Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. (1 Corinthians 10:11) One reason believers get confused when they read the Bible is that they don't stop to ask the right questions. They read a passage and immediately try to apply it to their lives without first asking, “Who is God talking to here?” “Where are they?” “What condition are they in?” and “Why is He saying this to them?” The

Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. (1 John 4:4) Most of the church has been trained to look up and out. We sing about God coming down. We pray for God to show up. We wait for something to happen from the outside. And there is nothing wrong with acknowledging God's greatness and His presence. But there is a truth that the church has largely missed, and missing it has kept believers weak,

And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat? And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward