Christ in us enables us to withstand the temptations of demonic forces that work against us, and to reign as victorious overcomers in every situation that we come up against. We love to worship, love, and serve our Father God with all of our heart.
Those who choose not to believe, and to reject the free gift of salvation (Romans 3:23, 6:23), look at God as an allegory, a vague entity, a fabled children’s story, the crutch of the weak-minded, a master-minded illusion, etc. They are sarcastic and even bombastic to Believers.
They focus on current issues and spend their life attempting to attain their visualized dreams, improving their current lot in life, and voting for the party that best supports their needs and ideals. Some do reach nirvana, financial success/security, etc. but are not really fulfilled after all.
God’s purpose in His Word, in the life of Jesus on the earth, and by His Spirit is not to condemn us to a lowly life of shame and fear, but to bless us with a fulfilling existence of security, peace, joy, and unconditional love (John 3: 16-17). He is not sitting on His throne with a fly swatter just waiting for us to land close enough to His reach to swat us.
Once we surrender to His Agape love for us, we see Him as He is. Then, our genuine love, admiration, honor, trust and affection for Him turns into worship all throughout our days. God’s work in our life, both to sanctify and to provide for us, helps us to genuinely pay attention to His complex interaction with every facet of our life.
We stop making God too small in our eyes, and we magnify the Lord with fellow Believers as we exalt His name together. We seek the Lord, and He hears us, and delivers us through every fear and struggle that we experience during our existence on this earth (Psalm 34:4).
As we meditate on God’s Word, and we enjoy His unquenchable love for each of us individually, we magnify Him with our thoughts, words, emotions and choices. The life of Christ within us quenches the common futility and despair that most people experience on this planet at one time or another.
Prayer:
Father God, it is so evident that this earth is on the road to self-destruction through global warming, runaway fires, rising seas levels, weather that is more and more extreme, increased earthquakes and volcanoes, violent lawlessness, global destruction, abuse of the innocent, etc. We ache for those people who forfeit Your presence in their lives, because they pridefully stand on their own two feet in order to save themselves. Please open the eyes of their understanding and strengthen their inner being so that they can see Jesus (Ephesians 3:16).
Enable the unbelieving world to realize the reality of Your existence, and the imperative need for them to trust in You for their salvation and for the continuation of their posterity on the earth. Help them to view their life from a spiritual as well as physical and soul existence. Help them to realize the unreliability of their earthly existence without Your presence in it. We worship You as our almighty God, because there is none like You in Your mercy, love and kindness to all of humanity who put their trust in You alone.
Thought for the Day:
In our current world-environment more and more people are seeing the possibility of the reality of the spirit world, and they are contemplating their need for a personal Savior; therefore, we pray for our family and friends, co-workers and associates, and neighbors and community to relinquish their life to the only true God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
