In the last post we talked about what a Blueprint is and why Blueprints are important for our lives. If you missed it you can read it here.
In this post we will talk about 4 Keys to receive God’s blueprint over your life.
How to receive God’s Blueprint over your life? 4 Keys:
1. A custom of intimacy
A custom of intimacy with God will give you the blueprint for your life. However, the problem arises when we limit God to a prayer-answering machine. If all we can ask God is, “Let me have a good day,” “let me get a good job,” “let me find a good partner,” then there is a problem. If we can seek God beyond our daily needs, He can give us the blueprint for our lives.
“Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed. And Simon and those who were with Him searched for Him. When they found Him, they said to Him, “Everyone is looking for You.” But He said to them, “Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also, because for this purpose I have come forth.” (Mark 1:35-38)
Jesus had a custom of spending time with God early in the morning. And because of that, He knew the purpose for which He was sent. When you follow a custom of fellowshipping with God, you will receive the blueprint for your life. When you don’t have a custom of spending time with God, you will drift off your purpose.
There were so many things crying for Jesus’s attention. If Jesus didn’t know the purpose of His life, He would have gone to the people who were looking for Him. The more quality and sacrificial time you give to God, the more you will be planned and sharp in what you do.
2. A custom of thanksgiving
Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days. (Daniel 6:10)
It was Daniel’s custom to pray & “give thanks” to the Lord. In order for something to become a custom or a lifestyle, you must believe in its power. Daniel believed in the power of thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving will propel you to receive blueprints for your breakthrough. Thanksgiving is a sign of faith. When you make it a custom, you show God you believe in its power.
3. Be in the right environment
“So it was, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days; I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.” (Nehemiah 1:4)
The reason why Nehemiah received a blueprint was because when he heard the words of Hanani, he wept, prayed and fasted for days. In his consistent seeking of the Lord, the Lord gave him the plan to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. Blueprints are given to you when you genuinely and consistently seek God.
Be surrounded by people who are connected to the living stream and bring you the “Now Word.”
“that I gave the charge of Jerusalem to my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the leader of the citadel, for he was a faithful man and feared God more than many.” (Nehemiah 7:2)
Nehemiah remained a cupbearer until Hanani brought a word to him. It was a word from Hanani that triggered Nehemiah to seek the Lord in prayer & fasting. Nehemiah 7:2 talks about how Nehemiah put Hanani, along with Hananiah, in charge of Jerusalem, indicating his trustworthiness.
This shows how Hanani was not an ordinary man but a prophet himself.
Make sure you surround yourself with the voice that triggers you to seek the Lord. The more you align yourself with the living stream that is bringing you the now Word, the manner in which you receive blueprints will accelerate in your life.
4. Grow in your identity
Blueprints are handed over to you when you begin to understand who you are.
Ecclesiastes 8:4 says, “Where the word of a king is, there is power;”. You are that king. When a daughter of God stands up and says a statement even the devil will have to agree because she knows who she is. Your words will be very casual when you don’t know who you are.
The same offer that God gave to Abraham is available to you because you are a child of Abraham. If God gave the blueprint of nations to Abraham, that belongs to us also.
You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.
Ask of Me, and I will give You
The nations for Your inheritance
(Psalm 2:7-8)
Our God is a God who deals in blueprints. Every child of God has access to these blueprints, but the question is, can God trust you with it?
XOXO
Author Kim D’Souza
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