The Spirit within

Here are just some instructions concerning our relationships with God, the Christians Father, the ones who have received the Spirit of God whereby they cry “Abba Father”, my Dad! The Christian is extremely privileged; the angles could look upon mankind and our lifestyles at times and venture to question God, but DON’T! They wouldn’t dare. Those who followed Satan in his rebellion against God in heaven are now awaiting their judgement, the Lake of Fire, which will eventually be objectified.

I trust the Holy Spirit will press home the privileges we have as Children of God and what He has given us to combat sin and the snares of this world, the Spirit of God now alive in us, wow! My prayer is that we would be given the slightest glimpse of our reality in HIM and His invisible role in our Christians walks. He is always at work never resting, feeding our faith in Christ opening our eyes to see beyond the veil. Heaven is our home and this stage of our lives is but a fleeting breath. He allows our minds to pull down previous stronghold that once had us enslaved to their dominance in our lives. He gets our priorities to change and the more His work becomes evident, the radicular the change. “Where have all the good men gone”, is a song sung amongst the hopeless. God is at work, He always has been. The heathens may rage but their time will eventually lapse. There is a day coming where all of God’s children will see Him as He is and how I long for that day. But until then let us focus on eternal matters with a clearer understanding and our commitment to God instruction.        

Here are some truths that we sadly often overlook as Christian and we need to be reminded; seek and you shall find, knock and the door shall be open unto you, ask and you shall receive more than the bare minimum, do you remember the analogy of the bread and the stone? “For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!” (Matthew 7:8-11) – What is crucial for us to come to grips with is the “good things” that God our Father is willing to let us have. Sadly our minds have been thwarted when it comes to what is good and what is covetousness. Our intent if influenced by anything evil will no longer be something good even when we believe it to be moral. The Apostle James understood this and this is what he has to say on the subject; “What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.” (James 4:1-4) – For I am persuaded on the authority of God’s Word that if we learn this lesson well we will sore on the wings of eagles. Our lives are no longer our own, they belong to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and He loves us with such a great love, which is incalculable and He has proved it by sending God His Son to pay the price for our sins. The Holy Spirit helps us grasp our position in Him with absolute clarity and there is a yardstick by which our understanding of this can be measured. The less we are entangled with the mundane of this world the greater the work. As children we are in a privileged position that the world knows nothing about.

It’s all about learning to apply ourselves correctly and not to waste our time asking for things that will in the long run be detrimental to us; we will not receive those requests outside of the discipline of the Lord, we may receive that which could be detrimental to our journey’s and teach us the value of the power of sin within our own lives. Remember the story of the prodigal son? He received, squandered but eventually he came to his senses. The sooner we understand this, the earlier we will be freed from the rot. It is God who looks out for His own, praise His name.

Our journey is about finding the will of God for our lives and with that comes many different allowances concerning our daily requests. The Apostle Paul gives us this teaching; “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” (Romans 12:1-2) – With this as our baseline concerning our prayers, we will receive all we ask for, of this I am persuaded. It obviously pleases God to see His children walk by faith in Him and he loves to reward the faithful. How I am learning to hate the clutter that hinders our growth in Him. Thank you Father God for the work of the Holy Spirit within and forgive me for the times I stand in the way of that work. I do not only pray for myself but for all those who believe in their hearts that you raised Jesus from the dead and confess Him as Lord, Amen!

Signing off

Tyrone