The enemy of our souls loves to spin his own records: over and over and over again! He comes to kill, steal and destroy! He comes to attempt to deceive God’s people, get them off track, get them to despise faithfulness, loyalty and commitment, the very things that God stands for! These are the very things that keep families together and keep Godly relationships working toward Kingdom purposes.
Our faithfulness ( or High Fidelity) to God and to each other in the Body of Christ is extremely important .Self centeredness is the opposite of Godliness!
Famous words of John the Baptist: “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from Heaven.” (John 2:27)
Jesus said it well in John 15 when He spoke these words,”I am the vine, you are the branches, He who abides in Me and I in him bears much fruit, for without ME you can do nothing.”
Increase always comes from Heaven!
But when Increase comes it is usually because SOMETHING ELSE HAS DECREASED in order to RECEIVE THE INCREASE!
John the Baptist said these immortal words: “I must DECREASE BUT HE MUST INCREASE!”
The Decrease of Self is to Serving God As the ignition OF the Keys are to a Car!! (Say this twice!)
Without the “decrease of self” (self centeredness, self will, self propelled life) there can not really be great increase of Jesus Christ and His Kingdom purposes in our lives!
A car does not run without ignition from the key no matter how much gas it has in its tank. No matter how new the car or how beautiful the finish or the interior design, that car is useless with out the key firing correctly in its slot to bring IGNITION! Then…the car is profitable for what it was made!
Our fidelity or faithfulness to God, our Love for Jesus and our allowing of His
Pre eminence over our lives are the KEYS to the CAR OF THE
AWESOME SUCCESS AND RELEASE OF HIS POWERFUL IGNITION IN OUR LIVES AND MINISTRIES1
Wow!!
High! High! High….Fidelity!!!
When we have begun to decrease, we can start to hear His Voice more clearly! We can begin to understand His Direction and see with our spiritual eyes in a new way! The near-sightedness of self centered vision falls off our spiritual eyes like dissolving scales and our vision becomes Bright in His Righteousness!
God is doing a work of HEARING in the body of Christ……just like the work that was done in technology years ago when the old scratchy victrolas were transformed into the Hi Fi Sounds of the mid 50’s…then into Stereo and digital
Sound components making the finished product of cassette tapes and CDs
An awesome contrast to the distorted sounds of the victrola era.
Remember the white dog with the black spot that sat before the old victrola
LISTENING!…..
The words printed beside this picture said “HIS MASTER’S VOICE”….
Hi Fidelity.
Faithfulness.
Loyalty to One Master.
Devotion.
Perserverence in Love.
Obedience.
Forgiveness.
Decrease of Self Centeredness
Increase of Christ Like–ness
Prayer: Lord Jesus, we come to you with hearts bending low asking for grace for this hour for ourselves and for the whole Body of Christ. We ask Lord that your Word would come and set free those that are captive to the “way things used to be”! We ask that self would be removed from the throne of our hearts and that you would lead and guide us in the pathways of righteousness for your name’s sake that we might become “oaks of righteousness” ourselves, leaning, depending upon and devoted to You, Your plans, Your Ways and Your Direction.
Give us Grace and Strength to Forge the River that lies ahead and to arrive at the other side where we will find our Destination and our Promised Land!! Help us to get there with the right attitude and the right heart before you, in faith believing for all you have laid before us. As we learn to “decrease” and allow You and Your Holy Spirit to grow within us, IGNITE US Oh Lord to Go Forth and to become the Harvesters You have called us to be, In Jesus Name!

