Reflections

I would like to take this opportunity and share some insights that God placed in my heart over this past weekend. I was reminded that God is always revealing Himself through His Word and through the unction of the Holy Spirit. Do I truly allow the Word of God to do its work in my life or do I just read the Word of God because I am instructed to do so? Do I realize the the Word of God speaks life and that the Word of God is alive and powerful? Hebrews 4:12a, "For the Word of God is living and powerful..."(NKJV). How can we do what we need to do for God without the power of the Word? Paul challenges us to be "imitators of God as dear children" (Ephesians 5:1, NKJV). But we can not fulfill this challenge without revelation. We must allow the Spirit to reveal to us how we should be living. The Word of God reveals Christ to us and Christ at work in our lives directs our steps so that we can living pleasing to God. Do you see the need for the Word of God to play an important role in our lives? Many of us feel the desire to become what God has called us to be but we hear the whispers of the enemy that it is impossible to reach that goal. But the Word of God and the Spirit of God working in our hearts can bring that longing in our heart to completion. We must allow the Word to perform its complete work in our hearts removing those things that need to be removed and adding those things that need to be added. I for one believe that God can fulfill in us the promise that He gave through Paul in Philippians 1:6, "being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ" (NKJV). Walk in the strength of God throughout this day as well as the remainder of your days. Rejoice in the fact that God's Word is at work in your heart.