Rewards often drive people to a deeper
commitment to the required task at hand, and it can become a powerful tool to
assist in any investigation. Some are taken up by the reward at the expense of
others around them, whilst others may commit on the basis that it may be a
worthy cause that fits into their persona and commitment to life. Some will
save whales but punt evolution as their underlying belief values, honouring
God’s creation and yet not giving God the due benevolence for His Creation. You
see the danger of any skewed perception to what is TRUE? Twist it slightly and
people will find themselves chasing shadows instead of God’s reality towards
the reward. Heaven as opposed to hell, the ultimate sentences.
What is a crucial truth we need to
implement in our lives if we are to benefit under God’s rule for this life and
the life to come? We have to put Him first in every one of our decisions, if not
we will always end up chasing the shadows of destruction, of this I am
convinced. We must walk by faith and with sound doctrine dictating the steps of
our lives. In other words we must place God’s Word above our own
understandings. The voices in this world will only ever take us down the wrong
road. This is the lesson we all have to learn and it will take us a lifetime to
absorb. Thankfully God is patient with all of His children. However the sooner
we learn to trust our God and Father the happy we will be. The sooner we learn
to rest in the Lord Jesus’ finished work the more content life will become.
What then should be our commitment
when we search our God’s deep truths if we continually seem to be hitting the
wall, when our prayers seem to bounce off the stockades, what are we to do? Do
you remember the man who was sick with the palsy in the book of Mark chapter 2?
The entrances to the house that the Lord Jesus occupied was jammed packed to
the brim and those who carried that man on his sick bed could not get to the
Lord, but they we so determined to see a miracle unfold for their friend that
they went to extremes to make it happen. They climbed the roof and began to
remove the tiles in order to make an opening whereby they could eventually
lower him down through the gable. This was true commitment, accurate faith
personified. Faith is full of inventions and we must do our utmost to be a part
of that crowd in order to be blessed of God. We are taught in the book of
Hebrews that we must approach the throne of grace with confidence, we cannot
assume that we will receive anything from God our Father and we must be
committed to His cause, the basis of faith must become central to the way of
life for all of us.
If the world is full of solutions
whereby it teaches it’s population to invent in order to succeed, why then can
we not become inventors with our commitment to God’s call upon our lives as we
search out the deeper truth to our existence. Jacob also teaches us a valuable
lesson, when he was in the wilderness and he saw an angel and he wrestled with
him all night to receive a blessing. It cost him dearly, the angel pleaded with
him to let him go, but he would not. Eventually the angel dislocated his hip
socket. Nevertheless Jacob received his blessing. This is the resolve we must
seek out for our lives, as it will bring with it God’s blessings. I do not wish
to be misread as some would like to emphasise that if we are children of God we
should be prosperous in this life that is a misrepresentation upon the call God
has placed upon a believer’s life. God may very well bless us financially but
that is entirely up to Him. The point I would like to stress is that we will
have peace with God. The fruits of the Spirit will become a way of life for all
who learn to appropriate true faith into our daily routine. Which is; love,
joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,
self-control; against such things there is no law. This is what we wrestle for
as Christians.
Let us plead with our God and Father to equip us
with a resolve to fight for these values with all our might. So that His name
may be glorified amongst the heathen and so that other believing Christians
will also be encouraged by our examples of faith. To God be the glory now and
forever more, Amen and Amen!
Signing off
Tyrone
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