Friday, May 4, 2012
Come to Me...
"Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."
Matthew 11:28-30
Come to me my beloved. Come. Don't be afraid. Don't step back, especially when you are carrying burdens. My love and desire for you is so much stronger than any burden. The burden of worry, stress, anxiety, fear, doubt, bitterness, unforgiveness - these all labour in your spirit. My main concern is the condition of your spirit. Everything else stems from that. Why else is depression & anxiety so rampant in the world now. This is where other sicknesses and diseases come from. My people need to learn to give Me all their burdens. I want their spirit to rest in Mine. This is where they will find rest for their soul and My perfect peace. If they would take My yoke and be lovingly guided by My Spirit, they would realise that this is their freedom, this is the place of continual rest, peace, love and joy for soul. My yoke is easy when you surrender your own will and desires. When you surrender your fears and burdens. For it says My yoke is easy and MY burden is light. It is MY burden to carry - let go of yours, for your burdens belong to me.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
His Life, Not Ours
Through him we received both the generous gift of his life and the urgent task of passing it on to others who receive it by entering into obedient trust in Jesus. (Romans 1:5 MSG)
We actually receive HIS life, through Him. Our life is not our own - we give HIM our life and RECEIVE His in return - wow!! That's why it is an 'obedient trust'. Our life belongs to Him, so needs to be directed by Him. When we let go and let Him take over, listen and receive - this is where the Spirit is - this is where our freedom is.
We can't stop receiving from Him - when we do, we live life in our own strength. We need to walk in the Spirit - "I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh." (Galatians 5:16 NKJV). We need to receive from the Spirit His love, joy, peace, power, boldness, FIRE - this is what destroys the lust of the flesh! Or should I say, this is WHO destroys the lust of the flesh and the works of the enemy; fear, condemnation, accusation, worry, anxiety, depression, bondage, anything that pulls your spirit down. He is the most important person on this earth. Most of us ignore Him...
We actually receive HIS life, through Him. Our life is not our own - we give HIM our life and RECEIVE His in return - wow!! That's why it is an 'obedient trust'. Our life belongs to Him, so needs to be directed by Him. When we let go and let Him take over, listen and receive - this is where the Spirit is - this is where our freedom is.
We can't stop receiving from Him - when we do, we live life in our own strength. We need to walk in the Spirit - "I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh." (Galatians 5:16 NKJV). We need to receive from the Spirit His love, joy, peace, power, boldness, FIRE - this is what destroys the lust of the flesh! Or should I say, this is WHO destroys the lust of the flesh and the works of the enemy; fear, condemnation, accusation, worry, anxiety, depression, bondage, anything that pulls your spirit down. He is the most important person on this earth. Most of us ignore Him...
Friday, November 25, 2011
Grace Abounds
Romans 5:20,21
"Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
This passage is so powerful and I have been meditating on it for the last few days. It definitely has been one of my favorites, but I believe there is so much more in this passage for the whole church right now in this day and age, than we are aware of.
The law is finished with - which is anything that we do in our own self righteous way for God, because when we do things own our way, we are actually not fully believing and trusting God's way or that He is in control and has the very best for us.
Sin in the new covenant is unbelief in the finished work of the cross which is wrapped in His absolute love and desire for us, His bride. So before Jesus was the law, which produced sin which then leads to death. The law manifests how unrighteous we really are, how no one can keep the perfect law - apart from Jesus.
All ours sins are now gone, they were all put on Jesus at the cross, so we don't have to continually ask for forgiveness. We just have to receive the gift of His righteousness and abundance of grace! To keep believing that He has completed His work - there is now nothing we need to do to earn righteousness. The works that are done through us are actually God's works through His grace - it's all about Him.
So where sin reigns, which is unbelief in the finished work of the cross, grace reigns so much more through Jesus' righteousness. Where there is chaos, destruction, death, doubt, fear in the world or in your life - His grace is so much more powerful to override it and we already have His righteousness covering us - how amazing!!! His grace is HUGE! It's His love, favour, blessings, peace, joy, power, devotion, all that is from His Spirit. This is what now reigns - HE NOW REIGNS!! It is also saying in this passage "to eternal life", which means we have all this on this earth right now. On the way to eternity, we have the opportunity to have the abundance of His grace reigning over every situation in our life now - grace most certainly does abound!!
"Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
This passage is so powerful and I have been meditating on it for the last few days. It definitely has been one of my favorites, but I believe there is so much more in this passage for the whole church right now in this day and age, than we are aware of.
The law is finished with - which is anything that we do in our own self righteous way for God, because when we do things own our way, we are actually not fully believing and trusting God's way or that He is in control and has the very best for us.
Sin in the new covenant is unbelief in the finished work of the cross which is wrapped in His absolute love and desire for us, His bride. So before Jesus was the law, which produced sin which then leads to death. The law manifests how unrighteous we really are, how no one can keep the perfect law - apart from Jesus.
All ours sins are now gone, they were all put on Jesus at the cross, so we don't have to continually ask for forgiveness. We just have to receive the gift of His righteousness and abundance of grace! To keep believing that He has completed His work - there is now nothing we need to do to earn righteousness. The works that are done through us are actually God's works through His grace - it's all about Him.
So where sin reigns, which is unbelief in the finished work of the cross, grace reigns so much more through Jesus' righteousness. Where there is chaos, destruction, death, doubt, fear in the world or in your life - His grace is so much more powerful to override it and we already have His righteousness covering us - how amazing!!! His grace is HUGE! It's His love, favour, blessings, peace, joy, power, devotion, all that is from His Spirit. This is what now reigns - HE NOW REIGNS!! It is also saying in this passage "to eternal life", which means we have all this on this earth right now. On the way to eternity, we have the opportunity to have the abundance of His grace reigning over every situation in our life now - grace most certainly does abound!!
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