“The LORD will lighten my darkness.” 2 Samuel 2:29
“The deep things of God.” 1 Corinthians 2:10Who is YOUR lover now!?
Now thats one of the true benefits of a blog! You can ask very personal and intimate things that only the reader can honestly answer in their minds without uttering a word! Let it be known that God knows who your lover really is! He knows what really sparks your fire of desire! He is very familiar with what circumstances make you desire to be intimate! He considers the frame of mind that brings you the greatest satisfaction! The question really is: are we honest enough with our selves to face the real answers to the questions raised when we diligently be examining ourselves with the 15X mirror of the Word of God? You know, the way 1 Corinthians 11:28 instructs us to!
The rich young ruler spoken of in Luke 18:18-25 had to come to grips with the true lovers of his life! As must all those that God is calling to a higher level! The young rich ruler had it going on for God on the outside! but the inside was where the real issues lie. Outwardly, he liked what he did for himself with money. He may have enjoyed the power and influence he had gotten in his life. His outward testimony was important to him. He liked the respect he got in church. He knew how to get and keep more than he gave. He loved the life he was making for himself. Does this sound like someone you know well?
The Lord knew that his request was one of how he could “play church” better instead of what he could do to be what God wanted him to be! I mean consider his question: “what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” Luke 18:18. How often do we do things” without carefully considering what we are saying with our hearts? Especially to God! The Lord knew that his response to the rich young ruler would cause him to face his inward avoidance of the truth of his intentions! The Pharisees wereguilty of this condition that Jesus spoke of in Matthew 23:25! Jesus knows if our love for him is not completely fulfilling and compelling us to desire him with great pleasure! He is aware of what is really in the way of a love that causes us to do everything for him at our own cost, no matter what the sacrifice! He is able to pinpoint where and why our love for him fails! He plainly sees the areas of our lives that display an open show of infidelity in spirit of our love for him.
It that extra-marital love affair that seems to typify mainstream American Christianity. We MUST STOP that love affair with power, money, greed, status and ego! Jesus knows how to get to the heart of the problems of loving him that lie within the hearts of men! The Lord knew this kind of spirit and stated it plainly in Matthew 23:25! Is the spirit of obedience to love the Lord with all your heart, soul and mind just conditional and not volitional? Must we be so easily distracted in the affairs of this life to the point of hindering our ability to be soldiers for Christ? Yes, its true, marriage is a type and figure of the kind of relationship God wants with his bride! Sex is part of that process in God’s definition and sanctity of marriage. Consider the scriptural validation of this truth in the post titled accordingly. Godly marriage is something you cannot do entirely on your own, remember Luke 18:27! Matthew 23:25 points to who is responsible for cleaning the inside! Pastor Greg
When God gives you burden thats bigger than YOU!
Nehemiah’s call to leadership of Jerusalem’s restoration was discovered in the burden he had for the testimony of the people of God. Israel had been brought into captivity and Jerusalem was made desolate during the course of their captivity. He knew why the nation of Israel was in the condition it was in. The undealt with sin of God’s people weighed heavy on Nehemiah’s heart and conscience. In his intercessory prayer, he knew that he had some responsibility of this unresolved sin to God and sought for mercy along with forgiveness from God for himself and the sin of God’s people. It was his conviction to right the wrong of sin that caused him to have a heavy burden to make a difference in and change the testimony of God’s people. He had become the King’s cupbearer, so life for him was quite comfortable. yet he and his people remained in bondage, not free, enslaved because of the choices they had made. What God had given them was no longer satisfactory to their appetite for the things of the world that lay within their reach. So they chose disrespect, disregard and disobedience towards the God of their salvation. Nehemiah perceived that this kind of unresolved sin towards God resulted in reproach
A burden alone does not secure a calling. God often seeks a time of proving, the opportunity of participation and the ongoing result of production in confirmation of that burden and its leadership responsibilities. God confirmed Nehemiah’s leadership qualities in his burden in these three ways. First, he proved his willingness to give up his comfort zone, even to the point of risking his own life! Second, he allowed Nehemiah to display his committment through participation in careful consideration of the work that lie ahead. Finally, Nehemiah seized the opportunity to share his burden and vision with others who had the willingness to work for God and accomplish the production of fulfillment of the burden together! A burden is something one prepares to carry, handles responsibly, and produces fruit for the honor and glory of God. A burden from the Lord becomes a way of being, living and fulfilling life. Nehemiah had to go through some changes to accomplish this.
Nehemiah was not an Architect. Nor was he a General Contractor. He was not a military strategist either. Yet it seems that the nature of the task at hand would require all three professions to effectively accomplish this work! This intimidating truth did not dissuade him from the daunting task. He took it personally. He surveyed the damage. He examined what needed to be repaired. He knew what must be built. He realized the value of self assessment, reparation and rebuilding that a burden of the Lord requires to be effectively carried out! What we see thus far is that once a burden of the Lord is realized, it initially requires is a carrier of that burden be willing to position himself or herself where ever and how ever God requires without disruptive reservation! God always prepares others to help in His burdens! I find it interesting that the walls, gates and doors had to repared before any internal structures could be reconstructed. The restoration of Jerusalem, which means the apple of God’s eye, began with repairing the structure of what kept things in an d out, the walls, and what allowed things in and out, the doors and gates. Where are YOU at in your burden from the Lord? Does any of this strike a chord?
What was Herod’s deal with the wise men?
Why did King Herod send the three wise men on a government sponsored trip to find baby Jesus so that he might destroy Him as recorded in Matthew 2:1-13? Scripture reveals that he was an insecure man with a huge ego and very power hungry to boot! Not much has changed in the worldwide political arena huh? Yes, the spirit of Herod is alive and well today! Many men and women today feel threatened and resist the thought of submitting the status they’ve created in thier worlds into God’s power! They have even gone to extremes like Herod and killed off any potentially fruitful thing that may usher in any kind of surrender to authority in their lives that threatens their own power! Oh! By the way, Herod” means: “The son of a hero”, or, “the glory of the skin”. Needless to say, his father was NOT the kind of “hero” you’d want your children to admire and imitate! The details of this part of the history of the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ are commonly overlooked perhaps because of their negative exposure, candor and impression man has had on such a marvelous event.
The kind of drama Herod created while he ruled is what Hellywood (opps, I mean Hollywood!) movies are made of! He was scandalous, treacherous, and an unscrupulous ruler as Matthews 2:1 & 2; 7 & 8; 12 & 13; 2:16 portrays him. Interestingly, not even the very manipulation of man by satan in high places can thwart the divine plan of God! Just that truth in itself should give us sufficient stamina and boldness to live for God without distraction! But the sad truth is that man without the proper rule, influence and guidance from God results in a heart that is desparately wicked and continually deceitful as Jeremiah 17:9 claims. The plain truth is that man cannot do any righteous thing that truly brings honor and glory to God without divine inspiration and intervention at some level! Isaiah 64:6 and Romans 3:10-12: 23 scripturally confirms this truth.
There are three divinely instituted truths we must comprehend and engraft in our being regarding the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. First, we find the Lord’s counsel of buying from him gold tried in the fire (Revelation 3:18) is a prerequisite to the reality of the deeper things of God in our lives. That is to say the truths and beauty of God become precious as gold only after the fiery trials and tribulations of life in the flesh has ran their course! Second, why the Lord exchanges beauty for ashes and the oil of joy for mourning (Isaiah 61:3). Its God’s all-enduring love that flows from the highest mountains to the lowest valleys will still make a way for sinful man toreconcile himself to him. Let it be known that the love of God will overcome the deepest hatred hell itself can manifest! Finally, the divine order of the natural running its course so that the spiritual can reign. In St. John 12:24 and 1 Corinthians 15:33-53, with a focal point of verses 46 and 47, we see a universal truth God himself initiated, and Satan does not know how to effectively deal with! You can’t do anything for God spiritually until the flesh, the natural, is out of the way! King Herod and his evil desires had to die with him in order for Jesus to do his work in the flesh completing it in the Spirit! Its hard to get someone to turn their back on the world if they are not tired of it!
Jesus said; “Be of good cheer, I have overcame the world!” in St John 16:33! Considering That Jesus knew that we would suffer great offenses and tribulation, I find the circumstances of King Herod and his evil intent cautionary to my task of doing the will of God in my life, not detrimental. The lion may roar (1 Peter 5:8), but through responsibilty and vigilance in obedience, faith and knowledge of God’s word, the Lord will deliver me as he did Daniel in the lion’s den (Daniel 6:16-24! The spirit of Herod may still live, but the Lord Jesus Christ is mightier than any thing hell can send against God’s church! Just remeber the end of the book of Revelation, we win!
The comfort of the Holy Ghost…
What a beautiful phrase of encouragement spoken under the anointing of the Holy Ghost! Just as times were in society if you were not Roman in Acts 9:31, gluttenous for the wealthy, desparate and hopeless for the poor, great tolerance for unrighteousness and immorality and financial pressures can cause one to realize that in apathetic times such as these, its good to pursue godly encouragement and enjoy the comfort of the Holy Ghost! The three elements of this comfort are found in Romans 14:17. They are; “righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.” As matter of fact, they are what constitues the Kingdom of God! A dear man of God used to ask how I was, and I’d respond that I was ‘fine under the circumstances”, then he’d tell me that my problem was that I was “under the circumstances and not on top of them!”. At first, I interpreted his words of wisdom as “constructive criticism”, but life experience has taught me the true value and deeper meaning of his advice.
When we endure circumstance without godly interpretation we have a thousand reasons for not doing what should be done for God in our lives and so many others to point at for failures, hurts and offenses in our life experience. “Godly interpretation” is knowing what promises apply to each circumstance, as well as which which scriptures gives instruction, interpretation and encouragemt of the three elements of the Kingdom of God. This may require great addition to the knowledge base we have of God stored in our minds, Romans 10:17:; 11:33; Colossians 1:9 & 10. Or perhaps a redirection of things sought after pertaining to the kingdom of God, Matthew 6:33. Maybe even a change of heart in the intensity of our relationship with God, Matthew 22:37 & 38. Circumspectly, the more sensitives you are in the Holy Ghost, the more comfort you will receive! It is my observation and opinion that in our present age of information we suffer more wordly distraction and carnal fulfillment than ever before thus resulting inreceiving no comfort in the Holy Ghost.
The comfort of the Holy Ghost is embraced, nurtured and increased when God’s people are focused on His will in daily decisions. A thorough consideration of God’s will in our daily decisions can be found in the post of this blog titled: “Will you now!? Maybe you wont!” The comfort of the Holy Ghost is sustained in knowing that assurance from God that his will shall be done for our good, in everything, Romans 8:28. Maintaining your citizenship in the Kingdom of God keeps us surrounded with that comfort. Consider the wisdom given in the post on this blog titled: True illegal aliens aren’t citizens of His Kongdom!” The comfort of the Holy Ghost is knowing that you are a friend of a friend that laid down his life for you! Jesus calls us such in St. John 15:12-14. You must know that when the serpents of this world would try to inject their deadly venom into your soul, you must look to Jesus crucified and lifted up for your punishement, St. John 3:14 & 15; Numbers 21:7-9, and do as the apostle Paul did in Acts 28:3-5, and shake’m off into the fire with the confidence of Like 10:19!
Finally, The comfort of the Holy Ghost is knowing who you are in Christ. You are His child with great promise according to Romans *:16 & 17; Hebrews 12:5-8. You are soldiers, so remember your instructions as given in 2 Timothy 2:3 & 4! HEY! Whose battle is this anyway? Ah, yes, the answer is in 2 Chronicles 20:15; Ephesians 6:12; 1 John 4:4 and St. John 16:33! Remeber! The Lord exchanges beauty for ashes! There may be mourning for a night but joy cometh in the morning! In the midnight hour, at the darkest possible time, Paul and Silas praised and worshipped their way out of prison! Ah! and don’t forget Daniel’s three friends! Everyone got burned who tried to put them into the fiery furnace, but they came out unscathed!! My God is a GOOD God! Yes he is!
Calling all laborers for the harvest!
Current Status…Preparing for the harvest this year!
Shout out to…To the laborers of the harvest who know they are called by God!
Currently reading…St. John 4:5-38; 1 Corinthians 3:6 & 7 and 11:23 & 24
This is really interesting…Some men plant, some men water, but God gives the increase and His laborers gather the harvest!
The Soapbox:Jesus demonstrated the law of the harvest among his disciples! After reading the passages of scripture given, did you get it? Can you see the relationship of the Lord’s supper in it? God is calling His laborers to harvest souls! Can YOU hear him? He has given you all of tools you need to bring in the harvest! His word, your burden, your testimony and his anointing! So what is holding you back!? are you able to perceive the souls that are ready to be harvested for God? Raise your perception, planting is being taken by God, watering is being blessed by God, increase and harvest are the breaking and passing out by God! God accomplishes this miraculous repetitive feat through his chosen people! This year, dig up your fallow ground -Jeremiah 4:3 and Hosea 10:12, so that God can continue to do His marvelous work in your life! Pastor Greg
Who gives more, “Santa” or Jesus?
The commercial side of the “Christmas” marketing season is Santa Claus and who can get the best toys THIS time. The “religious side of Christmas” marketing is the historical event of the birth of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. Which side do you find yourself promoting most? Jesus stated it best in Luke 9:49-51. The key phrase being: “for he that is not against us is for us.” at the end of verse 50. Keeping in mind of course that the reason for the passage was th legitimacy of doing the work of the Lord IN JESUS’ NAME! We must become sensitive to our actions and decisions that disrespect and / or belittle our Lord and savior Jesus Christ! We have all been taught in thought, word and deed to bring gifts to the celebration event of one’s birthday, right? So you ask yourself: “surely believing in Santa Claus and giving gifts to each other can’t be against God can it?” “After all, I am celebrating the Lord’s birth!” How would we feel if on our birthday, everyone gave gifts to each other in SOMEONE ELSE’S NAME? How would YOU feel about some one whom YOU’VE GIVEN SO MUCH TO that gives you VERY LITTLE IN RETURN? “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” St. John 15:13 quotes Jesus as speaking about the epitome of giving in love. What “gifts” are YOU bringing to the Lord this year that You won’t “take back” over time? Again I ask, which side do you find yourself promoting most?
Consider this side by side comparison of what each has to offer. Santa bears gifts according to your heart’s desire IF you’ve been good. The Lord lets it rain on the just and the unjust – Matthew 5:45! Santa brings “joy” and happiness for a season. Jesus brings everlasting joy, kindness, love and consolation as stated in Isaiah 35:10; 54:8; Jeremiah 31:3 and 2 Thessalonians 2:16! Santa warms the hearts of both children and adults alike. The Lord replaces the stony, cold heart with a heart of flesh according to Ezekiel 36:26! Santa brings fun and laughter. The Lord has pleasures for evermore in his right hand fills our mouth with elated laughter Psalms 16:11 and psalm 126:1-3 states! And that’s as good as Santa gets! The Lord offers so much more! I mean just look at this partial list! “Joy unspeakable” in the trial of your faith, 1 Peter 1:7-9; “:Everlasting life” in Matthew 19:29. His love as a way of being in 1 Corinthians 13. A “sound mind” in 2 Timothy 1:7! A “new” and “everlasting covenant” as spoken of in Hebrews 12:24 and 13:20! Santa Claus is a “cute, temporary fix” IF you have nothing greater to believe in! But we have the true message of the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ! We must NOT let the “commercialism of worldly Christmas time” drown out the true blessing of the season! Yes, the word “Christmas” is always in quotation marks by itself or in a phrase in this article because of its Catholic origin, “Christ-Mass” and intention, a “holy substitute for pagans and protestants” who celebrate the winter solstice. Remember, God doesn’t need man’s substitutions for that which is NOT acceptable in his sight because of the plain truth of Isaiah 64:6!
The world’s version of Santa Claus is nothing short of robbery to God! But you say in your thoughts, “where have I robbed God?” ”I’m offering a giving heart in the spirit of love and kindness!” But this is being done in WHOSE NAME? Remember the very first scripture reference in this article, Luke 9:49-51? The offering much of the world now gives in “celebration of the Lord’s birth” is half-hearted, polluted and filled with disrespect just as Israel was accused of in Malachi 3:8 and 1:6-8! In reality, that is what the commercial side of “Christmas” is! Godly attributes like “knowing all who are good and bad”, which is the core of God’s righteous omniscience, is one of the many areas that Satan…OOPS! I mean “believing in S..a..n..t..a” robs God! Flight with the appearance of omnipresence is another God robber! How about the praise and honor for a fictitious character who is NEVER depicted as giving God glory! If that isn’t stealing something from God than I don’t know what is! A child that is brought up with such spiritual distractions becomes easily deceived with Santa’s OOPS! this time I do mean Satan’s eternal distractions from the truth! The harshness interpreted here is designed to shock YOUR intellect of the truth of the Lord’s birth into a state of reaction that brings God the honor and glory HE deserves and is so worthy of in thought, word and deed at YOUR hands! Let me encourage you to look beyond the appearance and judge righteous judgment! Remember, not all that glitters is gold!
True illegal aliens aren’t citizens of HIS Kingdom!
So just what is “the gospel of the kingdom of God” as spoken of in Mark 1:14? Too many preachers with good intentions preach and teach that the Kingdom of God is something that is coming in the future, when scripture clearly preaches and teaches that it is here! Now! Inside us!! Read it for your self in Luke 12:16-34; 17:21! The parable of the rich man is not at all a far stretch from reality today is it? There is much revelation given in Luke 12:16-32 from the parable to the many blatant observations stated there. Can you perceive his selfish gluttony? how about his prideful boasting of his earthly goods? Because oh Luke 17:20 & 21, This is straight scripture! You must have the word of God handy to enjoy the sweetness of this one! Oh how comforting verse 32 is! And how real verse 34 is! He was born to die that we might enjoy the fullness of His Kingdom in our hearts and lives! How many people do we know that are working hard at laying up treasure for themselves and NOT God? After all, money isn’t the only thing that can be treasured above God as verse 21 reveals! Consider the limited perspective and imbalance this truth causes by what is stated in verses 22 & 23. The Lord declares the plain truth of where are energies should be focused on and why in verses 24 through 31. One of God’s “good pleasures’, you know, favorite things to do is stated in verse 32! Ending the matter with great advice and warning in verses 33 & 34!
Therefore, we must pay close attention to some prerequisites clearly stated in scripture as well to become citizens of the Kingdom of God! I’ve stated a few specific ones here in St. John 3:3-6; Romans 14:17 & Luke 18:16 & 17; 9:62. Partaking of the Kingdom of God is not something that is done through mere observation as Jesus spoke in Luke 17:20. The proper order is to first “perceive” it. That is to say one must “see” it to know that it exists. Then one can enter into it. That is to say gain citizenship of it! St. John 3:3-6 confirms that this happens by way of baptism in the water and the spirit with citizenship being confirmed in Romans 14:17. “Righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost” is actually a state of being, internally, thus confirming Luke 17:21! In order to properly obey Luke 12:31, you must comprehend Romans 14:17 through the obedience of St. John 3:3-6 in the spirit of Luke 18:16 & 17! Keep in mind the warning, if you look back at what you left neglecting the work at hand, you become unfit for the kingdom! An illegal alien according to Luke 9:62!
Jesus came to establish HIS Kingdom, Luke 4:43; Mark 14:25; St. John 20:21 & 22; Luke 24:15, 16, 30, 31 and 40-45. By way of HIS power as stated in Matthew 28:18 and 1 Corinthians 4:20 & 21! This promise is absolutely NOT something that we are waiting to experience or happen! We are citizens of the Kingdom of God if we are in obedience to the scripture mentioned in this article! Is citizenship unconditional? No! If w don’t obey his commandments, we are none of his according to Romans 8:9! Remember, one of the fruits of being filled with the Holy Ghost is a willing obedience to His word! So then, true illegal aliens of the kingdom of God are those who are considered non-heirs to the kingdom as stated in 1 Corinthians 6:9 & 10, they will be kicked out! Your citizenship ofthe kingdom of God is validated by your testimony of your relationship with God! Think long and hard about that truth along with the est of the revelation this article gives you! May God increase that which has already been planted in you!
Thats all it takes to tempt you?
Prop. 8, Where do YOU stand?
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again! If you can’t stand for SOMETHING, you’ll fall for ANYTHING! We are entering a very dangerous place and time in our great country’s history where the depravity of man will usurp the authority of God in the heart! The heralding cry of those against prop. 8 is that all who are for it are “discriminating against a class of people”. the narrative of one of the commercials by those against it with the voice of Samuel L. Jackson speaks its passage likened unto race discrimination that has played out over our country’s civil history! Poor ignorant soul! Since when does a choice made by a group of people that directly conflicts with the Word of God warrant them to be considered their own race? Since when is one who hates the sin considered as one who hates the sinner? Adam wasn’t forced to eat of the tree of good and evil, he CHOSE to! Does God “tolerate” sin, or does he simply know how to “reserve” sinners unto the day of judgement? Allow me to ask for YOUR judgement this day! Forget about the politicians, they’ll say what they think YOU want to hear! Where do YOU stand?
Consider the creation of man as God ordained it in Genesis 1:27 & 28. He created “man” (the species) in HIS own image (a reflection of who HE really is). Male (which in the original Hebrew context meant “the protruding one”) and female (which in the original Hebrew context meant “the bored through one”) created he them! Genesis 2:24 confirms his purpose, marriage between a man; male; protruding one and a woman; female; bored through one! Thus, Adam and Eve, as husband and wife, not Adam and Steve! He further commanded that the protruding one and the bored through one be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth by way of the prescribed natural course, that they two become one flesh! That is marriage between a man and a woman! A man with a man con not multiply nor replenish just as a woman with a woman can not multiply nor replenish. ANYONE who has an argument with that basic truth of creation plainly stated in God’s word MUST take up their argumentwith HIM! If you believe that God created men and women equal, you better get your pen out and be prepared to rewrite a whole bunch of scripture and deeper things of God! I’m saying that women have a place that men can not have and vice versa.
Homosexuality, lesbianism, transsexual, bi-sexual, bestiality, and you-name-it sexuality are considered an unnatural use of the body. The apostle Paul confirms this intolerable, non-negotiable principle in Ephesians 5:22-33. What order! What beauty! What depth! What honor and glory to God we see in the sanctity of marriage as God has intended it to be! Being in the ministry for more than two decades, I’ve witnessed the great erosion of this sanctity, first through divorce, and now through the great attempt to force the acceptance of the CHOICE of the unnatural use of our bodies as a “class of people”, a race if you will, some kind of sin that I must “tolerate”? Carefully consider Romans 1:21-32, who is the word of God talking about here? What “class of people” are being referred to here? Where in the scripture does God “tolerate” such CHOICES? Is YOUR morality dictated by the forceful opinion of others? Or by your own understanding? Or by the word of God? Where do YOU stand?
If YOU believe that socially acceptable relationships like marriage, sexual intimacy in that institution ONLY, and laws that reflect the same, SAY SO! Don’t be intimidated or forced into toleration of sin at the hand of others! Stand for the truth! Don’t fall for the lie! There are no homosexual relationships exalted in scripture! I’ve heard them all, and the word of God reveals all of them as a lie, a misinterpretation, an abomination and a dangerous take on the word of God! Parents are instructed to “train up a child in the way that he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it” in Proverbs 22:6! I’ve seen parents forfeit their responsibility in training up their boys to be men, and their girls to be women through environment, choice and neglect of circumstance. I’ve NEVER had a parent approach me with a toddler who is just learning how to communicate and speak their feelings say “my child just told me that he or she wants to be gay when they grow up”! None are born “gay”, there are anomalies, but even those have “dominant” sexual orientation through primary functionality. Check it out for yourself! Where do YOU stand?
Will you now!? Maybe you won’t!
Have you ever felt like your “want-to-er” needs a little adjusting? You know, when you are always wanting something. almost to the point of obsessing over it! I mean, you find yourself having to get over that frustration of always wanting something but never being able to have it when you want, the way you like it or have it go your way. Or maybe you are just “strong willed”, and you know what kind of trouble that has caused you! Especially in your relationship with God! I know you know the verse, “not my will, but thine be done.” (Luke 22:42. But are you really being careful in knowing the will of God!? The quickest, surest off the cuff way to tell is by considering just how much you involve God in your daily decisions. There is indeed a scriptural mind set and remedy for accomplishing this. Lets examine a little piece of it found in Romans 12:1 & 2. Here we find one of those passages that say so much in such few words! Yep! Anything less than a body that is presented to him as a living sacrifice is just not acceptable to God! Oh! And he wants that body holy, which he considers our reasonable service to him! What is the proper way to accomplish this transformation? By renewing our minds so that he might give you the ability to prove that good, acceptable and perfect will of God!
The order is; presenting ourselves as a living sacrifice, renewing our minds, then, proving what the will of God is, so that you can have a deep meaningful relationship with God! You must renew your mind to the point of placing YOUR will in subjection to God’s will in your daily decisions. When making a daily decision,consider the frame of mind of our Lord Jesus. According to Luke 22:42, even unto death Jesus was willing to allow God’s will over His own. Jesus gave us the example in the scriptures. In the kingdom of God, it’s not what you know, it’s whose will you are in subjection to! Because Christ was our example, we too then must desire to know God’s will for our own daily decisions! Choosing to do God’s will is something that we must do on a daily basis. EVERYDAY. So then, if we don’t allow God’s will to come to pass in our lives, we are disobeying him. Unwillingness to do God’s will is the same as disobedience to His word, as that’s where we find his will. I Timothy 1:8-10 tells us how God views those who disobey His word. The greater purpose of God’s will accomplished in our lives is for his honor and glory as well as our benefit. If it were left up to us to do our own thing there would be a lot of sadness and suffering because man’s heart is corrupt Genesis 6:5-7.
