Albert Einstein said: “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” If that is the case, then why do so many keep repeating the same thing and seeing no results? It’s like trying to bake a cake with the wrong recipe over and over again and even though it keeps coming out wrong, you continue to use the same recipe. It makes no sense. 

How can we expect God to bless us if we insist of sticking to our old ways knowing that it doesn’t please Him. You might pray, you might remind God of the promises that He made in the Bible, you might come to church on a regular basis, do your chain of prayers consecutively each week and yet receive no answers from God.

Why you may ask?

Because you must leave your old life behind. God is righteous, so He can not reward failure. In order for God to be with you, you first need to be with Him. In other words you need to follow Him. Let go of everything that isn’t pleasing to Him. People can deceive you, you can deceive people, but who can deceive God? You can deceive your spouse, your parents, your boss, but who can deceive God? No one!

Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, from your family and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you.

Genesis 12:1

God was pretty much telling Abram “I can only show you the land I have for you if you leave this land that you are in”. What you need to understand is that Abram’s life was already established, he had a stable life, not to mention he was already an older man at the age of 75. Yet God still told him to leave the pagan country he was living in. It was not a request, God did not say “Abram, please leave this country” God said for him to “Get out of this country”. The “country” represents you old life. It represents the way of living that hasn’t worked until today. 

 Let go of your old ways and follow His. He can only bless you if you take the step first to leave your old life behind.

May the God of the Bible bless you 

Bishop Bira Fonseca