I have times when I am exasperated and full of fear, in these
times, I cannot muster the courage to free me from fear.
It strikes me that I am dead, and this fear
is what is crippling me on the inside.
But this is not the truth, when it comes to
sin, I am no longer affected by it. Not that I do not go on sinning, or that my
behavior is not sinful, but being Christ’s I am no longer of this world, I have
been brought into the reign of grace. This is what Paul speaks of when He
addresses the Romans, to sin no more. (Romans 6:1)
What truth this is! I am free! Free from
the taunts of the enemy, the condemnations, the doubts, the disasters. They can
all come upon me, God does not save me from them, but in this I have great
assurance, that I can reign with Him.
I have been thinking lately about how our
sin is a crippling effect on God’s own glory. This is what it says, doesn’t it?
That we have fallen from the glory of God, in fact, we before Christ came and
saved us, were under the wrath of God because of unrighteousness and
ungodliness, because we suppress the truth of God, and worship a lie.
To this God announces a very clarion call,
“By no means will you sin” When I am afraid, I am unable to do what God is
asking, because I have put fear before my obedience to Him. This runs in
contrary to our discipleship. If we continue to say no to the prompting of the
Holy Spirit, we are saying yes to disobedience. Before I continue I want to
make something clear. Sin and death are diametrically opposed to this new way
of life that we live in God. It is because he loves us that he freed us for our
good. Anyone who comes to God then is a believer of the truth, because the
truth is what makes someone free.
I want to and choose to obey God, even the
things that are hard and difficult, because I love Him. This is quite
impossible to live if you have never known the awakening power of the Holy
Spirit, to change your heart and enlighten your conscience. The very fact that
you can love God and choose to follow Him, shows that you are on the right
path. But we still have much sorrows to face before entering the Kingdom of
God. It is in these times, that we need much courage, and tenacity, to take
what has been given to us, through the Holy Spirit, and apply faith.
God says that faith is needed to believe
that God exists and that he rewards us. I want to assure you that if you hold
true to God in Christ, and do all that he wants, you will be loved by Him and
you will come into His Kingdom. Take what you have been given as a deposit and
ask for more, so that you can be mature in Him and know the graces of our Lord
even more – He is just asking of you to take the same frame of mind towards Him
and know that He is faithful, and so do it. Wage a war against sin, and the
enemy, preach the gospel and know His healing touch. Know His love, these are
all things that the Holy Spirit teaches you. It is all in Him to live the life
that is Holy. In this confidence go and take the world for Him, for what you
know of Him is true, because He has given you the Spirit of Truth.
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