HE has bid me to FOLLOW HIM, which is more than a mere command or demand, it is THE PATHWAY to THE KINGDOM which HE, of LOVE, has invited me into, IF I so CHOOSE to give my TRUE allegiance to HIM, HIS WILL, and HIS WAYS! Such a privilege to be included in HIS PLAN, since I am but a sinner, and once so very lost in this world, and it's ways!!!
HE HAS set HIS HOLY SPIRIT within me, which is at times so apparent, then at other times, not so, yet I KNOW I AM filled with HIM as my nature is changing to liken to HIS! HE is working in me, through me, and around me, while protecting me, guiding me, directing me, teaching me, inspiring me, and freeing me FOR HIS GLORY, and the good which comes forth of HIS PRESENCE, and works in a being! While there are yet areas of lacking in understanding, and even some confusion, I CAN SEE way more than ever before, and AM able to distinguish conscientiously enough to KEEP in HIS footsteps, as closely as I am able to...
From my inner most being, to my exterior, NOTABLE changes HAVE been worked in me! A MIGHTY strength to leave behind various aspects of the worldly me, in favour of the spiritual me IS evident, although not on display, if you know what I mean! Gone are so many of the useless aspects of the world in my being, which were like hauling around tons of excess baggage! Now, I am traveling lighter, for gone is the NEED to drag all that weight around! I AM FORGIVEN, thus I forgive myself, more and more, even though the enemy yet reminds me of my past! I am no longer slave to my past, I am slave to *GOD*, and *GODLINESS*! I KNOW my past mistakes, errs, and sins; they ARE a part of the reason I am NOW IN *GOD*, and I am shamed, mortified, and sorrowful for them, HOWEVER, they have little to do with my TRUTH, which is NOT of the flesh, and therefore, not going to take me down, for I HAVE GIVEN my soul TO IT'S RIGHTFUL OWNER, THE LORD *GOD* ALMIGHTY, IN TRUE REPENTANCE for what the world and its ways, caused in me while in the flesh!!!
When I CHOSE to FOLLOW CHRIST JESUS, THE LORD *GOD*, my flesh was put to death, and my spirit was ELEVATED! I AM yet IN the world, but not OF the world, and while this IS very difficult for us to embrace, and step into, it IS our TRUTH, IF we acknowledge CHRIST JESUS as our LORD and SAVIOUR! In which case, we move FORWARD IN HIS WILL, and KEEP our thoughts on HIM ABOVE, while acting, and reacting in ways PLEASING TO HIM, and according to HIS WILL! We LIKEN ourselves to HIM, even if we are far short of perfection, we move onward IN HIS NAME, and HIS WILL! THROUGH HIM, and THE HOLY SPIRIT, we are TRANSFORMED into HIS OWN choosing, FOR HIS GLORY, and the greater good of those who BELONG to HIM! We become as LIGHTS REFLECTING HIS WILL, and we season, as salt, the URGING of others to step INTO HIM! We ARE SERVANTS OF THE LORD, and HIS WILL, BEARING fruit worthy of HIM, THE TRUE VINE, into which we were grafted, THAT HIS PLAN IS completed!!!
CHRIST JESUS is VICTOR OVER the world, it's powers, authorities, and principalities, EVEN OVER death, and those OF HIM, share in such VICTORY, yet, bit by bit, slowly but surely, AS we are REFINED, and PERFECTED through the process of SANCTIFICATION, and CONSECRATION! We endure, persevere, and look forward to the end of the journey through the valley of the shadow of death, and KEEP our sights ON the HEIGHTS WHERE OUR LORD IS ENTHRONED, and IS motivating us from, and to!!!
From tainted sinner TO REGENERATED righteousness, is NOT instantaneous, because we ARE being RENEWED consciously SO THAT, we ARE PRO-ACTIVE, AWARE, and ONE WITH the process! There IS much to be said for our being tried, tested, and proven, for then we ARE in fact, by free will PARTNERS TO THE PLAN, though HE COULD just change us into our intended state! It is FOR HIS GLORY that we AGREE to BECOME as is HE, as the evil one is SURE that none can, or would want to, because they are SO enticed by the world, and it's ways! I hope you can see what I am saying here...
As Apostle Paul says: Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways! ROMANS 11: 33...
AWESOME IS THE LORD *GOD* ALMIGHTY! I have been through the world, I have suffered at the hands of the world, I have LEARNED from the world that there is NOTHING GREATER than THE LORD *GOD*! I PRAISE HIM, and WORSHIP HIM FOR LOVING me enough to HELP me SEE the world for what it is, and to glimpse HIS GLORY that I want to SHARE in it forever! I REJOICE in HIS PRESENCE in my being, and this time, for without HIM, there is void, there is darkness, there is emptiness, there is nothing but a dire fate! HALLELUJAH, THE LORD LOVES US, and IS WORKING TO SAVE US, let us FOLLOW HIM, singing and dancing in HIS LIGHT, for all the world to see, hear, and take notice of, for HE ALONE IS *GOD*, and IS WORTHY! AMEN!!!
REV. LWINSOR © 2015
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