Life....to the Fullest

John 12:24-25                 “Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. He who loves his life looses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal.” At Calvary, Jesus, as the Grain of Wheat, died and rose again. And in His resurrection He brought forth much fruit-us (Rom. 6:5). "When I come to see my position in Christ I begin to experience the benefit of all that I am in Him. My daily state is developed from the source of my eternal standing. More and more the Lord is showing me that through the exercise of faith, my eternal position (source) affects my daily condition, but in no way does my condition affect that heavenly position.  When I concentrate on my condition, I am not living by faith but by feelings and appearances. The inevitable result is that I become increasingly self-conscious and self-centered...

Commit your works to the LORD And your plans will be established. (Proverbs 16:3 NASB) Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, and He will do it. (Psalms 37:5 NASB) Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken. (Psalms 55:22 NASB) In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight. (Proverbs 3:6 NASB) "But he who listens to me shall live securely And will be at ease from the dread of evil." (Proverbs 1:33 NASB) Jesus speaks. He said that those who belong to Him hear His voice(John 10). But will I listen? Will I commit my way? My works? Will I cast my burden? Acknowledge Him in all my ways?  Jesus cares...That is why He continually asks me to cast, commit, acknowledge, and listen. Elizabeth Elliot said, "He makes us wait. He keeps us on purpose in the dark beyond the moment.  He makes us walk when we want to run, lie down when we want to walk, run when we want only to walk, for he h...

    Thought I would share something my mama read this morning written by an American missionary.  Her husband and four other young husband were killed by the tribe God sent them to with the gospel.  They each left behind a wife and young children.  Two of those wives and their children went to that same tribe not long after to finish what their husbands had attempted and God protected them. The very men who had speared their husbands received the gospel and testified they had seen angels hovering over their dead bodies. The wives lived among them for some years working to translate a Bible in their language. This is from a devotional of one of those wives.  The Danger of Not Knowing God... We are meant to be witnesses for God - people who have seen and known Him and are willing to speak of what they see and know. Sometimes there is danger for such people - as in Russia, where it can mean forced labor, banishment, death.  In China in the early 1930s a m...