FINDING OUT WHAT WALKING DEEPER MEANS
GREETINGS IN JESUS:
In the last several blogs I have been sharing more of a personal view from my own life with you about growth and what I have experienced. I found a scripture that shares some of Paul's personal feelings as he continued to minister. Philippians 1:20-25 " According to my earnest expectations and my hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be in my life or my death. For me to live is Christ, and for me to die is gain. But if I live in the flesh this is the fruit of my labour, yet what I shall choose I wot not. For I am in a strait between two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better; never the less to abide in the flesh is more needful for you, and having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith."
In the same ways, Paul was expressing his desire to be with Christ and yet understanding the need for Him to still remain among those he was called to minister to; I feel much the same way in these later days of my life. The fact is that I feel kind of chained to this world for a time, and it is only through the grace of God to withstand the kinds of torment this world has given me in life that I can mentally and emotionally survive it. There is another feeling I have as well, and that is I survive now in this life for the single reason of speaking to you every day about these things of Christ's Spirit that abides within us, and how we so desperately need to gain access to God's Spirit through our surrender to God's loving call to walk deeper with Him each day.
I want to tell you first hand of the call to me that I answer each day to rise and to be a part of that constant message to you through the Spirit within me. For long many years I heard that call, but would not submit to it. For many years after I began to really seek after God's Spirit within me I struggled with the depth that God was taking me to understand what my purpose was, and then when I started to understand I began having the feeling that Paul has expressed here in Philippians. My own desire has long been to be with Christ and yet many people around me have not been able to understand that desire thinking that I just did not want to live any longer, but that is not the case at all but I have wanted a life with my Lord above this life now for a long time, but I have also realized what my call is in being here...that call is to those of you who need His truth given to you each day.
It is for that reason that I remain. I can echo the words of Paul in Philippians 2: 1-4 " If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfill ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem the other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others."
It is my desire then that each one of us can find the truth of what God is calling us toward. Our purpose here is to love one another in this way we were created as a church to love one another. It is for the reason of showing this world what their life can be in Christ. It is our destiny to draw others to a closer walk with Him in whatever way we can, and my call is to remain here with you until my work is finished. It is my prayer that you will respond to what God is doing with my life and that you will begin to life and love as the family God has called you to be. May you richly bless God through your life in Him.
THE UNWORTHY SERVANT
In the last several blogs I have been sharing more of a personal view from my own life with you about growth and what I have experienced. I found a scripture that shares some of Paul's personal feelings as he continued to minister. Philippians 1:20-25 " According to my earnest expectations and my hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be in my life or my death. For me to live is Christ, and for me to die is gain. But if I live in the flesh this is the fruit of my labour, yet what I shall choose I wot not. For I am in a strait between two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better; never the less to abide in the flesh is more needful for you, and having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith."
In the same ways, Paul was expressing his desire to be with Christ and yet understanding the need for Him to still remain among those he was called to minister to; I feel much the same way in these later days of my life. The fact is that I feel kind of chained to this world for a time, and it is only through the grace of God to withstand the kinds of torment this world has given me in life that I can mentally and emotionally survive it. There is another feeling I have as well, and that is I survive now in this life for the single reason of speaking to you every day about these things of Christ's Spirit that abides within us, and how we so desperately need to gain access to God's Spirit through our surrender to God's loving call to walk deeper with Him each day.I want to tell you first hand of the call to me that I answer each day to rise and to be a part of that constant message to you through the Spirit within me. For long many years I heard that call, but would not submit to it. For many years after I began to really seek after God's Spirit within me I struggled with the depth that God was taking me to understand what my purpose was, and then when I started to understand I began having the feeling that Paul has expressed here in Philippians. My own desire has long been to be with Christ and yet many people around me have not been able to understand that desire thinking that I just did not want to live any longer, but that is not the case at all but I have wanted a life with my Lord above this life now for a long time, but I have also realized what my call is in being here...that call is to those of you who need His truth given to you each day.
It is for that reason that I remain. I can echo the words of Paul in Philippians 2: 1-4 " If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfill ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem the other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others."It is my desire then that each one of us can find the truth of what God is calling us toward. Our purpose here is to love one another in this way we were created as a church to love one another. It is for the reason of showing this world what their life can be in Christ. It is our destiny to draw others to a closer walk with Him in whatever way we can, and my call is to remain here with you until my work is finished. It is my prayer that you will respond to what God is doing with my life and that you will begin to life and love as the family God has called you to be. May you richly bless God through your life in Him.
THE UNWORTHY SERVANT
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