HEAVENLY INCLINED...: LOVE IS THE ROOT WHICH SURPASSES THE UNIVERSE...

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...

LOVE IS THE ROOT WHICH SURPASSES THE UNIVERSE...

When THE LORD'S LOVE, GRACE, and MERCY dwell within us, we are FILLED with the same, in which case, we take on HIS very nature, and exist IN HIS WILL, because it becomes as ONE with our spirit, INSPIRING us to live as does HE, PURELY HOLY, despite our struggle to do so in this plane---

HE understands, and KNOWS that we struggle with HOLINESS; through HIM, THE SPIRIT, we begin to acknowledge it as a process, which we WILLINGLY adhere to, BECAUSE we are FILLED WITH HIM, HIS WILL, and HIS WAYS! We have taken OFF the old self, the egocentric, carnal, fleshy being, and have put ON the new self, the TRUE self, the spirit, which belongs to HIM, NOT to the world, AND we have had a change of heart towards our worldly sinful nature, in favour of a more HOLY nature, AS HIS very being IS innately entwined into ours...

It IS ALL ABOUT LOVE; a LOVE so deeply rooted, and so perfectly orchestrated that what is LOVE, *GOD*, BECOMES finely woven vascular tissues in the shoot of our being! We aren't out to prove anything, instead, we ARE proof of HIM IN us, which spirals forth, and UPWARD, perpetually! There is great confusion over the idea of HOLINESS in the Christian being; some saying we are instantly made HOLY, others saying we don't need to strive for HOLINESS, others saying we comply to HOLINESS, and so forth, but I am convinced that it is a NATURAL process of HIM in us, but which also, SEES HIM working IN us, FOR the greater good of others, FOR HIS GLORY in the NOW, and eternally! When one is FILLED with HIM, it ISN'T work to REFLECT HIM, it is NATURAL TO the relationship WITH HIM, serving great purpose in diverse areas of HIS WILL, such as inspiring others to turn to HIM, reminding the enemy of THE LORD'S ABSOLUTE POWER OVER ALL, and EVERYTHING, and so on...

In due process, one BLOSSOMS, with HIM, the ROOT, which indicates that in ONENESS, ALL growth REFLECTS the POWER, HEALTH, INTEGRITY, and BEAUTY of the ROOT, for nothing can blossom without the root, and certainly, cannot flourish without a sound rooting! So we begin to DEVELOP, THANKS TO THE ROOT, and we FLOURISH, remarkably so, as an award winning bloom! HIS LOVE, GRACE, and MERCY PROVIDE, SUSTAIN, and OPTIMIZE our growth, AS HE works in us, through us, and around us FOR the ultimate yield, worth more than all the riches of this Earth, and far more influencing all across the board!!!

In TRUE reception, and connection of HIS LOVE, a being IS FOSTERED by DIVINE workmanship, and then, PERSONIFIES HIM, THE LORD *GOD* ALMIGHTY, in ALL HIS GLORY! HIS LOVE, HIS NATURE IS the husbandman of the produce of this time, and HE SHALL gather a harvest worthy of HIM, none of which can be done BY us, alone, nor by refusing what is usual to HIS WILL!!!

REV. LWINSOR © 2014