A
STEP FURTHER
MEMORISE
But
ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly
Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
Hebrews 12:22
READ
Ephesians 1:15-19
15 Wherefore
I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the
saints,
16 Cease not
to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
17 That the
God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit
of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
18 The eyes
of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of
his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
19 And what
is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to
the working of his mighty power,
MESSAGE
Our redemption in Christ has brought us into the
presence of God. This general experience for all believers is where many people
still dwell many years after their salvation experience; this ought not to be
so. Paul maintained an upward spiritual journey by not resting on his oars. He
was not satisfied with any spiritual level he attained. This is not to say that
he was not grateful to God at each point of his spiritual journey. In Christ,
there is only a starting point but there is no end to spiritual growth because
the Lord is infinite in all things (2 Corinthians 3:18). The outstanding
carriers of His glory are those who kept going further and further in Him. For
some of them, they encountered many miracles, while some others were special
instruments for working great miracles. They encountered opposition from those
outside the kingdom and even from God’s people. They had peculiar difficulties
and weaknesses, but they broke through all barriers to become outstanding
carriers of His glory.
To begin your journey into the uncommon realms of
God’s glorious presence, you must study some of the secrets of the works of
faith (2 Timothy 2:15). The glorious presence of the Lord brought John into
another level of a surrendered life. In an attitude of worship, John fell at
the feet of Jesus, meaning he retained no opinion of his own anymore
(Revelation 1:17). Some Christians would stop at this level if they had John’s
kind of encounter. But in the presence of God, there is more ground of glory to
encounter and cover.
“Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I
do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things
which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of
God in Christ Jesus. Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded:
and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto
you.”
Philippians 3:13-15
The spiritual life is like a journey. You may look
back and feel satisfied that you have covered much ground, but there is more
room above. By comparing themselves with one another, many Christian workers
and ministers come short of the fullness of God’s glory. If you feel like a
champion among spiritually stagnant believers, you are already stagnant too.
Also, feeling satisfied among lukewarm Christian workers is evidence that you
are lukewarm as well.
KEY
POINT
You must go further and further until you become
outstanding.
BIBLE
IN ONE YEAR
Leviticus 1-3; Psalm 119:113-128
Father, help me to go further and further until i become outstanding in the Mighty Name of Jesus. Amen.
ReplyDeleteFathertthank you for your word! Please Lord held me and fellow believers to go further until we become out standing in Jesus name amen.
ReplyDeleteExceeding Grace grant me oh God, to press foreword until Glory is attained, in Jesus name Amen.
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