I've Come So Far
I am not at all satisfied with my Christian walk. Yet, it doesn't take long reflecting on who I once was to be appreciative of who I now am. Change doesn't come easy, even before God is done working in one area He begins to work on the next, it is a life long process.
I am in a season of expanding my knowledge, to be greater equipped as a leader to serve people more effectively. Change comes with a price, I want to learn, but I don't want to work hard. Problem is you can't have both.
Ephesians 2:11-22 reminds us that we were once on the outside, we were disconnected with God, the Jews had the law, it affected them outwardly but not inwardly, and now we with the Jews have become one with God not by the law but by grace through faith in Jesus Christ.
Salvation's price has already been paid by Jesus on the cross, so it's free, but walking out that salvation, takes picking up the cross, living a life of self-denial, now that comes with a cost, our lives. Yet this work is not done in our own strength it is by the power of the Holy Spirit. Our daily duty is to yield to the work of the Holy Spirit, then we carry the grace of God and can do all things through Christ.
The only way man can be united with God and with one another, where cultural, personality, gender, and race differences are not a problem is through the Holy Spirit. The church is so divided because believers are not yielding to the Holy Spirit and rather are trying to walk with God, and understand the bible in their own strength and reasoning.
The quicker we get out of the way and submit to God by yielding to the Holy Spirit the further we get ahead and the more we become. I want to spend myself fully unto the Lord and not be disappointed for what coulda, shoulda, woulda.
Do ever feel like you have a hit a plateau, where you are no longer growing?
Often, this develops because of the lack of connection with the rest of the body. Since we are part of a body made up of many members, our growth is determined by how inter-connected we are. One can only go so far alone. Ephesians 2:19-22 describes how we are the temple of God built on the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, the chief cornerstone Jesus Christ. Only when each member operates together as one can we be build up. So if we want to grow further, no matter how difficult dealing with each other may be, it is the only way.
I am in a season of expanding my knowledge, to be greater equipped as a leader to serve people more effectively. Change comes with a price, I want to learn, but I don't want to work hard. Problem is you can't have both.
Ephesians 2:11-22 reminds us that we were once on the outside, we were disconnected with God, the Jews had the law, it affected them outwardly but not inwardly, and now we with the Jews have become one with God not by the law but by grace through faith in Jesus Christ.
Salvation's price has already been paid by Jesus on the cross, so it's free, but walking out that salvation, takes picking up the cross, living a life of self-denial, now that comes with a cost, our lives. Yet this work is not done in our own strength it is by the power of the Holy Spirit. Our daily duty is to yield to the work of the Holy Spirit, then we carry the grace of God and can do all things through Christ.
The only way man can be united with God and with one another, where cultural, personality, gender, and race differences are not a problem is through the Holy Spirit. The church is so divided because believers are not yielding to the Holy Spirit and rather are trying to walk with God, and understand the bible in their own strength and reasoning.
The quicker we get out of the way and submit to God by yielding to the Holy Spirit the further we get ahead and the more we become. I want to spend myself fully unto the Lord and not be disappointed for what coulda, shoulda, woulda.
Do ever feel like you have a hit a plateau, where you are no longer growing?
Often, this develops because of the lack of connection with the rest of the body. Since we are part of a body made up of many members, our growth is determined by how inter-connected we are. One can only go so far alone. Ephesians 2:19-22 describes how we are the temple of God built on the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, the chief cornerstone Jesus Christ. Only when each member operates together as one can we be build up. So if we want to grow further, no matter how difficult dealing with each other may be, it is the only way.
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