Be still, and know that I am God:
I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
Psalms 46:10
For most, the only time when one is truly still is when you breathe your last. By then it will be a mite too late, for you can no longer avail yourself of the salvation and the concomitant transformation unto Christlikeness that God offered to all.
A sober truth it is, much as most will prefer to delude themselves with whispers of fulfillment of their carnal desires. Satan was the first perpetrator of such messages of deceit, and Adam and Eve have set the precedence as gullible recipients for all of us after them.
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Genesis 3:5
"Clutter," I spent the past few days spring cleaning. Never bemuses me to see the amount of junk one can accumulate over time.
What about spiritual clutter? These has kept us from sensing the prompting of the Holy Spirit , thus depriving us of the joy and peace of walking with our Lord.
And for many who do seek to be in the presence of our Lord, we do know the will of God but what is keeping us from following fully in obedience?
For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.
Philippians 1:23-24
Apostle Paul knew that being with Christ in Heaven was the better option. But as God wills, he remained in the fallen world to minister to people God placed in his path.
For many of us, Christians included, our dilemma is less about being desirous of Heaven, but more about an unwillingness to let go of our temporal treasures on Earth.
I am the vine, ye are the branches:He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit:for without me ye can do nothing.
John 15:5
How can we revert to the relationship that God intended before Adam and Eve sinned?
"Let go, and let God," the Bible is clear about the way forward.
But why do I and I believe most of us who know this truth find it so difficult to let go, not just of our earthly treasures and desires, but also in leaving our troubles with our Lord?
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
James 4:7-8
Most of us come to God with our needs and our desired solution.
On the contrary, James 4:7-8
- tells us to take time with our Lord to know His will.
- to focus on doing what honors Him
But wait a minute. Is God not going to listen to my petitions?
God will listen to our supplications. In fact, He already knows our needs.
But will we wait upon Him and trust in His solution, His way, in His timing rather than cling on to ours?
But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
2 Kings 5:11
Like the mighty Syrian General Naman, who felt compelled to question the logic of God's command, we cannot let go because we are not willing to let God.
The Adamite approach is to be in control and only let God into our lives when we feel in control.
The way of Christ is to go to God in prayers, to know His will, not ours and to do as He leads. We focus on God rather than on our needs.
I continue to struggle with letting go. A brother in Christ, an anointed man of God who God has used to speak to me at critical breakthroughs of my spiritual journey, had this truth for me. I must put God in front of me, as I continue to move forth in His work, and not put God in my rear.
And in plain speak it means
- every new morning, to come unto His presence, to be sanctified and to know His will
- to do what honors Him, be it a specific prompting or often, when He is silent
- to be thankful and be at peace in all circumstances, for we know God is Sovereign.
We can draw upon His words and enter into His rest in prayerful communion always
Therefore let those who suffer according to God's will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good.
1 Peter 4:19
An after thought - 4 horses and red blood moon
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
Revelation 6:12
This being the year of the horse, all of us are inundated with positive messages built around it. And in Revelations 6, we not only have one, but four horses in four choice colors - white, red, black and deathly pale. But these horses are not purveyors of glad tidings but correction for a depraved world.
Is the nonchalant attitude of the world towards the emerging market crisis no different from the lax attitude of the early days of the subprime crisis or that of the Asian crisis?
Is it not the same in terms of present men's attitude towards the return of Jesus Christ.
http://www.wnd.com/2013/10/
The intensity of God's shaking will increase. Revelations 6:12 talks of the moon being red.
According to an article a friend sent me, this year and next will witness a rare phenomenon.
A cycle of 4 blood moons, that is, 4 lunar eclipse with a solar eclipse in between.
The article claims that whenever this occurs, the Jews will be involved in a earth shattering event. The last being the 1967 six days war in the Middle East where the outnumbered Israelites defeated the combined Arab armies. And in 1492, when the Jews were expelled from Catholic Spain, the predominant power in the Old World, the same year America, Israel's present protector, was discovered by Columbus, who was funded by Spain.
Nice such snippets of information. But what matters more is
- the realization that Christ can return anytime
- the need to be made ready for His return
- the awareness of the fulfillment of God's reminders of His return, to keep us focused on Christ and not be distracted by an increasingly disorientated world.
- the need for a determined response our our part to live out 1 Peter 4:19
Therefore let those who suffer according to God's will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good.
1 Peter 4:19
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