Do You Believe?

“Now you are speaking clearly and without figures of speech. Now we can see that you know all things and that you do not even need to have anyone ask you questions. This makes us believe that you came from God.”

“Do you now believe?” Jesus replied.

JOHN 16:30-31  

Jesus has become part of a routine for many Christians. He is not treated as the risen Lord. He is not revered for his truth. Jesus is God. King of the world.  There are no set of tasks to bring you into fellowship - only obedience to his word. 

After the acceptance of Jesus as Lord and Savior - receive his spirit - his word - his truth and be saved. Don't then rest on the gospel of being saved - but meditate on the word both day and night - feed yourself the word and be filled with peace, joy, truth, wisdom, knowledge and love in Jesus name.

Jesus is the continual and constant flow of life needed to live for him and with him. Distractions and people will make all efforts to interrupt your time with God - to steer your first line of attention to another matter. This is why Jesus says clearly, "And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life." Matthew 19:29

To truly live - you must rely on Jesus. To trust Jesus with your life and experience the full measure of faith can only come from reliance on him. Head knowledge does not place roots in Christ. Simply knowing his name does not create a reliance for life on him. It is the experience of your faith being pressed into Jesus in all situations that creates reliance on him so that you will know him.

"For you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness." James 1:3

"I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." Galatians 2:20

"For we walk by faith, not by sight." 2 Corinthians 5:7

Jesus Is The Message

“Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” 

JOHN 4:13-14

Christianity has turned into a hobby - good deeds or rules that people follow. There is little to no understanding that Jesus is Christianity. Jesus is God. He is the reason. You must be abandoned to him - not rules. Jesus is the living God - he is Almighty.

There is literally nothing he cannot do. Seek his word and his will - be abandoned to nothing except Christ Jesus. The way of the world is now coming to an end - call on Christ Jesus as Savior and King - be filled with his Holy Spirit - and receive eternal life in his Holy name.

As Christian workers - we are to bring Christ Jesus to people through the Holy Spirit. To teach scripture without a relationship to Christ is not the will of God. The power of God's Word is opened through Christ - through his Spirit that lives in his people. Jesus never told anyone to memorize scriptures so others could hear them speak. No - Jesus says I AM THE WAY! The scriptures give us Jesus and we are to follow him.

We have much work to do and the power of God will accomplish the task. Lean on Jesus - Press in to him with all of your strength. Let no thing big or small break the truth of Jesus in you as there is no other way to heaven - there is no other way to be forgiven of sin and there is no redemption without King Jesus. It is in abandonment to Christ - in which the power of God is received in you. The Word of God is a living book about Jesus Christ that has power in his name. 

To have an obstacle and say it is to big for God is to not know Jesus. Experience Christ and receive him. Live for his will and seek him always. Train your mind to always be affixed on the one that gives life and prepares the way for you to go. Jesus is Lord of Lords and King of Kings. He can do all things as he is Christ and we can do all things in Christ as he is the power and purpose.

The Draw of Life

 “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water?"

JOHN 4:11

Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. Therefore, we know that Jesus is the way to live. That means - you must deny yourself and allow him to live in you. Jesus is a real man. He walked the earth and will come again soon. Our duty is to know him, to be relegated to him in all things and in all ways.

Jesus is God. He is all in all. He is what you need to have life. Everything else is passing away. To not know Jesus is to always be searching for something that can only be found in him.

We worry about where we will live, how we will eat and what we will drink. We worry about having enough money, what others may think and how to live. Christ is the answer to all of these worries. He is the way. Jesus is supernatural and he asks you to cast all your worries and fears on him in faith.

It is a lack of faith that restricts the power of Christ in you. He is the same forever and ever and his Kingdom will never cease to exist. The choice to believe King Jesus and what he can and will do is personal in you. He asks that you come unto him and rest in his truth - to live by faith in him.

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is life not more than food, and the body more than clothes?” Matthew 6:25

"Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28

"Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.” John 4:23-24

"Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you. Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you." 1 Peter 5:6-7

"Cast your burden upon the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken." Psalm 55:22

"The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him, And rescues them." Psalm 34:7

Serving God

 "If I love you more, will you love me less? Be that as it may, I have not been a burden to you."

2 CORINTHIANS 12:15-16 

The only service that should be performed is that which is the will of God. That will is love in the name of Jesus Christ. Jesus walked all the way to death with knowledge that his pure obedience to God - the Spirit within - would bring salvation to all who call on his Holy name.

The truth is we are his - he is our King - his Spirit within is his will being manifested in me. Therefore, I give all of myself - and I call on Jesus - my King and Savior to fill this flesh with his Holy Spirit - to be used by him in all things for his grace.

The Kingdom of heaven is not like any Kingdom on earth. The Kingdom of Heaven is for the servants of the most high - those who desire not to be rulers but servers. To be the greatest in Heaven - you must be willing to be the least of all people - to be broken bread and poured out wine for Jesus - as he is for you. Christ Jesus is the cornerstone and the standard for all who desire to be great.

“You know that the rulers in this world lord it over their people, and officials flaunt their authority over those under them. But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you must become your slave. For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many. Matthew 20:25-28

Expend Yourself For Christ

"So I will very gladly spend for you everything I have and expend myself as well."

2 CORINTHIANS 12:15

To be allowed to directly serve the most high God is divine. To be able to walk with the author of life - to know his truth - and to allow the Spirit of Jesus Christ to live in me is peace. To give all that I have just to know him - is my dream. To deny my very existence for his truth to be revealed has been the yearning in my heart since my youth.

Christ Jesus is all in all. He is God. He makes no mistakes - and he has already conquered the enemy. To be allowed to serve my Lord without merit or application is truth. Give Jesus your heart - your mind - your body and soul - He is All in All.

Jesus is the well of love and the standard for all of us who call him Lord. Our own minds lead to new affinities not related to Christ and will lead to service that does not draw from the well of love and wisdom. As followers of Christ and the Way - we are called to stand in the gap - with the power of heaven inside of us - to lead others to Christ. We are not empty vessels in Jesus - but pillars of hope and love for those whose eyes have not been opened.

"Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple." 1 Corinthians 3:16-17

"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8

"But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you. All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what he will make known to you.” John 16:13-15

Called To Serve

 "Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave— just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

MATTHEW 20:26-28

The determination to serve comes from the real truth being revealed in me. To cry to the Lord - to seek him with all my heart, to give unto him all that I am - Jesus is my savior - my King - and my God. I see his face - his works - his beauty - his truth - the truth of heaven - the truth of eternity - the truth of my King on the cross.

I have seen - I have seen the risen Lord - In life there is no death - therefore there is no fear except the Lord God Almighty. In this truth - the real truth - the mysteries of heaven have been revealed in me - Jesus lives - He Is God - He is coming soon!

I am of no use to God if I believe I can do his will under my own power and with my own accord. Jesus is the way and through him all things are possible and all things will be revealed. Seek first the kingdom of God through Christ Jesus and the wisdom and understanding through the Holy Spirit will be revealed in you. To serve is to love God and serve him. To serve God is to love your neighbor - to be broken bread for which another may gain nourishment until Christ is fully revealed in them.

We are but a tool for God for his good use and purpose. The world is devoid of love without God as he is love.  "Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love." 1 John 4:8

"God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” John 4:24

"So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them." Genesis 1:27

The Voice Of God

 “Be still, and know that I am God;

    I will be exalted among the nations,

    I will be exalted in the earth.”

The Lord Almighty is with us;

    the God of Jacob is our fortress. 

PSALM 46:10-11

The Lord is always with you. Those who call Jesus Christ Savior, Redeemer and King - and are baptized in his Holy Spirit - are freely given a new spirit. At that point - you have 3 voices inside you. The enemy - the Holy Spirit - and you.

The idea is to get rid of you - and rebuke the enemy. The enemy will remain - though with no power - until Jesus comes. Be tenacious in removing your will and allow the will of God to be seen and brought forth in you. How will you know? The fruit for which you bear. You are not defiled by what goes in your mouth - but by what comes out of it. God is love.

Pray to the Lord of creation for discernment of the spirit such that you will begin to understand the voices for which emanate your being. Ask the Lord for clarity such that his will is done in you and no other. Speak to the Lord and ask for his clear voice to be heard above all others and then be obedient to the one that is love. Bring all points of internal confusion to Christ and be patient and calm as the one from heaven speaks softly.

Give your mind to Christ and be renewed into his Holy Spirit of wisdom and understanding. Let no thing break the fervor for which you seek the voice of God in you. In crisis - cling to Jesus as he is calling you unto himself so that he can comfort you and guide you through. Life on earth is temporary - we are but dust in the wind given only a little while to prove that we belong to God. There is only death of the body - not death to the spirit - as the spirit lives forever and ever. So be willing to die to yourself so the spirit of love and hope will pour out of you like a river of living water. 

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. - Jeremiah 29:11