Free Beauty Samples

The Lord says to taste and see that He is good in Psalms 34:8.  The Lord gives away free samples.  In John 5:1, Jesus went to a pool, where “a great number of disabled people used to lay—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed.”  Jesus asked an individual who had a chronic illness for nearly four decades a direct question, “Do you want to get well?”  Instead of saying yes, the individual told his story of woe.  In verse 8, Jesus continued to be direct with him by commanding him to, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” “At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked” (John 5:9).

Sometimes I act like this man.  Jesus offers me a free sample, but I cannot see it because I am caught up in my immediate circumstance.  I can only see one way out of it, and that way is blocked.  When, actually, there are numerous ways out of a situation that I have not considered.  This makes me like one of the disabled people at the pool who are “blind, lame, and paralyzed” (John 5:1).  Jesus dealt with the man’s disability by commanding him to “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk” (John 5:8).  I must get up and pick up the circumstance that I have been lying in and walk.  I must walk by faith and not by sight (2 Cor. 5:7).  I cannot allow outward expressions to control my actions because I understand the Law of Cause and Effect.

I am the cause of all effects in my life through my own thinking; therefore, I must change how I think to change outward effects.   Jesus changed the way the man thought about his circumstance through a command.  I can change my circumstances by commanding myself to think in a positive way about all situations.  In Philippians 4:8, the Spirit of the Lord through the Apostle Paul says to think on whatever is true, noble, right, pure….  What is true, noble, right, and pure?  What I have faith in.  What I believe God has done for me without doubt.  The Spirit of the Lord speaks to me again about my thinking in the following scriptures:

2 Corinthians 10:4-6
4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 6

The power of God in the word of God that I speak to myself destroys mental strongholds, which are those points of view, reasoning, and pretentious fronts that I use to dismiss the knowledge of God in my mind.  I must control these thoughts and cast them down and replace them with the true knowledge of God.  The true knowledge of God is what I believe and what I see.

John 15:7-8
New International Version

7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.

When I bear allot of fruit, my Heavenly Father is glorified and pleased with me.  God wants me to take as many free samples as I need.  God wants me to try it before I buy it—that is, God wants me to experience His Goodness as many times as I need to by actually doing what the word says and not just listening to the word, and thereby cheating myself of God’s power and glory (James 1:22).

Free beauty samples are not only offered by God, but free samples are available at cosmetics’ counters.  I request free makeup samples because I have sensitive skin, and I definitely want to try it before I commit to buying any product that goes on my skin or eyes.  Cosmetic’s companies are aware that many women want to try the makeup or skin care product out first for various reasons, so they supply stores with samples.  Try a sample first.  When it works for you, them purchase the product.