Chosen by God Know that the Lord has set apart the godly for himself; the Lord will hear when I call to him. Psalm 4:3 God chooses His children for Himself. Our relationship with our Lord is all about Him. It is all about His desires, His pleasures, His vision, His goals and His will. When we came to God we came empty handed clinging only to the cross of Christ. So in our surrender to our Savior we emptied ourselves and received Jesus. We went from self-sufficient to God dependent. We went from flesh patterns to spiritual habits. We went from ungodly to godly. We went from an impersonal relationship with a distant God to an intimate relationship with our Heavenly Father up close and personal. God chose us for Himself. Now in our engagement with eternity we want what God wants. Our passions have been purged from the temporal to the eternal. We get excited over what excites God. Furthermore, He wants us to know and not forget these basic tenets of Christianity. He knows we need to know. He knows that we need to know because we forget and revert back to beliefs that rival God’s ownership of our lives. Because He owns us, He owns everything about us. You may be struggling with traveling overseas for the sake of His cause. But Jesus commands are clear that we are to go into all the world and make disciples. Or you may be too busy to build a relationship with your neighbors. But our sensitive Savior implores us to love our neighbors. Our words may say one thing but our behavior is what brands us. What can we do today to set ourselves apart as His? Our distinctive may to reflect a patient attitude, a caring comment or sinless anger toward hypocrisy. We are at His disposal to carry our His desires. This is His expectation. Moreover God offers a clear channel of communication for His children. He hears when we call to Him. Prayer is not passive for our Heavenly Father. He is interested in our intense circumstances and our heart felt fears. Because we are His, He listens to and answers our prayers. It is not always an answer as we think it needs to be answered. He defines His will for us as much with his answers of ‘no’ as He does with His answers of ‘yes’. Our prayers are a response to the love, respect, dependency and trust we have in our Heavenly Father. Because we are His we come to Him often as does a healthy relationship with a child and parent. We have no need to fear for our Heavenly Father is near. He is near to listen and to love. He is near to forgive and heal. He is a prayer away. The more we constantly converse with Christ surely we will speak all the more boldly to men. Prayer is a purging and a preparation. It is God’s platform to launch us out into fields that are ripe for harvest. It is a preparation for engagement in the lives of people. Prayer fills us with love so we can be emptied of love. We are chosen by God. What He chooses He makes holy. We are godly because we are God’s. It is holiness that makes us fit to live with holy God forever. Without holiness we cannot see our Savior (Hebrews 12:14). Boldness follows seeing Jesus. Because He was poured out we are sold out!
Posted on: Sun, 04 Jan 2015 17:48:22 +0000
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