God is calling HIS bride to be radiant for Him to a really sad , chaotic, crumbling world .The Bride of Jesus Christ is of course His church on earth. We must as His holy, saved people have supreme passion for GOD , the Gospel of Jesus Christ and be willing to radiate all that means as He sees fit , whatever the consequences. It means (like Abraham) we be prepared to both personally & denominationally lay down our "ISAACS" on the altar of obedience to the perfect will of Jesus ( our heavenly Bridegroom). Knowing that in doing so there will be no guarantees of exactly what will be burned up and what will be given back to us.
Praise God , He has not given up on any of us , however , as 2 Chronicles 16: 9 says ''FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD CONTINUE TO RANGE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE EARTH TO STRENGTHEN THOSE WHOSE HEARTS ARE FULLY COMMITTED TO HIM (GOD)".So whilst the Lord is gracious ,kind , loving , patiently waiting for us all , He does actually call His BRIDE to be all that He requires Her to be : PURE, HOLY, UTTERLY DEVOTED TO HIM, LISTENING TO HIS VOICE, RADIANTLY ATTRACTIVE to a ruthless, hurting, self-focussed ,consumeristic world.
And there will come a time when the BRIDEGROOM will return , the question is will we (both personally & as a denomination ) be ready?MATTHEW 24 lays down very clearly how the state of the world will be before the return of Christ, So we need to be watchful, waiting , ready to meet our heavenly Bridegroom, being faithful to Him whilst we are still this side of ETERNITY.
If today you dare to die to yourself , really be the BRIDE of Christ , then expect that JESUS will be glorified , you will be misunderstood, but you will also be absolutely blessed in knowing that your life on earth has not been in vain. I pray for all my readers today that you really reflect the love of Jesus in your part of this world.
GIVE UP YOUR SMALL AMBITIONS .........COME CHANGE THE WORLD !!!!!!Do you dare?
MARNEY
4 comments:
The bit about "dying to oneself" can be idealised to sound good as you are doing in this post. Even though it might be very difficult in practice.
However, do you think it is really that practicable and realistic?
Given the realities of human nature, dying to oneself "aint gonna happen" on a broad enough scale to change the world as you might hope.
I suppose the question should be asked again, if Jesus is coming to judge the world and to clean up evil, what is he waiting for leaving us all floundering for who knows how much longer? It looks like God is playing a game for purposes we do not understand. I mean what does God get out of sorting out the chaff from the wheat?
But then, God plays the role of the elusive, mysterious character rather too well, doesn't He. Maybe the role of God should be one that rotates every few centuries or so. No disrespect for the position of God, not too impressed with the person currently occupying it.
Friend ,
Dying to self-centredness must happen if you , I anyone wishes to become part of God's answer to this world instead of continuing to be part of the problem . I am still praying for you & your family.
I wonder why someone with so little respect for God chooses to capitalise the pronoun He.. usually done as a sign of respect? hmmm old habits die hard maybe? playing devil's advocate? not the first time youve done it.. David, is your cover slipping!? a closet believer?
Things are too interconnected for anyone to move out of being part of the problem to only being part of the solution.
If you remove these artificial categories from your perception, what do you see?
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