Oswald Chambers in his book, "As He Walked" states the following.
"All the questions that matter in life are remarkably few, and they are all answered by these words "Come to Me." Not-'do this' and 'don't do that', but "Come..." Have you ever come to Jesus? Watch the stubbornness of your heart and mind, you will find you will do anything rather than the one simple, childlike thing-Come. Be stupid enough to come, and commit yourself to what Jesus says. That attitude of coming is that the will resolutely lets go of everything and deliberately commits the whole thing to Jesus. At the most unexpected moments there comes the whisper of the Lord, 'Come to Me,' and we are drawn to Him. Personal contact with Jesus alters everything. He meets our sins, our sorrows, and our difficulties with the one word-Come."
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Thursday, March 8, 2012
God's Good Work
The GOOD work (Phil. 1:6): A work only God can do within man, the work that every person requires to be complete, restored to the image of God, redeemed from sin’s death & despair. God created & it was ‘good’, Jesus said why do you call me good, only God is good. We define a lot of things with ‘good’, but ‘good’ is something that comes from the hand of God the Father. Every good & perfect gift (Ja 1:17). The Father loves to give ‘good’ gifts to his children (Mt. 7:11). The good work is the Christ work, the Divine work. Rom 8:28-work in all things for good-the good being Christlikeness. The restoration of the image of God to the spirit of man, the shalom of God bringing wholeness & completeness to the heart of restless mankind. The good work is bringing order out of chaos (Genesis), the good work is bringing life out of death, redeeming power out of the cross, hope out of an empty grave, life in the person of the Son. Only God can do this. When men do something ‘good’, it is a little spark of the Holy God. The good is holiness, righteousness, justice, mercy, truth-those powers that bring freedom to the human heart. The hope of mankind is that they would allow God the Father to do the good work in them through faith in Christ. All other ‘works’ only treat symptoms, the good work of God is to make the tree good, then the fruit will be good. Ultimately the good work is the life of Christ in us that brings hope, joy, peace, the shalom of the true and living God.
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Come To me
Oswald Chambers in his book, "As He Walked" states the following.
"All the questions that matter in life are remarkably few, and they are all answered by these words "Come to Me." Not-'do this' and 'don't do that', but "Come..." Have you ever come to Jesus? Watch the stubbornness of your heart and mind, you will find you will do anything rather than the one simple, childlike thing-Come. Be stupid enough to come, and commit yourself to what Jesus says. That attitude of coming is that the will resolutely lets go of everything and deliberately commits the whole thing to Jesus. At the most unexpected moments there comes the whisper of the Lord, 'Come to Me,' and we are drawn to Him. Personal contact with Jesus alters everything. He meets our sins, our sorrows, and our difficulties with the one word-Come."
"All the questions that matter in life are remarkably few, and they are all answered by these words "Come to Me." Not-'do this' and 'don't do that', but "Come..." Have you ever come to Jesus? Watch the stubbornness of your heart and mind, you will find you will do anything rather than the one simple, childlike thing-Come. Be stupid enough to come, and commit yourself to what Jesus says. That attitude of coming is that the will resolutely lets go of everything and deliberately commits the whole thing to Jesus. At the most unexpected moments there comes the whisper of the Lord, 'Come to Me,' and we are drawn to Him. Personal contact with Jesus alters everything. He meets our sins, our sorrows, and our difficulties with the one word-Come."
Thursday, March 8, 2012
God's Good Work
The GOOD work (Phil. 1:6): A work only God can do within man, the work that every person requires to be complete, restored to the image of God, redeemed from sin’s death & despair. God created & it was ‘good’, Jesus said why do you call me good, only God is good. We define a lot of things with ‘good’, but ‘good’ is something that comes from the hand of God the Father. Every good & perfect gift (Ja 1:17). The Father loves to give ‘good’ gifts to his children (Mt. 7:11). The good work is the Christ work, the Divine work. Rom 8:28-work in all things for good-the good being Christlikeness. The restoration of the image of God to the spirit of man, the shalom of God bringing wholeness & completeness to the heart of restless mankind. The good work is bringing order out of chaos (Genesis), the good work is bringing life out of death, redeeming power out of the cross, hope out of an empty grave, life in the person of the Son. Only God can do this. When men do something ‘good’, it is a little spark of the Holy God. The good is holiness, righteousness, justice, mercy, truth-those powers that bring freedom to the human heart. The hope of mankind is that they would allow God the Father to do the good work in them through faith in Christ. All other ‘works’ only treat symptoms, the good work of God is to make the tree good, then the fruit will be good. Ultimately the good work is the life of Christ in us that brings hope, joy, peace, the shalom of the true and living God.
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