HEAVENLY INCLINED...: THE RUSH TO WHAT WE ARE MISSING...

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...

THE RUSH TO WHAT WE ARE MISSING...

More than sometimes, I cry for the world, because we just don't get it! We strive, we struggle, and we wish for all which, still, lies far away from reality! We know we are missing something, and so we battle for this something we long for, as if it were booty! We contend, we compete, we waste our gifts, talents, and passions, all for the HOPE of what we miss, which is, and always has been, right here...

Our lives are so short, so precious, yet, we are willing to use them up on matters which have no significance, save for what we can see, and measure...

There is a coolness, even a coldness which lives within, in most of the world, as they scramble to overtake one another, imagining doing so will bring them to what they are missing! There is a current of disregard for life, on many levels, as so many rush to reach the top of an elevation which is like a phantom...

At work is an underhanded enemy, diligent in lies, deception, illusions, falsehoods of every kind, leaving more desire, and less satiation, in the wake of the empty pursuit of what most feel they are lacking, taking souls far, far, and farther from what is, and always has been, right here...

Time is of essence, as people make haste, to make more waste! No time to care for what matters most, nor time to care for one another, as time becomes toxic, and consumes those bent on victory of what, they quite, don't know...

In the whispering winds you can hear the senseless chatter, "I am smarter, I am better, I am stronger, I am this, I am that", as too many chase fantasies, as if those might be the sum of what they know they are missing...

The process renders negatives in an endless sea of conditions, and circumstances, brought forth of the confusion which delusion, has left in it's wake; as people are overtaken by the void of all the time expended to reach invented heights, that do not exist, save for to take them farther from they are missing, which is, and always has been, right here...

Look around! The effects of the direction we have taken is more than clear! See the work of the deceiver in the faces, and lives of the masses! Look carefully, it is undeniable, as we view the extensive damage rendered, in the many faces of the people of this world! Notice it in their poverty, in their starvation, in their homelessness, in their extremely broken lives, and hearts...

All the while, what we are missing, is, and has been here, all along--- it is LOVE, it is *GOD*!!!

REV. LWINSOR © 2013