Thoughts about John 15:4

"Abide in me, and I in you" (John 15:4, paraphrased)

And so it comes full circle. I have had some thoughts regarding (John 15:4) that it's about making a home for Him. and He being a home to us. Then we don't ask "what pleases God?" for he has already given us Himself. In saying that, I am saying we don't generally give God what He is asking for. We give him everything but that. Remember what it says "I am in you, and you are in me" the secret is that when we continually come to Him, that is the place that we are preparing for Him (alone) And so we "forsake all and think upon Him" this is abandonment.

This is the key to making the way possible for God to give you everything of himself. Understand the analogy. Making a home for Him. He being a home to us. What has he done? He's given us Himself. If we don't want to spend time with Him, what's that to Him? O but He loves it, he loves you spending time with Him. He wants to unveil all His glory to you. He wants to show you the Father's love. He wants to give you access to joy and love in the midst of sorrow, He wants to console you when you mourn, and give you a blessing when people have cursed you, he has given you the secret to eternal life.

The answer is give your heart to Him, the thing that the disciples have that we do not, is that they had a revelation of who this man is. They walked with Him, talked with Him, listened to Him speaking, It was out of this knowledge that they ultimately gave their lives to spreading this good news. You see they had been brought upto it, this whole-hearted and abandonment, because they were waiting for Him, they were waiting patiently and expecting Him.

I think that we have lost sight of the purity of love. How can you imagine a world without God existing? the evidence is out there. In another word, "it is the simple devotion that you give to Him" give your heart to Him. Don't just say it, mean it, base your life around it. this is the secret to making a place for Him to dwell. This means that you will forsake everything else and cling to Him, but I trust that when you authentically experience God, you will see that He is better than anything else.

You see, God is a good God, He is a good good Father. He doesn't give you something that you don't already have. Ask him for it, open your heart to Him, this is the simplest thing on earth to do, you give your heart to Him. There are many things in this life that have taught us about what Fathers are like, but He is not like any Father. He has done this for you. He delights in You. He makes the way possible for you to know Him. this is the secret. Make your decision today, I'm going to live for love. I'm going to make a place for Him to dwell (in all of His glory)

As it happens, I think that he made the way possible for us to know the Father. That's where the treasure lies, esteemed as true sons and daughters of God.

My Heart Burns For You

Here is a song that I pieced together the last few days. It's coming out of a desire to have God knowing that it's not in my hands. Some great things happen when we have such an attitude before God.

My Heart Burns For You

Give credit where credit's due. Feel free to take the song and share it with whoever you want. Copyright Nathan Sinclair 2014

Times with God

Here is a poem that I wrote in my times with God. He's not always there when you come to Him, but surely as you love Him, He will come. That means loving Him is the point in all of our endeavours with Him.

Here is your nearness
Here is your presence
That I maybe like You
Be acquainted with His ebbs and flows
with His coming and His going
Then you will be content
whatever may come or chastise you
If you go, I will love you
If you come, I will still love you
Burn in my heart
let me know the stillness that rewards
Awake my soul
I have remembered I love You
Set a fire inside of me
not of one that I can see
Open my eyes
Let me know the fullness of Your love

You are my Reward

Hello, take a listen to this new song that I wrote! My intention is for you to enter into worship and give glory to God, loving Him and giving your heart to Him. There is no greater JOY imaginable, except for His bodily presence.

You are My reward

Give credit where credit is due. Feel free to share this with anyone that you want to. Copyright Nathan Sinclair 2014

I Will Love You God

Have a listen to this new song that I wrote! My intention is to bring you closer to the heart of God and abandoning all to Him.

I Will Love You God

Give credit where credit is due. Feel free to share this with anyone that you know. Copyright Nathan Sinclair 2014

Let my heart burn

This is a follow up to a post that I read at my friend Sarah Racine's blog, have a look at it before you read this (it's not crucial, but it does connect the two in some way)
I see the bullseye but where are the arrows

That's intense. Thank you Sarah for your zealous turning to the Lord.
I like your point about being single and not having a husband. It reminds me of Amy Carmichael.

I'm just so struck by your words. What is keeping me from going? You know that I love Jesus and I would go anywhere with Him.

It was almost "for Him" and I think of the moravians when I think of their "worth it call" in the lamb receiving the reward for his suffering. But it's also with Him, he doesn't go anywhere without us.

I pray that you too will go with Him. because I've been reading this book by Madame Guyon where she says God puts us through circumstances, only God can be said to have done it. All the trials and pressures that we face are because God wants to be united with us.

I am getting a hold of the why behind that, just like you are, that we will be entirely, intensely passionately betrothed to Him, because he wants us. Don't forget that He is wanting us. That same desire that were his finishing words before He went to the cross, the same heart that beated in Paul as He encouraged the Philippians. What will be too difficult for us if we have the overcoming lamb with us? You see He does put the world map before us. I remember hearing of someone that did that before, and died as he interceded for the lost in those nations.

It's right and true that we would give our little abandoned heart to Him because He knows that it's only in Him that we will fully know what matters most in this life. It's his delight to give us that thing that matters most in life, In fact we who have partnered with Him have seen Him in His glory, even though we despised Him, even though we did not esteem Him. For us who have made the transition from living for ourselves to living for Him, he opens wide the gates of Heaven's heart so that we will never lack, we will be satisfied and sustained in the flow of His lovely torrent.

It must be that we are sustained by His glory, only then we will go. only then will we pour out our hearts to give and not expect repayment, only then will the Bride rise up and count all things as loss for the sake of knowing Him. Only then will we say "we did it for love, there is no cost"

Though i know that your little heart is getting swept away by the torrents of his limitless love, I know that you will not burn out, because you've found a limitless love in giving himself to the lost and abandoned of this world.

I think of that verse in Chapter 50 of Isaiah where he says "I will set my face like flint, I will not be ashamed. He is near that justifies me, who will contend with me?"

Though these verses refer to Jesus, we also know the sufferings of this world and plead and petition God to hear their cries. Just like he did for the down and out of Israel when they were pressured under the yoke of Pharaoh. I pray that you think of Israel who will go through sufferings to receive their glory. Know that God is near to the broken-hearted and his heart breaks for them. He is compassionate.

I think in that is a way forward, we know that His heart is not callous or indifferent to suffering, because He demonstrated His compassion to the very end. He even loved those who were His to the very end. He knows the limits that we can face and does not tempt us, He himself says that we will not be tempted beyond what we can bare, but he will provide a way out for us. I think that speaks of His godliness. He is the Son of God, present with us when we come to Him in prayer.

It makes me think of the arabs in Palestine, and those that should be shown mercy though they are burdened under an oppressive yoke, I think that He will set all things right in His time.

Where am I? well I am burning in my heart, where is that in the world? I will burn for Him just like His heart burns with a fragrant burning - totally whole-hearted in the giving no matter what it is that He is required - His heart bleeds, just as His brow dropped sweats of blood for the broken and down and out.

Let that be the only thing that satisfies you - i Know that it satisfies me, just like James when He embraced the cross because He preached the cross his whole life. May we give the lamb the reward of His sufferings. I'm convinced that what this is is limitless love. We hear his heart when He broke open the declaration "come to the rivers, you who have no money, come buy and eat" because he came to give his life. That then is the motivation that we should be motivated with - His love. When we give our love to Him, we are only doing it as a result of His limitless love for us, and he who is motivated by love is not afraid - we will give great things just like Mary in her alabaster pouring did it all for Him, without fear.

When we are fully aware of His love, then we will turn to Him every time.

God Looks Into Your Heart

Hello, welcome to another devotional for the day 05/05/12 This is because I have a day of rest which I do no work on because I want to enjoy the creation, just like God when He created the earth in 6 days and rested on the seventh (this is where the word Sabbath comes from) While I am unable to refer to my journals that are currently not in my present access, I will share what is on my heart with you.

God really likes You. In fact, it is the most enjoyable thing to Him. He likes you, because you like Him, and because it makes Him smile when you love Him! He looks inside the heart, he's not looking at outward appearances. What he sees is the real you, the genuine, no masks YOU. This means He likes you in your brokenness, he likes you in your frustrations, perplexities, inability. Because you are sincere about loving Him, giving Him your whole heart is where the POWER is.

This is the way the heart works, fire burning, faith affirming, perseverent believing. He does not look at the brokenness, for our sakes, the movements of our hearts are precious to Him.

Take what you have, and give it to Him, so that you can have what he has. He has much better things for us to receive. And it's okay to ask for a burning heart, eyes to see the beauty He sees in us.

I want everyone that reads this to go to their room, and practice God's presence, all that you need in life is found in His presence. what we need is some more FAITH, I am looking for rest in life, well in His Presence is that and then some. He will make His presence flourish in deserts.

Putting your house in order

This season, which started on August 29, and ends on the 7th of October, is part of the Jewish Calendar, called "The Season of Teshuvah" a fourty day period which culminates in Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Succat. It is a house preparation season, putting things in order for God - coming into a time of repentance, turning from sins, to the true God. Here are a few scriptures mentioning Houses in the Bible.

Joshua 24:15 "And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that [were] on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."

Matthew 12:44,45 "Then he says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.' And when he comes, he finds [it] empty, swept, and put in order." (continues on)

Haggai 1:9 "[You] looked for much, but indeed [it came to] little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?" says the LORD of hosts. "Because of My house that [is in] ruins, while every one of you runs to his own house.

What to look forward to

On the way to lunch after Church yesterday, I ended up having a conversation with Lyndon while in the car - which i would like to share with anyone that wants to know. So without further ado... "What to look forward to"

Fasting and praying... is a partnership. How did we start talking about this? Prayer aint even what i'm good at - but i've picked up a fire. it's hot! can i pass it to you! this is hotter than hot potato! The reason I am praying like I do is because God sees that I want Him. If i can say that, who is a machine in doing things and will not stop that's got to count for something. I'm doing what I absolutely love doing and that's all I'm doing! When you fast, don't do it for a purpose. Do it because you want Jesus. In Mark 2:18

"Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?"