HEAVENLY INCLINED...: BE FAIR TO THE LORD: TRUST HIM IMPLICITLY...

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...

BE FAIR TO THE LORD: TRUST HIM IMPLICITLY...

We expect a LOT from *GOD*, and HE, in like, expects much from us, but, we are not altogether fair in our expectations of HIM!!!

It is written that for *GOD*, or with *GOD*, NOTHING is impossible, which we then take to heart in human perception, such as expecting HIM to be like a genie, or some other magical being, and this is wrong for MANY reasons! HE says for HIM nothing is impossible, HE doesn't say for HIM everything is easy; HE says for HIM, nothing is too hard, but again, HE doesn't say it is easy. As is written in EPHESIANS 6: 12... For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

In this verse we SEE that there ARE powers which HAVE to be worked THROUGH, and this implies that *GOD* also, has to burn through them, and work them just so, in order for whatever HE manifests to take place, which is probably one reason we are bid to WAIT ON THE LORD! It only makes sense to me that because of the rampant forces of the world, there IS effort on HIS end! HIS time is not as our time, and HIS PROMISES do not often, appear instantly; everything REQUIRES our patient TRUST IN HIM! There is DIVINE reasoning for EVERYTHING HE DOES, and which works ONLY according to HIS WILL, and so again, we see that there is little basis to wish for instantaneous, magical results; to do so is to insult HIS SOVEREIGNTY, HIS EXCLUSIVENESS OF POWER! HIS WAYS are mystical, but NOT related to magic, this is important to understand! Magic is of the world, and HE IS NOT OF THIS WORLD!!!

YES, *GOD* COULD eradicate all evil, all principalities, all world authorities, and powers, HOWEVER, all this HAS great purpose in HIS PLAN! THIS realm is as a testing ground, if you will; PROVING the FAITHFUL, and those who are not; PROVING the righteous, and the evil, FOR the end goal of WHERE each soul will spend eternity, BASED upon their overall existence, and choices in this realm! It ISN'T fair to blame HIM for not fixing the world, when most of the problems of this world ARE of our own doing, lack, and choice not to change! IF we EXISTED in HIS WILL, and WAYS, much of the ugly realities of this world would no longer be! HE KNOWS what HE is doing, and we only have to TRUST HIS WISDOM, HIS POWERS, HIS WILL!!!

THERE IS HOPE IN THIS, and EVERY DAY, because there IS THE LORD *GOD* ALMIGHTY, whom we SHOULD TRUST OVER all else! FAITH, TRUST, and BELIEF reign supreme in claiming HIM as our LORD, as does LOVE, and OBEDIENCE to HIM, HIS LOVE, HIS WILL, HIS WAY!!!

Suffering is part, and parcel to our purpose in this realm, it is that which tests, tries, perfects, and refines us, and HAS been established AS part of the BREAKTHROUGH of what exists in this realm, BY CHRIST JESUS, our LORD, and SAVIOUR, whom SUFFERED as we could not! In ACTS 14: 22, it is written that we must endure many hardships to enter THE KINGDOM of *GOD*! This is NATURAL to BREAKING THROUGH THE powers of the world, and their chains on us!!!

So many QUESTION THE LORD, instead of complying to HIS WILL! IS it fair to question HIM WHOM HAS CREATED ALL IN EXISTENCE, and GIVES OF HIMSELF TIRELESSLY, for our sustainment, protection, AND guidance TO our rightful inheritance???

TRUST THE LORD, WAIT ON HIM! HE KNOWS, and I do too, having suffered most of my life, that we are in some dire straits, HOWEVER, ONLY HE CAN LIFT US, RESTORE US, and LEAD US PAST what we face now, in which case, those whom REMAIN STEADFAST to the end IN LOVE, FAITH, and TRUST, WILL find eternal BLESSINGS, and BLISS! BELIEVE IT! The MORE TRUST we can muster, and maintain, the MORE HE attends to us, in every way!!!

PRAY, PRAY, and PRAY! BLESS THE LORD, PRAISE HIM ALWAYS, WORSHIP HIS HOLINESS, REJOICE IN HIS LOVING CARE for us, THANK HIM at ALL times, BE GRATEFUL FOR HIS PRESENCE in our lives, in this day, and HONOUR HIM BY ALLOWING HIS POWERS TO MANIFEST ACCORDING TO HIS WILL!!!

REV. LWINSOR © 2014

There are those whom are suffering greatly no doubt about it; this is the ugly truth of the ways of this world, but I contend that IF one is yet here, there IS reason to HOLD FAST, and TRUST THE LORD, and to be grateful unto HIM! Sometimes it IS SO very hard to hold fast, but we MUST, for ONLY HE IS TRUE, and TRUTH, and LOVES US!!!