If
I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even
there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. (Psalm
139:9-10)
This
morning I rose on the wings of the dawn and God came to me here in 21st century
America just as He came to David in 10th century B.C. Israel. It was the same unseen God who is everywhere and everywhen. This
morning He spoke words to me that David did not have the privilege of hearing,
because in these last days he has spoken to us by His Son…through whom he
made the universe…and who is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact
representation of his being. (Heb1:1-2a) This morning the words the Son
spoke to me were, “Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who
loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father and I too will love him
and show myself to him.”(John 14:21) Then he reminded me that his commands
are not hard because the greatest of them is to love God with my whole being.
The unseen God shows himself to all who love him with their whole being.
But who can love him like that? Only those who have been crucified with Christ,
who have chosen to relinquish the throne of their life, giving themselves over
to the one who created them, who knows them better than they know themselves, and is the only one qualified to guide them and hold them fast.
3 comments:
True, we can do nothing without Him. We live like practical atheists when we forget the privilege we have as sons & daughters of God. Been teaching in 1 Peter in Sun School to my church and Peter surely reminded his hearers that they have wonderful privilege in Christ.
Love your nephew,
Jim
"But who can love him like that? Only those who have been crucified with Christ, who have chosen to relinquish the throne of their life..."
Wow, I have never heard it stated so well. We have been given the freedom to sit on the throne of our life, or to give it back to the One from whom it came and to whom it is going!
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