Believers Meetings - Yielded
2025 FFC Believers Meetings
There was a common theme throughout the entire FFC Believer’s meetings. We continually heard the Holy Spirit talk to us about being yielded to Him in everything.
What does it mean to yield?
Yield (2138 eupeithes) – In the Greek New Testament it means good for persuasion, easily obeying, compliant or ready to obey. In the visual thesaurus it means to end resistance, to give over, to surrender, or to relinquish. It means to move in order to make room for someone or something. It means to be willing to concede. It means to cease opposition or to stop fighting, to consent.
Being yielded to God is not something that is ever forced on a person. If I or we are going to be yielded to God it will be because we choose to be. God likes genuineness. Man sees the outward, but God sees the heart. This means that in order for any of us to move forward in the plans of God for our lives we need to decide within ourselves that God can rearrange or remove any area of our lives that He chooses. This is the only way that God will be able to fulfill His desires in our lives.
The main Scripture that the Lord kept impressing on me was the account of the rich young ruler.
Matt 19:20 The young man said to Him, "All these things I have kept from my youth. What do I still lack?" 21 Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me." 22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. NKJV
The rich young ruler was not an overtly sinful man; he understood the law and kept the law. Yet he was hungry for more, he experienced a depth of spiritual satisfaction with Jesus that he had never experienced under the law. Deep calls to deep (Psalms 42:7). Notice in Matt. 19:21 Jesus offers this man wholeness. Jesus offered this man the full satisfaction of his deepest heart’s desire. But we see in verse 22 that this man did not yield to the Jesus, instead he chose to the blessing over the Blesser! Living a yielded life to God always boils down to one question, what is more important? Are earthly riches more important than heavenly riches and being a disciple of Jesus? In this case the rich young ruler determined that his earthly wealth was more important than Jesus.
Now, the love of money is what is being dealt with by Jesus in this interaction recorded in Scripture. But the over arching issue is whether a person will yield their life to the Lord or not.
Believers meetings are designed to help us yield to the Lord. It isn’t about running, its about being yielded. It isn’t about laughing; it is about being yielded. It isn’t about dancing; it is about being yielded. It isn’t about giving a tongue or giving and interpretation, it is about yielding. The actions are important, but they will never happen without a yielded
heart.
So, where is the Lord asking you to yield?
Ultimately anything that we are doing that the Lord did not direct will have an effect on our level of fellowship with the Lord. That being said, let’s put all this in perspective so we don’t get overwhelmed in the process of change.
The first thing to do is lay your life out on the table before the Lord in prayer. Make a list of what you are currently involved with and then walk through the list and allow the Lord to lead you in what you should keep, remove, or add. Take your time in prayer and be sure you hear from Him.
As you do this, realize that your mind and your body are not going to like some of the changes. In other words, we will have to wean our souls and bodies off things that they have become accustomed to and desire. A yielded believer is one who has walked through the truth of Psalms 131:2 Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me [ceased from fretting]. AMP
Let’s continue daily to wait on the Lord, to worship, to pray in other tongues and to meditate in His Word until we live daily with a quieted soul. A soul (mind, will, and emotions) that are quieted do not struggle to hear from the Lord.
There was a common theme throughout the entire FFC Believer’s meetings. We continually heard the Holy Spirit talk to us about being yielded to Him in everything.
What does it mean to yield?
Yield (2138 eupeithes) – In the Greek New Testament it means good for persuasion, easily obeying, compliant or ready to obey. In the visual thesaurus it means to end resistance, to give over, to surrender, or to relinquish. It means to move in order to make room for someone or something. It means to be willing to concede. It means to cease opposition or to stop fighting, to consent.
Being yielded to God is not something that is ever forced on a person. If I or we are going to be yielded to God it will be because we choose to be. God likes genuineness. Man sees the outward, but God sees the heart. This means that in order for any of us to move forward in the plans of God for our lives we need to decide within ourselves that God can rearrange or remove any area of our lives that He chooses. This is the only way that God will be able to fulfill His desires in our lives.
The main Scripture that the Lord kept impressing on me was the account of the rich young ruler.
Matt 19:20 The young man said to Him, "All these things I have kept from my youth. What do I still lack?" 21 Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me." 22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. NKJV
The rich young ruler was not an overtly sinful man; he understood the law and kept the law. Yet he was hungry for more, he experienced a depth of spiritual satisfaction with Jesus that he had never experienced under the law. Deep calls to deep (Psalms 42:7). Notice in Matt. 19:21 Jesus offers this man wholeness. Jesus offered this man the full satisfaction of his deepest heart’s desire. But we see in verse 22 that this man did not yield to the Jesus, instead he chose to the blessing over the Blesser! Living a yielded life to God always boils down to one question, what is more important? Are earthly riches more important than heavenly riches and being a disciple of Jesus? In this case the rich young ruler determined that his earthly wealth was more important than Jesus.
Now, the love of money is what is being dealt with by Jesus in this interaction recorded in Scripture. But the over arching issue is whether a person will yield their life to the Lord or not.
Believers meetings are designed to help us yield to the Lord. It isn’t about running, its about being yielded. It isn’t about laughing; it is about being yielded. It isn’t about dancing; it is about being yielded. It isn’t about giving a tongue or giving and interpretation, it is about yielding. The actions are important, but they will never happen without a yielded
heart.
So, where is the Lord asking you to yield?
- The rich young ruler was asked to give position and wealth for ministry.
- Some people might need to learn to choose Jesus over family.
- Some people might need to learn to choose Jesus over friends.
- Maybe God is asking some of you to lay down your desire for ministry in order to minister to your family until the proper season.
- Maybe the Lord is telling you to give up some of the pleasures of life in order to walk with Him more closely.
- Husbands and wives the Lord may be asking you to lay down your activities in order to stay home and minister to your spouse and kids.
Ultimately anything that we are doing that the Lord did not direct will have an effect on our level of fellowship with the Lord. That being said, let’s put all this in perspective so we don’t get overwhelmed in the process of change.
The first thing to do is lay your life out on the table before the Lord in prayer. Make a list of what you are currently involved with and then walk through the list and allow the Lord to lead you in what you should keep, remove, or add. Take your time in prayer and be sure you hear from Him.
As you do this, realize that your mind and your body are not going to like some of the changes. In other words, we will have to wean our souls and bodies off things that they have become accustomed to and desire. A yielded believer is one who has walked through the truth of Psalms 131:2 Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me [ceased from fretting]. AMP
Let’s continue daily to wait on the Lord, to worship, to pray in other tongues and to meditate in His Word until we live daily with a quieted soul. A soul (mind, will, and emotions) that are quieted do not struggle to hear from the Lord.
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