Little faith will bring the soul to heaven, but much faith will bring heaven to the soul
"Don't you desire a relationship?" One's immense desire to get a life partner isn't out of the norm, but this question raised by a brother caught me off guard.
I looked away, reciting in my mind Matthew 6:33, with his question kept me thinking what exactly my desire should be.
Don't get me wrong, having such desires aren't wrong..
I learnt that delights in Christ brings desire for Christ. He gives the heart its desires- that is, he works in us (Philip 2:13) . This is why he can say in john 15:7 you shall ask what you will, if you abide. the branch takes its sap from the vine, the same surges the vine feels hen become the surges of the branch. My will becomes his, and i can ask what i will, if i delight myself in him, only then can my desire be attained, when it is his desire.
God knows the desire of our heart, and he wants to be our desire.
All i have asked has not been given, and the fathers withholding has served only to intensify my desires. he knows the hungrier one is, the more appreciative he becomes of food, and gives us a hunger for him that i never experiences before. he promises water to the thirsty and satisfaction to the unsatisfied (not dissatisfied) He has, by his concealing of himself, given me longings that can only be slaked when psalm 17:15 is realized. Because I am righteous, I will see you. When I awake, I will see you face to face and be satisfied.
The power of silence. The voice of God, though persistent, is soft. For spiritual awareness and reception one must simply be rested if he is to be blessed. Purposefully seeking to spend time alone, facing ourselves in the word. One does not surrender a life in an instant. that which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime. The fullness of the spirit is not instantaneous but progressive, as i attain fullness of the word, which reveals the will.
Remember God has taught you the importance of a building ministry? staying for some time in one group, stressing certain things consistently, is the best way to accomplish lasting work for God.Christ needs some young fellows to sell out to him and recklessly toss their lives into his work.
lord, give me firmness without hardness, steadfastness without dogmatism, love without fear..
Back to desires of the heart.. Jesus told his disciples that they must be so infatuated with the kingdom and following him that all other allegiances must become as though they were not. and he never excluded the family tie. in fact, those loves which we regard as closest, he told us must become as hate in comparison with our desires to uphold his cause. grieve not, then, if your sons seem to desert you, but rejoice, rather seeing the will of god done gladly.
When we walk in faith, we have a sense of the bigness of our God, but not always knowledge about where life is going, or where He is taking us. May I always hold our plans loosely and with open hands. May I sacrifice my own agenda and simply follow.
Unless the Lord builds the house,
the builders labor in vain.
Unless the Lord watches over the city,
the guards stand watch in vain.(Psalm 127:1)
Where your heart is, there your treasure is also. Where your desire is strongest, there your greatest resources and energy will be spent. My paradigms shape my pursuits. My desire determine decisions and direction.
There is a joy I can have in God, that extend beyond myself.
I looked away, reciting in my mind Matthew 6:33, with his question kept me thinking what exactly my desire should be.
Don't get me wrong, having such desires aren't wrong..
I learnt that delights in Christ brings desire for Christ. He gives the heart its desires- that is, he works in us (Philip 2:13) . This is why he can say in john 15:7 you shall ask what you will, if you abide. the branch takes its sap from the vine, the same surges the vine feels hen become the surges of the branch. My will becomes his, and i can ask what i will, if i delight myself in him, only then can my desire be attained, when it is his desire.
God knows the desire of our heart, and he wants to be our desire.
All i have asked has not been given, and the fathers withholding has served only to intensify my desires. he knows the hungrier one is, the more appreciative he becomes of food, and gives us a hunger for him that i never experiences before. he promises water to the thirsty and satisfaction to the unsatisfied (not dissatisfied) He has, by his concealing of himself, given me longings that can only be slaked when psalm 17:15 is realized. Because I am righteous, I will see you. When I awake, I will see you face to face and be satisfied.
The power of silence. The voice of God, though persistent, is soft. For spiritual awareness and reception one must simply be rested if he is to be blessed. Purposefully seeking to spend time alone, facing ourselves in the word. One does not surrender a life in an instant. that which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime. The fullness of the spirit is not instantaneous but progressive, as i attain fullness of the word, which reveals the will.
Remember God has taught you the importance of a building ministry? staying for some time in one group, stressing certain things consistently, is the best way to accomplish lasting work for God.Christ needs some young fellows to sell out to him and recklessly toss their lives into his work.
lord, give me firmness without hardness, steadfastness without dogmatism, love without fear..
Back to desires of the heart.. Jesus told his disciples that they must be so infatuated with the kingdom and following him that all other allegiances must become as though they were not. and he never excluded the family tie. in fact, those loves which we regard as closest, he told us must become as hate in comparison with our desires to uphold his cause. grieve not, then, if your sons seem to desert you, but rejoice, rather seeing the will of god done gladly.
When we walk in faith, we have a sense of the bigness of our God, but not always knowledge about where life is going, or where He is taking us. May I always hold our plans loosely and with open hands. May I sacrifice my own agenda and simply follow.
Unless the Lord builds the house,
the builders labor in vain.
Unless the Lord watches over the city,
the guards stand watch in vain.(Psalm 127:1)
Where your heart is, there your treasure is also. Where your desire is strongest, there your greatest resources and energy will be spent. My paradigms shape my pursuits. My desire determine decisions and direction.
There is a joy I can have in God, that extend beyond myself.
"God is most pleased when we are most satisfied in Him."
Philippians 1:9-11
“And this is my prayer- that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ- to the glory and praise of God.”
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