God is always waiting with open arms to embrace us
at any moment in which we care to cast our self on Him. He inhabits eternity
and uses all of His power and authority to meet the needs of our body, soul and
spirit.
As we walk as a fragrant gift in surrender to God’s
will, we savor the sweet love, which Christ gives to us (Ephesians 5:1-2). He
is our strong tower and our everlasting Father. Even if we fall, we are never
utterly cast down, because He sustains us in His hand (Psalm 37:24; Song of
Solomon 8:3).
God made a new covenant with us; different than the
one He made with those who lived during the Old Testament times. He created
this new covenant in Christ; and it gives us all of the rights and privileges
of His spirit-filled, adopted heirs.
God's Spirit
transforms us through the experiences we have each day. He teaches us through
our participation in life to trust God, because of His faithfulness to us. As
the Holy Spirit directs us, we learn to lay our life down for God as Christ did.
We learn of
Jesus' character and divine nature through His inspired Words in the Bible (2
Peter 1:4). We read about Saints of old who actually experienced face-to-face
encounters with Him. We learn to trust Him with our life, because they did
(Exodus 24:15-17).
He satiates
us through all of our being with all of His fullness and we grow in our
intimacy with Him on a daily basis (Ephesians 3:16-19, Amplified Bible). Our
love relationship deepens as we focus on Him and totally surrender every aspect
of our life to Him.
Prayer:
Father God, Jesus
was in Your very form and equal to You even while He existed in this earthly
realm (Philippians 2:6). This same glory abides within each Believer due to
Christ abiding in us (Colossians 1:15). In Christ there is no fading of Your
glory as was Moses' experience after his time with You on the mountain (2
Corinthians 4:4).
Remind us
that our words and behavior are also a reflection to the world of Your
character. If we walk in the flesh, we tarnish Your name and cause people to
speak evil of You. Lead us in paths of righteousness for Your name's sake
(Psalm 23:3). Help us to reflect Your glory so they will see Your power and
majesty and come to believe in You as we do.
Thought for
the Day:
God
fellowshipped with man in the Garden of Eden during the cool of the day, from the Mercy Seat in the Holy of Holies, and now through Jesus as He
dwells in the spirit of every authentic Believer. - Genesis
3:8; Exodus 2:21-22, 33:11
