The Pursuit Of Purpose 11

Sanibonani! Greetings all over the world!

It’s a breezy afternoon on a hot day here in Pretoria. I hope you are doing well as the weekend progresses.

This series has been something else and I’m so thankful that Jehovah has released such incredible insights to us in this generation. It has been life-changing for me and for many of you as we continue.

The last post brought a conclusion to the Desire step in The Purpose Formula with an understanding of how to defeat the enemies that aim to destroy it and keep us from fulfilling these Desires.

Now we get to the next step called, ‘Seeking’. We graduate to this one by having an unstoppable Desire to curb our Frustrations as discussed in previous posts. Our Frustration grows and breeds Desire; Desire grows and overcomes its own challenges to breed ‘Seeking’.

Let’s begin with the definition of the word:

• “To attempt or desire to obtain or achieve (something)”

The reason it stands third in The Purpose Formula is because it comes from a solid Frustration and Desire foundation. So that it’s not just an act of looking for something but rather, a real conviction to succeed that comes from the inside out.

When your Frustration has reached a growth point into Desire, and Desire has now brought us to a place where we NEED to find a way to sort this out, then we don’t just let up when we don’t see a way out around us.

It’s a far deeper feeling attached to a decision. If we can’t find a way, we make a way! Jehovah is an Inventor by nature and He made us the same. Seeking is a drive that pushes us and makes us quite relentless in finding a solution or creating one.

Here it is…

In the step of Seeking, we need to know that it is based on Frustrations that are solid and Desires that will not stop until they are quenched. It is one where if a way isn’t there, we don’t just let go and give in, but create a way as our God did and still does.

On the next post…
A Deeper Look Into The Seeking Step
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TGBTG!

The Messenger

Stay Blessed, Be Multiplied

The Pursuit Of Purpose 10.3

Melodious Salutations to you!

I went to the studio yesterday to go and record a single for this new year.
It was quite an experience and I hope you will enjoy when you hear it. It should be out pretty soon according to my producer. Don’t Miss It!

Alright, let’s do this.

On the last post, we spoke about some challenges that come up when we get into the 'Desire' step of The Purpose Formula. From people not believing in you and your vision, to those who don’t stick with you as you aim to fulfil this Desire. The obstacles are many and the worst of which is dashed hope or discouragement. According to the book of Gabriel, this is the most damaging.

Proverbs 13:2 puts it like this, “Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.” The American Standard Version is like this, “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.”

Hope is one of the most powerful life lines to hold on to when in the Desire Dimension and the key is what feeds that hope. You see, every challenge that we face in this step has one purpose – To discourage us from continuing our pursuit.

So how do we win this battle? What we listen to, What we meditate on and What we say. Oh yes, it’s that simple.

Check this out:

- Romans 10:17, “So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.”

- Proverbs 23:7, “For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.”

- Proverbs 18:21, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.”

- Hebrews 11:1, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”

It is the combination of the first three that substantiate my battle statement in winning the battle and the last Scripture is where 'Desire' draws its greatest strength!

Here it is…

We need to choose not to associate with people that speak discouragement regarding what we want to do; choose to stay away from things in the media that cast doubt on our goals; choose to listen to God, reading His Word and Speaking it out! We must find those who are of the same spirit and will encourage us as we encourage them. Since we have written the vision down according to the series we’ve been busy with, we must read it aloud to ourselves and declare that it shall be done in Jesus’ Name! This is how we defeat the enemies of Desire.

On the next post…

We Take The Next Step

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TGBTG!

The Messenger

The Pursuit Of Purpose 10.2

Moloweni! Dumelang! Goeie More! Bonjour! Hello to you all!

I’m having a great start to my day here with worship from Ntokozo Mbatha’s album, Filled. That song, ‘Magnify’ is just great. I hope your day is also showing great promise for success.

Alright, let’s keep moving.

On the last post, we talked about a few things that can stand in the way of our Desires being fulfilled to remedy our Frustrations.

When you have a vision, a Revelation about dealing with something, and nobody seems to get you, understand it, or even want to, you tend to choose the easier route of ‘Giving Up’. We all do! I remember the first time I tried to go into business, some 7 or 8 years ago, and the innumerable obstacles that simply hindered me.

I had started my logistics business and looked to grow it into an unemployment destroyer in our country, but I came across people who seemed great to help me out at first. I ended paying for contracts that I thought were direct contracts with mines and other logistical clients, yet turned out to be bogus. I lost a lot of money in those days and literally just threw in the towel.

In ministry as well, I ministered with all my heart to those that got into my cab as I drove them from Wonderpark Mall to the residences within Akasia in the North of Pretoria, and I looked to spread The Message wider and wider. Again, I had serious financial constraints and people standing in my way. One would say, I love your music or your ministry and I will invite you to my church, and then it doesn’t happen. Again, I just wanted to stop all this and lose hope. I’m sure many of you have experienced something like this and I want to encourage you with this Scripture that The Holy Ghost always reminds me of…

Jeremiah 20:9, it say, “Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay."

I keep meeting people who speak of the business and contracts that I could work on, I keep meeting people who still want to hear what Jehovah has placed in me and I have found that I just can’t dodge these and others within me, so they are clearly not going anywhere.

Here it is…
What is in us cannot be brought to nought for as long as God placed it there. He knitted it into our being and no matter how much we want to give up and lay it down in the grave, it always comes back and pushes us to try again. It is like fire SHUT UP in our bones. So we best change the giving up mentality and walk in Victory!

On the next post…
Defeating The Enemies Of The Desire Step
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TGBTG!
The Messenger
Stay Blessed, Be Multiplied

The Pursuit Of Purpose 10.1

Good Afternoon Children of The Most High God!

I hope you are all fighting the good fight of Faith and aiming for the mark of the High Calling!

• In the last post, we were dealing with the second step in The Purpose Formula – Desire. We spoke at length about the importance of writing down the vision, recording it one way or another, meditating on it and keeping it in front of us day and night.

The practical aspect here is that we need to continuously think of ways to get the job done, feeding the Desire to provide a solution to our frustrations. Talking about it to those that can advise, help or support us is also very important and having an attitude that won’t give up.

• In this post I want to explore the challenges that we face when we want to go forward in this endeavour. We have an enemy that doesn’t want to see us succeed, especially in the Purpose God has set out for us, and thinking that we won’t be pushed to throwing in the towel is being naïve. Sadly, many times, that enemy is in the mirror rather than out there. Oh yes., we are our biggest hindrance, not the devil. 

When we look around in our generation, we see many reason why what we want to achieve just won’t happen. I have come across many, many closed doors, and those that have been shut in my face, while trying to work out my matter. For years, and I mean years, I have been driving myself to get to where I want to go, keeping the Desire alive, yet there were times I just wanted to give up.

Wait, there were countless times that I actually did give up! It’s true, it became too much and I ended up submitting to the standards of the world, joining those who go with the flow and seeing no way out of my situation.

People not believing in my vision, others saying that they will walk with me and then never actually come along, even others starting the work with me but then fall away as time goes on. Have you ever felt like you are just not good enough or worthy to perform the task that is raging inside of you? How does Desire survive this turmoil?

Here is it...
When Frustration has grown into Desire, we will inevitably come across challenges and obstacles that have one mission, and that is to stop us from fulfilling our Desires, particularly when we are walking in the Will of God for our lives. Does this mean we let go and give in? Absolutely NOT!

On the next post…

How Desire Is To Survive It’s Arch Nemesis

Stay Tuned…

TGBTG!
The Messenger

The Pursuit Of Purpose 10

Dumelang Kaofela!

A wonderful afternoon to you all. I pray that you have a good self development plan set out this year and that you are getting to it already. As the year progresses, let's keep checking our progress and not assume that we have a lot of time on our hands...neh? Excellent...

Now, today we move on from the teaching on Frustration to Step 2 in 'The Purpose Formula', Desire.

Remember that our frustrations point us in the direction of where our purpose lies, and as you've read in past posts, these frustrations are too much to ignore or to do nothing about.

• In TPOP 9.2, we learnt that the very first thing we should do is found in Habakkuk 2:2, writing the vision down, both for ourselves and those who may join in, in future.

You see, the things that will move you to write it down is Desire. our frustrations need to grow to the point where we want to actually deal with it, where we Desire to change the situation. If they aren't strong enough to push us to the Desire dimension, then we need to diagnose what the problem is. That however, we will do in a later post.

The Desire to deal with what frustrates us has to grow. We start this process by putting it down on paper, typing it into a laptop, tablet or smart phone, writing it down as an sms, etc. Whatever you have at your disposal to write it down, do it. Record a voice note on your phone if you have to and listen to it from time to time.

The greatest strength it will have is embedded in the word - Meditation. In Psalm 1:2 it says, "But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night." So clearly, meditation goes on day and night. The key though, is that we need to delight in this thing that we want to do, write down, and bring to pass.

Here it is...
Our frustrations need to get to a point where we Desire to do something about it. Ideas will inevitably come leading us to finding solutions and we are to write them down. We need to delight in what we want to do and Meditate on them day and night.

On the next post...
Another Level In Desire
Stay Tuned...

TGBTG!
The Messenger

The Pursuit Of Purpose 9.2

Greetings Once Again In The Extraordinary Name Of The Risen Master - Jesus Christ!

Alright, now that the year 2015 has kicked off for us here on The Writings Of Gabriel, let's continue this incredible series.

Now in the closing days of 2014 we discussed the matter of Frustration in the 'Purpose Formula' and to a large extent, spoke of the kinds of frustrations that my friends and I experienced before and still do today.

• I'm sure you have your own frustrations and they need not specifically refer to church matters. You could be frustrated with the way children are being treated at certain hospitals; you could be bothered by the lack of sufficient trees in a particular locality, or how some organizations focus more on Math and Science and not on other subjects at school.

Whichever one keeps nagging you and is pushing you into action, we need to put value on it and take steps to do something about it.

Now that we have identified our frustrations, we need to do what is stipulated in Habakkuk 2:2, "And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it."

We need to write it down and make it plain for ourselves to read, and to be able to cause others to read and understand it.

This seems like a simple task I must say, but trust me, it isn't as unimportant as it seems. 

Here it is...
Writing the vision, idea, thought down causes you to get into the beginning stages of accountability for it. 
Writing it down brings it to life more than leaving it in one's thoughts where it can be forgotten of delayed.
Writing it down puts it in front of one's face and putting it in front of our eyes makes it stronger.

This is the critical second step in 'The Purpose Formula' - Desire.

What do I mean?

On the next post...
Well, What I Mean...Lol
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TGBTG!
The Messenger

Message For 2015

Hello Hello Hello Everybody! 
I'm so glad you made it to 2015! Well it's been a hectic start to the year on my side and this is my first post this year. Therefore it's only fair that I give out The Message for 2015 as given to me and through me.

These three Scriptures combine to be the foundation thereof:

Amos 9:13

"Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt."

Ephesians 3:20-21

"Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen."

James 1:22

"But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves."

The year 2015 demands doers, not just hearers. It's time for action. Many misconstrue the verse in Matthew 4:4 which says, "But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.", to specifically refer only to Him speaking about The Bible and things only pertaining to The Scripture.

Jehovah speaks as a Father and at times can simply tell us that we are driving too fast, or that we should stop for a chocolate, or even that we should put on a particular color shirt, one particular day.

He has given us so many ideas in 2014 and years before that, whether He did it through other people, a movie, a book, or through conversation; He has given us things that we can do to develop ourselves in every area. Like many, I have simply not followed through on them, neither have I been relentless in achieving them.

In 2015, may the Power that worketh in us (Eph 3:20) be that of jotting down our ideas, all of them, making the decision to start and finish, and leaving no stone unturned in succeeding; not for our Glory but for His.

May this year show that God meant it when He said that He will bless 'all' the work of our hands, opening His storehouse of blessing to pour down blessings that we don't have enough room to receive. May He show that the blessing can literally run ahead of our seed (Amos 9:13), yet actually putting the seed down and not leaving it only in the realm of verbalization (Jam 1:22).

Here it is...
Have the idea, write it down, DO the research, find a way, Pray that God will lead your way, GET IT DONE! No matter what it is, make sure it propels you in the direction of His Purpose for your life, gives Glory to God and develops you incessantly. Listen to Him when He speaks, you will not fall!

Stay Blessed; Be Mulitplied
TGBTG!
The Messenger