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Thursday, January
28, 2010
Drawing The Right Conclusion
James 4:7-8 Submit yourselves therefore
to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (8) Draw nigh to God,
and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify
your hearts, ye double minded. (KJV)
So how can one improve their relationship
with the Lord and get closer to Him? Well, you need to take that step of
faith, and then He draws closer to you. Ever see these people that draw
portraits where they stay seated and focus on the person that they are
drawing, getting all the details? Well it makes it a lot easier to see the
portrait and draw the right resemblance, especially the closer you get.
Psalms 69:16-18 Hear me, O LORD; for thy
lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy
tender mercies. (17) And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in
trouble: hear me speedily. (18) Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it:
deliver me because of mine enemies. (KJV)
You know, when you pray to the Lord,
especially in a time of trouble or need, you sure want His response don’t
you? So how willing are you to respond to Him and the needs of His people
as well? How about the wee hours of the morning when the Lord is calling
you so that you can get a jumpstart in the Word, not only for yourself but
for one of His people? How willing are you to draw near to Him even though
it may not always be convenient to the flesh. I recall someone who did not consider
Calvary to be very convenient either, but followed through with it anyway.
Mark 4:23-25 If any man have ears to
hear, let him hear. (24) And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear:
with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that
hear shall more be given. (25) For he that hath, to him shall be given: and
he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath. (KJV)
Many wonder why their prayer life seems
stale or at a standstill. Well, the simple truth is that they are at a
standstill, no longer drawing closer to the Lord but rather in a holding
pattern, holding out for things in the outward realm rather than the inward
one. Thus why we are instructed to walk by faith and not by sight, or any
other misleading carnal senses that are totally contrary to our Spiritual
insight that we have in Christ.
1 Corinthians 7:34-35 There is difference
also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things
of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that
is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her
husband. (35) And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a
snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon
the Lord without distraction. (KJV)
Some of the desires you are praying
about, is it something that will really draw you closer to the Lord or draw
you away from Him? Some of these people you get associated with are high
maintenance people, like little children always drawing the attention
toward them and away from our Lord. If you are truly going to attend to the
Lord and what He desires in your walk then you will need to erase any
hindrances of the flesh, no matter who or how it manifests.
Proverbs 4:20-22 My son, attend to my
words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. (21) Let them not depart from
thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. (22) For they are life
unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. (KJV)
What has the most attention in your life
today, that which pertains to the temporal, or the eternal? Are you drawing
the right conclusion today on what the Lord is asking of you this day,
right now?
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