Good
Morning All,
Galatians 5:25; “If we live
by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.”
A little boy was sound asleep in his
bed when his mother came up to wake him.
“Get up Timmy; it is time to go to school.” The little boy woke up and looked at his
mother in total amazement; “you mean I got to keep going, I thought I learned
it all yesterday!” There are many times
in our lives when we may feel the same way; I thought I did that
yesterday. You mean I have to do it
again tomorrow and the next day as well?
Sometimes we feel like little Timmy; we just want to roll over and go
back to sleep.
Sometimes we may even feel that way in our
faith life. Yet Scriptures tells us
something a little different. Our faith
life is a process not an event. It is
not even a series of events. It is a
lifetime journey that never stops or takes a break or time off. God calls us, as his children, to a lifetime
of faith. He does not want us to
schedule our faith. On Fridays I will
have compassion, on Mondays I will have joy, on Tuesday I will love but I get
Wednesdays and every other weekend off; that is not what a life of faith
means. A life of faith is a continual
process of God’s mercy alive and active in our heart and in our life.
This helps us when we don’t “feel” like we
are loved or that we are close to God.
Faith is not dependent upon your feeling. God’s mercy is not dependent upon your
feeling. God’s mercy is dependent on
God. God’s grace is dependent on God;
neither depends upon us. We have God’s
promise to never abandon us or stray from us or to leave us alone. We can always trust and know that this is
true even if we don’t “feel” like it. We
have God’s sacred oath on this.
So, God encourages us and desires for us
that we live each day in total communion with Him and that we live each day in
faith with Him. Will we always
succeed? No, we will slip and fall occasionally,
but we are to struggle onward, seeking his grace and knowing that His mercy is
always there for us. Yet God encourages
us to live each day in faith for Him and in service to Him. It is not to be a once in a while event but a
continual process of living in prayerful conversation with Him. We are to continually live out our life in
the compassionate and loving service that God desires us to live. It is through the Holy Spirit that God gives
us the strength to live this faith filled process.
There will be slips and falls along the way,
but the journey goes on and God grace is continually poured out upon your whole
body and soul. He daily restores us by
his forgiveness so that we may continue our journey, freed from the slavery of
sin and the devil; to live a new life in Him.
Gracious Lord, you are the
shepherd who leads me down the path of righteousness. Keep me in your flock that I may long serve
you all day. Guide me by your grace and
favor to be the child that you desire me to be.
Show me your ways and pour out your Spirit in my life that I may boldly
walk the path that you have laid out for me.
In the precious name of Jesus, we pray, amen.
God’s
Peace,
Pastor
Bret
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