Seeing Clearly
Do you ever think about
how you see yourself spiritually? When I
was baptized I didn’t all of a sudden know everything I needed to know about
leading a spiritual life. Yes my sins
were cleansed but that was just the beginning of the journey. If we clearly see our need for God’s grace we
will pursue Him above all else.
If leading a spiritual
life were easy, everyone would be doing it.
Jesus was the only man who lived that was without sin. So here is the question. How do we pursue a truly
spiritual life in a world that is constantly trying to bring us down?
I am like each of
you. I lead a busy life. I have responsibilities to myself and my
family but first and foremost I have responsibility to God. If God saves me from a fate worse than death,
what do I owe Him? I owe Him my life.
Everything I have is His because He gave it to me as a blessing that I
don’t deserve. So if I want to be what
God wants me to be, I must value what He values.
It is so easy to get side
tracked by the world. Pursuing a
spiritual life worthy of our Heavenly Father is hard work. I determined a long time ago that I am
selfish in many ways. If I want to see
God clearly I must put him first. When I
put myself first I lose. If I learn to
deny my wants and focus on God’s I am on the right path. A continuous flow of conversation between us
and our Heavenly Father is one way to become spiritually healthy. The second is we must spend time in His
word. If we don’t we will never know
what He expects of us. Being a child of
God is the hardest job we will ever have but it is worth the cost. Pursue Him with your whole heart.
Prayer for the Day: Father, I am guilty of
pursuing things of the world. In my
selfishness I sacrifice my relationship with You. I ask You to help me keep my focus on You so
that my spiritual life will reflect You.
Seeing You clearly and following your commandments are the most important
things I can do to build my spiritual life.
You are worth any sacrifice so I give my life to You. I will fail over and over again, but I know
You are with me. I praise You above all
others.
Scripture: We know
that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps
himself, and the wicked one does not touch him. We know that we are of God, and the
whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one. And we know that the Son of God has come and
has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in
Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal
life. Little children, keep
yourselves from idols. Amen. 1 John 5:18-21
Redemption in Christ
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has
blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just
as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be
holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as
sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to
the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the
Beloved.
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of
sins, according to the riches of His grace which He made to abound toward us in
all wisdom and prudence, having made known to us the mystery of His
will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, that in the
dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all
things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him. In
Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the
purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, that
we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.
In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the
gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with
the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance
until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.
Ephesians 1:3-14
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