CENTERING YOUR HEART AND TRUST IN CHRIST
8/8/2021
Every day when I wake up, I strive to CENTER MY HEART ON CHRIST. It sets my day in motion focused on the right things. Centering on Jesus also is so incredibly REFRESHING ! The minute I engage in all the crazy things going on in the world, the distractions can at times truly engulf me. Frustration, disbelief in all that is happening and being said, sadness, anger, …..so many emotions. It makes one feel unsettled about what lies ahead in our lives, and most certainly the ultimate questions as parents. “ What kind of world are our kids going to face ?” It does make me all the more secure however when I truly begin to realize what Jesus meant about being “In The World, But Not Of It,” I know for many people who don’t know Jesus, those words are hard to make sense of, but not for the true Believer and Follower of Jesus. The bottom line is that God has given His Chosen Sons and Daughters the ability to come to a wonderful and centered place of TRUST. Ultimately We know where we are headed, and all that must transpire on our Journey Toward Eternal Life ! It will be a hard road. A narrow road. A road with the reality of Satan, Evil, Challenges. Persecution at times. An ultimate challenge of choice to become closer to God. Building oneself up into a deep and close relationship with Jesus that moves us onto the path of Consecration and Righteousness. IN the World, with all the fragility of the human struggle, while still being Of THE Kingdom Of God. Seeing His Blessings and miracles and answered prayers. CHRIST ALONE, OUR CORNERSTONE.
AND WE KNOW THAT THE SON OF GOD HAS COME, AND HAS GIVEN US UNDERSTANDING SO THAT WE MAY KNOW HIM WHO IS TRUE; AND WE ARE IN HIM WHO IS TRUE, IN HIS SON JESUS CHRIST. THIS IS THE TRUE GOD AND ETERNAL LIFE. 1 John 5:20
AND THE TESTIMONY IS THIS, THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US ETERNAL LIFE, AND THIS LIFE IS IN HIS SON. 1 John 5:11
BECAUSE THE GOD WHO SAID, OUT OF DARKNESS LIGHT SHALL SHINE, IS THE ONE WHO SHINED IN OUR HEARTS TO ILLUMINATE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GLORY OF GOD IN THE FACE OF JESUS CHRIST. BUT WE HAVE THIS TREASURE IN EARTHEN VESSELS THAT THE EXCELLENCE OF POWER MAY BE OF GOD AND NOT OUT OF US. 2 Corinthians 4: 6-7
YOU KEEP HIM IN PERFECT PEACE WHOSE MIND IS STAYED ON YOU, BECAUSE HE TRUSTS IN YOU. Isaiah 26:3
When Jesus Christ resides inside you, EVERYTHING BECOMES DIFFERENT. I was so focused in my younger years on career, financial security, material things, exciting experience, travel, friends, on and on. Saved by Christ, solid in my foundation, and yet, JESUS WANTED ME FOCUSED ON HIM, AND THE THINGS HE WAS FOCUSED ON. Jesus wanted me to have a focus on HIS GRACE, and what that meant in my life as well as others. Jesus wanted me focused on using my blessings financially to HELP OTHERS IN NEED. Jesus wanted me to UNDERSTAND HIS INSTRUCTION AND TEACHING, and why it was SO MUCH DEEPER than my human experience and knowledge. I HAD TO GROW UP AND GET CENTERED ON HIM. It humbled me, because I am a Sinner ! I mess up. I do stupid things that I regret and grieve over. Imperfect in myself. Through all that, Christ Lives In Me ! He Forgives Me. He accepts me, and His Holy Spirit guides me to Repentance and Grace every single day ! My life and my worth are in HIM. HIS LOVE IS WHAT DEFINES WHO I AM. MY IDENTITY IS IN HIM AND HIS PURPOSE FOR MY EXISTENCE AS A MAN ! No one can ever take that away from me. NOT SATAN, AND NOT THE WORLD. I AM HIS ! IF YOU HAVE GIVEN YOUR HEART AND TRUST TO HIM, SO ARE YOU !
KNOW THAT THE LORD, HE IS GOD ! IT IS HE THAT MADE US, AND WE ARE HIS; WE ARE HIS PEOPLE AND THE SHEEP OF HIS PASTURE. Psalm 100:3
I GIVE THEM ETERNAL LIFE, AND THEY WILL NEVER PERISH, AND NO ONE WILL SNATCH THEM OUT OF MY HAND. John 10:28
OR DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT YOUR BODY IS A TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WITHIN YOU WHOM YOU HAVE FROM GOD ? YOU ARE NOT YOUR OWN, FOR YOU WERE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE. SO GLORIFY GOD IN YOUR BODY. 1 Corinthians 6: 19-20
AND YOU WILL KNOW THE TRUTH, AND THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE ! John 8:32
Eternal Life. Do you want it ? God’s Temple. Can you strive to Be His Temple ? His Sheep. Do you realize that God Made You ? Truth. Freedom. Do you want them ? God is so full of love. In all our imperfections and struggles, He sent His Son to make sure we have a path to Him and His Kingdom. WILL YOU SEEK HIM and set some of the things that consume your life and time aside ? It begins with one step. Then another. Then another. Suddenly you see that all your time and focus was not bringing you to a more peaceful and joyful place. I know this : JESUS CHRIST WILL COMPLETE YOU IN EVERY SINGLE PART OF YOU ! Give Him your focus and heart today. HE IS WAITING WITH OPEN ARMS :) MAY HE BLESS YOU/ JAA
CALL TO ME AND I WILL ANSWER YOU, AND WILL TELL YOU GREAT AND HIDDEN THINGS THAT YOU HAVE NOT KNOWN. Jeremiah 33:3