Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Worried? That Gives You Nothing

Jesus engaged us to think, asking:
And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?”

This is a wonderful Word of God. A Word often quoted, yet rarely applied.  Anxious is to be nervous, worried, concerned, uneasy, … the opposite of clam, the peace God gives us.
 
We don't seem to know how to fully live in Biblical humility (complete reliance on God) and surrender.  Nor do we “receive” into our very being the fullness of assurance in the blessed hope, verses such as Jerimiah 29:11, the power of prayer—God’s promise that it is answered, the exercise of prayer, and indeed the focus to pray at an intense level in the Spirit.  And, lastly, we believe that we’re to have a faith for salvation in a simplistic form as a child would; but, we can’t do so with all of the before mentioned empowerment that comes with salvation.  Receive the blessing, not things; receive the blessing of the Holy Spirit who seals us into salvation and hope—removing anxiety and our self-reliance. 

Uptight, worried?  Jesus reminds us:
that isn’t going to do you any good.

Through the Cross,
Owen <><

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