HEAVENLY INCLINED...: CREATED FOR HIS GLORY...

Thanksgiving for the LORD's Favor

Psalms 138 (A Psalm of David)
1/ I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
2/ I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
3/ In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
4/ All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.
5/ Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD.
6/ Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
7/ Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
8/ The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me:
thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands... AMEN!!!

One CANNOT earn GRACE, it is HIS own ESSENCE; a gift, still, IF one claims to be IN HIS GRACE, we ARE to, or, OUGHT to, be reflections of that GRACE! 2 CORINTHIANS 6:1, tells us not to take HIS GRACE in vain! This means, living in LOVE, morality, ethics, virtue, righteousness, and, spiritual improvement, TOWARDS, spiritual maturity, WHILE, visibly BEING as LIGHTS, beaming OF *GOD*, beckoning the world, TO THE LIGHT! Righteousness MEANS, conduct in conformity with *GOD'S* WILL, and, "Be HOLY because I AM HOLY!", therefore, indicating that knowledge, wisdom, and, effort, DO, apply TO the righteous!!! NEVER forget, we were grafted in, and, if we do not bear fruit, as a dead branch, we will be pruned out, just as were, the natural branches!!!

We are not saved by works, instead, works PROVE HIM in us: they identify HIS own...

IF I claim ONENESS with *GOD*, through CHRIST JESUS, I am DEAD TO THE WORLD, THUS, LIVING as HIM, which is, hopefully, witnessed IN, and, THROUGH, my every thought, action, and, reaction; MEANING, I am, THROUGH CONSCIOUS application OF THE WORD, HIS COMMANDS, HIS WILL, REFLECTING righteousness, not, merely, FAITH! I become, the TRULY FRUITFUL branch, of THE VINE, the TRUE member of THE BODY/THE CHURCH, CHRIST JESUS, and, TESTIFY, then, GLORIFY, BOLDLY, BY my thoughts, actions, and, reactions, HIS name, because, HE IS WORTHY, and, IN HIS LOVE, has SHOWN me, how I OUGHT to exist, to which, I eagerly, adapt, and, comply!!!

MATTHEW 5:48...
So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect

1 PETER 1:14-16...
14/ Like obedient children, do not act in compliance with the desires of your former ignorance
15/ but, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct,
16/ for it is written, "Be holy because I (am) holy."

ROMANS 12:2...
Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect.

Conduct, in conformity to *GOD'S* WILL, marks the righteous; it is NOT because of guilt, or, ancient Laws, but, because of LOVE; LOVE for *GOD*, self, then, others! CHRIST JESUS gave us Commandments to live by, of which, the first is to LOVE *GOD*, with all of your mind, heart, and, soul; the second is, to LOVE one another!

LOVE COMPELS us to LIVE IN HIM, through conduct which conforms to *GOD*; in other words, morality, ethics, doing good, and, being good, and, ever striving to improve the spirit! It is about REFLECTING THE TRUTH, for ALL to bear witness to, FOR, and, TO HIS GLORY, RADIANTLY SHINING OF HIS POWER, GRACE, and, MERCIES!!!

It IS ALL ABOUT LOVE, baby, all about LOVE!!!

MATTHEW 4: 17...From that time on, Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

JOHN 14:15..."If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

NOTE: I do not intend to preach, rather to reach; to stir up, awaken, to inspire, and, bring forth, in discussion, that which is, perhaps, dormantly existing in the heart of hearts, thus, little, or, no, sugar coatings, just THE WORD of *GOD*, the TRUTH, along with some of my thoughts. And truth is, I am reminding myself always, as I practice these reminders, in the best of my abilities, and capacities, while RELYING on THE LORD to lead me on that narrow PATH---> MATTHEW 7: 14: "For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it... TO *GOD* BE ALL GLORY...

CREATED FOR HIS GLORY...

Indeed, a most difficult area of understanding for many to recognize, acknowledge, or accept, as it is against the egocentric being to WANT to adhere to anyone besides the self! Even some of those who desire, greatly, a relationship with *GOD*, have a tough time surrendering their own will, in favour of HIS WILL!!!

The voices that we hear in this life, if not aligned to *GOD*, are bent on KEEPING us from our TRUTH, and reality, but these are the voices we listen to most often, and OVER HIS! Then, we use worldly reasoning, like upbringing, and comparative rationality, such as everyone believes this, or that, to vainly convince ourselves that we are free to be! Just because the majority does anything, does not render it right! In matters of *GOD*, it is, and always has been, the minority who humbles themselves to HIS WILL, and in more than a few cases, have had to endure the scorn, disdain, and chiding of the world, in doing so...

THE LORD *GOD* ALMIGHTY IS KING OF KINGS, RULER OF RULERS, LORD OF LORDS, SOVEREIGN MASTER OF THE ENTIRETY OF CREATION, and ALL within CREATION IS SUBJECT TO HIM! We are HIS Servants, which is NOT negative, in any respect, instead, it is a privilege, and HONOUR to serve HIM, HIS WILL, and HIS WAY!!!

ONENESS WITH HIM, and HIS TRUTH, is our reality, executed through SPIRIT, to spirit, FOR HIS GLORY, which the FAITHFUL, humble, and diligent, will share in! HIS PLAN is ALL GOOD, and IS motivated, totally, in, and of LOVE!!!

Enmity is denial of the FACT that we are made by HIM, and FOR HIM! Pride is that which defies THE TRUTH! It is an age old battle, in which HUMILITY, acknowledgement, and acceptance REMAIN the key to removing the bonds which separate us from our TRUTH!!!

What is wrong with us that we balk at the idea of being made by *GOD*, and for *GOD*? Consider the alternative; made by evil, and for evil??? NOT!!! There is NO GLORY, NO REAL POWER besides THE LORD; all else exists because a pride-filled being HE CREATED, rebelled, and vowed to take souls from HIM, to prove it's power, with hopes that having taken countless souls, it would be worthy of stature OVER THE LORD! WON'T happen, NOT EVER, although there will be countless souls lost to the enemy's cunning, endless tactics...

DON'T be consumed by this *GOD* given temporal, time slot of our existence; instead, consider the eternal! Consider that there is HEAVEN, which is LIFE, and abundance, or hell, which is damnation, and suffering eternal! This time can rob us of our INTENDED eternal existence of LIFE, and abundance, and so, we MUST aspire to understand, and to adhere to THE ONE SOURCE of HOPE for eternity, THE LORD *GOD* ALMIGHTY!!!

REV. LWINSOR © 2014

BLESS THE LORD, PRAISE HIM ALWAYS, WORSHIP HIS HOLINESS, REJOICE IN HIS LOVE, and CARE for us, THANK HIM, and BE GRATEFUL, then HONOUR HIM BY SERVING HIS GLORY!!!