Praise God! We Have A Way of Escape
“If we live by the Spirit,
(The Letter of Paul to the Galatians 5: 25 NASB)
let us also walk by the Spirit.”
- Have you ever been sick?
- Have you ever been so sick that you feel as if you cannot really endure, withstand, or make it to the end?
- Have you ever been sin-sick, so repulsed by the way the devil has been allowed into your soul?
Many think the Christian will forever be free of the devil, that the Believer in Jesus will never again be touched by Satan, the deceiver.
Well, that’s just not so!
Satan knows he has lost the battle to God for our soul that now belongs to God—
BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THE DEVIL EVER GIVES UP THE TERRORIZING OF OUR DAILY WALK!
- Satan never stops.
- The devil only wants to pull us farther & farther away from our intimacy with God.
- Satan’s goal is to destroy our peace we have with God & to destroy our witness.
The child of God needs continual healing from our sickness of sinfulness.
Praise God! We Have A Way of Escaping Satan’s fiery darts aimed at our weakest areas.
Why does the LORD give us His Old Testament?
- Does He allow His Old Covenant to remain so the world will see the historical records of God’s people?
- Does God allow His Mosaic Law to remain so the people alive may read and remember how God brought His people from their bondage and to His Promise Land?
- Does the Father allow His Word to remain intact for any other reason BUT FOR His Kingdom growth & for His children’s growth?
The answers are really quite simple.
- YES, for historical proof for the unbelievers & for even the believers TO SEE THE POWER OF GOD!
- YES, so that we may read and SEE THE TRUTH ABOUT GOD!
- YES, so that each child of God may study God’s Word & BE INSTRUCTED SO WE MAY GROW IN THE LORD!
There is a beautiful melody sung by for KING & COUNTRY (with their sister Rebecca St. James) titled “You Make Everything Beautiful.” Let us pause to really listen to these lyrics & be reminded how ALL THINGS BELONG TO THE FATHER!
“FOR THE EARTH IS THE LORD’S,
(The 1st Letter of Paul to the Corinthians 10: 26 NASB)
AND ALL IT CONTAINS.”
So far (in my life), everyone I know, has heard of the Bible. If one looks at the New York Times, each person will see how the Bible has continually remained on the Best Seller List.
Even those who seem far from God have heard of God’s Holy Scripture. I find this quite interesting—
how people can know about something,
can know about God &
still not know God.
Nevertheless, I am also reminded today—
how GOD’S PEOPLE noted in The Old Testament could walk out of bondage,
be led by God’s presence &
still NOT walk daily in the way the LORD would have them walk.
Thus, as I also think about ME, the child of God,
I find myself reminded—
of my walk,
of the way I live &
the way I (God’s child)
can walk away from my bondage to sin,
can be led by God’s Son Jesus,
to turn 180 degrees, from being a lost sinner to become God’s child,
a sinner saved by the Grace of God &
still choose daily to NOT WALK in the way the LORD would have me walk.
“Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do,
(The 1st Letter of Paul to the Corinthians 10: 31-33 NASB)
do all to the glory of God.
Give no offense either to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God;
just as I also please all men in all things,
not seeking my own profit but the profit of the many,
so that they may be saved.”
PRAISE GOD!
- We Have a Way of Escape.
- We Have an Opportunity to Escape Our Sinfulness. &
- We Can Repent & Turn Back Toward Walking Closer with our Lord.
Father,
Illuminate your seeds of the Fruit of the Spirit in my life. Allow Your Spiritual Fruit—
Love—Joy—Peace—Patience—Kindness—Goodness—Faithfulness—Gentleness—Self-Control
to grow deeply rooted in me.
Water me, Lord. Grow me, Lord.
Help me to recall how You may allow certain seeds to lay dormant, even for a long time, as You control the seeds, the growth, Your Spirit & the production of Your Fruit in my life.
Help me to remember that it is not perfect fruit, perfect children you desire, but growing, maturing children.
Work Your Miracle inside me today.
Take me, Father, down into Your deep waters where only You can make me stronger in You. Lord, refine me & continually make me more like Your Only Son Jesus Christ.
Father,
Grant me the courage to change what I can, fully realizing how it is only through Your wisdom that I am able to change my present life. Lord, I realize how this work of Yours can be tedious work because of my sinful nature, so forgive me, Father, for my such-slow growth in those seasons when You desire for me to grow-up in You.
Help me never take for granted this miraculous work of the Lord that You are doing within me.
In Your Son Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
In closing, let us read a passage from The Old Testament of the Bible, in order—
- To see the historical records of God’s people
- To remember how God brought His people from their bondage and to His Promise Land
- TO SEE THE POWER OF GOD!
- SEE THE TRUTH ABOUT GOD!
- BE INSTRUCTED SO WE MAY GROW IN THE LORD!
“And I looked,
(The Book of Ezekiel 37: 8-10 NASB)
and behold, sinews were on them,
and flesh grew and skin covered them,
but there was no breath in them.
[the bones were dry & lifeless]
Then He said to me,
[the LORD spoke to His prophet Ezekiel]
“Prophesy to the breath,
prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath,
‘Thus says the Lord GOD,
“Come from the four winds, O breath,
and breathe on these slain, that they come to life.” ‘ “
So I prophesied as He commanded me,
and the breath came into them,
and they came to life
and stood on their feet,
an exceedingly great army.”