You can desire God’s will & still mess up. Here's How

In this powerful message, Pastor Kim reveals why many believers desire God’s will yet still struggle with disappointment. Discover the difference between God’s will and God’s way, and how faith, instruction, and alignment with His manner position you to walk in fulfillment and lasting breakthrough. God’s promises never fail. Listen and be blessed.

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Thank you for tuning into Pursuit Him Podcast. We are committed to serve you with the now word of God that will inspire and encourage you to be a God Jesus. Help us reach out to many by subscribing, sharing, and leaving a review for us on your favorite listening app. This is Sam, your host, and this is an excerpt from a recent word ministered by Pastor Kim. Let's dive in.

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So the Lord gave to Israel all the land of which he had sworn to give to their fathers. And they took possession of it and dwelled in it. The Lord gave them rest all around, according to all that he had sworn to their fathers, and not a man of all their enemies stood against them. The Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand. Now I want to read it again. So when I say Israel, I want you to put your name in it. So the Lord give to your name. And this is my favourite. To you, to you. All came to us. Not a word failed. Not a single word failed. Has God spoken something over you? You may be seated. So you need to know that God cannot fail. God's word cannot fail. Is there is there faith? When you're hearing say to yourself, okay, like you mean it, God cannot fail. God can never fail. His word can never fail. But are some of you seeing failures in your life? Are some of you experiencing disappointment in your life? So, what is happening? God cannot fail, his word cannot fail. Yet some of us are seeing failures and and and struggles and challenges in our life. What is happening? Can I quickly give you some understanding? If you know this, if you understand this, you'll become very, very powerful. So I'm praying that as I'm speaking, the seed is going deep in your heart. You need to understand that if so, God is for you, right? If you don't understand the will of God, you will face failure. What is his will for your life, then the enemy can cause failure to come to you. Majority of the so-called religious Christians are struggling because they don't understand that God is good. They don't understand that his plan for you is is to bless you, to prosper you, not to harm you. That's God's will for your life. Blessings is God's will for your life. Prosperity is God's will for your life. Having the grace for children is to bear children is God's will for your life. Multiplication is God's will for your life. A good marriage is God's will for your life. This is God's will. If you don't understand God's will, failure will come and the enemy can cause confusion in your head. So number one is you need to know God's will for your life. Now, majority of the people who understand this, they understand it well that okay, yeah, yeah. But where they miss is the second part. So there is God's will and there is God's manner. So even though that's the reason why you need to come to the church and understand the manner and will of God. Many, many, majority of the Christian uh churches have some understanding of the will of God. But praise God, we are part of a stream that gives us understanding of the manner of God. Recently I was talking to God and I said, God, I want, I know that you want to prosper me. I know that you want to bless me financially. And I said, God, I want X amount of incoming for me every month. And I said, you know, Lord, this is not for my personal expenses. I want to do this, I want to do this, and I so I I was speaking to God and telling him his will. Right? I said, I want, for many of you who are saying, I want business, I want progress, I want um a steady income, I want um financial breakthroughs. That's a good desire because that's God's will. Right? He he became poor so that we may become rich in every way. So I was praying the will of God, right? But God still can't function till I understand the manner of God. And at that moment, God's manner came to me in this way. God said, What have you done to upskill yourself? How have you put your hands to something that I may cause a blessing to come to you? What have you done differently so I can bless you differently? Did you understand? This is did this example help you? Um the other day I was telling somebody, I will never lack in gold, ever. And there's a reason behind it. For some of you who know uh or you don't know, I I when I started working, I was working for fine jewelry industry. When I say fine jewelry means gold, not even silver, diamonds, precious stones, pearls, different kinds of all original. And and I was um a part of this industry where you know God took me to places where seeing diamonds was like seeing stones for me. Whether it was in Surat. God even took me to Israel. And uh He took me, Israel is a diamond trading center, so he took me to that Israel diamond exchange, that building. Do you know how how Israel's security is? You have some understanding, right? Israel is very stringent on their security. Now, can you imagine what kind of security will be in that place where diamonds are traded in Israel? I had to pass multiple layers of security, crazy things that I've never seen. And it was at that time, so many years ago. And I stood there in that diamond trading center where people are trading diamonds. I've I've seen, I've been to markets in Europe where I've I've seen people trading gold, gold, you know. So the reason why I'm telling you this is because my heart was never on these things. I was in in the midst of all this, and and this never um caused any attraction for me. I've seen so many women, they are so attached to their gold. Especially Shadika gold, or you know, whatever. Some of can I be honest, like some of us are so attached to the gold that we have. And there was a time when I let go of all my gold because I said I want to invest in X, Y, Z. You know, gold is income, right? So I was never attached to gold until I heard my father saying that why should the world have all the precious metals and all the precious stones with them? And why should we children of God not have a desire for excellence? Okay, that that in a way symbolizes excellence, fine jewelry. And when I heard that, I said, okay, I never thought about it. And I said, okay, let me start saving gold. And despite all my sewing, little by little, gram by gram, I started saving gold. Are you interested? Is it I started saving, and this is pure gold, okay? You buy bullion, right? And it was not like I heard my father say, you need to sow some, save some, invest some. After doing everything, God gave me the grace to have some savings. And while I could have spent it on anything, I said, let me just invest in gold. And I kept doing it, kept doing it. I don't even know. Um, I reached around 40, 45 grams of gold. Do you know how what value it holds now? And I was like, I'm gonna surprise my husband. Because this was, I don't know from where the money was coming. I said, I'm gonna surprise him and say, okay, my target was 50 grams of gold. This is some months ago, okay? And I was like, wow, just five, six more grams and I'll be there. 50 grams. And that's when the Holy Spirit came to me and said, You want to reach 50 grams fast? I said, Yes. I said, why don't you invest this in my kingdom? I said, This cannot be God. I said, God, you know my heart is not on gold. I know that's why I'm asking you. I said, No. It took me some months to reach there, right? And I began to give, you know how it is when the Holy Spirit drops something in your heart, there's that wrestling that happens, and you know you can't, you can't excuse yourself out of it. And I began to contend with God. I said, God, okay, even if I give this to my, you know, I saw this, I said, the best place for me to sow is my spiritual parents. If if I saw this, it's very difficult for them to take it back, you know, customs. So how do I do it? Like basically, I was wrestling, I was wrestling until there came a point when I scattered it completely. Completely, I scattered it. I when I say I scattered it, I I I began giving in ways. Um you know, I I didn't want to hold it. And the more I was trying to put perspective and the more logical way, how do I give, I said, this is not gonna work. I just began to scatter it until I it got completely scattered. And that's God's manner that worked for me. That's why I said I I will never lack in gold, because God has given me beyond even you know 50 grams. Is it helping you?

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Yes.

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So there are certain things that's why I can stand here with assurance and say, My heart is not on gold, and yet I know I will never lack in gold. Because I know, I know. So I want to encourage you, okay? You may know the will of God, but there is a manner of God that you need to understand. How many of you know that verse where God says, When you walk, your ears will hear a voice behind you? We all, I was talking to some somebody and they were saying that I need to know the will of God. Now, is is that a good uh desire? It is a good desire. There is the will of God, but there is the manner of God. If you don't understand the manner of God, even if you chase the will of God, you will mess up. That's why the scripture says, your ears will hear a voice behind you. The manner of God is faith, because God wants you to walk. That's why you you are hearing the voice behind you. Are you distracted or are you listening? Please don't miss this, okay? The manner of God is faith. And do you know what comes before this verse?

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Prophetess, it's in um Isaiah 30 verse 20.

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Yeah.

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Um, and though the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your teachers will not be moved into a corner anymore. But your eyes shall see your teachers, your ears shall hear a word behind you.

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Okay, did you did you catch the manner of God? You have the will to hear God. Before even your ears can hear God's voice, it's saying your eyes need to see something. Your eyes need to see your teachers. What does teachers signify? Your eyes need to see an instruction that is coming. That's the manner of God. God works with instructions. So, can I encourage you in in whatever situation you are asking or desiring for God's will, can you also seek understanding for God's manner? If you are a young boy and you're desiring to get married, so you don't know the girl yet, you're desiring to get married. That's a good thing. It's the will of God. What is the manner of God? God will prepare you. If God will train you, God will cause you to be a good head. And if you are not sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit, tell me, how will you even lead your wife to be? And if you are a young girl, you are desiring to get married, that's a good desire. But if you are not able to submit to what God is telling you now, how will you even submit to your husband? If you have a desire to do great things for God, what is the manner that God is asking you? What is the manner? If you desire to have business and are you are you doing something? Are you is your heart aligned to what God is teaching you? Because our God is a God of order, He's a God of systems. I want you to think about what is the challenge that you're facing right now, where you are desiring God's will. Because what happens is when we partake of this manner, when we become part of this surrender, that's when God shapes your character. So that you are not a shortcut person, but you are somebody who resembles him. You are a son. You are a son. God's desire is to see you and call you as my son, not a child of God, but a mature son of God who functions with understanding. And that's when you become very dangerous for the enemy. Come on now, close your eyes and I pray that this word will sink deep in your heart. I pray that you are asking God, God, show me your will, show me your plans, I want to hear your voice. But before I can hear your voice, I want to see, I want to understand your manner. Because I know that when something comes to me by your will, and in your manner, it becomes untouchable. Because that's when the enemy cannot touch that blessing, because God Himself stands there in defense and says, Hey, you cannot touch this because this is my will for my child, and it has come to her or him in the right manner. That becomes your inheritance, that becomes your portion, and it becomes the portion of your children and your children's children. Hallelujah, Father. We want to thank you because you are such a loving God. Thank you, Father, for all those times and all those. Seasons when you didn't pamper us, but your desire was for us to be like your son Jesus, who is a great example of your will, and who is the best example of the manner of you. He could have done many things his way, but because he chose your manner, and your manner was the cross. Because Jesus chose your manner, you gave him a name that is above every name, at the sound of which every knee on heaven, on earth and under the earth now bows. And that's our inheritance. Father, we ask forgiveness for the times where we have rushed you. We ask forgiveness for the times where we have been lazy and laid back. And when we have been expecting things to fall in our lap, not understanding what is your manner. Lord, we receive direction and your manner. Even as we hear this word right now, we receive your direction and manner that we may receive a portion that becomes untouchable, that the enemy will not even be able to look or throw his glance at it because that becomes untouchable. It is the will of my father, and it has come to me in the right manner. Hallelujah. Lord, I speak understanding, I speak wisdom into your children. Thank you, Father. Wisdom is the principal thing, Lord. So I pray, God, that your children, we your children will desire your wisdom to know your mind, to know your heart, to know your manner, and not just know your will. And I speak, Father, breakthroughs, even as we understand your manner and even as we walk in that manner by faith. I thank you that 2026 will bring great testimonies to us individually. It'll bring great testimonies to us as a family. It will bring testimonies in every area. Like we read, Lord, your promise, not one fail. All good things, every good thing that is connected to us, our job, our finances, our business, our community, our church, this house, this tribe, we will see goodness everywhere.

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