Tuesday, November 1, 2016

God wills that we be attached to him.

'People of the world cannot understand why; only the believer who is losing himself gradually into the life of God can comprehend its meaning. Who can appreciate God’s asking Abraham to sacrifice Isaac whom God Himself had first given? Those who apprehend God’s heart make no attempt to cling to God-imparted gifts; rather do they desire to rest in God, the Giver of all gifts.

God wills for us to be attached to nothing aside from Him, whether it be man or a thing or even something conferred on us by Himself. Many Christians are quite disposed to leave Ur of the Chaldees, but few there be who can see the need to sacrifice on Mount Moriah what God has given.

This is one of the penetrating lessons of faith and relates to our being united with God. He requires His children to forsake everything that they may be wholly His.'  Excerpt from - The Spiritual Man- by Watchman Nee


This is BIBLICALLY based.

Mat 19:16  And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? 
Mat 19:17  And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. 
Mat 19:18  He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, 
Mat 19:19  Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 
Mat 19:20  The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet? 
Mat 19:21  Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. 
Mat 19:22  But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions. 

Go sell what thou hast.

The young man had A LOT to sell and he deemed all that wealth, all those possessions worth more than Jesus. 

We comprehend this and even with our lesser possessions we are loathed to give them up.  And our personal possessions that could be classified as people we hold dear can we give them up? Does our Savior want us to give up everything? That sounds cultish to us doesn't it? Giving up everything and then what? Following Jesus.  Not everyone is called to step out of their lives and into that sort of life. But how do we know? Is giving up everything a HEART/SPIRIT choice but not a literal choice?

More on ALL this tomorrow by the GRACE of our LORD.

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