The Life of God
We are going to devote ourselves to the same scripture today as yesterday.
Proverbs 12:28 King James Version
In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
Proverbs 12:28 Amplified Bible
Life is in the way of righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation), and in its pathway there is no death but immortality (perpetual, eternal life).
Yesterday we talked about righteousness. Today we are going to talk about life, zoe, God’s life. In the way of righteousness LIFE and the pathway NO DEATH.
We as born-again children of God are made righteous by the shed blood of Jesus. He has made us clean and free from sin. His blood has cleansed us from all unrighteousness. Now it’s up to us to purpose every day to walk free from sin and its consequences. And if we mess up, we are to run quickly to our Lord and ask forgiveness and repent. You know, it’s one thing to ask forgiveness; it’s another thing to repent. Repent means to turn about and change direction. In other words, quit whatever we are doing that is sin. And we can only do that with the help of the Lord. His grace supplies the strength to walk free from whatever is tempting us. And lest you think that means what you consider “really big” sin, sometimes the sin of worry is the greatest sin to tempt us. Yes, that is a sin. Read for yourself in Matthew 6.
Now, let’s talk about God’s life. As a child of God, you have the life of God flowing through you 24-7. It’s automatic. If He is in there in your spirit, and He is if you have asked Him to come into your heart and take over your life, then life is in there in your spirit. And since your spirit is housed in your physical body, God’s life is in your physical body. It’s like you open a door in your house and let someone in. You open the door of your heart and let Jesus into your spiritual and physical body house. You also let Him in your soul (mind, will, emotions) when you ask Him to come and live in you. Your soul is another whole challenge. Your mind has to be renewed with the Word of God daily. And I am finding that in the days in which we are living, I have to fill my mind, moment by moment with the Word of God to stay steadfast, focused and steady in my faith that God is working everything out for my good. And you know, it is up to us to keep ourselves full of the Word of God to overcome all the contrary word that is spoken in this world in which we live.
I am not one who watches television that much, but I know quite a few Christians do. You have to be careful of what you are filling up on. Today even the commercials have much that you do not want to be focusing on. I am not against television viewing. All I am saying is that we have to be careful what we give our attention to. Remember that Proverbs 4:20-23 says that we are to attend to God’s Word, keeping it before our eyes and going in our ears. We are told that His Word is life to us and health to our bodies. Joshua 1:8 says that we are to meditate the Word of God day and night that we may be successful.
Today, picture the life of God flowing through, permeating your spirit man, your soul, and your body. If you have difficulty thinking on the good things which are pure and lovely and true and honest and just and of a good report as Philippians 4 states, then keep a 3x5 card with some scriptures on it ever before your eyes until you can think on good things.
If you are ill or sick, picture the life of God flowing through your body and keeping it healthy. What we have as an image on the inside will become reality on the outside.
The Life of God is flowing through you in abundance. Your assignment for the weekend and actually the rest of your life here on this earth is to picture the life that God has for you as a part of your entire being, ever flowing, ever healing, ever keeping you strong in your soul, ever washing over your mind, an ever cleansing stream of righteousness flowing through your spirit, an ever sweeping torrent of pure life gushing through every fiber of your being. He is there all the time.
Proverbs 12:28 King James Version
In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
Proverbs 12:28 Amplified Bible
Life is in the way of righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation), and in its pathway there is no death but immortality (perpetual, eternal life).
Yesterday we talked about righteousness. Today we are going to talk about life, zoe, God’s life. In the way of righteousness LIFE and the pathway NO DEATH.
We as born-again children of God are made righteous by the shed blood of Jesus. He has made us clean and free from sin. His blood has cleansed us from all unrighteousness. Now it’s up to us to purpose every day to walk free from sin and its consequences. And if we mess up, we are to run quickly to our Lord and ask forgiveness and repent. You know, it’s one thing to ask forgiveness; it’s another thing to repent. Repent means to turn about and change direction. In other words, quit whatever we are doing that is sin. And we can only do that with the help of the Lord. His grace supplies the strength to walk free from whatever is tempting us. And lest you think that means what you consider “really big” sin, sometimes the sin of worry is the greatest sin to tempt us. Yes, that is a sin. Read for yourself in Matthew 6.
Now, let’s talk about God’s life. As a child of God, you have the life of God flowing through you 24-7. It’s automatic. If He is in there in your spirit, and He is if you have asked Him to come into your heart and take over your life, then life is in there in your spirit. And since your spirit is housed in your physical body, God’s life is in your physical body. It’s like you open a door in your house and let someone in. You open the door of your heart and let Jesus into your spiritual and physical body house. You also let Him in your soul (mind, will, emotions) when you ask Him to come and live in you. Your soul is another whole challenge. Your mind has to be renewed with the Word of God daily. And I am finding that in the days in which we are living, I have to fill my mind, moment by moment with the Word of God to stay steadfast, focused and steady in my faith that God is working everything out for my good. And you know, it is up to us to keep ourselves full of the Word of God to overcome all the contrary word that is spoken in this world in which we live.
I am not one who watches television that much, but I know quite a few Christians do. You have to be careful of what you are filling up on. Today even the commercials have much that you do not want to be focusing on. I am not against television viewing. All I am saying is that we have to be careful what we give our attention to. Remember that Proverbs 4:20-23 says that we are to attend to God’s Word, keeping it before our eyes and going in our ears. We are told that His Word is life to us and health to our bodies. Joshua 1:8 says that we are to meditate the Word of God day and night that we may be successful.
Today, picture the life of God flowing through, permeating your spirit man, your soul, and your body. If you have difficulty thinking on the good things which are pure and lovely and true and honest and just and of a good report as Philippians 4 states, then keep a 3x5 card with some scriptures on it ever before your eyes until you can think on good things.
If you are ill or sick, picture the life of God flowing through your body and keeping it healthy. What we have as an image on the inside will become reality on the outside.
The Life of God is flowing through you in abundance. Your assignment for the weekend and actually the rest of your life here on this earth is to picture the life that God has for you as a part of your entire being, ever flowing, ever healing, ever keeping you strong in your soul, ever washing over your mind, an ever cleansing stream of righteousness flowing through your spirit, an ever sweeping torrent of pure life gushing through every fiber of your being. He is there all the time.
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 5:34 AM
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