gain eternal life? What should I do? Tell me what to do! I am often left speechless by these questions. It is indeed difficult to explain these things clearly, but after much pondering, prayer, and reflection, I feel I can share some of my findings with you.

The crux of the matter is whether you can accomplish something. Your ability to do it is key. For example, do you want to be wealthy? Of course! But you find it hard to make money. Do you want to be healthy? Yes, very much! But many still succumb to cancer. Do you want good relationships? Yes! But after all the effort, the relationships are still not satisfactory. In reality, the answer to these questions boils down to not knowing how to do it.

Recently, I heard that China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System has been successfully completed. This is something we have long wanted to achieve, but it has only been accomplished today. It is indeed not easy. There are too many things that people want to do but cannot. The bottleneck is that they just cannot produce it. For example, 5-nanometer or 7-nanometer chips, who doesn't want to make them! But can you? Huawei's 5G sells well, but can you make it? Aircraft carriers, nuclear power, submarines, high-speed rail – eventually, only a few can produce them.

For instance, to be a resounding Christian, do you want to? Yes! But are there many who overcome? Not many! Many tell me they want to build an overcoming church. They desire it! But how should they do it? People often say that the night before, they feel they have a thousand paths to take, but the next morning they still walk the same old path. That is useless.

Some say they want to create a Google, but Google already exists. To create an Alibaba, but Alibaba is already there. To create a Taobao, but Taobao has already been created. You cannot do these things, and even if you follow in their footsteps, you may not succeed. Next, we will discuss How to Discern God's Will.

From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: This shall not be unto thee. But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. (Matthew 16:21-23)

Searching through the entire Bible, there is no explanation from Jesus on how to discern God's will. In fact, our current state of confusion is similar to Peter's confusion at the time. After hearing this, Peter was bewildered, not knowing how he suddenly became Satan. Peter was so stumped that he couldn't even formulate a question. In fact, many places in the Bible do not clearly explain what it means to be mindful of the flesh, mindful of the Spirit, obedient to the flesh, and obedient to the Spirit.

So, we will take on this challenge and explore this complex issue together. How can we discern God's will? Chinese Mingding Destiny has a wonderful logical system, which is to implement God's word. The key is to implement God's word! We have resolved many ambiguous issues in Christianity, and our solutions are also very practical.

Therefore, many netizens have told me: After listening to the teachings of Chinese Mingding Destiny, I feel like my spirit has opened up at once, and many things I didn't understand before are now clear. I think this is a good assessment. I have listened to many pastors online, and they don't talk about how a person should be a resounding Christian, but instead talk about the Trinity and a lot of useless things, making people more and more confused. But our Chinese Mingding Destiny makes people understand God's word more and more clearly. Now we will solve the issue of how to discern God's will.

Scripture

From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: This shall not be unto thee. But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? (Matthew 16:21-26)

Prayer

Lord! Open our minds today, so that we can understand your words and know how to discern your will. Do this wonderful work among us today, open the minds of our brothers and sisters, so that we can open our spiritual eyes and see our spiritual state today. Let us know where we are still being mindful of the things of men, and let us know how to discern your will.

Lord! Today you tell us that to follow you is to deny ourselves. Lord! We have things we can and cannot let go of. Lord! Do this wonderful work in us, so that we can all follow you. Let us completely offer ourselves, so that we may obtain this abundant life. We pray in the name of Jesus Christ! Amen!

The Perplexity This Passage Brings

This passage brings a lot of perplexity. For example, why did Jesus have to go to Jerusalem to suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed? Could Peter understand this? He is the Lord! Aren't the elders, chief priests, and scribes all people who worship God? How could these scribes kill their Lord?

Peter couldn't understand it! And Peter said one sentence: Lord, be it far from thee! This shall not be unto thee. As a result, Jesus turned around: Get thee behind me, Satan! Peter became Satan. I think Peter would say: I am Peter, I am not Satan! But fortunately, Matthew did not record this part, only recording Jesus saying: Get thee behind me, Satan! Thou art an offense unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. How did Peter become Satan? This brings us great perplexity.

If we study the Bible carefully, we will have a deeper understanding of Peter. In fact, being mindful of the things of men is not only present in Peter, but also in many Christians.

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. (Matthew 16:24)

But how to deny oneself, Jesus did not say. How to take up the cross, what the cross is, Jesus also did not say. Many people have misunderstood this sentence, thinking that having cancer or ankylosing spondylitis is taking up their own cross. In reality, disease is suffering the pain brought about by the curse of man.

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. (Matthew 16:25)

Some people are perplexed, you see, if I want to save my own life, how can I lose it? Whoever loses his life for Jesus will find it. Such words will inevitably cause confusion. This passage brings a lot of perplexity.

For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? (Matthew 16:26)

The word life here also brings deep confusion. For example, in the church, people often say that this brother or that sister has a good life. This kind of talk is quite common in the church, but what is the standard for measuring whether life is good or not? Is being a good person equivalent to having a good life? A few weeks ago, we just reviewed Matthew chapter 16, the theme is: Do you really understand?

Do you really understand? What does this sentence mean? It seems like you understand, but it also seems like you don't understand. This is a common phenomenon. Today, we have no way to explain these words so clearly. I have also found that many Christians do not resemble Jesus at all, but others still say that his life is good, then I am even more confused. According to this standard, the life of a certain great monk is also very good!

I want to answer how to discern God's will as mentioned in this passage. What does it mean to be mindful of the things of men? What does it mean to be mindful of the things of God? In the past many years, I have not heard people talk about it in the local church, and even if they did, I felt that it was not clearly explained after listening.

These Perplexities are Caused by People's Inadequate Level

These perplexities are caused by people's inadequate level. Everyone must know that people at different levels have very different views on things. How did Peter become mindful of the things of men? In fact, he himself is not very clear, because at his level, he cannot understand what Jesus is talking about. Peter just felt that being crucified was not a good thing for Jesus, and this should not happen to Jesus. As a result, Peter became Satan.

Did Peter really understand what he was saying? Maybe he didn't know. But Jesus certainly knew what he was saying. So I want to talk about the issue of level. People at different levels have different visions, and different levels will have different views. In fact, in the past few years, serving foolish people has been very painful. For example, I care about someone very much, but they think I want to harm them, and in the end, I feel very hurt. Sometimes we watch people rushing to their death, but they don't know it themselves. But if you stop them from rushing to their death, they will fight you.

Many tragedies in this world are caused by people's inadequate level. People are shortsighted and desperately rush to their death, creating a lot of ruin for themselves! People's level really has a profound impact. For example, Peter's level at that time was probably only at that point. He thought that what happened to Jesus was bad, how could it become a good thing? He didn't understand, and even if Jesus said he was Satan, he still didn't understand. The most fatal thing in a person's life is not having enough level.

I can give you many examples. A girl fell for a boy, and I said, have you considered it clearly? She said she had considered it clearly and would not marry anyone but him. The boy said that he would not marry anyone but her. It was like Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai! But standing at my level, I knew what would happen in the future. But they thought I was trying to break them up, and I felt very hurt. As a result, their relationship really had problems as they continued.

A long time ago, a girl fell in love with one of our brothers. The brother looked quite handsome in the photo and was tall, but he was very immature inside. The girl's mother watched the boy's Weibo every day and called me to say that her daughter wanted to go on a blind date with him. I said: Are you really prepared? She said: We are definitely prepared, we just feel that he is suitable, we have been pastored by his Weibo for half a year! His Weibo is very encouraging to us!

I said: His Weibo is my sermon, those are actually my words. But the mother didn't believe it and insisted on going on a blind date. During the blind date, the boy was quite tall and handsome, and the girl was also very pretty. But as soon as the boy opened his mouth, his Northeast accent came out, he said: I have lacked love since I was a child, I need you to love me! The girl also said: I have lacked love since I was a child, I need you to love me! But I don't know how to love you, I just need you to love me!

How could they talk like that? As a result, it broke down. Before breaking down, the girl's mother was still worried and asked me how much money the boy earned a month. I said: His monthly salary is the lowest income in Singapore, barely enough to support himself. Your daughter will definitely live a poor life with him. Do you want your daughter to live a poor life with him? She said: Then I don't want to, but… she still had a glimmer of hope in her heart.

Of course, the way I see people and the way you see people are different, and the results are different. I tell you the truth, and you still hate me. Later, I learned to be smart, whatever you want to do with your relationship, you are welcome to wreck it as you wish , it has nothing to do with me, I don't want to mind it. Because ignorant people, foolish people, if you give them pearls, they will think you want to harm them. So later, I learned not to give pearls to pigs.

The reason why people are confused is because they don't have enough height; people are selfish and only care about themselves, how can they not live a poor life? When people encounter problems, if they only know how to complain, but don't check what's wrong with themselves, isn't that fatal? There are too many things like this. For example, during deliverance, we usually examine whether this person is smart. If he is a fool, I will be careful, lest he bite me.

People's inner height is different, and what they see is completely different. Suppose when I am praying for someone, his condition becomes serious, and then he comes to me, you prayed and my condition became more serious! Do you think I am asking for trouble? In fact, in my opinion, the condition is getting serious means that healing is imminent, which is a good thing, but the disease is not on me, and I can't be the master. Therefore, what I least want to serve are foolish people, because they don't have enough height, and their views are very chaotic.

If you stand at the height of Jesus Christ, there is no confusion at all, but today, standing at our height, there will be a lot of confusion. Someone will ask: Just deny yourself? You don't have three children! You don't have to work! In fact, she doesn't know that we have to do a lot of work every day.

Some people will ask: Then will you solve my work problem? Then solve it slowly, I wish you good luck. Why do people ask these questions? Because people's height is so low. Can't I live my life anymore? You are already living like this, do you still want to continue living like this? I lamented that people who do not love God but still want to live a good life, how can there be such a thing? People who do not love God are cursed.

I can tell you that you must be a resounding Christian. If you become a Christian like the Israelites, wandering around in the wilderness and finally dying in the wilderness, at most you can only eat some manna, which is actually very tragic. So brothers and sisters, if you are full of confusion, I will give you a suggestion, constantly improve your spiritual height.

Raising Spiritual Height is the Key to Solving Confusion

Let's sort out my thoughts. My thinking is that people's confusion about this passage is because of insufficient height. Raising a person's height is the key to solving confusion, and it is also related to how to discern God's will. Why do we think it is so difficult to discern God's will? Because our spiritual height is not enough. Our views on things are completely different from Jesus Christ's views on things. Today, if we want to solve the problem, we must start from the perspective of raising spiritual height.

Many years ago, I served a sister who went around in other churches, got depressed, and came back. Her eyes could see the worms of hell and the fire of hell. She wanted to introduce a boyfriend to one of our sisters, and the words revealed her own views and opinions. She did not think that one of our sisters did not want to marry, nor did she think that one could live well by only loving God and serving God, but the benevolent see benevolence, and the wise see wisdom.

She believed that girls should do what they should do at what age, and should marry when they reach the age of marriage. In fact, we saw that she was living a hard life, her husband came home and played video games, the house was smoky, and she had to raise three children by herself. We think our lifestyle is very good, but she thinks her lifestyle is also pretty good.

It is really difficult to accept someone who is willing to give for God and willing to give up himself without a certain spiritual height. For example: Can I live my life? Who will take care of my three children? ...... There are many such confusions. If we raise our spiritual height, do we still have such confusions? No. In fact, the difference between man's will and God's will is just a matter of height.

So when I preach, I often say that when you stand at the height of God's throne and look down on the earth, or look at us in these three or fifty years in eternity, what will you see? In fact, after seeing it, you can summarize that many things have become meaningless. So I must explain to you clearly how to raise spiritual height.

To Improve Height, You Must Find the Right Expert

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. (Matthew 16:24)

If a person wants to improve his spiritual height, he must follow another expert. It is difficult to fix it by himself. So if a person wants to improve his spiritual height, he must follow an expert. In fact, I sometimes have a little regret that if I were born in Lee Kuan Yew's house, then the starting point would be different at once. Lee Kuan Yew would arrange many experts to guide me.

If I were born in the era of Guiguzi in ancient times, at least I could have Zhang Yi to guide me. What I mean by this is that following an expert is very important. One of our sisters' grandmother is ninety years old, and she especially likes to listen to my sermons. She said that her granddaughter was fortunate to have learned a lot of things from me, otherwise she would not know what she would be like now. It is no exaggeration to say that although my spiritual height is still not as good as Jesus even today, it is already not low.

Today I still want to find experts to learn from, because learning from people is my lifelong desire, so I go around looking for powerful people when I work. As soon as I find a powerful person, I will make an appointment with him for lunch, because I like to listen to him talk to me about this book and that book. After he finishes talking about the book title, I will buy it and read it. After reading it, I will look for him again for lunch to discuss it with him.

To improve height, you must find an expert, because you will learn what you are like with whom you are with. If you follow a very bad person, you are at most a very bad person. One of our little brothers delivers takeaways, and the circle he is in is all takeaway brothers. This little brother can't be called a brother. He is being trained among us because of his mother's sake. In fact, he himself is like he wants to believe but not.

One day he got into trouble. That day he wanted to chat with someone. He had delivered a takeaway to a girl during the day, and as a result, in the middle of the night, he sent a message to her asking if he could chat. The girl said no, and after a while, her husband called and said he wanted to beat him. You see, this person does not have enough height, and the crowd he is with is like this.

How do you know Jesus was a high achiever? Feeding five thousand people with five loaves and two fish, and four thousand with seven loaves and two fish. Who else could do that? The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the dead are raised. Only Jesus can do these things. Isn't He a high achiever? But Peter, following Jesus, did not properly receive the words that Jesus spoke.

Jesus said, I must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. But Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, Far be it from You, Lord! This shall never happen to You. He could not distinguish whether this was a good or bad thing. Why did Jesus feel it was a good thing? Because resurrection on the third day after death is victory over death. Peter did not think it was a good thing; he had followed Jesus for so many years and still did not understand.

Study the Bible carefully and research Peter. He not only considered human intentions at this time, but also, as described in Galatians, when he became the second-in-command of the Jerusalem church, he began to play the hypocrite out of fear when he saw those who came from James. He hardly changed his inclination to consider human intentions.

In fact, Jesus knew long ago that Peter was such a person. When Jesus encountered such a situation, He had His own view, and Peter had his own. The question is, if our views conflict with Jesus's views, can we avoid confusion? What are our views? I still have to work, I still have to support my family, I have a husband, I have a wife and children, I have this and that... how can I deny myself? How can I follow You? I cannot! I have no way to deny myself! We are very confused. After reading these words, we accuse ourselves and say a lot of accusatory words, but we cannot carry the cross and follow God.

People walk their own paths, and they choose their own lifestyles. If they choose it, they should take responsibility for it. The words of Jesus are actually very heavy. Think about it, Jesus said He would be killed and resurrected on the third day. Some people might say, What about your mother? Don't you care about your mother? The level of spirituality is different, and what you see is completely different. Jesus did not even mention this matter. Perhaps Jesus could arrange for John to take care of Mary, but people would always think Jesus was unfilial.

When you read in the Old Testament that Abraham did not return for his father's funeral, it is even harder to understand how these people could be so unconcerned about their families.

But He answered the one who was telling Him, “Who is My mother and who are My brothers?” And extending His hand toward His disciples, He said, “Behold, My mother and My brothers! For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven, he is My brother, and sister, and mother.” (Matthew 12:48-50)

What kind of talk is this? But if you raise your spiritual level, you will see through many things.

How can you raise a person's spiritual level? By following a high achiever. That's why each of us has a pastor in our midst, and above the pastor, there is another pastor. How do you know he is a high achiever? Look at what he does. When conflicts arise, don't be stubborn or self-righteous, because people become troublesome once they are self-righteous.

Raising the spiritual level is key. If we have confusion inside, it means our level is not high enough. When the words in the Bible collide with what is inside you, do you push the words of the Bible out of you, or do you push out the inherent things inside? Remember, with man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible. I don't know how people can live without God. Some people feel that following God closely is impossible.

If a person does not live a resounding Christian life, does not keep and follow God's word, and lives under a curse, how can he live? If I closely follow God, forsake all that I have, take up my cross, and follow my God, offering all that I have to God, how can I not live well?

Brothers and sisters, where is your level? Actually, you can tell from the words you speak. If your level is not even as high as Peter's, Jesus turned around and called Peter Satan. What would He call you? Satan-Satan, or Satan-tan...? That would be troublesome. There are many Christians who consider human intentions! Learn to consider God's intentions. Our God created the universe; how can He not handle our little problems in life?

Strive to Climb the Spiritual Heights

I am an expert in education, and I have studied the education of children very deeply and thoroughly. But after I told many people, many did not believe me. They insisted that it would not work. These people have their own set of views. It's okay to go down slowly.

A few days ago, a neighbor's child jumped from the building because of too much academic pressure. Everyone downstairs watched the child jump down. This situation is very common today. Once, when I returned to my hometown, I saw that the courtyards of every school had been watered and turned into skating rinks because the schools wanted to reduce the students' pressure, so they let them skate outdoors. But no one was actually skating. Who would skate there in minus twenty or thirty degrees Celsius? It was only for show.

Why did it become like this? Because a child had too much academic pressure and played video games. His parents confiscated his phone, so he killed his parents and then committed suicide himself. After such an incident, the school promoted outdoor activities for children. Can that solve the problem? They don't know that the essence of the problem is not there.

People must know where their level is; then it is easy to handle. If people cannot raise their spiritual level, they are actually self-righteous. I have met several such people. Whichever company they are in, they ruin the company. Any company that hires them is unlucky! Should we think about what is not right, or we will have to change jobs all the time? Brothers and sisters, think about it. Do we need a high achiever to share with us some problems that our level cannot reach?

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul? (Matthew 16:24-26)

I value the words of Jesus very much. This is my characteristic when reading the Bible. I will desperately seek the places I don't understand and will not talk nonsense. I said, God, I can't reach this level. Please reveal it to me. I must understand what You are saying. Therefore, from Genesis to Revelation, we have many volumes of Bible study materials, all of which have been continuously sought.

Therefore, on the road of climbing the peak, I have resolved many confusions inside me. In this process of seeking, I found that God's will is good. If this is the case, how difficult is it to consider God's intentions? It's not difficult at all.

God's Will Is Good

I have a characteristic in my interactions with people. If I find that he is a pauper, I will be especially careful because I am afraid he will covet my money, and I may be deceived by him. But if I interact with a wealthy person, so wealthy that he will not want anything from me, then I am very relieved to interact with him.

Here, wealth refers to God. Our God has everything. He does not want me to offer Him incense or a chicken or a duck. God has everything. What can He cheat me out of? Besides giving me blessings, He has nothing to gain from me. This God is so good.

How can I know the good will of God? I start with small things because I have faith like a mustard seed in my heart. If you ask me what is beyond faith like a mustard seed, I will tell you it is all confusion. Later, I discovered that even faith like a mustard seed can begin to experience God. Therefore, our Chinese Mingding Destiny theological system begins with faith to faith, and we begin to experience God from very small faith. In our midst, you will find that when you come, you have not yet done anything for God, but after praying, your illness is healed.

We have many testimonies. Why? Because God does not want anything from you, only that you can live a better life. God's will is so good. If we have experienced it, what should we do next? We will have two mustard seeds in our hearts, and we will receive the grace of two mustard seeds. Later, we will have four mustard seeds, eight, sixteen, thirty-two... we will have many, many.

How can we know the goodness of God's will? The goodness of God's will is discerned. Previously, I had a sermon called Discerning What Is the Good, Pleasing, and Perfect Will of God. How to discern? Find a way to see and verify whether God is real. Our God is not afraid of investigation, not afraid of people seeking, and not afraid of people exploring. Our God is only afraid of people being ignorant and not exploring.

Remember, blind faith is not faith. Knowing God, knowing the Most High, is wisdom. Therefore, come out of blind faith. Many Christians know nothing about the Word of God and know nothing when asked. Let me tell you a joke. Abel and Cain offered sacrifices. Why was Cain's not accepted, but Abel's was? Someone said it was because God likes to eat meat, and Abel was a shepherd who offered the best sheep. What kind of talk is this? It is incredible. Actually, it was because there was a problem with Cain's attitude of offering. Brothers and sisters, come out of blindness and ignorance.

For example, the Bible says that Tamar was more righteous than Judah, but someone said that Tamar was not good, morally corrupt, and Judah was not good, Judah was fallen. None of the prophets in the Bible said this, but some people just talk nonsense. Some people also say that Jacob deceived his father, so he suffered many hardships. If Jacob was cursed, why did God stand on the ladder at Bethel to bless him? Why do some people like to talk nonsense about the people God is pleased with? These are all manifestations of ignorance.

Therefore, starting today, know the good will of God, and begin to know that our God is investigated by us, and our faith will grow from small to large, and our knowledge of God will increase from nothing to something, more and more. Brothers and sisters, stop hesitating and start learning to know God. Through reading the Bible, we find that the Israelites who died in the wilderness all suffered from a mental illness called paranoia.

God's good will was to bring them to the promised land, but they felt that God wanted to kill them. As a result, God let them die in the wilderness and could not enter the promised land. If today's Christians do not carefully examine and ponder, but only rely on ignorant words, it is easy to fall into the state of those Israelites, scribes, chief priests, elders, and Pharisees. Therefore, no matter what, we must have a very clear understanding of the Word of God. How to know it? By putting it into practice. Believe a little, do a little, believe two points, do two points.

God's glory far exceeds our imagination. Think about it, God has given us the keys to the kingdom of heaven, but have you received them? God has given us the keys to the kingdom of heaven, and we can draw on the treasures of the kingdom of heaven. With the keys to the kingdom of heaven in our hands, what else will God not give us? God did not spare His own Son but gave us His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ. What else will He keep from us?

Therefore, stop doubting the good will of God. Do not be like the Israelites who died in the wilderness. God's will for us is good, and God's plan for us is a good plan. Some people say that Jesus was crucified, so this plan is not good at all. You only saw Jesus being crucified, but did you see Jesus rising from the dead?

A corruptible body becomes a glorious and incorruptible body; a body without glory becomes a glorious body. How good is that! When people make decisions, they must stand at a spiritual height. When you climb upwards, you will know that our God's will for us is to live out an abundant life and to live out the life of God.

Considering God's Intentions Is Not Difficult

Having said all of this, is considering God's intentions still so difficult? Considering God's intentions is not difficult at all; it is very simple. Isn't God's intention to have us live out His glorious image? How beneficial it is for us to live out God's glorious image! Since it is beneficial to us, why is it so difficult to consider? Considering God's intentions is originally a very simple matter.

Many people agree that God is the God who blesses me. Based on this agreement, they just want to receive grace from God, but they forget that receiving grace only reflects the selfishness inside them. What God wants is for us to follow Him. Everyone must know that when we become Christians, we first receive grace, and then we give grace. When we share the blessings from God, we become blessing treasures.

Blessing treasures must be made by generous people. If you are not generous, the blessings will get stuck there and become stagnant water. We must know that denying ourselves is complete self-denial. Many people agree with God's purpose of blessing us but do not agree with God's method. God's method is to have us completely dedicate our lives to Him and be determined to live for God. I tried it, and it is really good to live for God!

One day, I suddenly became enlightened. Originally, I was very sad because I could never completely dedicate myself when paying the price for Jesus and climbing this spiritual peak. But one day, I suddenly discovered that there was a voice inside me:

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.(Galatians 2:20 NIV)

There is a height on the spiritual road. This height has a road sign called Galatians 2:20. When I reached Galatians 2:20, I found that people would suddenly become enlightened inside! You rarely see me sad today because I have completely given myself for Jesus. Serving is the best kind of grace. Stingy people think they have already given enough of themselves. Have you heard such words? What else do you want me to do? I have given all the offerings I should give, and I have attended all the meetings I should attend. It's like he has given something to attend the meeting, but he is actually gaining from coming to the meeting!

Many people do not consider God's intentions or agree with God's method. How can you live out God's power? How can you live out the good will of God for you? Are we concerned about the keys to the kingdom of heaven? Some people do not care about the keys to the kingdom of heaven but only care about the keys to the house and the keys to the car. But today, God has given us the keys to the kingdom of heaven, so serving is a great grace.

Sometimes I sigh. When I see a young couple living in poverty and both parents are also in debt, I say, how can this family of six live? I have a burden in my heart. I wish I could be a blessing to them and release them from their poor situation. But what exactly brought them to this stage? It is considering human intentions.

So I taught their pastor how to serve them, how to tear down their worldly system, and how to tear down the customs of this world. But they don't know that the intentions of those people inside them have harmed them. When we consider God's intentions and want to completely give ourselves to God, the result is that we live out an abundant life.

Poor days are not easy. Brothers and sisters, we must understand what life we have received in Jesus Christ, which is to imitate Jesus Christ and give ourselves completely. Everything in the kingdom of heaven will become ours. When we are still alive, the power of Jesus Christ's resurrection from the dead will be manifested in you and me. Everything becomes dim because Jesus Christ is everything to me.

Sometimes when I wake up in the morning and see my phone, there are many messages in the group. When I go in to take a look, some of our sisters or brothers are serving, and they serve for several hours. It's not that they have nothing to do. Many of them are very busy at work and have heavy work burdens, but they still squeeze out time to serve. Some of us don't have heavy work burdens but still squeeze out their time. Compared to them, which is self-denial?

Have we really gained the meaning of life? Do we really live like Jesus? Brothers and sisters, let's start thinking about how much you have given for Jesus. Are you satisfied with your current living conditions? Do you have a future? Are the thoughts inside you the thoughts of Jesus Christ or your own thoughts? Therefore, we must all reflect on this today.

I have a little regret that I have not motivated everyone enough because there is not enough time to tear down! Today, we must completely tear down the selfish logical system inside us. Have we had enough of poor days? If we haven't had enough, then continue to live that selfish life. If we have had enough, then start denying ourselves for Jesus Christ today! You say you can't do it because there are still many human intentions inside. That's because your spiritual level is not high enough. You don't know the good will of God, and you don't know the good plan God has for us.

If you are willing to repent after listening to my sharing today, then in the days to come, gradually offer yourself and become a servant of others. A few days ago, I was serving a patient with ankylosing spondylitis who had been tortured by the disease for more than 40 years and was very miserable. The first thing I corrected was his concept of wanting others to serve him.

Can he rise up and start serving others? Because he has recovered a lot, he should dedicate himself to serving others and no longer be a selfish person. I think he will not only be healed but also live out God's power of resurrection from the dead, and he will definitely live out God's glory.

In the spiritual realm, all the dark forces of demons know that those who are willing to deny themselves have the mark of Jesus Christ on them and will definitely live out the image of Jesus Christ! These dark forces know that we have the authority from Jesus because we have completely dedicated ourselves to God. God will release all the potential inside you, so your work will not only be done well but will also be done better than before. Don't worry, put aside all worries, because our God is an almighty God.

Conclusion

Do you hope to live out the life of God? We were originally like God, and we originally had God's glorious image on us. Starting today, know God's will for us, which is to restore God's glorious image on us. This is the original intention of salvation. Jesus Christ has died for us, Jesus Christ has risen for us, and Jesus Christ has a good plan for us. He will personally accomplish this plan so that you and I can manifest His glory while we are still alive on this earth and let His glory fill the whole earth! Amen!