IS JESUS MAGNIFIED IN YOUR LIFE AND YOUR FOOTSTEPS ?

11/19/2019

I SPENT THE MORNING LISTENING TO A TEACHING FROM DR. MICHAEL LAKE REGARDING THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HOW WE AS BELIEVERS SHOULD SEE IT, UNDERSTAND IT, AND LIVE AND MOVE IN IT. FOR MOST OF MY CHRISTIAN LIFE NO ONE REALLY TALKED ABOUT THE KINGDOM OF GOD. THE FOCUS WAS ON JESUS, THE GOSPEL, PRAYER, THE CHURCH COMMUNITY, MISSIONS AND MISSION TRIPS. GREAT THINGS, BUT AS I LOOK BACK, AT TIMES I FELT KIND OF STUCK. SALVATION AND A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS ARE TRULY THE CORNERSTONES OF LIFE FOR EVERY CHRISTIAN, BUT THEN WHAT ? WHERE DO YOU TAKE YOUR BELIEF AND FAITH ? HOW DO YOU TAP INTO THE DEEP PARTS OF GOD AND SERVE HIM ? WHERE DO YOU FIND YOUR PURPOSE AND PATH AND THE ABILITY TO MOVE OUT OF YOUR FLESH LIFE AND INTO YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE ? HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT THE PATHS YOU FOLLOW IN FAITH ARE TRULY ANOINTED BY GOD AND LEAD BY THE HOLY SPIRIT ? SO MANY QUESTIONS, SO MANY DESIRES, AND WE SO WANT GOD’S DIRECTION, POWER, AND BLESSINGS ON ALL WE DO. WHERE DO WE START AND HOW DO WE GROW ?

FOR GOD GAVE US A SPIRIT NOT OF FEAR, BUT OF POWER AND LOVE AND SELF CONTROL. 2 Timothy 1:7

TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND DO NOT LEAN ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING. IN ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, AND HE WILL MAKE STRAIGHT YOUR PATHS. Proverbs 3:5-6

“BUT I HAVE RAISED YOU UP FOR THIS VERY PURPOSE, THAT I MIGHT SHOW YOU MY POWER AND THAT MY NAME MIGHT BE PROCLAIMED ON ALL THE EARTH. Exodus 9:16

THE PURPOSES OF A PERSON’S HERT ARE DEEP WATERS, BUT ONE WHO HAS INSIGHT DRAWS THEM OUT. Proverbs 20:5

I BELIEVE THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE CAN DO TO GROW AND BECOME CLOSER AND CLOSER TO GOD BEGINS WITH A REALIZATION OF JUST HOW BIG HE IS, AND JUST HOW SMALL WE ARE….AND YET, THE CREATOR OF EVERYTHING SEEKS TO BE IN RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU ! THE PERSON HE PROVIDED FOR US TO UNDERSTAND HIM IN A WAY WE CAN MOST RELATE TO IS HIS SON, JESUS. WHEN JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS AND WAS RESURRECTED, WE WERE SET FREE COMPLETELY. WE MUST REMEMBER THAT JESUS WAS A PART OF GOD FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. FROM GENESIS RIGHT THROUGH REVELATION. WE CAN SEE HIM AND HIS WONDROUS POWER, AUTHORITY AND LOVE FOR US IN ALL OF GOD’S WORD.. IF YOU BEGIN IN GENESIS AND WORK YOUR WAY THROUGH THE ENTIRE BIBLE, JESUS WILL REVEAL HIMSELF TO YOU, AND YOU WILL SEE HIS CHARACTER AND TAP INTO ALL GOD WANTS YOU TO UNDERSTAND AND LEARN TO ABIDE IN HIM AND HIS KINGDOM. FOCUSING ON JUST THE OLD TESTAMENT LEAVES OUT THE GOSPEL MIRACLE AND RESTITUTION FOR ALL MANKIND WITH GOD. STUDYING JUST THE NEW TESTAMENT FROM MATTHEW FORWARD LEAVES YOU EMPTY OF GOD’S COMMANDMENTS, AND THE ENTIRE FORESHADOWING OF THE PART JESUS WOULD PLAY IN OUR LIVES AND ETERNITY. THEY ARE ALL CONNECTED AND INTERTWINED. THE ENTIRE WORD OF GOD CONNECTS YOUR SPIRIT TO THE SPIRIT OF GOD ! YOU HAVE TO TRULY COME TO A POINT WHERE YOU YIELD YOUR WILL AND YOUR LIFE TO JESUS AND LET HIM DIRECT YOU AND GUIDE YOU INTO YOUR PURPOSE. THEN, YOU CAN BEGIN TAKING STEPS THAT MATTER. STEPS THAT HE IS GUIDING. LOOK OUT, BECAUSE WHEN JESUS IS GUIDING WHAT YOU DO AND WHO YOU ARE, EVERYTHING IS MAGNIFIED TO SHOW THE GLORY AND POWER OF GOD. YOU WILL BEAR GREAT FRUIT !

FOR IT IS GOD WHO IS WORKING IN YOU TO WILL AND TO ACT ON BEHALF OF HIS GOOD PURPOSE. Philippians 2:13

I HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST. IT IS NO LONGER I WHO LIVE, BUT CHRIST WHO LIVES IN ME. AND THE LIFE I NOW LIVE IN THE FLESH I LIVE BY FAITH IN THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME. Galatians 2:20

ABIDE WITH JESUS, CULTIVATE YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. THE CLOSER AND CLOSER YOU GET TO HIM, THE MORE HE WILL BECOME MAGNIFIED IN YOUR BEING AND ALL THAT YOU DO. HEAVEN AND IT’S POWER WILL BEGIN TO FLOW FROM YOUR HEART AND YOUR LIFE WILL BE A LIGHT THAT SHINES INTO THE WORLD. SO, LOVE GOD AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS. LET YOUR LIFE AND YOUR FOOTSTEPS TRULY SHOW ALL THE GREAT LOVE THAT GOD HAS FOR EVERYONE ! STEP INTO JESUS AND STEP FORWARD TO SHOW HIM TO THE WORLD….IN ALL THAT YOU ARE, AND ALL THAT YOU DO. GO FORTH AND BE HIS/JA

GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD, FOR HE IS GOOD, HIS LOVE ENDURES FOREVER. Psalm 118:29