We have so many things to be
grateful for. We have so many blessings to thank God for. And last
week we learned that God wants us to thank Him for it. Not
necessarily constantly walking and thanking Him, but living a
lifestyle of gratitude. Waking up in the mornings with a song in
your heart, being grateful that you can get out of the bed and that
you have things to do. What a privilege and an honour to roam this
earth, knowing that God has a plan for you. Thank God for the
opportunity to be able to represent Him today. You are more than
able to, because you have His Spirit inside to help you. Just walk
after His Spirit and do whatever His Spirit would do, then you
cannot go wrong:
"He condemned sin in the flesh,
that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us
who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the
Spirit." Romans 8:4
We can walk according to His
Spirit, because His Spirit has been poured out on us in
abundance:
"But when the kindness and the
love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of
righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He
saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the
Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through
Jesus Christ our Saviour." Titus 3:4-6
He poured out His Spirit on us in
abundance. Notice the word 'abundance'. Isn't that wonderful? He
didn't just give us a trickle of His Spirit, no; He gave us His
Spirit in abundance, until it overflows. We will always have enough
of Him. And because we do, we can do everything He requires of us.
We can have His fruit multiplying within and we can distribute that
fruit to all. We can also live in liberty:
"Now the Lord is the Spirit;
and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." 2
Corinthians 3:17
There is liberty for us. 'Liberty'
here means 'freedom from the dominion of corrupt desires, so that
we can do by the free impulse of the soul what the will of God
requires'. In other words we are free to do what God wants us to
do, we are not obligated anymore to follow the evil powers of this
world as we had to before we were Christians. We are truly free.
Free to follow in His footsteps, free to be like Him in this world,
free to dance, sing and worship Him. We are not bound by rules
anymore; we are free to be like Him in this world. We can come into
His presence at any time; we can bask in His love at any given
moment. I don't think we often realise what a privilege it is that
we are able to do just that. Being in His presence, basking in His
love, is the true answer to all of life's questions, it is true
success.
We can therefore come and worship
Him at any time. What an honour:
"For we are the circumcision
who worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no
confidence in the flesh." Philippians 3:3
We needn't have any confidence in
men, in the flesh. We can worship God, rejoice in Jesus and be free
to be like them. We can walk in His Kingdom and share His love with
all. That is the place God wants us to be and He has given His own
Spirit to us to guide us in all His ways. When we do what He would
have done, we are truly free from this world and its influences and
we can walk as true sons of God with all the blessings and
privileges associated with it.
Thank you Father for the honour and
the privilege of being one with You. We have more than enough and
we rejoice and worship You! You are our God and King and we love
You dearly! Amen