When we admit our sin and our need for a Savior, God adopts us into His family. He roots us as branches to His Vine: and He establishes us in His love, which rises above all human emotion and understanding.
God's love has nothing to do with
romance, passion, fondness or fickle human feelings. Over the years of our walk
with the Lord, we - as His holy people - learn to grasp the fullness of that
love, which transcends human emotion and has four dimensions.
God's Agape love has depth,
width, length and height. It is full and deep and satisfying. We find our true
fulfillment in His abundant love for us as His children. Daily, He showers us
with His rich blessings.
Out of Christ's glorious riches,
He strengthens us by the power of His Holy Spirit, which dwells in our inner
spirit. As an authentic Believer in Jesus Christ, we receive the blessing of
Christ abiding within us through faith (Ephesians 3:14-19).
With salvation comes the gift of
faith to accomplish all that God calls us to do in our lifetime (Matthew
17:20). God taught me that faith joins together with our works and our works
make our faith perfect (James 2:22).
God's Spirit anoints us with
gifts and talents to use in service to our King Jesus. My natural talents are
in the area of crafts. I love to do anything that involves string and a needle,
or paper and glue, or wire and glass beads.
In 1969 when I came to Christ, I
pondered how He would use this passion for His glory and to grow His Kingdom.
Then He gave me a pattern for our Children's church to use to make "Wordless
Book" bracelets. ( http://paradisepraises.com/wordless-book-bracelets/ )
The children and students in our church
family used these bracelets to witness to their friends about what Christ meant
to them and how Jesus wanted to save their friends too.
Prayer:
Father God, You have a perfect
plan for the life of every human being ever born (Ephesians 2:10). We stray so
far from Your purpose for us and we devise our own plans for our life, which
rarely ever succeed. We spin our wheels and meet devastation and loss every
place we turn.
Yet when we walk in Your ways, we
not only please You, but we reap the blessings of walking in Your Spirit. We
find health and fulfillment in our body soul and spirit. We enjoy the blessings
of Your Kingdom both now and in eternity.
Thought for the Day:
When God calls us, we have little
more than genuine trust in Him; yet, over the years, we realize that we can do
anything that God calls us to do, because the Trinity abides within us.
