So this will be tough to get back into a journal format and really collect my thoughts in a way for readers to enjoy. I would like feedback on ideas of how to write. Journaling or blogging is different from writing a paper for class.
"He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?" I heard this today during a message and i wanted to share what i got. Well first of is this passage is powerful right off that start. God understands our situation as creation, being lost in this darkness. It is important to realize what God has done for us, on which our hopes are built. When Christ took Salvation he did so knowing that even the Father would part from him. The Father offered his Son as a gift to His lost creation. If God so loved His creation He would have offered everything to it, yet did He?? Absolutely, His Son. It is implied that He will give us Christ, for other things are bestowed with him: not only with him given for us, but with him given to us. He will freely give us all things, and all things that He sees to be needful and necessary for us, all good things, and more we should not desire.
Letting go of what we already received is not easy. As people we become comfortable so quickly and want to always be satisfied, its a human trait that we have from our Father. We want to be comfortable, yet God calls us to not be because of our lack of understanding sin. God wants to give us everything and He has, Jesus. Everything is in Christ. Christ wants to continuously give us, yet can our sinful nature hold everything. Imagine trying to hold the water that falls from a storm. Can you hold it?? Don't think so, you are constantly recycling that water for you can only hold so much in your hand. The bigger the shape or hand the more you can hold, but you have a limit. Same concept goes with Christ. We can only hold so much of Him. His love and knowledge is like a drop in the ocean. No way of experiencing Him without letting go of what you have.
Be confident in the good work our Savior has done. We got to let go of what we have in our hands. We got to discover this concept through prayer and the Word of God. To overcome the one way is letting go of your own standards. It is easy to have a concept or vision of a situation, but is it enough? As believers we must let down our situations and look to things above such as Colossians 3 speaks about. In Hebrews 11 it talks about the Saint having faith in what was promised and although they grew old they had faith in God's promise since it was not to be receive in their life time. God knows more and we must let go. The longer you experience something the longer you hold on. We must be disciplined to let go and our Father knows that. Hebrews 12 talks about that and we must know to allow Him in and work.
The second thing is to let go of your environment. Being in church, home, school, work and so on, it is easy to want to be comfortable. It is easy to want a steady schedule. We must let go of being comfortable and accept the ups and downs, not just the mountain peaks of our lives. This is why ministry is so difficult, it takes a humble heart. Ministry in any environment takes lots of strength and every day has enough of its own worries. Matthew 7. We must need daily relationship with Christ. It all comes down to the Word changing you from the inside out to impact others and the environment around you.
It is important to really let go. Its hard. I have a situation right now that seems funny, but me being 20 years of age the wanting to find a spouse has been on the top agendas. I have someone i am considering, but i am being tested in so many ways. I do not want to be seeking my own wants when i already received everything. I got to let go. I really do. The Lord does listen thats why He gave Jesus Christ, his only Son, to the church.
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