This is God’s Way
THE FOLLOWING IS A PORTION OF A SHORT MESSAGE I RECENTLY SHARED AT THE REFORMED CHURCH OF AFRICA. READ , ENJOY & RECEIVE REVELATION KNOWLEDGE. "THIS IS GOD’S WAY" "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit." ( John 12: 24 )
The Spirit of God will deal with my ideas about what real success is in this world we are living in. There comes a season in my life when the people around me begin to disappear, when the commitment of others begin to decrease. During this phase of life we need to ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to us the difference between our ideas of success and His plan for our lives.
Real success is in the life of Jesus. Apart from Jesus there is no life of success. In order to have the success that is in the life of Jesus, I must be willing to give up what I have held on to as the only way. If I really want the life of Jesus then my life must die. Even the disciples who claimed to love Jesus was ready not to go any further with Jesus when He started to go down the road of losing oneself and finding it only in Jesus. Some of us are truly resisting this kind of life where Jesus says, " If anyone really want to go further and deeper with Me, then you must understand that this deeper life is only in Me that is in My body and precious blood and in absolutely nothing that this world could ever offer us." At the end of all the talking am I truly trusting Jesus with full control of my life.
Jesus was crucified and to His disciples it looked like it was all over. For some of us we feel like it’s over but it isn’t over because the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead is going to raise us up to follow Jesus where the flesh does not like to follow. Am I going on with Jesus or am I turning back? I love that spiritual song that says, " I have decided to follow Jesus, no turning back–no turning back." This means dying to the normal way of living, dying to the old order of things in order to live in the new order of things to move forward with Jesus because the hour is late and we are literally running out of time as we move to the consummation of all things.
On this journey with Jesus we will experience times of crucifixions ( death ) but for every crucifixion there will be a resurrection. Holy Spirit help me to live with Jesus by giving up my self-pity, idolatry and control. Help me on a daily basis to examine the foundation of my life to make sure that I am not taking the reins in my hands again, where I am in control, in anxiety and in impatience. With the exception of Judas, eleven disciples let go of their lives and moved on with the life of Jesus accomplishing His will in their lives. They made the right choice to do it God’s way.
Pastor Christopher T. Salina, Jesus Restoration Ministries, 12 Tysley St. Basking Ridge, New Jersey 07920 USA or PO BOX 27 Umhlanga Rocks 4320, Durban, South Africa
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