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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