“IN HIM WE LIVE AND BREATHE AND HAVE OUR BEING.”
Acts. 17:28
“AND WE ARE IN HIM WHO IS TRUE, IN HIS SON JESUS CHRIST. HE IS THE TRUE GOD AND ETERNAL LIFE.” 1 John 5:20
Dear Father, interweave between my human thoughts the truths and the authority of Your Word. I thank you and praise you that Your Words are Spirit and Life to me. In Jesus’ precious and powerful name Amen
Fran
Though short and not very exciting to authors who are experienced in sharing their work across many platforms, this was an exciting few minutes with Eric Dye, the host of Enterprise Podcast Network
I could have said much more, but for my first, this was long enough to speak of the abundant life our Father has given us through His Son, our Lord Jesus. I pray that it stirs hearts with a desire to know more about the glorious fellowship we have with Him, His Son, and His Holy Spirit. Praise Him that eternal life with Him is not a life to which we look forward in the future, but here we are born into it, we grow and continue to be transformed and conformed to His image.
What greater life than being His image bearers here on earth.
What happens when the Little I Am (It’s About Me) meets THE GREAT I AM?
Armageddon! — The end of Me!
Imagine a man sitting on a park bench. God approaches and the man looks up at Him.
The effect is devastation.
A pile of dust begins to filter through the slats of the bench.
God is the only One left.
What would He then do? He could by His breath blow the dust away and be done with the simple creature who would never know what happened to him.
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Let’s picture a different God and Father who stoops to the ground, scoops a handful of dust, reforms it as a new creature, kisses it and breathes into it His Life, a Life that would never die.
The new creation is His plan for a new world— His eternal family and His kingdom of righteousness and holiness.
The new nature is the nature He reveals through His Son, Jesus Christ.
Our fallen nature that leads us to death is overcome by the power of His Spirit Who leads us and feeds us with His Word of Life forever.
This physical life will end in His timing, but God’s children will not die.
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Let us draw near in faith as we grasp this truth, reach out, touch Him —embrace Him as our Life —
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He waits to be gracious to us.
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“He has made all things beautiful in its time. Also, He has put eternity in their hearts. Except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.” Ecc. 3:11
If you are unaware of the fellowship between God and His children and want to know more,CONTACT me.
“Jesus awakes, as a mighty man from his slumber, unwraps the napkin from His head and lays it by itself; unwinds the grave clothes in which love had wrapped Him and puts them by themselves; for He had abundant leisure; He was in no haste; He was not about to escape like a felon who bursts the prison, but like one whose time of jail-deliverance has come and lawfully and leisurely leaves his cell. He steps to the upper air, bright, shining, glorious, and fair. He lives! He died once, but He rose from the dead! There is no need for us to enlarge here. We only pause to remark that this is one of the most jubilant notes in the whole Gospel scale….Death is overcome! There is found a man Who by His own power was able to struggle with death and hurl him down. The grave is opened! There is found a man able to dash back its bolts and to rifle its treasures. And thus, brethren, having delivered Himself, He is able also to deliver others.”
Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892)
The context (John 12:23-33) from which Jesus’ words here are quoted was that which spoke of his impending crucifixion. “The hour has come” for Him “to be glorified.” That glorification awaited Him as He continued to follow the will of the Father; when He would be lifted up, and so draw unto Himself those that receive the truth of His word. These would die to themselves, take up their crosses and follow Him.
Jesus left in the borrowed tomb the seeds of new life for all those who belong to Him. He finished the planting that He came to do. He was raised and now waits and rejoices over every new plant. His Holy Spirit waters by the word of truth in each heart and brings to life what Jesus planted. Those seeds are eternal, continuing to bear fruit.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1
“So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.”
Isaiah 55:11
“Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.” John 15:16
Dear Father, today, please bring forth new plants for your joy; and water what you have planted within us by your Spirit. Let the word of Christ dwell in our hearts richly so as to bring forth the fruit of your love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness and temperance. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
In this life we live on one side or the other. We live a sad life, or we live a glad life.
There is not a balance between the two. We may spend time on both sides, but we are prone and influenced to one.
Can we choose which side? Christians believe they are chosen – in Christ before the foundation of the world (Eph. 1:4-5)
Whether we believe we are chosen or not, we have the choice to read what God’s Word says about this reality, to understand the difference and desire the ‘glad life’ He gives.
We find that those who live on the ‘glad side’ live in a special relationship with God.
The Glad Side is the bright side, the side of a fruitful life.
And it will be said in that day: “Behold, this is our God; We have waited for Him, and He will save us. This is the Lord; We have waited for Him; We will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.” Is. 25:9
May my meditation be sweet to Him;
I will be glad in the Lord. Ps. 104:34
Be glad then, you children of Zion, And rejoice in the Lord your God; For He has given you the former rain faithfully, And He will cause the rain to come down for you— The former rain, And the latter rain in the first month.Joel 2:23
Glad in His Righteousness
The following verses refer to this fellowship we have with God, our Father, through the Lord Jesus Christ (through whom we are made righteous) by the working of the Holy Spirit in us.
The righteous shall beglad in the Lord, and trust in Him. And all the upright in heart shall glory. Ps. 64:10
But let the righteous beglad; Let them rejoice before God; Yes, let them rejoice exceedingly. Ps. 68:3
The hope of the righteous will begladness, But the expectation of the wicked will perish. Pro. 10:2
Glad in His mercy
Though I live on the ‘glad side’ I often experience the oppression of this life, and the feelings of sorrow overtake me, but by our Father’s keeping power, I am brought through the trial of the moment back home in praise and thanksgiving, where I know I belong
I will beglad and rejoice in Your mercy, For You have considered my trouble; You have known my soul in adversities, Ps. 31:7
Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy, That we may rejoice and beglad all our days! Ps. 90:14
Glad in Quietness and Trust
Then they are glad because they are quiet; So He guides them to their desired haven. Ps. 107:30
Glad in Times of Persecution
Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. Mt. 5:12
But rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also beglad with exceeding joy. 1 Pt. 4:13
Bringing Others to the Glad Side
Though we do not live on the ‘sad side’ we are sent to give encouragement to those who live there.
And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, Who bring glad tidings of good things!” Roms.10:15
That I may see the benefit of Your chosen ones, That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, That I may glory with Your inheritance. Ps. 106:5
And I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved. 2 Cor. 12:15
Yes, and if I am being poured out as a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all. Phil. 2:17
The humble shall see this andbeglad; And you who seek God, your hearts shall live. Ps. 69:32
My soul shall make its boast in the Lord; The humble shall hear of it and beglad. Ps.34:2
Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48
Let us beglad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.” Rev. 19:7
Holy and merciful Father, we praise you for calling us out of darkness into your marvelous light, delivering us out of darkness and ignorance into the kingdom of your dear Son who is the light of our gladness who rejoices in us, and for your Holy Spirit who lives through us to encourage those who live in sadness and sorrow. Through us, your people, give them a taste of your mercy, your love, and your glory. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Recently I have added the name of a young man to my Prayer Roster. Joseph is a brilliant artist; one I hope the Lord will use in the ministry of His Kingdom.
He needs the power of the Lord’s Spirit within him to order and manage his life.
I relate well to this msn. My prayers for him include prayers for myself, especially in this latter stage of my life.
He, in his 30’s, and I in my 80’s, have much in common.
We have been given gifts from our heavenly Father, and we are both struggling to move forward with these gifts.
Beyond the fact that we see ourselves in a stronghold of the flesh, our procrastination keeps us bound to ourselves and limits the talents we are given – kept from God and hidden from others.
In Our Flesh
Our means of deliverance begins with understanding where we are in the flesh.
The apostle Paul speaks of man as ‘spirit, soul, and body.’ (1 Thess. 5:23)
The purpose of this post is not to start another book (which I might never finish) but to speak briefly about the work God calls us to and the work that He does in and through us.
Tendency to our Feelings
“Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.”
These words from Simon Peter to the believers of his day are as true today as when he wrote them. He compares two natures in the beginning of his letter. Anyone who meditates on these words will come away with a new perspective of where we are, who we are, and why we are here in this present world.
Oppression, Suppression, and Depression
Born into this world of ‘corruption’ we are always under a state of oppression.
Without understanding this, and turning to God’s Word for the knowledge of ‘life and godliness’ (our only means for a fruitful life in this state) we suppress the truth that He gives us in HIs Word.
Without the truth revealed by God in His Word, we have nothing to hope in, stand on, or live for in this world.
We search, reach for, and hold on to whatever is close and, in the end, have nothing substantial or relative to true life – nothing of godliness, which is the life God produces within us.
Depression manifests itself in different forms seen from one level to another in different stages.
Depression becomes the stronghold of our spirit, soul, and body, keeping us immobile.
Depression keeps us down, captivated by self, to obey the flesh in its weakness in all areas of life.
Depression leaves us deflated with no room for what is good or godly.
Where is our Hope?
As ‘spirit, soul, and body’ I must relinquish all that I am to God, our heavenly Father, who, with His Son and Spirit gave me life through the first man “Adam” through all generations.
I must see and know the One whose ‘divine power’ gives us ‘all things pertaining to life and godliness.’
I must admit my weakness and my need for His wisdom and strength.
I must submit all I am to Him and His Son, Jesus Christ, who has brought us to our Father through His death and resurrection to receive the power of His life in us.
I must commit to His direction by His Holy Spirt through His Word.
From the stronghold of oppression, suppression, depression, and procrastination, He, by the penetration of His Word, permeates our minds with His truth, and perpetuates His love and the life of Christ in us and through us.
As ‘partakers of His divine nature’ He fills us, lifts us, moves us, keeps us on the right path. In our struggles, He reminds us of His ‘exceedingly great and precious promises.’
He inhabits our praises, so that we speak to Him of His truth, never losing sight of Him and knowing the power of His presence with us. He, with the gifts He has given us, works in and through us to accomplish all He wants to do — for His glory and our joy in Him.
.Gracious and loving Father, We praise you that you have made us your children, not by anything we could do, but by your planning and covenant made with your Son before the creation of anything. How blessed we are to know you and to live in fellowship with you and your eternal family. I praise you that you have called us and given us the gift of eternal life and individual gifts through which you are working to reveal the power of your presence in the world today. In Jesus’ name I pray, I thank you, and praise you. Amen
Life and death are the great forces in this world.
We may ask the question, then: Which of these two is the greatest?
It may seem, if we consider that all physical life ends in death, that death is the great force over all.
This may be true for the majority of those who are alive, physically.
And even though a minority of men and women would witness to the same, they are living as if there is no end.
As one of this minority, I have the witness within me of life beyond this physical existence. I wake in the morning with the assurance of life beyond this realm — spiritual life that knows no bounds.
Death has no hold on me. It is not something I have imagined and created on my own. It is no mere ideology – none of any man’s design.
Every person is born with the gift of life in this world. This heavenly life is an eternal gift – a gift of eternal life from the Creator of the heavens and the earth — a second birth.
The Heavens and the Earth
The force of death for mankind originated here on earth; the force of life in heaven.
Heaven is where God, our Creator, the Living God, lives and has power over all.
“His throne is set in the heavens and His kingdom rules over all.” – His kingdom of eternal Life. Ps. 103:19
It was there that He made an everlasting covenant with His Son, for us.
In Jesus’ prayer before Judas’ betrayal and His crucifixion, Jesus prayed these words,
“Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that your Son also may glorify you; as You have given Him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to as many as You have given me.” Jn. 17:1-2 (The time had come for Him to give His life that we who believe would have eternal life in Him.
“And now, O Father, glorify me together with Yourself with the glory I had with you before the world was.” Jn. 17:5
“…Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom you have given me that they may be one as we are.” 17:11
Jesus revealed in His prayer that before anything was created, God, the Father, and the Son were eternally One, and that through the Son, the world was created for the purpose of eternal life in His creatures. The prayer is a gift to us who believe God’s Word. In it we learn of these two forces and how Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of all the living, proves the greater power of life over death.
He has prepared the glory that the Father and the Son shared before Creation – the promised Messiah – who came to deliver us from the power of death. He is the Word of Life, who came from the Father with eternal life to all who believe, love, and follow Him.
The first man, Adam, was deceived, believed a lie, and received the penalty of death because of His disobedience to God’s Word. Through him we all became subject to this force of death as long as we are on this earth in this body of flesh.
“As You have given Me authority over all flesh” were the words Jesus spoke in His prayer to the Father. He was given all power over life and death on earth and in heaven.
We are created through Him — and we either live with the gift of eternal life, in repentance of our rebellion against Him, submitting our spirit, soul, and body to Him and obedience to His Word — or we are dead (to the Living God) even as we are in this body. We are only existing until the end of this life when we have no choice but to succumb to the power of death.
Death is a force given to God’s enemy and ours when he was ejected from his duty as God’s servant in heaven. He was rebellious then and leads the world in rebellion. He is the god of this world and rules with the force of death and darkness. (1Jn. 5:19)
God, our Father, began with one man and woman who obeyed the voice of the enemy – who brought them under his power of death.
God, our Father has given new life – eternal Life – to those who are drawn to His Son – who admit their sin and disobedience to His Word, submit to Him, and commit to His Word, the Life of His Spirit and His leading through the remainder of this physical life.
He came to “release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.” (See Hebrews 2:1-18)
“For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.” 1 Jn. 3:8 (the works of the devil that brought man to disobey God and to our death.)
Jesus said to His disciples, “Unless you are converted and become as little children, you will never enter heaven.” Matt. 18:3 We are His children as we are born of His Spirit.
He will end life on this earth differently for us who give all that we are to Him. We will not fear whatever we encounter on this earth – no fear of man or circumstances because we have within us the life of Christ given through Him to us from our Father in heaven. It is a supernatural work – Christ’s life given by His Holy Spirit.
He loved us “before the world was.” He loves us now and forever. He sent His Son to be a propitiation for our sins so that the first man’s death warrant is removed. Christ who is our life, lives in us and we live in Him now and forever – seeking His kingdom and His righteousness which His Spirit works in us, looking forward to a world of righteousness.
Saved Eternally in Christ
He promises to bring all things to an end in One Man, His Son, Jesus Christ, “that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him.” Eph. 1:10
If Christ is in us – “Christ in me – the hope of glory” “our lives hidden in Christ,” we can live here on earth with assurance in the day we take our last breath that we will be with Him forever. Col. 1:27“For you died, (in submission and baptism) and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.” Col. 3:3-4 (The remainder of Chapter 3 describes the fruit of our lives by His eternal life in us here on earth.)
The complexities of this world are more than any one person, or any combination of minds can discern. The perplexities are beyond what human nature can comprehend.
We have yet to be unified in our understanding of how life began and how people breathe and move about in the vast space that we call the universe.
Adults with all their education — feeding on information that men from one generation to another have compiled — continue to add more and more to the uncertainty of life here in this present world. Their technologies only generate more power for delusion and destruction.
NEW WORDS, NEW LIFE
Jesus told His disciples, “Unless you are converted and become as little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” What did He mean? If we study this man, His life, and His words, we learn that He was teaching a new thing not known before He began His ministry.
“The kingdom of heaven” – Greek — ouranos, meaning, the region above the sidereal heavens, the seat of order of things eternal and consummately perfect where God dwells and other heavenly beings” Heaven is another world beyond this one — a spiritual world that requires conversion — otherwise, we are incompatabile.
Jesus’ life and His words are recorded in the Holy Bible, in the second section, known as The New Testament.
The first part, The Old Testament, is a record of life, written by men of the Jewish faith, From creation through the history of the nation of Israel, we learn of God, the Creator, who was with His people through generations of hardships and promises for a better life beyond this world.
FULFILLMENT OF THE PROMISE
Jesus was the fulfillment of this promise, who at the age of 30 gathered 12 men and taught them about the God of the Old Testament.
He showed them a completely different way – by a totally radical mindset.
By His actions in response to every person, every word, every action, every need, He presented a new means for men to see, think, speak, and relate to others.
He portrayed a life of purpose and meaning no man had ever shown or taught.
HIS WORDS — HIS POWER
His words not only brought meaning to this life, but the power in His words for eternal life.
Those who have believed Him and followed in His teachings have been transformed and seek to live as He lived.
This world is no longer complex, nor are His followers perplexed, but they understand this world – its chaos and confusion – how to relate and respond differently.
Jesus taught that we must begin again – to start over – to be ‘born again’ – spiritually.
A FATHER WE HAVE NEVER KNOWN
As ‘little children’ – infants—we experience what it means to have a new ‘Father’ — a Father who never leaves us, but abides in us — His Spirit through our spirit, forever.
Jesus’ life, and identifying Himself as the Son of God, shed new light on the meaning of our creation.
His teachings bring us to understand God differently than the world sees Him.
His Holy Spirit ‘makes us alive’ as He teaches us the truth – truth that we cannot receive in our ‘old man’ – the only self we know and through which we formerly lived.
As with His teachings and the power of His Spirit, we learn to live supernaturally in this natural world.
His Spirit, by which God gave life at His Creation, in us, was subdued and taken captive.
Until and unless we are converted and become as little children, we live under the power of an enemy, in a hostile world that lives in sin against God, the Creator.
We are ignorant of our personal rebellion against a Father who gives us the very air we breathe and the power to move and have our being.
Only His Spirit can do this work in us. Just as we have no power to birth ourselves naturally into this world so only He can give us the power for an eternal life with Him.
We are reconciled and renewed and brought into fellowship with our Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, through whom we are bought, sought, brought, and taught.
CHILDREN WHO LOVE, REJOICE, AND OBEY
The remainder of our natural life is sanctified by the working of His Holy Spirit of truth guiding us into all truth and living through us – to His Glory and our joy in Him. As His children, we enjoy the life of Christ within us to love, enjoy HIs presence, and obey – for His glory and our joy with Him and all His children.
This life begins here but never ends.
Our Father, abiding in us forever, closes our eyes and returns His Spirit and our souls to Him in His timing.
“The chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.” The Shorter Catechism
Out Father in heaven, by the power of your Holy Spirit abiding in us, make us to know you and your Son, Jesus, whom you sent to die for our sins and bring us to you. We need to know you as our Father and the eternal life you give us now. Turn our hearts to you and grow us in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ and conform us to His image — in whose name we pray. Amen.
In the last four years, I have been more vulnerable than ever, and prey to what has come across my radar. Mixed with a lot of good, there has been much in a quagmire of offers as I have hoped for ways to exit the grave of mourning. When death still seems to loom as the mode of everyday existence, anything can appear as a solution, some with astounding promises, and almost impossible to refuse.
Such has been my spiritual warfare and training ground as I have been taken captive a few times (amazed at other times that I was enabled to turn and take our Father’s hand). It is the harder way but the way He promises to love, care, direct, and keep us in the path of Life as He has planned it.
As I started this post, I was reminded of a 2016 post, The Idolatry of Technology. The technology of our present day is precisely used for good and for evil, depending on who is leading the way for each of us. I am personally obligated to live in compliance with our Father who created all things. My human nature carves for any and all things of this world that appeal to my fleshly desires and feelings. Many techniques can be used to gain the information and the help I am looking for.
LOSING MY ANCHOR
During fifty-nine years together, Jerry became my anchor — we were “one flesh” — learning to depend on each other. He was my physical leader; I was his helpmate, according to God’s design. Our Father brought me to Christ many years before He gave Jerry a new heart. His gain of true life in Christ came after the loss of his leg. Through this natural experience, we both learned the need for more than physical life and to see beyond our needs to understand the needs of others.
We were united together in heart, mind, soul, and strength in Christ nine years before he was taken home and I was left alone. Those years and the last four for me were the time for our Father’s working — especially these last four — no technique but His supernatural power could accomplish His holy, eternal, will for His own glory. Such has been His means to glorify Himself and to prove the love and joy that is mine in Him.
No method man will devise can hallow His name, set up His kingdom in our hearts, and establish His will in our lives — as His name, kingdom and will are operative in heaven. He has no method but His will and power to accomplish what He established in HIs everlasting covenant with each of His children before Creation. In His timing, He continues to redeem a people for Himself through whom He is revealing his presence and power in the world of darkness.
Strategies are unnecessary for God our Father to bring His children to Himself and to accomplish in them all He desires of us. By His Holy Spirit alone, He draws us to Christ, His Son, through whom we come to Him for that “eternal life that was with the Father and manifested to” mere men while He was on earth. Jesus was the Word of Life that continues forever in the hearts and lives of His children. He still speaks to us today through His written Word. By His Spirit and His Word, we have the power of His presence within us for all we need. We have abundant life in and through Him — from death to Life, we are His and His alone, forever. No intelligence accumulated by men has the wisdom and knowledge of God revealed only through His Son, to us and our children. Deut. 29:29
I praise Him for bringing me through this stage — from a dark mourning to a new bright morning. By His Holy Light and Life given to us by His Holy Spirit, He will continue to show me “the path of life.” Anything without the Spirit of Christ living in us is deception and darkness.
“You will show me the path of life. In Your presence is fulness of joy. In Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” Ps. 16:11
Gracious Father, we praise you for revealing Yourself to us — to lost children, who need a Father. As little children, in our new birth with a new heart and a new spirit, we ask your forgiveness for seeking other ways and ask that you continue to strengthen us, help us, hold us by our right hand, uphold us by your righteous right hand, and guide us with your Spirit of truth, and your counsel, that afterward you may receive us into your glory. Reveal through the power of your presence to others. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen Fran
Awareness is a rare gift. Some are born with it. Others receive it at a special time in life. To see beyond our own peripheral vision can be a blessing or a curse. Being aware of others’ faults, mistakes, and weaknesses; judging and condemning them is a curse to others and ourselves. It is the gift that the enemy of our souls uses to work an oppressive spirit within us and toward others. This curse keeps us in a state of oppression and sin. We see in others a reflection of ourselves and continue in this state of oppression until we, like the prodigal son “came to himself.”
He realized where he was. The gift of awareness enabled him to see his condition, and his surroundings. He saw himself in reality of his sin and rebellion.
But, beyond himself he saw the blessing of forgiveness and reconciliation; he saw the means of returning to the father that loved him.
Awareness is a blessing when we are able to see and confess that we live in a fallen world. John said in John 5:19 “the world lies in the power of the evil one.” We were born into it, with a death certificate in our hands. We grow up in it. We are an integral part of it. And we will die in this state of oppression; of sin and misery, except as we are brought to ourselves; to see where we are and our own condition.
Every Good and Perfect Gift The awareness that is a blessing enables us to see beyond our own, and others’ failures, to see the giver of this gift from heaven, which comes down from the “Father of lights.” (James 1:17) Not only are our eyes opened to see where we are in this wilderness, but we see Almighty God, our heavenly Father, ruling and reigning over all things; our shepherd, our keeper, our shield; our God “who supplies all our needs according to His riches in glory.”
We are aware of His presence and power in and through, and over all things. In His covenant with us through His Son, Jesus Christ, we are assured that He will always be with us. He will never leave us nor forsake us. These truths lived within us will be a blessing to others.
“He hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure:
for this is all my salvation, and all my desire. 2 Samuel 23:5
Dear Father, please open our eyes today, to see where we are; to accept the conditions in which you have placed us. Let us see Christ as you continue to reveal Him to us, in us, and through us. Make us aware of your presence and power as we live, love, and rejoice in you. Be a light, life, and blessings to us all. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
GOD IS GREATER THAN
