Youthful Devotion

“This is what the Lord says:

“‘I remember the devotion of your youth,

    how as a bride you loved me

and followed me through the wilderness...

JEREMIAH 2:2 

There is no joy without God. There is no peace without God. The Lords calling is daily - It is not once a week, when you are in a good mood or because you are bored - Christ Jesus asks that you seek him in ALL things. He is sovereign over ALL your life.

Enter a daily surrender to his will - Ask not what your Lord can do for you but how you may be of service to your Lord. In obedience and faith he makes you new. Walk in the light all day every day - take the path with Jesus into eternity and let his will be done through you.

The youthful response to the knowledge of the Lord is freely accepted. However, the world is designed to turn your love for God into angst for him. The world is where evil roams freely - Remember - we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places - Ephesians 6:12.

Therefore - to walk the walk of victory we simply take up the Cross of Christ Jesus as he already conquered the enemy. The truth is that the time of the enemy has grown short and therefore the plan of the evil one to reign darkness will be quicker and greater than at any time before - but rest assured in Christ Jesus you are not subject to the evil one as you belong to the Kingdom of Heaven.

Turn your heart to Jesus once more and be renewed new in his love and grace. Let him be the God of your life - the decision maker for which you pass all choice - such that his will of love is victorious through you.

New Eyes and a New Heart

 “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”

JOHN 3:3

Being born again does not only mean you get dunked in water and you have decided to publicly acknowledge Jesus. Being born into a new spirit is the internal truth and acceptance that Jesus is the risen Lord.

As his spirit is provided - you will see differently about everything and everyone. The spirit of truth and revelation unmask what was previously hidden. For the Lord is Truth - All else is passing away - In Jesus you have life abundantly and this takes hold in new freshness about the previous mundane activities you once did.

The eyes of God are given in baptism and acceptance of the Holy Spirit. New eyes and a new heart are the signs of a new birth in Christ Jesus. The natural birth - the first birth - provides natural eyes. The heavenly birth - the 2nd birth - provides eyes from God. The kingdom of heaven is only seen through the eyes of God as it comes from God. Accepting Jesus Christ as the risen Lord is accepting that Jesus came from heaven to set us free from sin.

Take no joy in the pleasures of the natural eyes as this type of joy is short lived and leads to sin. Fight with all of your strength to protect your personal relationship to Jesus - as he is the truth for life and holds the key to heaven.

The Vision Followed By Darkness

 As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him. Then the Lord said to him, “Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved and mistreated there."

GENESIS 15:12-13 

The Lord provides All things - in preparing the way for his most perfect plan he sets visions and dreams in the hearts and minds of his children. It is in Gods clarity and directness to you - you know the presence and magnificence of the most high God.

In this truth - knowing God loves you and trusts you - stay the course in the darkness. The darkness comes to make you one with the spirit. It is through the abandoning of the worldly reality to the only true reality of Jesus where he places you. In quiet solitude he fills you - teaches you - speaks and loves. He fills you with everlasting patience and joy - praise God.

The Lord is Alive Today

 Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”

Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

JOHN 20:28-29

There is but one Lord. There is but one savior of man. There is no reconciliation without Jesus. There is no life without Jesus. Profess not of what you do or have done for the Lord - but what the Lord has done in you.

The Lord is a Spirit - making you over from the inside. You are not defiled by what goes in your mouth but rather by what comes out. Be cleansed in the Lords Spirit - Call on your life to be free in Christ Jesus. For there is nothing of use the Lord can do with an unconsecrated temple. Your flesh - is the temple of God - be pleasing before the Lord. There is no service for the Lord without the Spirit of the Lord as your guide.

Working For Christ

  "But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, my immediate response was not to consult any human being."

GALATIANS 1:15-16

The call of the Lord begins as a quiet voice asking you to get more rightly related to him. As he allows you to become more aware of himself - the life he has chosen to live in you is revealed more and more. 

As he works in you to reveal himself more and more intimately - the truth of the cross will manifest into your heart. This heart change is the disposition by which the service the Lord has chosen in advance for you - will be directly revealed to you.

Walking in faith is an outward expression of your devotion to Jesus. Faith in action is what causes the power of God to be with you and the light of Christ to be seen in you and the wisdom of The Holy Spirit to pour from you. His power in you is triggered by your faith in him. Jesus is the truth and will do what he says he will. 

How God Speaks

 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?”

And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”

ISAIAH 6:8

The voice of God transcends all things when you begin to discern who is speaking to you. When you are still and start to digest that it is the most high God in his Holy Spirit, the truth of the life of Jesus Christ takes firm hold in your newly transferred heart.

As you hear the voice and walk in obedience to his voice the truth of the Great I AM is also revealed in the stars - in the moon - in the rain - in the birds - He is All in All. It is this profound revelation of the Lords power and grace where the redemption of the cross is poured into your new spirit.

Walk with Jesus

 "Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life."

ROMANS 6:3-4

Eternal life is a choice. To give your life to your Lord is a choice. To be completely given over into the Lord's new Spirit you must be rightly relegated to the death of your natural born spirit. Given away through baptism and acceptance of his Holy Spirit.

Christ Jesus is the Son of God - In giving your life to Jesus - you shall fear death no more - for he overcame. Live freely in suffering in knowing that when you freely give your life - what is passing away - to a new life - a new spirit is born - the Spirit of the Lord. A new heart and the truth of Jesus will be revealed.

The death of the natural life is death to sin. The acceptance of The Holy Spirit is the beginning of a new life in Christ - which is a life without sin. Have faith in the truth of Jesus and be confident in him. He can and will do in you what he says he will. Trust him enough to let go of your natural ways and understanding.

To identify with Christ is to know him. Pray to him in your spirit and ask him to come into your life. Accept King Jesus as Lord and Savior and ask for the forgiveness of your sins. Ask him to guide you in all things and all moments such that his will is done in your life in each moment of life. You see - if you are with Jesus in mind, body and spirit you are in counsel with the most high God - and if you are with Christ - you are exactly where you are supposed to be - All of the time.