2 Corinthians 6:9-11 The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully…
We’re not just “trying” to PASSIONATELY PURSUE the Lord. We are “training” to passionately pursue the Lord! If you just try to bench press your weight it can be very discouraging. But you can train to bench press your weight and make progress to get there. Training physically and training spiritually have a lot of resemblance.
We’ve come into a season of KINGDOM ADVANCE! Acceleration is taking place, and this requires greater precision in our pursuit or we can more rapidly deviate from God’s intended pathway for our lives and for our legacy. Foundational truths matter more than we may realize to hold us on course. So, we return to the five foundational truths we know God has given us as a church family to focus on and to grow in together.
Jesus came bringing God’s Kingdom into the world where many kingdoms exist, and this means war!
“Women are very complicated!” I’ve heard many guys make this statement over the years. The fact is we are all deeply complicated. We all have a lot more going on inside of us than any of us realize. My daughter, Lexi, sat silently in the passenger seat on our drive to take her driver’s test. I asked her, “What’s going through your mind right now?” Her response makes me laugh when I think of it even today, “Ahhhhhh!!!!!”. We both laughed for the rest of the drive.
You are actually designed by God to produce things that cannot be contained by your imagination because they are to be born from your spirit. Eph 3 speaks of how we are designed by God to be filled with all the fullness of God. This is mind-blowing and that’s probably why the very next verse speaks of how God is able to do exceedingly abundantly all we can ask or imagine, beyond our wildest imagination! This is why it is so important to develop your spirit man and to be healthy and strong! We must learn to give energy and attention to the spiritual atmosphere of your life!
God wants to have deep, meaningful conversation with us. Isn’t that exciting? What does that look like? What is it like to have a conversation with one who (according to Ps 139) knows your words before you speak them and your thoughts before you think them? You can fool all of the people some of the time; and some of the people all of the time. But you can’t fool God anytime, ever.
As we celebrate Christmas we celebrate the reality that unto us a child is born and a son is given. God is so conversational that He sent His Son as “the word made flesh”. It’s almost as if he was saying, “I’d like to have a word with you, forever!” We are created for conversation with God and others.
We’ve entered into a new season together where we will begin exploring deeper more meaningful conversation with God and with people. Words are powerful! God created everything and sustains it all by his word. God sent his WORD to redeem us and awaken life-giving conversation that transforms us and everyone around us. In this season will grow in more effective conversation with God and with others.
