Wednesday, August 10, 2005

All of me none of Christ- None of me and All of Christ

How often do we put ourselves at the altar wanting to offer all of ourselves to God and find yet we're still very much the same? Tears streaming down our cheeks and eyes all welled up,red and swollen and yet walking outta church fearing that we will fall back into our carnal self. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that,you acknowledged you are very much yourself, frail n weak like every other human capable of sin.We walk back still very much as humans from the altar but we have left a part of ourselves,a decision to fellowship with the almighty God through the communion with His Holy Spirit, He forgives us time and time again for the very reason to have us bring ourselves in an acknowledgement of our need of Him to live through us knowing very well the the self is ever so willful against even to the gentle prompting of the Spirit inside of us.
17For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. (Galatians 5:17)

It is by the recognition of our very own filth and weakness then that we are made strong through Him and in our Lord Jesus. It is an everyday thing to lay own flesh down on the cross of Jesus of whom had carried it first taking for us the yoke of heaviness that which is the very weight of sin, but a yoke that is light which is His righteousness. Not that it is easy to live a holy and upright life from then on but we can stand with such a confidence at the throne of grace, why? because We have the the confidence to come before the throne of grace to ask in all our lack and in all our weaknesses, the strength to stand and with His immeasurable love cast out all fear that is within us of falling back into our sinful nature, we can make a decision to live a Holy life for the glory of God, radiating the very likeness of Christ's Holiness not of one incapable of sinning but one that is capable of not sinning,who knows our every shortcomings and yet His grace will always be sufficient for us. It is a matter of a decision to desire His Holiness in our lives and live it! We have to do what we can do and God will do what we cannot do in this like that of Jesus having to ask the people roll away the stone,something they can do and Jesus did what they can't by raising Lazarus from the dead~ something I learnt from listening to a City Harvest Sermon by Ps Kong Hee. There is a part we have to play in His Kingdom, not working for salvation but We attain our salvation to do great works through Jesus Christ our all in all.
When we are so full of ourselves, it directly implies there is no space for Christ to live in us, when there is still alot leiz....okay there is abit of Him.When there is abit of ourselves, there is more of Him in us but when we put down our the entirety of who we are before God and take our the cross, a decision to put our very self to death and have His Spirit dwell within us, He will not just fill us to our capacity we thought we are made of...the moment we accept the Lordship of Christ and obey Him, put off our old self and put on our new self which is the righteousness of Christ Jesus, redeemed child of the most high God, We'll have an unlimited access into all that He is and has installed for us being poured out in all His power

20Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us ( Ephisians 3:20)

And to think people always equate this approval of God and His anointing on certain people exclusively when actually it is all about you choosing to live a life that is all about JESUS by knowing Him through an intimate relationship He had purposed and called us for and that when exalt Him, He will draw all men to Himself through us His broken vessels for Him to flow through and influence those around us!









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