December 20
Peter. Disciple. Apostle. Hero of the faith. Failure. Perhaps no one embodies the best and the worst of all we who believe endeavor to be and actually are than does Peter, the impetuous one. Than Peter, the one who was quick to declare his resolve to follow Jesus to the end and quick to fall from it.
It is easy to grasp that Peter recognized Jesus was no mere man. A fisherman does not abandon a thriving business to walk the dusty streets of Galilee with an itinerant preacher and sometime carpenter. No, Peter saw there was something beyond the ordinary in Jesus.
And, rightly he should have for he had been present for the miracles. Perhaps a miracle that might have touched him most was the one Jesus did while aboard Peter’s own fishing vessel. The nets were empty after a long night of fishing. Jesus suggested that Peter have his crew drop the net on the other side of the boat.
Illogical? Yes, but Peter said, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night long and have caught nothing, but at Your word, I’ll let down the net.” The net nearly broke with the size of the catch! (Luke 5:5). Jesus does the same for us. When He wants to really make us grasp the magnitude of who He is, He touches us where we are. So, expect a miracle at the point of your need.
Friday, December 20, 2013
Thursday, December 19, 2013
And You...?
December 19
God has allowed man no latitude for boasting of himself. Oh, that is not to say that unregenerate man is not boastful and proud in his own conceit. That is not to say that even among the redeemed there are not those whose estimation of themselves is far too high. That is to say, GOD has allowed man no latitude for boasting for we are nothing; He is everything.
John the Baptist stated it quite succinctly in John 3:30. John had been baptizing in the Jordan River. Jesus approached him to be baptized. The Baptizer initially refused saying that it was he who needed to be baptized by Jesus. Although Jesus was immersed by John as a springboard to His ministry, the conclusion John reached was one all who profess faith in Christ must come to: “He must increase; I must decrease.”
God loves man and has given His “unspeakable Gift,” II Corinthians 9:15, for man but that is because God loves, not because man is worthy. When Jesus, Heaven’s sinless perfection, came and took the punishment upon Himself that sinful man deserves, it was a complete exchange.
Holiness overcame evil for every man who would be willing to exchange his sin and failure for the Lord’s perfect righteousness. As Paul says in Titus 3:7, “Having been justified by His grace, we may become heirs with the hope of eternal life.” We lay aside all that we are and receive all that He is.
We forsake our earthly treasure and receive to ourselves His eternal reward. If our eyes are consumed with the things of life, we may feel we give up something to become His heirs; but if we see life as the vapor that it is, we know we have lost nothing. We who are nothing and have nothing, have gained all.
The eyes of sinful man are unable to see that truth. The earthbound man whose eyes are fixed upon and enthralled with the faux gold of earth cannot see glory of Heaven’s treasure. As I John 2:16 says, “Everything in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, the pride of life come not from God…”
When we are consumed with the things of earth because our pride demands that we have them or at least strive to attain them, we cannot truly appropriate the things of Heaven. When we have “denied ourselves, taken up our cross and followed Jesus according to Matthew 16:24 and Luke 9:23, it is then that our focus can be fully upon the Lord and His plan for us and upon our goal of Heaven.
Until then, we can only be like the rich young ruler (see Mark 10:17-27) who was fascinated by the treasure of Heaven but unwilling to relinquish the wealth of earth to attain it. Where do we stand? Where do you stand? Where do I stand as regards pride in what I have or who I am in the eyes of the world? Do I care for the things that are fleeting away or do I care for the things that are eternal? And you…?
God has allowed man no latitude for boasting of himself. Oh, that is not to say that unregenerate man is not boastful and proud in his own conceit. That is not to say that even among the redeemed there are not those whose estimation of themselves is far too high. That is to say, GOD has allowed man no latitude for boasting for we are nothing; He is everything.
John the Baptist stated it quite succinctly in John 3:30. John had been baptizing in the Jordan River. Jesus approached him to be baptized. The Baptizer initially refused saying that it was he who needed to be baptized by Jesus. Although Jesus was immersed by John as a springboard to His ministry, the conclusion John reached was one all who profess faith in Christ must come to: “He must increase; I must decrease.”
God loves man and has given His “unspeakable Gift,” II Corinthians 9:15, for man but that is because God loves, not because man is worthy. When Jesus, Heaven’s sinless perfection, came and took the punishment upon Himself that sinful man deserves, it was a complete exchange.
Holiness overcame evil for every man who would be willing to exchange his sin and failure for the Lord’s perfect righteousness. As Paul says in Titus 3:7, “Having been justified by His grace, we may become heirs with the hope of eternal life.” We lay aside all that we are and receive all that He is.
We forsake our earthly treasure and receive to ourselves His eternal reward. If our eyes are consumed with the things of life, we may feel we give up something to become His heirs; but if we see life as the vapor that it is, we know we have lost nothing. We who are nothing and have nothing, have gained all.
The eyes of sinful man are unable to see that truth. The earthbound man whose eyes are fixed upon and enthralled with the faux gold of earth cannot see glory of Heaven’s treasure. As I John 2:16 says, “Everything in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, the pride of life come not from God…”
When we are consumed with the things of earth because our pride demands that we have them or at least strive to attain them, we cannot truly appropriate the things of Heaven. When we have “denied ourselves, taken up our cross and followed Jesus according to Matthew 16:24 and Luke 9:23, it is then that our focus can be fully upon the Lord and His plan for us and upon our goal of Heaven.
Until then, we can only be like the rich young ruler (see Mark 10:17-27) who was fascinated by the treasure of Heaven but unwilling to relinquish the wealth of earth to attain it. Where do we stand? Where do you stand? Where do I stand as regards pride in what I have or who I am in the eyes of the world? Do I care for the things that are fleeting away or do I care for the things that are eternal? And you…?
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
I AM the Lord; I Change Not
December 18
The God we serve is faithful. He is the God of integrity and honor. He is the God of truth and justice. His Word is yea and amen. There is no variance in His decrees. What He said long ago (Psalm 40:1-20, I John 1:9) is viable today. The commands that He gave to Moses when he led the Israelites out of bondage, He expects us to follow today.
God does not change His mind. He does not have a ‘light bulb moment’ when He comes up with a better idea. He doesn’t reconsider His law and say to Himself, ‘Gee, I wish I had stated that another way.’ No. His way is perfect. It has always been perfect; Jesus is the Living Word (John 1:1) and He is perfect (James 1:17).
The psalmist said of Him in Psalm 25:10, “All the Lord’s ways show faithful love and truth to those who keep His covenants and decrees.” If there is any time that the veracity of the Lord’s honor, the essence of His being is not visible to us, it is either because our eyes are veiled and our understanding is darkened or because we have somehow reneged on our part of the covenant. We deceive ourselves if we think HE could fail in any way to uphold His holy decrees
If we are honest with ourselves, we will acknowledge that we have failed to keep His covenants. We have gone back on our portion of the agreement between ourselves and our Holy God. But we also know that Jesus has washed us clean of all our sin and failure. As was prophesied in Isaiah 1:18, “Though your sins be scarlet, they shall be washed white as snow.”
We can be restored to right fellowship with our Holy God through our Lord and Savior; and we can enjoy the fruit of His steadfast faithfulness. May His Holy Spirit help us to see our need and bring us to the foot of the cross for cleansing. May He abide in our hearts and allow us the sweet fellowship of daily communion with Him (II Corinthians 3:16, II Timothy 1:14) as He teaches us all things (John 14:26).
May we worship before Him and praise Him for His steadfastness, His faithful integrity, and His great provision in our behalf that enables us to partake of His goodness and mercy and faithfulness and truth. Thank Him for the power of His love that paid for all we have access to through the cross of Jesus.
The God we serve is faithful. He is the God of integrity and honor. He is the God of truth and justice. His Word is yea and amen. There is no variance in His decrees. What He said long ago (Psalm 40:1-20, I John 1:9) is viable today. The commands that He gave to Moses when he led the Israelites out of bondage, He expects us to follow today.
God does not change His mind. He does not have a ‘light bulb moment’ when He comes up with a better idea. He doesn’t reconsider His law and say to Himself, ‘Gee, I wish I had stated that another way.’ No. His way is perfect. It has always been perfect; Jesus is the Living Word (John 1:1) and He is perfect (James 1:17).
The psalmist said of Him in Psalm 25:10, “All the Lord’s ways show faithful love and truth to those who keep His covenants and decrees.” If there is any time that the veracity of the Lord’s honor, the essence of His being is not visible to us, it is either because our eyes are veiled and our understanding is darkened or because we have somehow reneged on our part of the covenant. We deceive ourselves if we think HE could fail in any way to uphold His holy decrees
If we are honest with ourselves, we will acknowledge that we have failed to keep His covenants. We have gone back on our portion of the agreement between ourselves and our Holy God. But we also know that Jesus has washed us clean of all our sin and failure. As was prophesied in Isaiah 1:18, “Though your sins be scarlet, they shall be washed white as snow.”
We can be restored to right fellowship with our Holy God through our Lord and Savior; and we can enjoy the fruit of His steadfast faithfulness. May His Holy Spirit help us to see our need and bring us to the foot of the cross for cleansing. May He abide in our hearts and allow us the sweet fellowship of daily communion with Him (II Corinthians 3:16, II Timothy 1:14) as He teaches us all things (John 14:26).
May we worship before Him and praise Him for His steadfastness, His faithful integrity, and His great provision in our behalf that enables us to partake of His goodness and mercy and faithfulness and truth. Thank Him for the power of His love that paid for all we have access to through the cross of Jesus.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Too Busy?
December 17
Busy, busy, busy, busy!!!! We have so many things to do. We have so many places to go. We have so much responsibility that we wonder at times if we shall ever be able to manage all that we have taken upon ourselves. Sometimes, we allow ourselves to be imposed upon by other people. Sometimes our hyper activity reflects our own choices—our own compulsion to maintain a frenetic pace.
The Word of God tells us that we are indeed to do everything with which we are charged as though we were doing it for the Lord. In Colossians 3:23, Paul is quite emphatic that we are not to give short shrift to any task to which we have committed ourselves. The question then becomes, to what tasks should we commit ourselves?
We have great responsibilities. We have families to support and jobs to perform and careers to manage. We have relationships that require the investment of not only our time but our heart. We cannot neglect the people within the sphere of our influence who are depending upon us. In I Timothy 5:8 it is stated quite clearly, “He who neglects his own is worse than an infidel.”
Yet there is but one task with which the Word charges us and that is found in Mark 12:30. Here Jesus says, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul and all your mind and all your strength.” He knows if we do that, we will not neglect to hear Him guide us into other areas of responsibility to which He desires that we go, nor will we neglect those precious people to whom we owe due diligence in living God’s truth before them.
Verse 31 goes on to state that clearly, “…and love your neighbor as yourself. There is no greater command than this” In Luke 10: 25-37, Jesus, when asked, “Who is my neighbor?” responds by telling the story of the traveler who was beaten and robbed along the side of a road.
A religious man walked right past him without offering help, as did another ‘devout’ individual. Then a despised Samaritan approached. This individual stopped, cleaned the victim’s wounds, placed him on his own donkey and took him to an inn where he paid for his care.
Jesus made it clear that the ‘neighbor’ was the man who extended help in the time of need. He made it clear that this is God’s expectation of us. When we become a true, loving neighbor to the needy among us, we are extending the Lord’s hand of love to them. We are allowing our lives to become “living epistles, read of all men,” II Corinthians 3:2.
When we’re truly surrendered to the Christ we profess to love, we won’t be too busy to extend Him to those around us. We won’t be too busy to love as He loves.
Busy, busy, busy, busy!!!! We have so many things to do. We have so many places to go. We have so much responsibility that we wonder at times if we shall ever be able to manage all that we have taken upon ourselves. Sometimes, we allow ourselves to be imposed upon by other people. Sometimes our hyper activity reflects our own choices—our own compulsion to maintain a frenetic pace.
The Word of God tells us that we are indeed to do everything with which we are charged as though we were doing it for the Lord. In Colossians 3:23, Paul is quite emphatic that we are not to give short shrift to any task to which we have committed ourselves. The question then becomes, to what tasks should we commit ourselves?
We have great responsibilities. We have families to support and jobs to perform and careers to manage. We have relationships that require the investment of not only our time but our heart. We cannot neglect the people within the sphere of our influence who are depending upon us. In I Timothy 5:8 it is stated quite clearly, “He who neglects his own is worse than an infidel.”
Yet there is but one task with which the Word charges us and that is found in Mark 12:30. Here Jesus says, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul and all your mind and all your strength.” He knows if we do that, we will not neglect to hear Him guide us into other areas of responsibility to which He desires that we go, nor will we neglect those precious people to whom we owe due diligence in living God’s truth before them.
Verse 31 goes on to state that clearly, “…and love your neighbor as yourself. There is no greater command than this” In Luke 10: 25-37, Jesus, when asked, “Who is my neighbor?” responds by telling the story of the traveler who was beaten and robbed along the side of a road.
A religious man walked right past him without offering help, as did another ‘devout’ individual. Then a despised Samaritan approached. This individual stopped, cleaned the victim’s wounds, placed him on his own donkey and took him to an inn where he paid for his care.
Jesus made it clear that the ‘neighbor’ was the man who extended help in the time of need. He made it clear that this is God’s expectation of us. When we become a true, loving neighbor to the needy among us, we are extending the Lord’s hand of love to them. We are allowing our lives to become “living epistles, read of all men,” II Corinthians 3:2.
When we’re truly surrendered to the Christ we profess to love, we won’t be too busy to extend Him to those around us. We won’t be too busy to love as He loves.
Monday, December 16, 2013
Satisfied and Filled
December 16
Satisfied. Filled. Most of us who have been blessed to have been born in Twentieth/Twenty-first Century America have never had to contemplate the significance of these two words. We take them for granted because we have never been without the benefit of them.
We have never experienced starvation. In fact, we use the word glibly… how many of us have said, “I’m starving,” to indicate we were ready for our next meal? Most of us have said, “I don’t have a thing to wear,” even as our closets are stuffed with clothing for all seasons.
Oh, yes, we may have had our ups and downs in life, we’ve endured our share of sickness and loss and disappointed hopes, but we have never had to grovel in poverty; we have never known stomach-wrenching hunger. When it has come to life’s basic needs, we have been satisfied and filled.
Psalm 107:9 says, “He has satisfied the thirsty and filled the hungry with good things.” We in the modern West tend to associate that statement with economic abundance. We claim the prosperity gospel that suggests all believers should abound in temporal wealth. Yet, there is a far deeper, more profound essence to David’s words.
Remember who David was. The young shepherd boy who tended his father’s flock and ran errands for his older brothers would grow up to become Israel’s King. David would route armies and build cities and control great wealth, but when he was a shepherd, he knew lack, he experienced the cold of night, the dread of loss, the fear of the unknown.
It seems then that what the Lord God is promising here is not that our stomachs or our coffers will always be full, but that we may enjoy the abundance of satisfaction that comes when our spirits are overflowing within us! No matter what our external circumstances may be, we may abound in the fruit of His presence—love, joy, peace, patience—the fruit of His Spirit found in Galatians 5:22.
And we may overflow with faith, “without which it is impossible to please Him,” Hebrews 11:6, “for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” We will overflow with a faith that assures our complete provision of spirit for time and eternity. Our spirits will be satisfied and filled.
Satisfied. Filled. Most of us who have been blessed to have been born in Twentieth/Twenty-first Century America have never had to contemplate the significance of these two words. We take them for granted because we have never been without the benefit of them.
We have never experienced starvation. In fact, we use the word glibly… how many of us have said, “I’m starving,” to indicate we were ready for our next meal? Most of us have said, “I don’t have a thing to wear,” even as our closets are stuffed with clothing for all seasons.
Oh, yes, we may have had our ups and downs in life, we’ve endured our share of sickness and loss and disappointed hopes, but we have never had to grovel in poverty; we have never known stomach-wrenching hunger. When it has come to life’s basic needs, we have been satisfied and filled.
Psalm 107:9 says, “He has satisfied the thirsty and filled the hungry with good things.” We in the modern West tend to associate that statement with economic abundance. We claim the prosperity gospel that suggests all believers should abound in temporal wealth. Yet, there is a far deeper, more profound essence to David’s words.
Remember who David was. The young shepherd boy who tended his father’s flock and ran errands for his older brothers would grow up to become Israel’s King. David would route armies and build cities and control great wealth, but when he was a shepherd, he knew lack, he experienced the cold of night, the dread of loss, the fear of the unknown.
It seems then that what the Lord God is promising here is not that our stomachs or our coffers will always be full, but that we may enjoy the abundance of satisfaction that comes when our spirits are overflowing within us! No matter what our external circumstances may be, we may abound in the fruit of His presence—love, joy, peace, patience—the fruit of His Spirit found in Galatians 5:22.
And we may overflow with faith, “without which it is impossible to please Him,” Hebrews 11:6, “for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” We will overflow with a faith that assures our complete provision of spirit for time and eternity. Our spirits will be satisfied and filled.
Sunday, December 15, 2013
Who Is Jesus?
December 15
We profess our belief in Jesus. Most people who have heard of Him affirm that He was ‘a good man.’ They believe He exemplified principles of interaction between men that, if they were to be followed, would allow peace to reign upon the earth.
Some attest that He was a prophet, a man sent by God to lay the groundwork for the purposes of the Most High to be fulfilled. Jesus had a word for Peter when he listed men’s varying perceptions of Him. Jesus asked him, “But who do you say that I am?” (See Matthew 16:13-20)
We who call ourselves Christians, we who are born again, take belief a step further to embrace the Biblical declaration of who Jesus is. We acknowledge that He is the righteous Son of our Holy God—the One who sacrificed Himself to redeem mankind from sin.
We further accept the Christian doctrine that there is “no other name given under heaven whereby men might be saved,” Acts 4:12. If an individual is to see God, if one is to dwell eternally in the glorious realm of Heaven, he must accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
In John 16:33, Jesus said, “In the world you shall have persecution, but be of good cheer, for I have overcome the world.” In John 15:18, He says, “If the world hates Me, it will also hate you.” II Timothy 2:12 acknowledges that suffering may follow us if we believe in Him, but that if we suffer for His sake, we shall also reign with Him.
Proponents of the ‘prosperity gospel’ would have us to believe that in accepting Jesus, our lives will become a ‘bed of roses,’ but this flies in the face of what HE says about our lot in life if we place our lives at His feet. He lets us know that we will be going against the grain of the world’s mindset and the world’s values if we embrace Him.
He tells us that the world will be antagonistic toward us if we choose the “narrow path” that leads to life rather than the world’s broad path that leads to destruction (see Matthew 7:13). Though persecution may come (for some reading this, it has already come) His promise is, “If you endure to the end, you shall receive a crown of life,” Matthew 24:13, James 1:12, Revelation 2:10.
If we believe Jesus is God incarnate, we know that no matter what we endure in this life because of our belief, we shall enjoy the glories of Heaven eternally; all our trials assure us that we, like Stephen, the first Christian martyr, will see Jesus rise from His throne to meet us when we arrive at our home in glory! (See Acts 6:8-15 and 7:1-60.)
We profess our belief in Jesus. Most people who have heard of Him affirm that He was ‘a good man.’ They believe He exemplified principles of interaction between men that, if they were to be followed, would allow peace to reign upon the earth.
Some attest that He was a prophet, a man sent by God to lay the groundwork for the purposes of the Most High to be fulfilled. Jesus had a word for Peter when he listed men’s varying perceptions of Him. Jesus asked him, “But who do you say that I am?” (See Matthew 16:13-20)
We who call ourselves Christians, we who are born again, take belief a step further to embrace the Biblical declaration of who Jesus is. We acknowledge that He is the righteous Son of our Holy God—the One who sacrificed Himself to redeem mankind from sin.
We further accept the Christian doctrine that there is “no other name given under heaven whereby men might be saved,” Acts 4:12. If an individual is to see God, if one is to dwell eternally in the glorious realm of Heaven, he must accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
In John 16:33, Jesus said, “In the world you shall have persecution, but be of good cheer, for I have overcome the world.” In John 15:18, He says, “If the world hates Me, it will also hate you.” II Timothy 2:12 acknowledges that suffering may follow us if we believe in Him, but that if we suffer for His sake, we shall also reign with Him.
Proponents of the ‘prosperity gospel’ would have us to believe that in accepting Jesus, our lives will become a ‘bed of roses,’ but this flies in the face of what HE says about our lot in life if we place our lives at His feet. He lets us know that we will be going against the grain of the world’s mindset and the world’s values if we embrace Him.
He tells us that the world will be antagonistic toward us if we choose the “narrow path” that leads to life rather than the world’s broad path that leads to destruction (see Matthew 7:13). Though persecution may come (for some reading this, it has already come) His promise is, “If you endure to the end, you shall receive a crown of life,” Matthew 24:13, James 1:12, Revelation 2:10.
If we believe Jesus is God incarnate, we know that no matter what we endure in this life because of our belief, we shall enjoy the glories of Heaven eternally; all our trials assure us that we, like Stephen, the first Christian martyr, will see Jesus rise from His throne to meet us when we arrive at our home in glory! (See Acts 6:8-15 and 7:1-60.)
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Have It All
December 14
What does man truly desire from life? Certainly, it would be wonderful to ‘have it all,’ yet that illusory prize is not extended to many of us. Though we may not be the leader of the free world or the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize or the holder of an Academy Award, we do indeed desire to make our mark.
We want our voice to be heard amidst the cacophony of claims and counter-claims regarding various religious and political views. We want to promote our point of view within the limited scope of our influence because we believe it has merit, that others will be advantaged if they embrace it.
So we endeavor within our small circle of influence to impact the world around us. If we esteem the Christ and desire to serve His Kingdom’s purposes, we will render to Him the best service we can. If we believe that the natural man must serve an eternal purpose, that we “are bought with a price and we are not our own,” I Corinthians 6:19, 20, our gifts will be surrendered to Jesus.
We will stand on the promise found in II Corinthians 9:8 that says, “God is able to make every grace abound to you, so that in every way, in all things, you will have everything you need in order to excel.” We don’t have to strive for ascendency; we need only to rely upon the God who assures us we will accomplish all HE sets before us to be and to do.
Our life’s purpose will transcend the illusionary accomplishments of time and transcend the temporary accomplishments of holding the reins of power or winning the world’s prizes.
Our life’s purpose will embrace the plan set in place by our Triune Majesty on High in Revelation 13:8 which reveals His plan to provide a Savior for His fallen world; a Savior who will be the “lamb slain from the foundation of the earth.”
When our energy taps into the desire of the heart of God, then we will be in a position to reap the blessings of the eternal harvest, to enjoy the fruit that does not merely satisfy for a moment but fulfills the everlasting expectation that is planted in the heart of every believer which is “Christ in you, the hope of glory,” Colossians 1:7.
When the person of faith has arrived at that point, is satisfied in that expectation, he will know that he indeed ‘has it all,’ that “every word of the promise is true” Proverbs 30:5 NLT, and it is true for him because he believes in the One who “cannot lie,” Titus 1:2. May we embrace the entirety of His truth that the entirety of His truth may prosper in us.
What does man truly desire from life? Certainly, it would be wonderful to ‘have it all,’ yet that illusory prize is not extended to many of us. Though we may not be the leader of the free world or the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize or the holder of an Academy Award, we do indeed desire to make our mark.
We want our voice to be heard amidst the cacophony of claims and counter-claims regarding various religious and political views. We want to promote our point of view within the limited scope of our influence because we believe it has merit, that others will be advantaged if they embrace it.
So we endeavor within our small circle of influence to impact the world around us. If we esteem the Christ and desire to serve His Kingdom’s purposes, we will render to Him the best service we can. If we believe that the natural man must serve an eternal purpose, that we “are bought with a price and we are not our own,” I Corinthians 6:19, 20, our gifts will be surrendered to Jesus.
We will stand on the promise found in II Corinthians 9:8 that says, “God is able to make every grace abound to you, so that in every way, in all things, you will have everything you need in order to excel.” We don’t have to strive for ascendency; we need only to rely upon the God who assures us we will accomplish all HE sets before us to be and to do.
Our life’s purpose will transcend the illusionary accomplishments of time and transcend the temporary accomplishments of holding the reins of power or winning the world’s prizes.
Our life’s purpose will embrace the plan set in place by our Triune Majesty on High in Revelation 13:8 which reveals His plan to provide a Savior for His fallen world; a Savior who will be the “lamb slain from the foundation of the earth.”
When our energy taps into the desire of the heart of God, then we will be in a position to reap the blessings of the eternal harvest, to enjoy the fruit that does not merely satisfy for a moment but fulfills the everlasting expectation that is planted in the heart of every believer which is “Christ in you, the hope of glory,” Colossians 1:7.
When the person of faith has arrived at that point, is satisfied in that expectation, he will know that he indeed ‘has it all,’ that “every word of the promise is true” Proverbs 30:5 NLT, and it is true for him because he believes in the One who “cannot lie,” Titus 1:2. May we embrace the entirety of His truth that the entirety of His truth may prosper in us.
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