“The problem is not a light one.”
Truth, An old British preacher said, “We don’t just sit there like a blob, waiting for God to HAPPEN on us!” But something in us longs for inspiration. I don’t want to feel like I’m driving my own ship. Don’t many unbelievers WILL themselves into lives of great success, morally and financially? Many atheists are nicer than Christians!
Well amen, and so what! God knows those who are His, and He is doing things in us that are invisible to the carnal eye. We want to walk worthy, yet come up short on this end. Jesus intercedes for us in a FOREVER capacity, our very own “priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek”. Scripture is filled with these mind-boggling truths about the superiority of Christ and what that means for us as we battle against the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places: we have an ADVOCATE WITH THE FATHER!
We MUST know and believe that Jesus Christ has satisfied our sin debt once for all! Why? Because it is the Truth. It is this essential truth that Satan and his children attack at every turn. If the evil one cannot touch our salvation—and he cannot; those saying otherwise are calling God a liar!—he most certainly will try to turn us in on ourselves when we sin and drive us away from the STEADFAST LOVE OF THE LORD. Simple, basic, devastating.
Dead religion is on standby, ready to tell you what you must now DO to get back in God’s favor. Sorry, it’s been DONE by ANOTHER. Our work is to “believe in the one He has sent”. Think it’s work to operate in unbelief towards God and put confidence in the flesh? No no no, that’s going with the flow of all mankind. Scripture shows us clearly how awesome is Jesus! Our faith/belief finds rest in glorying in Him, knowing rest in HIS righteousness that is given to us as a free gift.
With this firm foundation we can, with Paul, “struggle with all His energy that he powerfully works within (us)”!
AMEN!!!!