Kent Mattox: Thoughts For Today

Monday, December 22, 2014

Thoughts For Today

“Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it” (Psalm 127:1). It is indeed an exciting time to be serving the King of Kings. The harvest is ripe and He is putting His house in order. In 2 Chronicles 24:13 the workmen labored and the work was completed by them; they restored the house of God to its original condition and reinforced the wall. This entire passage of scripture deals with restoring the house of the Lord. Nehemiah 2:20 says, “The God of heaven Himself will prosper us; therefore we His servants will arise and build.” In Luke 8:3-4 we see Jesus speaking a parable to those who ministered side by side with Him. Interestingly, the parable He decided to share was that of seed sowing. “But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the Word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience.” Genesis 8:22 tells us there will be seedtime and harvest. The time or patience part of that scripture is what we often miss. The key word to harvest and fruit bearing is patience. We must purpose in our heart that after our seed is sown, we will wait patiently for the harvest. In Hebrews 6:12, the Word of God declares that through faith and patience we receive the promise. Faith brings the promise or harvest, and patience prepares us to receive it. The patience (time) part is what seems to be the most difficult aspect of sowing. In whatever way that God is working in our lives, patience has a job to accomplish. James 1:4 says, “Let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.”

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You have a very real destiny that your heavenly Father has planned specifically for your life. In this compelling book, Kent Mattox candidly writes about personal insights and revelations he has experienced in fulfilling the call of God in his life. The discoveries he made along the way, he believes, are not unique to one man’s experience. They represent every believer’s climb on the continual journey to the High Places of God. The surprising aspect of this material may be that it reads as though you could have written it yourself. The inspirational and motivational book was written to appeal to the believer, as well as to those who have not yet come to the knowledge of Christ’s deep and abiding love. Wherever you are in your journey to the High Places, this book will encourage you to maintain your focus and succeed in reaching the high call of fulfilling your destiny!

Running The Race

This seventy-day devotional was birthed from many of the revelations that God has encouraged and sustained Kent and Bev with as they have continued to run the race of faith. Their desire is that it will inspire you as well. The number seventy means completion of judgment and to enter into increase. Individually, the numbers seven and ten express different aspects of perfection and completeness. As God continues to further His Kingdom by revelation of His divine purpose and plan for you life apply these principals to your maturation process. These are qualities that we all aspire to : perfection, that we are maturing in Him and completeness, that in Him we are whole.