THE LIFE OF FAITH AND THE GLORIOUS CHURCH - 2009
FEBRUARY 18th
WE NEED TO PUT THE FATHER'S
PRIORITIES FIRST IN OUR LIVES!
...."You will guard him and keep him in perfect and constant peace whose
mind [both its inclination and its character] is stayed on You, because he
commits himself to You, leans on You and hopes confidently in You. So trust in
the Lord - commit yourself to Him, lean on Him, hope confidently in Him -
forever; for the Lord God is an everlasting rock - the rock of ages"....
Isaiah 26:3-4 Amplified Translation
As we set our mind on
the things above and keep our eyes "fixed" on Jesus; as we bring
every thought captive to the obedience of Christ; and as we love the Lord our
God with our whole heart; the Father will guard us and keep us through the
Anointing that abides within us [the Holy Spirit]. And, through the entire
provision that has been made for us, in Christ, He will keep us in perfect and
continual peace. In this place, we will have the constant assurance that we are
in "the palm of His hand" - and, because of these things, ALL of our
security will be found in Him. As the child of God is transformed by the
renewing of their mind, and as the thoughts and intentions of Father's heart
are revealed to their heart [to a continually deeper degree with each passing
day] they are THEN able to understand the wonderful provision that has been made
for them to walk as overcomers in this earth - and, thus, that one will begin
to experience the "fullness" of their salvation [inheritance]. For
the first time in their lives many will begin to do the true "works"
of God [walk in His will], and represent the Lord Jesus Christ
"perfectly". We need to put God's priorities first! Many people seek
to have the power of God working in their lives in order to do the
"greater works" that Jesus said we would do [John 14:12], but they do
not realize that they must first remove [in obedience to - and by the power of
- the Holy Spirit] all those things from their lives [impure motivations] that
are a hindrance to the flow of the Holy Spirit within them.
WITHOUT A DEEP CONSECRATION TO THE WORD OF
GOD ONE CANNOT HAVE THE POWER OF GOD WORKING "EFFECTIVELY" IN THEIR
LIFE AND MINISTRY - MAKE THE FIRM DECISION TO BRING "EVERY" THOUGHT
CAPTIVE!
They need to understand
that without a deep consecration to the Word of God they cannot have the power
of God working "effectively" in their lives - or in the lives of
others, through them. If one continues to "fellowship" with the world
and, thus, "maintains" the desire to do things apart from God in the
"power" of their own understanding, they will shut off the flow of
the Holy Spirit through them and, thus, they shall not be enabled to administer
the Life of God and the Wisdom of God to all those who cross their path. So as
we make the firm decision to bring EVERY thought captive to the
"revealed" Word of God, it is then that we are on the road to having
all ground for fear removed from us, and we shall begin to operate in absolute
faith at all times. And, as we release our faith on the words that have
proceeded forth from our mouth by the unction of the Holy Spirit, THEN the
anointing that is upon those words shall cause the Life [Love] of God to be
manifested in the earth - and all these things will surely lead us into the
"reality" of the spotless and unblemished Church of Jesus Christ, a
Church that truly represents Him in ALL of Her ways - proclaiming the will of
the Father in all that She says and does.
Related Scriptures: Colossians 3:1-3; Hebrews 12:1-2; 2 Corinthians 10:5; Luke
10:27; 1 John 4:18; Ephesians 5:27
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