March 5, 2008 at 5:35 am · Filed under Apostolic, Bible, Christian, Church, Friend, God, Holyghost, Jesus, Joy, Life, Love, Personal, Revelation, Spirituality, The Deep Things of God, Thought, doctrine, holy rollers and tagged: captivity, change, develop, forever, grow, indisputable signs, learning, recognize, reject, remorse, repentance, separates, subjection, the same
Hebrews 13:8 reads: “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.”
Thank you Jesus for being the same yesterday, today and forever! His love, knowledge, grace, mercy and longsuffering towards us never changes! In circumstance, environment, emotional scenario and financial pressures to say the least! we change! Through out our lives many things are prone to change. Even we are “wired” for change! It is a commonly known medical fact that our metabolisms and tastes change every seven years. Think about it, isn’t it true that some of the things you hated when you were little you are OK with now? Conversely, some of the things you liked when you were little, you just don’t care for now? These are indisputable signs God has given us that we will grow through changes in our lives! God, in all His infinite knowledge, knows that we need to be able to “change” as we develop our “limited” knowledge of who he is and how great his presence and power really is in our lives! As we recognize the deeper truths of God and how we must let them become part of who we are, we will find ourselves growing through more changes that must be for God’s perfect will to be more evident in our lives! The Apostle John said it accurately in St. John 3:30 when he spoke ” He must increase, but I must decrease!” in response to his disciples questioning him about following Jesus instead if him. What John spoke here is the simple truth that when we recognize, have remorse for and reject (that is to say repent) of sinful character (which is iniquity) then we are performing the process he just spoke of! Even John knew that we must change to enjoy a fuller experience of our God who doesn’t change!
We are the ones who must learn how to remove the conditions of our obedience to Him! We are the ones who must be able to recognize, show remorse and reject (which is repentance) the sin that so easily separates us from our Lord whom we say we love! We are the ones who must learn how to bring every thought into the captivity and subjection of the Lord Jesus Christ! He has done what he has done for us, and promised what he has to us, and given what he has gave to us “without repentance”! We must learn how to maneuver through life to secure and enjoy the fullness of what God has done for us! Accept the change that must come to pass as God reveals his will to us!
September 11, 2007 at 1:41 am · Filed under Apostolic, Christian, Church, Friend, Jesus, Life, Personal, Spirituality, The Deep Things of God, Thought, doctrine and tagged: game over, grow, hear the voice, his wisdom, judgement, persecution, tokens, trials, tribulations, why
Shout out to… Those who keep asking God “WHY?”!
Lately I’m thinking… I’m very thankful for the trials and tribulations God allows me to grow through!
Currently reading… 2 Thessalonians 1:4-6
This is really interesting… What would I really be in for if I didn’t have “manifest tokens” in place of HIS righteous judgment?
The soapbox: Are you really sick and tired of all the trials and tribulations we are always faced with in every day life? Well don’t be so quick to start the “WHY GOD!” protest just yet! Consider the passage above very carefully! When we don’t hear the voice of God as he offers us his wisdom-those gold nuggets that make life richer, then he offers another valuable option, “tokens”, and if that doesn’t work then all he has left in HIS righteous judgment! The tokens are the tribulations, persecutions and trials we all must grow through! Yes, thats right! GROW through! So stop resisting life’s tribulations and thank God that he is offering you tokens in exchange for his righteous judgment! And figure out what it is you should actually be judged in!
