THE LIFE OF FAITH AND THE GLORIOUS CHURCH - 2009
january 29th
IT IS ONLY AS WE TRUST HIM [THROUGH AN ABIDING FAITH] THAT WE ALLOW
HIM TO WORK IN THE FULLNESS OF THE MEASURE HE DESIRES TO IN ANY GIVEN MOMENT
...."Delight
yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit
your way to the Lord, trust also in Him and He will do it"....
Psalm 37:4-5 NASB
The Word here does not
say He will give you the desires of your "flesh", but rather the
desires of your heart. As our heart is purified and cleansed before Him THEN
His desires [the eternal desires of the Father's heart] shall become our
desires, and from this perfect spiritual positioning we can know and be assured
that He will meet our every need, as we continue on in the narrow path of
perfect obedience. Once again we see the importance of trusting God for ALL
things - for it is only as we trust Him [through an abiding faith] that we
allow Him to work through us in the fullness of the measure He desires to in
any given moment.
FEAR AND WORRY AND
ANXIETY WILL ALWAYS LEAD US INTO DOING THINGS THAT ARE APART FROM THE WILL OF
GOD
.... "And He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your
judgement as the noonday. Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him; do not
fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who carries out
wicked schemes. Cease from anger and forsake wrath; do not fret, it leads only
to evil doing"....
Psalm 37:6-8 NASB
Fear and worry and
anxiety will always lead us into doing things that are apart from the will of
God and, in turn, do those things [unconsciously] that are in accordance with
those things that Satan desires to accomplish - in his attempt to divide and
destroy the Church. As one begins to read the Word and meditate upon it, they
will come to the full realization that it is not a "harmless" thing
for one to retain [maintain] fear in their lives - and that it is something
that, ultimately, must be removed from the midst of God's people entirely if we
are going to rise up as a Glorious Church. Being anxious and worrying can lead
only to evil doing on our part [control, manipulation, self-exaltation etc.] -
whereas faith [trust] through the total acknowledgement of the Father and His
Word in ALL of our ways will always lead us to do the will of God - empowered
fully by the Spirit of Love [Romans 5:5]. This godly heart-position keeps the faithful one
"above" the schemes of the Evil One and, because its sole dependence
remains "fixed" upon the revealed knowledge of God's Word, they can
never be used to impart darkness and death by him - because the perfect love of
God continually casts out every one of his [lying] attempts to move that one
into fear and self-reliance.
"HEART-TRUST"
...."For evildoers
will be cut off, but those who wait for [minister unto] the Lord, they will
inherit the land"....
Psalm 37:9 NASB
The expression
"wait for the Lord" means exactly what is says. It means to wait upon
the Lord for every instruction, for every detail of our life and ministry, and
it is always to be the product of a deep "heart-trust" of the Father
and His Word - a deep heart-trust that is the spontaneous result of perfect
fellowship with Him in His Presence. As one comes into a deep revelation of the
faithfulness of God, they are continually empowered [enabled] to "wait
upon" [minister unto] God - walking by faith in His Word, and NEVER
allowing themselves to be influenced [moved] by their physical circumstances.
To walk in any way apart from the wisdom of God is to "sow to the
flesh", and that of course can only reap death, darkness and corruption in
one's life. As we diligently practice an absolute dependence upon [trust in]
the Father and His Word in EVERY facet of our lives, THEN the Holy Spirit will
bring us to the position wherein we are those who are found truly "abiding"
in the position of "waiting upon God" - a divinely empowered waiting
that is the catalyst to one abiding in a perfect obedience.
Related
Scriptures: Proverbs 3:5-6; 2 Timothy 1:7; 1 John 4:18; Proverbs 4:23; Isaiah
40:28-31;
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