PURSUING THE GLORIOUS NATURE - PT 4

Turn your eyes upon Jesus
Look to His wonderful face
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of His glory and grace

Father, make me an example of you. Help me fix my eyes on Jesus until I die. Let me not find any pleasure in the flesh, but to love my Saviour in the flesh and in the Spirit. May I be blind to the highest level to this world and its enticement. Let my flesh grow weaker and weaker as I pursue the things of the Spirit. Please keep me tied to the altar of prayer and humility, that my tears will continually flow at the sight of my flesh. Keep me in check by your Holy Spirit and let your word continue to purge and sanctify me. Increase your promptings in my heart daily. Let me panic at the sight of sin. Please rescue me from myself. Deliver me oh Lord from compromise. I'm crying unto you this day for more grace to go through this life with dignity and integrity. For every second you spare me, let me spend it in your presence, because in your presence is where I belong. In your presence is where I have life.

Remember me oh Lord for your name sake and keep me in your presence. Oh Father, keep me in your presence, no matter what it will cost me. Thank you in the name of Jesus. Amen.
Beloved, I want you to understand that not every child of God has the presence of God around them. Every child of God has the power of God to become something for the Lord according to Jn. 1:12 , but when it comes to the fulness of God, which is the glorious personality of God or the presence of God, there are strict rules, because the presence of God is for seperation. It is to seperate us from the world unto the Lord.

Whenever anyone ask the Lord for grace to DO something,( if he or she is a person that studies the word), the Lord begins to strengthen their faith. But the minute you ask for the presence of God in your life the Lord begins to seperate you.

Moses was the first person to ask God for His presence; and the reason why he did was so that Israel will be different from every other nation in the whole world ( Ex. 33:16).

Eph. 3:19 says "And to know the love of Christ, which passes all knowledge, that ye may be filled with all the fulness of God." From my personal experience, it is when you begin to fall in love with the Lord that you desire His presence. The reason is that, it is only when you begin to back off the flesh, carnality and worldliness that you back in onto the Lord. And the minute you start asking the Lord to reveal Himself to you, you find yourself pulling back from the way you used to live unless you are not serious. And why ? Because the " carnal mind is enmity against God" -(Rom. 8:7). The minute you start to shut your life to the world, the life of Christ becomes a reality in your heart. You cannot maintain the presence of God while you are still holding unto the world.

Therefore, before you ask the Lord for His glory or His presence or His fulness, think about the price of going through spiritual death to the things you love first. But if you love Him and are willing to set yourself apart for Him, He gives you grace sufficient enough to go through with it. And in the end, you will love His life more than anything.

On the other hand, the power of God is availble to you by faith and many are deceived by the presence of the gifts. They think the gift indicates the presence of God. But the gifts and callings of God are without repentance ( Rom.11:29), which means, once God endows you with the power to do something, it is not a yardstick for measuring your spiritual purity or your consecration to the Lord. It is the presence of God that determines whether you are right with God.

The danger here is compromise, it renders you vulnerable to physical death or destruction. If you want a proof, look at the life of Samson with Delilah in Judges chapter 14-16.

The Spirit of the Lord is in your heart to reveal sin as it is in your life and to show you who Jesus is. Listen to Him as He encourages you and stregthens you to walk in the way of the Lord.
May the Lord enable you to set yourself apart for spiritual excellence. Amen !

If you want the Lord to reveal Himself in your life, and you truthfuly desire to live His life to progress in your spiritual walk, then I'm inviting you for a two week journey with Lord. It does not matter whether you are old or new in the Lord. It is only for those who are spiritually hungry for the Lord. If you are among those, then, please send me a mail through this blog with your name and your spiritual state, whether weak, strong or compromised. Tell me about your prayer life, whether consistent, dissipating or none at all. Also mention what you do in body of Christ, you fellowship with a church or not and what exactly you desire the Lord to change in your life, the very spiritual need that need to be amended or improved in your pursuit of God.
I'm going to spend the next two weeks in prayer on your behalf while you are also praying. Once I receive it, I will send you some important information that will strengthen you to build up as we continue to seek the Lord.

The only reason why I'm doing this is because the Lord wants us to strengthen one another in Him. If you succeed in the race, the Kingdom of God will expand. When your need is met, it will help you to interceed for others.

God bless you.

Hetty.