Monday, September 29, 2014

How is your life going?

Well, we have discussed many aspects of the importance of Jesus Christ, him crucified and what that means to Christians. Jesus paid for us to spend eternity with God, forgiveness of sin, our healing, provision for us to live and to reign with him forever. Many rest on the truth that we will spend eternity with God and I agree, that is the best, especially when you consider the consequences of rejecting what Jesus did for us...eternity in hell separated from God. Why can't we now receive the fullness of what God provided us when God gave us his Son? We cannot say that we didn't know, because the scriptures are very clear as to what Jesus gave us. Let's just do a short list of provisions God provided his children through everything Jesus did: "My peace give I unto you,(do you need peace?) I am come that you might have life, and life more abundantly,(could you use some abundance?) he who believes on me, the works that I do shall he do also, and greater works shall he do, (desiring to do something great?) and whatsoever you ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son, (do you want to glorify the Father with your life in the Son?). These are just a few things that Jesus provided us. I don't think Christians believe it and that's why we do not see the miracles, signs, wonders, and exploits happening in our churches, homes and where we live. We have to believe first...before we receive. Our whole existence as a Christian depends upon faith. We have never seen God or Jesus, yet we believe that they are and that we will spend eternity with them. THAT IS FAITH! What happened to our faith once we asked Jesus into our lives confessing him as the only begotten Son of God? I know that it is a lot to believe, but our Father God and our Lord Jesus Christ are the same today as we read about in the scriptures. It's not them who have changed. It's us who have allowed what we experience overrule us, instead of taking that step of faith and walk on the water keeping our eye's on Jesus. Then and only then will we see the miracles, signs, and wonders of the old and new testaments occurring in our midst. Let's just use our imagination, vision, hope, and God given desires to see the mighty works of God in our lives. And I am not just talking about at church services...I am talking about each of us allowing God to use us to bring his will here to earth. In the beginning, God had a great plan for mankind to reign, rule, subdue, and dominate. Those are not bad words when used within God's boundaries. Jesus gave his life to bring us back to God's original plan. Let's start by asking God to show us His Glory. Moses asked God to show him his glory, and boy-o-boy did God's Glory show up. What is God's Glory? God's glory is "ALL THAT GOD IS, ALL THAT GOD HAS, AND ALL THAT GOD CAN DO." If you read the accounts of Moses and all God did you will agree that God's Glory is awesome. Do you think God wanted to show his Glory to Moses only? Each and every Christian can experience God's Glory if we can only believe. Time to stop reading the past. Time to continue the Kingdom of Heaven here. Remember, we are ambassadors for Christ. 2 Corinthians 5:20