Showing posts with label ACTS 20:24. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ACTS 20:24. Show all posts

Friday, March 5, 2021

Have Faith In Jesus

 "I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace." 

ACTS 20:24

Since the truth is written and manifested in Jesus - we can say with clarity everything is fading away and only Jesus is truth - Jesus is the only way. The call is to "feed my sheep." There is but one choice - Christ Jesus - his will - his love and his word must be revealed - given.

Eternity has no time - neither does the Lord. We are given time as flesh in a decaying world. The time is over - the time has come for the harvest. The Lord's will be done - his kingdom come - the path is Jesus - the way is to follow him and obey him.

The Lords call is for us to be loyal to him - faithful to him - and obedient to him. In a world full of distractions and confusion it is easy to be tricked into following other avenues in pursuit of life. It is easy to take advice from a family member or friend. It is easy to be busy and occupied working to build a fading and failing world. In a world that does not know Jesus as Lord of Lords it is easy to be distracted from following him.

It is not the Lord that prevents people from doing his will with the full power of God in heaven - it is simply a lack of faith. People put their faith in things seen - things they can touch - rather than the unseen. This is a lack of faith - Faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. - Hebrews 11:1

There is no storm to great for the Lord to calm and tame. There is no situation in which he will not guide you through. There is no thing he cannot do. It is you that must choose to have faith in him so he can show you the way.

Thursday, March 4, 2021

Apprehended By God

 "I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace."

ACTS 20:24

I want nothing, seek nothing and desire nothing but that the Lord's will be done in me such that I may be purposed by him for fulfillment of the will of my Lord Christ Jesus. Everything else is meaningless. To toil about, to move busily from one thing to another is meaningless.

The Lord lives. Christ Jesus is Truth and the Only way to everlasting life. There is but one risen Lord - One God - His name is Jesus. His spirit fills me whole. I am abandoned to the will of my Lord Jesus into eternity - through love - through faith - through obedience - Christ Jesus lives in me!

I am not my own master - I do not give myself life - and I do not belong to myself - but rather I belong to Christ. He found me and redeemed me. He has forgiven me of my sins and washed me clean in his blood. I am born again in his spirit and his truth for his purpose and use for his kingdom which lasts from everlasting to everlasting.

Jesus is Lord of the living. Faith in him is not to be haphazard or halfway. You either recognize Jesus as the risen Lord who can do all things or you do not. There is no middle with Jesus or lukewarm affection that saves you. You are only set free of sin by the blood of Jesus Christ. You can only be born again into the kingdom of heaven through accepting Jesus Christ as Savior asking for forgiveness in his name and then being baptized in the name of the Father - the Son - and the Holy Spirit.