2 Corinthians 10:5-6 (KJV)
“5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.”
Obedience is not something we do for approval or favor; obedience is a manifestation of extravagant love, not fear of disapproval or failure. When acting in love one ...cannot fail, because love never fails. This is the language Jesus describes as obedience: “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you” (John 15:13-15).
Obedience in God (Jesus) language is how we describe deepest friendship. This is an obedience worth dying for, a relationship worth dying for. It is not an obedience to get favor; it is an obedience to give and show favor.
This knowledge of God is priceless and comes only by the friendship Jesus offers. This friendship is when we receive a knowing by Jesus making known to us the Father’s heart. This is when we understand the work Jesus is doing in us; as a result, obedience becomes an immediate response as appreciation and adoration. Being afraid is not in this equation; it becomes passion to give, passion to love.
Friday, January 2, 2015
LOVE WHISPERING MERCY
Psalm 36:5 (KJV)
“Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.”
His mercy and His loyal love or covenant loyalty is not generated in this world; it comes from His world, it comes from the heavens and reaches to the clouds. This is why we have to look up to find our redemption; redemption comes from another world, His world. No human language can communicate appropriately His mercy and His loyalty to it.
It is not the literal heavens or clouds, there is no rocket ship designed by humans that can penetrate or enter His world; human science cannot explore it or handle it with their feebleness. Only inside our invisible heart the center of our created beings can we even come close to finding the vastness of His mercy. While looking up may be a physical positioning, it only represents our spiritual reaching to the Great Spirit, our Great God of Great Mercy.
The distance between us and the stars can only represent our carnal abilities and the distance carnality puts between us and God. Inside our beings is a journey waiting to be taken absent of any physical movement at all. Only this invisible thing called love can go there, hold it and handle it. It is in our capacity to receive His love that we can obtain His love with a language from His world.
“Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.”
His mercy and His loyal love or covenant loyalty is not generated in this world; it comes from His world, it comes from the heavens and reaches to the clouds. This is why we have to look up to find our redemption; redemption comes from another world, His world. No human language can communicate appropriately His mercy and His loyalty to it.
It is not the literal heavens or clouds, there is no rocket ship designed by humans that can penetrate or enter His world; human science cannot explore it or handle it with their feebleness. Only inside our invisible heart the center of our created beings can we even come close to finding the vastness of His mercy. While looking up may be a physical positioning, it only represents our spiritual reaching to the Great Spirit, our Great God of Great Mercy.
The distance between us and the stars can only represent our carnal abilities and the distance carnality puts between us and God. Inside our beings is a journey waiting to be taken absent of any physical movement at all. Only this invisible thing called love can go there, hold it and handle it. It is in our capacity to receive His love that we can obtain His love with a language from His world.
Saturday, December 27, 2014
MATURATION
Luke 2:40 (KJV)
“And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.”
The same ingredients the Father used to raise Jesus are the same ingredients He uses to grow us; we come into strength and wisdom as His grace is upon us. His Grace is adequate for all our growing needs.
“And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.”
The same ingredients the Father used to raise Jesus are the same ingredients He uses to grow us; we come into strength and wisdom as His grace is upon us. His Grace is adequate for all our growing needs.
Friday, December 26, 2014
LET’S FIND JESUS
Luke 2:15 (KJV)
15 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
God speaks to us and gives us revelation in varied ways. How we respond says a lot about the level of understanding we received with the revelation; it also reveals our level of appreciation to the revelation. Yes, God is interested in how we walk out our faith. What has the Lord made known to us, and what are we doing about it? It is really important we find Jesus in what God is saying; every movement the Father makes points us to Christ.
15 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
God speaks to us and gives us revelation in varied ways. How we respond says a lot about the level of understanding we received with the revelation; it also reveals our level of appreciation to the revelation. Yes, God is interested in how we walk out our faith. What has the Lord made known to us, and what are we doing about it? It is really important we find Jesus in what God is saying; every movement the Father makes points us to Christ.
Sunday, December 21, 2014
JESUS IS BORN
Matthew 1:20-21 (KJV)
“20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.”
To say “…for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost” in medical terms is very significant to our salvation; of which includes, redemption, justification, regeneration, and sanctification. The one ingredient produced physically in the incarnate conception connecting these four works of salvation in the life of the believer is the blood produced in the conception of the Christ child. Consequently, the first Christmas day born in a manger asleep in the hay, in a real world or physical sense; acts as a spiritual typology, and portrays Jesus as the lamb sacrifice for our sins.
“20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.”
To say “…for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost” in medical terms is very significant to our salvation; of which includes, redemption, justification, regeneration, and sanctification. The one ingredient produced physically in the incarnate conception connecting these four works of salvation in the life of the believer is the blood produced in the conception of the Christ child. Consequently, the first Christmas day born in a manger asleep in the hay, in a real world or physical sense; acts as a spiritual typology, and portrays Jesus as the lamb sacrifice for our sins.
Friday, December 19, 2014
WHAT IS BEST?
Jeremiah 29:8 (KJV)
“For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.”
“For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.”
We have the tendency to see things as
we are; we tend to have dreams we have caused ourselves. There are ministries
out there who actually ride these dreams as these ministries did with Israel. I
prefer to hear what God would want me to hear. “Christianity is not us asking
God into our hearts it is God asking us into His” (Little Feet Ministries, Zumwalt).
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
FOCUS
2 Timothy 2:22-26 (KJV)
“22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.”
Sometimes we are caught off guard and other times we are not as sensitive and attentive as we should be. We do not have to give an answer to every question; especially, if it is going to bring about an argument. Truth is a person and Jesus being that person knows how to manifest Himself in every heart desiring to know Him, “…with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.” We do not have to entertain anything compromising our righteousness (Christ in us), faith (practice), charity (passion), and peace (confidence). If we cannot be gentle then we need to choose not to be anything until we can. Otherwise, our instruction will not accomplish anything. Something bigger is always going on than us and those we are faced with. Young lust is immature acts no matter what our age is.
“22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.”
Sometimes we are caught off guard and other times we are not as sensitive and attentive as we should be. We do not have to give an answer to every question; especially, if it is going to bring about an argument. Truth is a person and Jesus being that person knows how to manifest Himself in every heart desiring to know Him, “…with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.” We do not have to entertain anything compromising our righteousness (Christ in us), faith (practice), charity (passion), and peace (confidence). If we cannot be gentle then we need to choose not to be anything until we can. Otherwise, our instruction will not accomplish anything. Something bigger is always going on than us and those we are faced with. Young lust is immature acts no matter what our age is.
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