God Is Always Working

        

“Be careful not to forget the covenant of the LORD your God that he made with you; and make an idol for yourselves in the shape of anything that he has forbidden you. For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.” Deuteronomy 4:23-24

I was never made to worship myself. Not my feelings, insecurities, fears, wants, desires, or cares of this world were never mine to worship. I used to hear that God was a jealous God but never fully grasped that. He is jealous because of His great love for me. He never wanted me to show my love and devotion to anyone else but Him alone. He never once asked me to step before Him, yet my flesh gravitates there every single day. As I was made by the Created, I am still the created and it is my choice what and who I choose to give my devotion to.

“Faith in God is belief, understanding, acceptance of that which is real, actual, and unchanging. Faith in God supersedes emotion. It is separate. Faith in God is a choice to believe in spite of what we see and what we feel. Faith understands that the temporal is temporary, but that God is working inside and outside and through the temporal, in an invisible thing called his kingdom and that kingdom is the only reality that matters. Emotions are fickle, faith is steady.” (Brian Enis)

What happens when we get a hold of the truth that we were made to have a relationship with the One True God? This above quote is from someone I have met in the last few months. We never even knew one another until we started reading the word of God together. But this person was changed because of the radical unrelenting love of Jesus. Someone who claimed to be atheist stumbled into the grace of God in a place that he despised. He didn’t know that day that he was going to encounter the Living Presence that would begin to light a fire within him, but God did. And the result is a life that is changed because of a God who never wavered. It has always been about Restoration. He is jealous for us because of His love and compassion for us. He restores us to become more like Jesus. The ongoing process of renewing our hearts and minds every single day.

Ask the Holy Spirit where you haven’t allowed God to be first. Surrender that to Him. 

Father,

You are a good Faithful Father; you give us a choice of what we choose to worship. Worshiping you above all the other gods give you the FULL access that you desire. Holy Spirit renew a steadfast spirit within us to keep declaring and proclaiming your truth with boldness in the middle of all our feelings. You are always working Jesus and when we allow you to continue that work within us it produces your Peace and Assurance and Steadfastness. We are created to live with a Kingdom mindset so that others can know your love Jesus.

Amen