Love is patient, love is kind

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. "

1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Love is not scheduled, it is not timed. It is not planned or construed. It is given by God - to be given in the moment of its need. To be with God is to know love. To be joined with Jesus is to be filled with Love. With Jesus - his love pours from us without desired application of choice.

The love of Jesus flows freely like a rushing river of living water. You will find yourself in situations - responding with kindness, patience, without your personal will ahead of another.

Love derives from God, not from us. We cannot command love to be worked out within ourselves. Love springs forth from the Holy Spirit and is evident in the spontaneity of the happenings of life. When the Holy Spirit is working in us we become rightly aligned with the way of Jesus without conscious effort.

The world does not know us

"See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is."

1 JOHN 3:1-2

To live by the spirit is too live like the wind. It is not visible, but the wind is most certainly real. The Spirit of God is the same. To know God is to know Jesus. To know Jesus is to walk with him - to be shown his way of life. This can only be done by living in the present moment dependent on God. He lives in the moment.

To live in the spirit is to be guided by Jesus - his way - the way - is the opposite way to live in this world. The purpose of this time is written - not to be changed. Seek Jesus - seek the Holy Spirit with all of your heart and mind and be free in Jesus Christ.

The nature of the common sense life is one in which the unknown creates fear and anxiety. Whereas, the nature of the spiritual life is to live life in the unknown. The spiritual life is guided by being aligned to God. It is in him that we are certain. The spiritual person is concentrated on God while walking in the unknown.

I will let you escape with your life

"For I will bring disaster on all people, declares the Lord, but wherever you go I will let you escape with your life."

JEREMIAH 45:5

In the Lord Jesus Christ all is found. For in him is life. Jesus is the truth of life - to be abandoned to him you must live in "the way." This is the way of Jesus. Doing as Jesus said and did. This is how you get to know Jesus. If you never walk with him, as surely as the Lord lives, I say he does not know you.

To know Jesus is to hold his hand. To welcome him in every moment. To be free in Jesus only occurs when you walk with him all the time - in all moments. Jesus is alive. He lives in the spirit of you - he lives in the present moment - waiting for you to seek him.

What more can a person want than life itself. The Lord declares that when you are abandoned to him, no matter where he places you, even the depths of hell, you will escape with your life. To be abandoned to the Lord is to rest your mind in the truth that he will supply what you need in all things for the duration of your faith.

It is faith that will begin your relationship with Christ. Faith will grow into understanding. Understanding will lead to wisdom. Wisdom provides peace of mind. Trust in Jesus - he is the truth.

Should you seek great things for yourself

"‘This is what the Lord says: I will overthrow what I have built and uproot what I have planted, throughout the earth. 5 Should you then seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them. For I will bring disaster on all people, declares the Lord, but wherever you go I will let you escape with your life."

Jeremiah 45:4-5

Jesus prayed to the father for us. He prayed "that they may be one even as we are." This prayer is truth. It is Jesus saying that we - through him - and only through new baptism - are given new life in Jesus. And by abandoning ourselves to "the way" - Christ Jesus will live complete in us. We may become one with the father as he is one - but nobody sees the father except through Christ Jesus.

He is the Righteous Holy Lord. He, Jesus Christ of Nazareth, is the only way. In him, we are made whole, made new - cloaked in his Righteousness, his holiness and his way. All praise to Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior forever.

Seek not the treasures and blessings of the most high, but rather seek a close personal relationship with the one who is love, the one is the creator of all things and knows the end from the beginning. Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Do not lay a hand on the boy

"Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!”

“Here I am,” he replied.

Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.”

GENESIS 22:1-2

Ask God not to test you, but rather, make you ready in Christ - in the spirit - in all moments. To be tested on the lines of Peter - to deny Jesus is a lesson to be learned for all who claim unabashed boldness without careful thought.

Abraham knew no other faith or belief than God. He was beyond ready to be called into action, for he was a man of great faith - and this faith was credited to him as Righteousness. It is faith and obedience that allow us to be covered and cloaked in the Holiness and Righteousness of the Spirit of the Lord, Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

Abraham believed that God was asking him to kill his son Isaac. Abraham was prepared to do anything for God because he put the way of God above his own way - his own understanding. If Abraham would have continued forward with the act of killing Isaac based on his own conviction, Isaac would have been killed and Abraham would have committed the act of a misguided fanatic.

"But the angel of the Lord called out to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!”

“Here I am,” he replied.

 “Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.”

Be prepared in season and out of season

"In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths."

2 TIMOTHY 4:1-4

The attitude that dictates action in most people comes from an internal feeling. If you are feeling good - there is much to be conquered, however, when things don't feel so good - it is easy to be conquered.

Jesus was never conquered. He did everything exactly as planned, as directed, as guided by the Holy Spirit. In happiness or sadness, the Spirit of God is Holy and Righteous - always worthy of the call. There is not to be self pity but to be peaceful in Jesus. For in Christ everything is exactly as it should be - the choice is the attitude you have in the situation.

The tasks of the Lord occur at the time of his choosing. At once we hear the call, we are to be prepared whether it is at our most desirable time or not. We are reconciled to him. Through his Spirit we are made whole and capable of completing all that we are called to do.

Do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you

“I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

LUKE 10:18-20

We are created to be God's. To be set apart as first fruits. To consecrate ourselves and live as one body - with one spirit. With Christ Jesus our head - our King - our Savior - our God. There is no work in works or in the glory of man - for there is no man worthy but Jesus Christ, such that when we are given fully unto him - he lives complete in us.

Let Christ Jesus use your flesh for his purpose, his spirit, his way. Give your mind completely to Jesus to be made new. In Jesus we are made worthy - only in Jesus.

The Christian worker can become focused on creating the image of spiritual success. The proper way to live. Nothing should be sought in advance of the approval of God. It is he who has done the work. Our job is to be disciples in Christ and till the fields for the purpose of producing disciples.

God desires the complete life of all of his children. He does not want part of you. One completely devoted life to God is of substantially more value than a thousand of those who simply know his name.