Psalm 86:11 Teach me your way O
Lord. That I may rely on your faithfulness and walk and live in your
truth. Give me an undivided united heart that I may fear and honor your
name.
Who and what is your priority? Where
is your heart? What do you value most? In the world of "Vanity
Faire" value is in self actualization with the emphasis on self:
accomplishments, accolades and praise of men, wealth, power and
influence. Paul said in Romans that there are two natures: the
selfish nature of the flesh and the self-less nature of the spirit. The
two natures are contrary one to the other: "oh wretched man that I
am, who shall deliver me from this dead body?" the spirit of life in
Christ hath made me free from the law of sin and death, for what the law could
not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own son in the
likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh that the
righteousness of the law may be fulfilled in us who walk not after the flesh
but after the spirit.
A double minded man is unstable in all his
ways. Where is your focus? Walk in the spirit and ye shall not
fulfill the lusts of the flesh. Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in
his wonderful face and the things of earth shall grow strangely dim in the
light of his wonder and grace.
Jesus Christ reconciled us to God: he
reconciled our divided heart so that we could serve God in the unity of
the spirit. The adversary's goal is to divide our heart and our
loyalty. Jesus Christ came to mend our broken hearts, bringing
together of twain one new man so that we can be united together, at peace with
God our father.
Our rejoicing is not in our success (in the
eyes of men) but rather that our names are written in the book of life.
It's not about us, it's about him. It's not about what we've done for
Him, it's about what he's done for us.
Experience is a great teacher: to
know God is to know by experience, Greek word ginosko. God never
said that he would be faithful to me, rather said that he is faithful to his
Word. To know God, we must surrender our will to His will. We must
surrender our heart and our actions to his word and not our word. When we
align our word with his word, our heart with his heart, our will with his will,
our blessing with his blessing, then it is God that worketh in us to will and
to do of his good pleasure.
In this world we shall have tribulation (mental
pressure.) Jesus said, "be of good cheer for I have overcome the
world." Tribulation worketh patience and patience experience and
experience hope and hope maketh not ashamed because the love of God is shed
abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which is given to us.
God designed, created, and called us to his
purpose. Sanctification or holiness (the Greek word Hagios) means to set
aside for the purpose intended by the designer. As we walk worthy of the
vocation wherewith we are called we redeem the time, pressing toward the mark
of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. The mark is the target, the
purpose, our portion, our allotment, God's provision for our life (the Greek
word meros), God's workmanship, his Poema which he has foreordained that we
should walk in it. God called us to know him, walking according to his
divine appointment.
Our life is a pilgrimage, a journey.
We walk daily (French “Journee”) redeeming each moment in time for God's divine
purpose and his divine appointment. Our daily appointment is to walk with
God in day-tight compartments... take no thought for the morrow for the morrow
shall take thought for itself. God is our sufficiency, our portion, our
allotment day by day. Therefore as we walk this journey of life, commit
each day to walk alongside the master... redeeming the time to his honor and
glory!
Your
brother in Christ,
Michael
No comments:
Post a Comment