Continuing Michael's message, he write that having God’s peace, we can focus our minds on the things that matter. According to Philippians 4:8, “Finally brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things of good report, if there be any virtue and if there be any praise, think on these things.” Proverbs 4:23 says, keep thy heart with all diligence for out of the heart proceed the issues of life. To keep and to guard our hearts and minds, think on the things of God available only through the Word of God.
Oswald Chambers said, “All God requires from me is extreme obedience with no questioning or complaining on my part and no explanation on his. Then when the crisis comes and courage is required, God expects his men to be the reliable ones.” The reliable ones are the ones who are faithful to His Word. Chambers said, “it’s one thing to say, don’t worry, but it’s an entirely different thing to surrender our hearts to the Lord. There is nothing God can’t handle. Through the tumult and anguish, our rest in him is available only when our hearts are surrendered to him.” For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
Worry ends in sin because the root of worry is in having our own way instead of God’s way. Chambers says, “beware of the man who has nothing to lose.” When we turn everything over to God including the throne of our hearts, then we can come to Him with empty hands. When we acknowledge our own weakness, then He will strengthen us and uphold us with the right hand of His righteousness. The problem with a “living sacrifice” is that it wants to crawl off the altar. Therefore, we must crucify upon the cross our will in subjugation to His will. For I was crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live, yet not I, but Christ lives in me. And the life that I now live I live by faith in the son of God who loved me and gave himself for me.
It’s the little foxes, the little cares of the world will choke the Word out of our lives. Worry is infidelity to the Lord. It’s trusting in our fears and anxieties, and believing the world’s lies instead of the truth of the Word of God. To enter into fellowship with the Lord, we must enter in with total abandonment and absolute trust. According to Proverbs 3:5-6, “Trust in the. Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy paths.” When we align our will with His will in prayer, then we will rejoice in the Lord. Joy and rejoicing are the outpouring of a heart filled with gratitude and praise.
When the Lord says, “Get in the boat, we’re going over to the other side” our job is to get in the boat. Our job is not to ask, “what’s the weather forecast?” The only question is “Whose boat are you in?” Then when the storms rage and the waves are crashing all around, the Captain of Salvation will say, “Peace be still.” Through the trials of life and in the midst of the storm we will come to understand that “even the storms and wind obey him..”
Our joy is not in circumstances, people, things, or worldly thoughts. Our joy is in the object of our rejoicing: the Lord himself. For He alone is worthy of all glory and honor and praise! Therefore, rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say rejoice that we may ever live to the praise of the glory of His grace!
Oswald Chambers said, “All God requires from me is extreme obedience with no questioning or complaining on my part and no explanation on his. Then when the crisis comes and courage is required, God expects his men to be the reliable ones.” The reliable ones are the ones who are faithful to His Word. Chambers said, “it’s one thing to say, don’t worry, but it’s an entirely different thing to surrender our hearts to the Lord. There is nothing God can’t handle. Through the tumult and anguish, our rest in him is available only when our hearts are surrendered to him.” For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
Worry ends in sin because the root of worry is in having our own way instead of God’s way. Chambers says, “beware of the man who has nothing to lose.” When we turn everything over to God including the throne of our hearts, then we can come to Him with empty hands. When we acknowledge our own weakness, then He will strengthen us and uphold us with the right hand of His righteousness. The problem with a “living sacrifice” is that it wants to crawl off the altar. Therefore, we must crucify upon the cross our will in subjugation to His will. For I was crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live, yet not I, but Christ lives in me. And the life that I now live I live by faith in the son of God who loved me and gave himself for me.
It’s the little foxes, the little cares of the world will choke the Word out of our lives. Worry is infidelity to the Lord. It’s trusting in our fears and anxieties, and believing the world’s lies instead of the truth of the Word of God. To enter into fellowship with the Lord, we must enter in with total abandonment and absolute trust. According to Proverbs 3:5-6, “Trust in the. Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy paths.” When we align our will with His will in prayer, then we will rejoice in the Lord. Joy and rejoicing are the outpouring of a heart filled with gratitude and praise.
When the Lord says, “Get in the boat, we’re going over to the other side” our job is to get in the boat. Our job is not to ask, “what’s the weather forecast?” The only question is “Whose boat are you in?” Then when the storms rage and the waves are crashing all around, the Captain of Salvation will say, “Peace be still.” Through the trials of life and in the midst of the storm we will come to understand that “even the storms and wind obey him..”
Our joy is not in circumstances, people, things, or worldly thoughts. Our joy is in the object of our rejoicing: the Lord himself. For He alone is worthy of all glory and honor and praise! Therefore, rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say rejoice that we may ever live to the praise of the glory of His grace!
Your brother in Christ, Michael
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