When we look to magnify something that
escapes the naked eye, we put it under a microscope, which makes something look
bigger than it actually is. A.W.Tozer teaches us that when we say “magnify the
Lord with me”, it doesn’t mean we look to make Him bigger than He is. Because
it is impossible to make God bigger than He is. It rather means let us strive
to see HIM somewhere near as big as He is. This then is where every child of
God needs like Jacob to wrestle with His God and by help dedicate ourselves to
this worthy cause.
Believing God when the chips are down
is our only true test; does the winepress produce grape juice if there is no
pressure applied to the grape? What of the olive, does it not bring forth the
sweetest of its oil when pressed hard by two mill stones? In like manner we
will never appreciate the sweet saving grace of our Saviour’s hand if we do not
experience similar pressure.
“God does what he does because He is
what He is”! (A.W.Tozer) – Let that resonate
deep with our being, for when it does it will change our perception toward God
and His everlasting mercies. It will never be about stuff and God added, but
rather God and whatever we have been given will be overshadowed by His
goodness. Do you see the difference in reasoning? God who is good knows how to
give good gifts unto His children. Where do we see independence in that
reality? I am sick to the core, how so many have been taken and even taught by leading
members within the body of Christ, that we must help ourselves, RUBBISH! God
who is full and perfect in goodness requires us to trust His word and in faith
believe Him. Nothing needs to accompany that truth. Elijah was without food and
God sent ravens to feed him! Why do we have so little faith, I am convinced it
is because we lack faith in Him, Please forgive this generation Father God for
our lack of understanding. But I will not leave my cry there Father God, move
amongst your children and begin in your goodness to change our perception of
your majestic perfect existence, which has no beginning nor end. How small we
are and how grand you are!
Have we even begun to scratch the
surface of faith? I suppose most must have made a small indentation into the
truth of that certainty or we would still be dead in our trespasses and sins,
but for those who are born again all have a portion of faith but in many cases a
microscope is needed to see that reality, when we compare ourselves to those
saints of old; “Women received back their dead by resurrection.
Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again
to a better life. Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and
imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with
the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted,
mistreated-- of whom the world was not worthy--wandering about in deserts and
mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.” (Hebrews 11:35-38)
- God forgive our unbelief. Do we believe that if we are taught that as it
was in the days of Noah so will it be with the coming of the Son of man? Sin
rife then and widespread even now, a very similar time. We must trim our
lanterns! Enough is my cry! It must be time to take revenge on so much
deception that once held us captive. With God all things are possible, therefore
if we are with God how then will not all things be possible for those who
belong to Him. If we reflect his image, both saved and unsaved, for he created
man in His image, male and female He created them. How much more will we
reflect the image of the resurrected Christ if we truly learn to walk by faith?
I am so excited about where God the Holy Spirit is leading me I just pray I
will be obedient to His bearing and not veer to the left when times get tough.
Does not God require us to believe
Him? Some may see confidence in Him as arrogance; I feel for them, does not the
Word instruct us to approach Him with boldness (confidence), not like a timid
jackal looking to steal from the lions kill, NO! We have been freed by the work
of our great Saviour to self-assuredly approach God for He is good and delights
in the prayers of His saints. Does not the Apostle James teach us a similar
pattern? “If any of you lacks wisdom, let
him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given
him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like
a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must
not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded
man, unstable in all his ways.” (James 1:5-8) - Let us not mistake our lack of
faith for reverence.
The kindest man to ever live was the Lord Jesus
and we have been sanctified by His blood. If we are born of the Spirit! How
does one reconcile the fact that He died for my sin and became sin because of me?
My penalty was put on Him, my debauchery, my toil with wine, women and song; He
paid the price for all of it, including the sins I am yet to commit. My mind
cries, impossible! And yet it is as accurate as something machined lathed to
perfection. Now I could have one of two approaches to my sin to illustrate a point;
I could wallow in self-pity for sinning against God, but if I didn’t sin I would
be outside the mercies of God. I am taught that He who is forgiven much will
love much. So I now learn from Tozer to thank God for my sin. Not so I would
carry on in my sin but rather to help me realize my dependency upon this
perfect God, my Father!
We are quick to judge others and excuse ourselves;
but God is quick to forgive, He has the kindliest of hearts; consider the story
of the prodigal son in Luke chapter 15. Who wrote it? God did! Wow a man who
blundered all, it sounds so familiar and yet His kindness is quick to forgive,
this is the God I serve, praise His name!
We need to learn to give Him due benevolence in
every area of our lives, God only and not God and!
Signing off
Tyrone
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