He sent His "Word" and Healed Them (Ps.107:20)
True Worshipers
09/23/2012 12:08
True Worshipers (John 4:23),
It is said that what we do "with" Christ is far more important than what we do "for" Christ. That is to say, it is our "relationship" to Jesus that is of utmost importance, not what we do for Jesus or even for others in His Name.
Are you Jesus' Beloved, or just a hopeful-Pleaser of Jesus or the world around you? Do you love Jesus both in sickness and in health, in richness and in poverty? If not, can you say that you are devoutly-married to Him or even a true friend of His?
In truth, we all [already] fully belong to Jesus, and have belonged to Him since before the foundation of the earth per Ephesians 1:4; even though our "flesh-sensed-self" and the world we live in daily may not know it, or may deny it.
In studying the Bible (which every believer should do daily) it is interesting to note that "everything is finished" in line with Jesus' life, death and resurrection! As John 19:30 puts it: "...it is finished!" Further, in 2 Corinthians 5:18 we are told three (3) faith-shaking [or shattering] facts:
1. that ALL things are of God,
2. that God has [already] reconciled us unto Himself through Jesus Christ, and,
3. that God has given each of us "The Ministry of Reconciliation" (a Ministry requiring
each of us to "awaken" ourselves and others unto this very reality.
So, if we are, "all of God," and if we are all "already reconciled" unto Him through His Beloved (See Eph. 1:6), why then do some of us still feel downtrodden, separated or lost from time to time? The answer is all within our "understanding" [knowingness] of Truth (Jesus) and of Life (God). Yet, even in this [state of being] there is [eternal] hope, for nothing in Christ is ever lost! (John 18:9 ...Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.)
So, in essence, Life [which is God] is an awaiting-awakening for those [still] lost! And though the Bible says, "finished," our job still is to, "ask" that we might receive, "seek" that we might find, and "knock" that the door may be opened unto us; if within the Will of God, I might add. (See Matthew 7:7)
I cannot stress enough the fact that all of life is an "awakening upon an awakening" which, incidentally, does not come without certain effort on your and my part! As Philippians 2:12 puts it: ...work out your own salvation with fear and trembling!
To those who say, "I am already saved by the Blood of Jesus, and I need do no more," I say, good for you, but to what degree of knowingness are you saved? Believers do not die, then simply go to heaven; they live, grow and know, and awaken unto heaven! (At least, give this idea some thought this day...)
Ask yourself this: What do "sin, sickness and death" have in common? And, how can the principles discussed here today help to overcome all three of them in the here and NOW of eternity-- all at once?
Let us Pray:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.
AMEN (Mat. 6:9-13)
Remember per Matthew 6:33, we are instructed: [To] seek FIRST the Kingdom of God, and God's Righteousness; [before] all these things shall be added unto [us].
Happy SonDay,
R+