What is it about the Lord that is most reassuring? It is the fact that He never never changes. That's why He is called the ROCK. The ROCK is stable, and is not washed away like the sand. A house built on the ROCK will never be blown off with the wind, neither will the floods rise and be able to wash it away, nor will the rains destroy it. Because the solid foundation of the Unchanging is the strongest foundation possible for ANYTHING.
This is something that the Lord has revealed to me. But there's more to it than just the revelation. Action!
If you want to be a leader in God's kingdom, you have to be like Jesus. You have to be stable. You have to learn to be dependable and trustworthy in God's kingdom. Through thick and thin, you have to learn to be as He is. No matter what we do, God is always the same to us, always merciful, always good, always slow to anger and abounding in mercy. But we are the most fickle, blown off by the weakest of storms in life, the most unstable and undependable. This applies to me as well. But, if we continue to be like this, it will never be a surprise to see ourselves at the sidelines all our life. We will never get to the high places, unless we learn to depend on the Lord and unless we become dependable ourselves. How could God possibly use us to lead others, when we ourselves are struggling to stand on our own two feet?
This is not just food for thought, its something major, that we ALL need to work on. And this can only happen when we confess our weakness before God and allow His Spirit to change us on the inside and make us more like Jesus. I also learnt from a friend of mine, that its a different thing to say, "Lord I have little wisdom", and its very different and rather difficult to accept and say, " Lord I have no wisdom". The Lord can only fill those who empty themselves. Those who are full of themselves will never be filled, simply because there is no space in them to be filled.
After all, it is not without cause that the Lord Jesus said, "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven". Oswald Chambers puts it this way - 'blessed are the paupers in spirit...'
Makes sense.
Think about it...
5 comments:
Very true what you have written .... we have to depend on GOD for his mercy and strength. We should decrease and HE should increase in us, only then we can be light to the world. We have to encourage each other to grow in Christ and help each other to win more souls for Christ.
Take care... let the good work keep going.
GOD BLESS YOU IN YOUR MINISTRY :)
Hey great thats true...
He is the Rock of Ages....
Rini,
I loved this statement of yours - "But there's more to it than just the revelation. Action!"
And 'Action' is one thing that is so very much essential. We all remember the wise man man who built his house on the rock. And the important thing to take note is that he was called wise not for just standing on the rock, but rather he was called wise because he BUILT his house on the rock.
So 'Action' is one thing that we should take as followers of Jesus- The Rock. After all, world will witness the stability in us, if we have something built upon the rock!!!
God bless ya!!!
This post blessed my heart!
Thanks, dear! :-)
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