It is so important, as servants of The LORD that we remember that God brings to repentance and gives Truth to those He chooses.
Try as we might we, with our words, can bring no one to saving grace! He and only He has that capability! We are seed sowers only. He brings the storms that water the seed and dampens the ground to accept the seed! He brings the Sonshine that gives growth to the seed, strengthening it so that it may seek freedom from the mud or miry clay! He gives the desire for a hunger and thirst for Righteousness! He is everything in this equation - we are zero!
We received His seed! We were given the desire to grow! We are seed bearers as witness of His Work in us!
How much does our desire impact our walk?
As we seek - we find.
If we are satisfied - we become stagnant. We will wither and die.
"Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses." (I Timothy 6:12 NKJV)
"You have not yet resisted to bloodshed, striving against sin."(Hebrews 12:4 NKJV)
"Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us," (Hebrews 12:1 NKJV)
Fighting, striving, running all denote action!
But then we have:
"For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God," (Ephesians 2:8 NKJV)
But in Romans the 11th chapter we find we were grafted and can still be cut off.
"Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will be cut off." (Romans 11:22 NKJV)
And then there's this:
"He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son."(Revelation 21:7 NKJV)
I do not believe OSAS!
And I do not believe that I matter! Yes, I know who I am in Christ, because He died for me and my salvation is His reward for His suffering! I know He loves me! However it's not about me!!!!
Humanism's infiltration of the doctrine and traditions of men has twisted The Gospel.
We are nothing without Him and our service to Him is our reward!
To be used for His glory IS joy unspeakable! The overwhelming gratitude in Him finding any worthiness that I may further His Kingdom reminds me of the flowers blooming and showing their face to the sun in gratitude for fulfilling their purpose! It's glorious - even surpassing childbirth! Nothing on this earth compares! But I serve for His pleasure - not mine!
His pleasure IS my reward!
My prayer is that God may perhaps grant you repentance that you may know The Truth!
Even so - MARANATHA!
From 5/25/15
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