Without God's thoughts we must exist with the flesh. Without
emptying oneself, God can not fill. Try filling a full glass, the liquid
tries to get in but spills over from the resistance of what is in the
container! Each morning as we arise we must ask God to empty us
and help us die to self so that he can fill us. My prayer each day and
throughout the day is for God to change me, teach me and use me.
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall
I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I;
send me.
(Isa 6:8 KJV)
When i arise and ignore my BROTHER he does not deny me but
waits patiently, but when i commune the entire day with HIM it is
like nothing i have experienced before having a FRIEND at every
turn and HIS advice and direction with the slightest request. Thank
you JESUS!
Try this game today and see if you are not a little closer to HIM
tomorrow---Give acknowledgment to the LORD one second every
minute. You say you can't---well HE can help you, just ask HIM.
And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer,
believing, ye shall receive.
(Mat 21:22 KJV)
The cross has been erected, the blood has been shed,
the grave has been opened, the resurrection has been
accomplished, heaven has been opened, and the Spirit
of the Exalted One has come down.
Do believe that it is possible for the presence of Jesus
to be with us every day and all the
way. Your God has given you Christ, and He wants to
give you Christ into your heart in
such a way that His presence shall be with you every
moment of your life.
Who is willing to lift up his eyes and his heart and
to exclaim, "I want to live according
to God's standard?" Who is willing? Who is willing to
cast himself into the arms of Jesus
and to live a life of faith victorious over the winds and
the waves, over the circumstances
and difficulties? Who is willing to say this,--"Lord, bid
me come to Thee upon the water?"
Are you willing? Listen! Jesus says, "Come." Will you
step out at this moment? Yonder is
the boat, the old life that Peter had been leading; he
had been familiar with the sea from his
boyhood, and that boat was a very sacred place;
Christ had sat beside him there; Christ had
preached from that boat, from that boat of Peter's,
Christ had given the wonderful draught
of fishes; it was a very sacred boat; but Peter left it to
come to a place more sacred
still,--walking with Jesus on the water,--a new and a
Divine experience. Your Christian life
may be a very sacred thing; you may say, "Christ
saved me by His blood, He has given me
many an experience of grace; God has proved His
grace in my heart," but you confess "I
haven't got the real life of abiding fellowship; the
winds and the waves often terrify me, and
I sink." Oh, come out of the boat of past experiences at
once; come out of the boat of
external circumstances; come out of the boat, and step
out on the word of Christ, and
believe, "With Jesus I can walk upon the water."
When Peter was in the boat, what had he
between him and the bottom of the sea? A couple of
planks; but when he stepped out upon
the water what had he between him and the sea? Not a
plank, but the word of the Almighty
Jesus. Will you come, and without any experience, will
you rest upon the word of Jesus,
"Lo I am with you alway"? Will you rest upon His
word, "Be of good cheer; fear not; it is
I"? Every moment Jesus lives in heaven; every
moment by His Spirit Jesus whispers that
word; and every moment He lives to make it true.
Accept it now, accept it now! My Lord
Jesus is equal to every emergency. My Lord Jesus can
meet the wants of every soul. My
whole heart says, "He can, He can do it; He will, He
will do it!" Oh come, believers, and let
us claim most deliberately, most quietly, most
restfully,--let us claim, claim it, claim it,
CLAIM it.
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