In my own life, in my own transformation....behind the scenes....the transformation process can be pretty messy...:) .....It involves ALOT of Afflictions....Tests...and Trials......and in the midst of the pain of the Trial and Affliction....I desperately need God to pour more of Himself into me...His Divine Attributes Please get your Bible and read (2 Peter 1).........“His divine power that has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust. Now for this very reason also applying all diligence in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, and in your godliness, brotherly-kindness, and in your brotherly-kindness, love. For if these qualities are yours and increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.” ...... In partaking of His divine nature.... I am able to become more and more filled with Him and see life and others through His virtues and divine nature.....and be conformed to His image (Philippians 3:10; Romans 8:29)....look at these attributes of God......Faith, Moral Excellence, Knowledge, Self-Control, Perseverance, Godliness, Brotherly-Kindness and Love.....can you see which one that God may be working out in you right now?..... Believe me it is one of them.. These divine attributes are levels that the Lord carries us through to make us more like Him...they just keep building upon one another and filling us up with more of Him..:) But in order for us to be filled up with more of Him, we have to be less and less of us... so the Lord has to prune (John 15) us to cut away the old to make room for the new.... this process may be very painful, but believe me beloved it is worth it..... So you hang on to your faith and keep searching for truth, and pressing into the Lord and His Word...KEEP SOWING the SEEDS of the Word in this trial..in this pain...in this affliction....IT WILL reap a harvest beloved....that affliction is not there because God is mad at you...it is there because He is pleased with you and He wants to see His glory in and through you even more...and that takes pruning...(John 15)...and pruning usually hurts...:( But there is glory on the other side...:) I have recently been studying intensely on ‘Afflictions’...do you know what an affliction is? And that, that affliction has been allowed to be there by God so that He can transform you?..... the verses that the Holy Spirit led me to were not fainting in mind (Hebrews 12:1-2) and fighting The good fight of faith (2 Timothy 4:6-8)…in other words...dont give up! the pain has a purpose! I can see where the Lord has transformed my heart, mind and being, through the pain and suffering (many afflictions). I can relate to what Paul is saying in Romans 8, I do often feel like a sheep who is slaughtered some days all day long... But I know that the Lord is faithful and I know that He loves me very much. I think back to the way that He saved me on those streets in Las Vegas, and the amazing way that He called me out of darkness and gave me life and love, which is something that I never knew before.... The Lord Jesus Christ is everything to me and my heart longs to know Him more and to know and hold the Truth in my heart, and be able to share it with others.... When The Word says that we are crucified with Him (Romans 6:6) I feel that way. I can see where the experiences that the Lord is carrying me through that are very painful and feel as though they truly might kill me, really are killing me (they are crucifying my old nature).... I believe that this crucifixion process(Romans 6: 3-6; Galatians 2:20) is what is conforming me into the image of Christ. (Philippians 3:10; Romans 8:29) .I am daily being crucified and it is a very painful process...and the hope that I have to hold on to is that God has a divine purpose, and it is a gift that He would deem me worthy to fellowship in the sufferings of my Lord....to look and be more like Him....(Romans 8:29; Philippians 3:10)....the process of being conformed to His image is one that is very dear to my heart......I know that every time it happens I am transformed and something very beautiful comes out of all the pain and anguish....so in this I rejoice:) You hold on to your faith in this trial beloved....the Lord is up to something good in your life...:) He loves you so very much...you are the apple of His eye...:) I Love you...:) Deena...
Posted on: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 10:58:01 +0000