Another cold and glorious morning! I am ALIVE!
The question for all us living, breathing folks is simple: How do I make this world a better place because of my life?
The only way for each of us to make this world better is for each person to fulfill their own place.
And how do you do that? Simply, be YOU!
YOU are unique. No one else can fill YOUR place and YOU cannot fill anyone else’s place. So…
Seek The Lord. Call on Him.
Seek the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near. ~ Isaiah 55:6
The great thing is that the Lord is always near because He dwells in us through the power and presence of His Holy Spirit. God’s Spirit is the very essence of who He is and He wants to fill each of us with His presence! The truth of this is vastly beyond my ability to fully comprehend, yet I know it is the truth! How? Because I experience the joy of His presence in my life every single day!
This truth is the reality of what we just celebrated at Christmas.
Jesus left the splendor and majesty of Heaven to come to earth. God Incarnate. He was born as a baby–fully human and fully divine. Jesus came as Emmanuel–God with us. He grew up, lived his life, had siblings and worked. He began ministering to people. He selected His disciples; a group of regular people, much like you and me. He walked, talked, taught, ate and slept. He healed the sick and delivered the afflicted. He also prayed, wept and mourned over the condition of mankind. Jesus, Emmanuel, God with us.
He gave Himself. He is the only One worthy–completely free of sin, spot or blemish–to be offered as The Sacrifice on our behalf. He died. He was buried. He rose from the dead. His disciples saw Him as the resurrected, risen Savior. Before He ascended to Heaven, He made a promise to send a Comforter. That Comforter is the very essence of Himself, His Holy Spirit, who dwells within us.
Jesus, through the power and presence of His Holy Spirit, is still Emmanuel, God with us because He dwells within us!! Click To Tweet
What’s more is that I(we) did not have to ask Him to make this sacrifice. He chose to give Himself before I knew I needed Him.
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit–fruit that will last–and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. ~John 15:16
He promises to be near to us, to reveal His presence to us when we ask. We are taught this from the apostle James when he stated, ”Come near to God and he will come near to you.” He goes on to tell us we can be clean before the Lord when we, through the blood of Jesus, “Wash our [your] hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.” (James 4:8)
When I seek Him and draw myself near to Him;
He will draw near to me and direct my path.
He will show me His will and purpose for my life.
He will enable be to produce the fruit that will last. Love.Joy.Peace. Patience.Kindness.Goodness.Gentleness.Faithfulness.Self-control. (Galatians 5:22)
He will inspire me to move forward to fulfill that purpose.
It’s time. Let’s go!!
