'That the end we
ought to propose to ourselves is to become, in this life, the most perfect
worshippers of GOD we can possibly be, as we hope to be through all eternity.
That the greater
perfection a soul aspires after, the more dependent it is upon Divine grace.'
The above quotes are
from - Practice the Presence of God -
Brother Lawerence
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Yesterday we studied
the truth that we need to truly live for our Heaven Home and we need to live
for it RIGHT NOW. We can't wait until we are dying to give up all our cherished
vices. We can't wait until we truly believe that Christ's second coming is imminent,
to stop living for this world. No, we
can't take ourselves out of this world and our God can't take us out of this
world.
Jesus prayed to our
Heavenly Father-
Joh 17:15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out
of the world…
We are NOT going to
be taken out of this world, we have to live in this world filled with evil,
filled with sin, filled with temptation, filled with lusts, filled with all
that would keep us separated from our Father God, our Creator, from love. And I'm not going to bother with the WHYS, we
know why. We know that mankind chose sin over love and we, like it or not,
understand it or not, inherited this world through them. We also inherited a
chance for REDEMPTION. One was not
without the other- EVER, NOT EVER! When
sin separated God and man- a way for redemption was created, in fact it was
IMPLEMENTED because it had been created before mankind existed. REDEMPTION.
Yes, we must live in
this world, but we must live FOR another world.
We have to take
stock of our lives and continuously ask ourselves if we are seeking to become
the most perfect worshippers of God that we can be, because this is our END
GAME. Being PERFECT WORSHIPPERS of GOD is our END, our ETERNITY! If you do NOT want to be a perfect worshipper
of God, then you are NOT seeking heaven as your home. If you WANT to be this perfect worshipper of
God BUT find yourself failing over and over, find that Satan is trying to
convince you that you don't want this at all, it's because he seeks to have you
rely on your feelings of desire as the want and not the knowledge beyond the
feeling as the want. Our failing is our
flesh nature, our succeeding is our submission to God. When we fail, we FALL before the THRONE and
seek forgiveness.
'That the greater
perfection a soul aspires after, the more dependent it is upon Divine grace.'
If you are dependent
upon someone for something that means you are counting of them in some way. If
you grow MORE dependent upon someone, you are counting on them even more. If
you are completely dependent upon someone, you are counting on them for EVERYTHING.
When we strive
against sin, truly aspiring after the perfection of our Savior to have Christ
in us, to be perfect worshippers of God, then we have to realize that we are
going to grow more and more dependent upon DIVINE GRACE!
Please Father,
please teach us to be Yours now in this world, for Your world to come! Please!
More tomorrow by
Your grace and love.
All through Jesus
Christ our Lord and Savior!
AMEN!
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