The Word of God is given to us by His inspiration and is helpful to us for hope, peace, correction, encouragement, and instruction in how to adopt God’s principles as our own (2 Timothy 3:16). His Word divides our soul from our spirit, and it discerns our thoughts and the intents of our heart (Hebrews 4:12).
The Bible is a light that guides our feet through this uncertain world in which we live. As a lamp, it keeps us from stumbling on rocky terrain (Psalm 119:105). God’s Son is the embodiment of the Word of God, and He dwelt with God forever as a part of the Trinity of God (John 1:1). However, born in a stable in human form as Jesus, He came to redeem the whole world to Himself (John 3:16-18).
God loves those who diligently seek His face and who show our love to Him by keeping His commandments (Proverbs 8:17). We submit our self to Him, resist satanic forces that come against us, and watch the devil flee from us (James 4:7; Psalm 119:10). God has thoughts of peace for us, which keep us from evil (Jeremiah 29:11-13).
If we resume giving in to temptations, we are not converted, and we do not have a personal relationship with Him and have no experiential knowledge of who He is and all that He means to us (1 John 3:6). If we continually abide in Him, we will flee from sin’s temptation.
God’s ways are greater than our ways (Isaiah 55:8). We may get angry or insulted when He does not answer a prayer as we request and expect, but that is unnecessary because He always gives us something better than we can ever imagine (1 Corinthians 2:9-10). He writes His laws on our heart of flesh, and He makes us part of His adopted family (Jeremiah 31:33-34).
Prayer:
Father God, remind us that walking away from our sins and simplifying our life increases our intimate unity with You and provides us with an eternal perspective and satisfaction with our life. You desire for us to fully sanctify every part of our body, soul, and spirit (1 Thessalonians 5:23). Show us that our complete surrender to Your Spirit of every part of our self - from our past, present, and future - is necessary for this to happen.
Thank You for revealing to us that fully surrendering our thoughts, emotions, choices, and actions to You brings satisfaction and fulfillment to our life. Help us to realize that we do not have to express deep emotion to fully surrender, but simply make an honest and free-will, deliberate decision to submit to the inner sanctification of Your Spirit. Help us to see that the key to increasing our intimacy with You is to continually turn the reigns and rule of our life over to You.
Thoughts for the Day:
There are troubling memories that cause us to maintain our control and to feel a lack of trust toward anyone other than our self. God helps us to face these issues and to heal in these areas because we know that our true freedom and safety in life comes from Him alone. The freedom we gain, and the intimacy in our union with God’s Trinity increases as we surrender and heal in each of these areas.
