Our minds are clouded
Our vision is blurred
Our hearing is dull . . .
We have lost our way.
Help us, Holy Spirit, to see clearly.
Unstop our ears and open our understanding.
The things of this world have distracted us.
Our pursuits have kept us from you.
We are lost and don't know it.
Give us more grace, Lord, to forsake everything
for the cause of Christ.
You are the pearl of great price. You are worth it.
We leave it all to follow You.
Therefore,
"Let us throw off everything that hinders,
and the sin that so easily entangles us,
and run with perserverance
the race marked out for us.
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus,
the author and perfecter of our faith . . ."
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
Falling Short
The well-known scripture in Romans declares that we have all sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God.
Have you ever wondered what it means to FALL SHORT of His Glory? To fall short of something means we have not measured up or we have not reached our goal. Our goal should be to become like Christ, yet no one is righteous, no one understands and no one seeks God. We have turned away from God and become worthless.
The only way we can become righteous is through faith in what Christ has accomplished for us on the cross. He paid the penalty of our wickedness so that we will not fall short of God's glory. He has made a way for us to become the righteousness of Christ and live forever in His presence.
God's intention for us is to share in His glory by becoming like Him in His Holiness. There is only one way we can live a Holy life - through the empowering and infilling of the Holy Spirit. We will never overcome the desires of this world and the temptations of our flesh without His grace. We need Him. He alone is our hope of Glory.
As believers, we must depend on the Holy Spirit to shape us into something that we are not!
Christ in us is our hope of Glory. Everything that we face in this world right now is pressing us into God, forcing us to rely on Him as we should, and transforming us into His image.
Give in to His pressing. Allow the potter to shape His vessel into His glory. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all! (2 Cor 4:17)
Have you ever wondered what it means to FALL SHORT of His Glory? To fall short of something means we have not measured up or we have not reached our goal. Our goal should be to become like Christ, yet no one is righteous, no one understands and no one seeks God. We have turned away from God and become worthless.
The only way we can become righteous is through faith in what Christ has accomplished for us on the cross. He paid the penalty of our wickedness so that we will not fall short of God's glory. He has made a way for us to become the righteousness of Christ and live forever in His presence.
God's intention for us is to share in His glory by becoming like Him in His Holiness. There is only one way we can live a Holy life - through the empowering and infilling of the Holy Spirit. We will never overcome the desires of this world and the temptations of our flesh without His grace. We need Him. He alone is our hope of Glory.
As believers, we must depend on the Holy Spirit to shape us into something that we are not!
Christ in us is our hope of Glory. Everything that we face in this world right now is pressing us into God, forcing us to rely on Him as we should, and transforming us into His image.
Give in to His pressing. Allow the potter to shape His vessel into His glory. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all! (2 Cor 4:17)
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