Hebrews 10 tells us, "Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, . . . let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water" (10:19, 22).
But while we should have confidence and we should enter into God's presence, few Christians do. Why is that? Why do so many of us settle for far less spiritually than we could have?
Remember what Tozer said: "The world is perishing for lack of the knowledge of God and the church is famishing for want of His presence. The instant cure of most of our religious ills would be to enter the Presecne in spiritual experience, to become suddenly aware that we are in God and that God is in us. This would lift us out of our pitiful narrowness and cause our hearts to be enlarged."
Read Revelation 4:11 and consider ways to glorify God. Look up each of these verses and meditate on it: Psalm 86:11-12, Romans 15:5-6, 1 Corinthians 6:20, 2 Corinthians 9:13, 1 Peter 2:12, 4:16, 1 Corinthians 10:31, Psalm 115:1.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Chapter 2 "The Blessedness of Possessing Nothing"
You can say, "oh, I have turned everything over to the Lord and He controls my life and my things." But do you really practice that? If we knowingly hold back anything, we are still in control.
We can say, "But God controls 95 percent of my life, so He is really the One who is in control." Not true. If we are holding anything back, then we are in control, for when we say, "God, you can have 95 percent of me; I'll just hold on to this 5 percent," we are actually saying that we are still the one who decides what to give and what not to give! We are still the controller.
Possess nothing! Let no "thing" posses you! Give it all to the Lord for His control!
Read Matthew 19:16-30. What does this passage teach about possessing things? Does it really teach that we have to give up everything we have to get to heaven? How do we give up the things that possess us? What does this passage teach about the "What's in it for me?" attitude so prevalent today?
We can say, "But God controls 95 percent of my life, so He is really the One who is in control." Not true. If we are holding anything back, then we are in control, for when we say, "God, you can have 95 percent of me; I'll just hold on to this 5 percent," we are actually saying that we are still the one who decides what to give and what not to give! We are still the controller.
Possess nothing! Let no "thing" posses you! Give it all to the Lord for His control!
Read Matthew 19:16-30. What does this passage teach about possessing things? Does it really teach that we have to give up everything we have to get to heaven? How do we give up the things that possess us? What does this passage teach about the "What's in it for me?" attitude so prevalent today?
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