Ephesians 3:14-21 “ For
this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from
whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant
you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with
might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in
your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may
be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and
length and depth and height — to know the love of Christ which passes
knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to
Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the
power that works in us, to Him be
glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all
generations, forever and ever. Amen.”
This last Sunday, in Pastor
Kyle’s sermon message, he stated that we can handle more than we think because God
is the source of power and love. He exclaimed that everyone, as children of
God, has 100% equal access to the true source of power. The secret is that we
have to go down in order to go up; meaning that we must take a low posture, so
that God can bless us. 1 Peter 5:6 says to, “Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of
God, that He may exalt you in due time.”
What is the chief end of mankind? Man's
chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him forever. This is the
foundational truth of “Glory be to Go” is what we build our life upon. John
3:30 says, “He must
increase, but I must decrease.” This means physically and
spiritually towards our Lord God Almighty. It is a prostration of our heart
towards Father God in humility. In this secular naturalistic culture, it takes
faith to believe. God wants to lift us up, so we need to cultivate a continuous
stature of a submissive low posture in obedience and praying without ceasing in
adoration of His loving providence.
Philippians 2:5-11 “Let
this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who,
Being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery
to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of
a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being
found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient
to the point of death, even the death of the cross. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given
Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every
knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under
the earth, and
that every tongue should confess that Jesus
Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
A low posture has balance in
length, width, height and depth for strength, power, and stability. Knocking yourself
down is never honoring anything, but a low posture with the Lord is not low
self-esteem because in God’s hand we stand on a solid foundation. That is why
the Christian blesses, serves and gives with no string attached. We need to use
everything we have to help others.
The bottom line is that if
you do not live a life with God as Lord to be glorified, then you are cheating yourself of the height
to which you can elevate your life. We all have hopes, dreams, and aspirations;
God has more for us.
In Christ, Brian
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