In today’s society, we are desensitized by secular
humanism, eastern religions, pious platitudes and political correctness. The
guru’s of the day teach us to live with an inclusive, tolerant and compromising
mindset. We tend to believe the lies Satan whispers in our mind rather than the
Word of God (2 Corinthians 2:11). We live a defeated, immoral,
conciliatory life in order to go along to get along with everyone. If someone
dares to oppose our beliefs, we crumble before them and deny our faith in order
to keep from offending them. Our gullibility decreases our effectiveness for
the Kingdom of God.
We are healed from this crippling malady through our
faithfulness to God and His Word. As we incorporate daily Bible study, alone times
for prayer and listening to the Lord, corporate fellowship with other Believers
and sharing with others the day-to-day blessings God provides for us, we grow
in our faith and commitment to the Lord. Just as Jesus, through whom all things
were made, humbled himself and went to the cross for our sake (John 1:3;
Philippians 2:7-8), we also humble our self to function according to His will
for our life.
We radically depend upon Christ alone to provide our needs,
relieve our fears and depression, and direct our steps each moment of the day.
We function in life through faith in God not in people, not even in our
paycheck or our family, although God will use these to provide for us. We
benefit from the discipling of more mature, authentic Believers, and we also
share with others who are younger in the faith than we are. However, we also
renew our mind each day by our own devotional time in His Word.
Christ within us walks with us each step of the way, using
our body, soul and spirit to further His Kingdom in the earth. Jesus lived His
whole life in divine love and He continues living His life through us as well (Romans
13:8). He loves others through our thoughts, choices and emotions as we
follow His Spirit’s guidance throughout our day (1 John 4:19). He even
loves our enemies through us as we submit to His Spirit. God heals our crippled
soul and gives us a fulfilling life as well.
Prayer:
Father God, we pray for Your will to be done in us as it is
in heaven and for Your Kingdom to come both in us and on the earth. We can
never thank You enough for providing for us not only physically, but also
mentally, emotionally and spiritually as well. You gave us Your Spirit and Your
Word to inform us of Your goals, methods and intentions throughout the ages of
time. We thank you for our daily bread and for forgiving us of our sins, as we
forgive those who negatively infringe physically, emotionally and mentally on
our body and soul. We give You all the praise and glory.
Thought for the Day:
Faith gives us the power to look beyond our circumstance to the eternal
consequences God produces through them, even while we still reside on this
earth.
