God the everlasting, always with us!

Deuteronomy 31.8

"It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed." (ESV)

Think about that our God has made this promise for us in Christ, to never leave us. Whenever we feel like it or not, he will be with us, and he will also help us on our journey. Some of us may be a little frightened and thinking: "Will he watch every step that I go?". Yes he will! This is positive news, if you have accepted his son as Lord and Saviour, he will never leave you or forsake you.

We should always keep this in our mind, that he is always with us, thru the Holy Spirit, that dwells in us. God can't lie, or go back on his promises. So if we welcome Jesus into our lives, his spirit is with us whereever we go. When we wake up, or during the day, or thru the night he is still there. What an awesome God he is!

Let us always remind us, when we are feeling lonely, that Christ was hung on the cross outside the city, away from his people, to die for you and me. So we will never have to be lonely again, thru his grace, because he will be with us always! 

Christ in me

Isaiah 43.18-19

"¹⁸ Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. ¹⁹ See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.." (NIV)

Jesus has fulfilled every desire you and I might have. It means he will give us all that we need if we pray in accordance to his will. If we have sickness, sorrow, shame, guilt, pain; Jesus wants to to save us or to help us to raise us upon all the circumstances we might face. 

 (The lyrics to this song is given at the bottom of this blog post. )

He wants for us to renew our mindsets, and help us to let go of the past, things that might weigh us down. We can't do this by our own strength. We need the Holy spirit to guide us. But he is more than able and he also wants us to grow in wisdom and truth. He actually also gives to us the desire to seek His face and strive for holiness!

Glory to God, he will help us with all our needs! And all glory belongs to him forever and ever! 

In Christ alone

In Christ alone my hope is found,
He is my light, my strength, my song;
this Cornerstone, this solid Ground,
firm through the fiercest drought and storm.
What heights of love, what depths of peace,
when fears are stilled, when strivings cease!
My Comforter, my All in All,
here in the love of Christ I stand.

In Christ alone! who took on flesh
Fulness of God in helpless babe!
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones he came to save:
Till on that cross as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied -
For every sin on Him was laid;
Here in the death of Christ I live.

There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain:
Then bursting forth in glorious Day
Up from the grave he rose again!
And as He stands in victory
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me,
For I am His and He is mine -
Bought with the precious blood of Christ.

No guilt in life, no fear in death,
This is the power of Christ in me;
From life's first cry to final breath.
Jesus commands my destiny.
No power of hell, no scheme of man,
Can ever pluck me from His hand;
Till He returns or calls me home,
Here in the power of Christ I'll stand.

Life changing message!

Titus 3.4-7

"⁴ But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, ⁵ he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, ⁶ whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, ⁷ so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life." (ESV)

The good tidings, the gospel. Is it too good to be true? I hope that every person on this earth will hear about this good news, that not comes from this earth but from heaven. Even though many know about Christianity, most people haven't got the real message. It has nothing to do with the work of man, but the work of God! He has fulfilled every promise! Still when it comes to the acceptance of the message, it's the matter of life and death!

There is an eternal life for every one that accept Jesus Christ as lord and saviour. So let's all be more bold about spreading this great tidings out to our friends and neighbours. Our lives is also perhaps the only testimony of Jesus some people will see, so let's all focus to live closer to Jesus, so that we may reflect more and more of his glorious light.  

He is our hope, and he also gives us hope for our future, even after death! Even though we all deserved to die, God wanted all of us to live. Still God is a just God, and our sin needed to be paid for. That's why he sent his only Son to die for us. He paid for our sin, so we can live free of guilt. We are justified by God himself! It doesn't make any sence? Well it's not for us to try to justify ourself, when God has not condemned us! But if we choose to live under our own justice, God will not push his mercy upon us. He will let us live the way we want, but then we have to reap what we sow, and that will lead to our own death!

So let's all choose God's way for us, and live in humility. Let's accept his daily mercy upon our lives, and choose his ways instead of our own way! His ways for our lives, are full of joy unspeakable, and of (true) life!

Live close to God!

James 4.5

"Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us”?." (ESV)

We have many needs. We need food everyday. We also need social fellowship, without nearness we die. But still we are more than our body and soul. Our spirit is in another dimension. But in this dimension is where closeness to God is hidden. 

Who is the lover of your soul? There can only be one master in our lives. It is either God or an idol. God wants of us to just be close with him. As a bride is close to his husband. But to be close to God, we also need to be close to our brothers, the rest of his body. In that way the spirit can dwell richly among us..
God calls us out of isolation. He wants fellowship with us. When we have fellowship with each other in truth, that is also one way of having fellowship with God. God brings new grace each day, let's respond to his invitation in living in close fellowship with Him, the lover of our soul.

Be Still my soul, my heart be still, and know you are God.

Psalm 131.2

But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother;
like a weaned child is my soul within me.

How hard is it to find time to be calm and letting go of all other distractions in life. It's easy to be too occupied by either some sort of activities or of stuff that is total meaningless in the long run. But the truth is that it is good for us to just be quiet, and place our worries or accusations on God. He can listen to everything that we want to say to him. He also wants to do more than listen, he wants to speak to us, from his loving heart towards us.

It's important to find time to be alone with God, so that we can hear his calm gentle voice speak to us. Specially in days with so much going on, we need this more. But there is a fight in us, just as with the child to become proper weaned, it's a process going on in our lives to let things go, and just seek fellowship with God.

God want us to grow spiritually, and not remain a baby the rest of our lives. To do that, we must first of all invite him in to our lives, but we must also seek him on a daily basis, and want to become more like him, and be in his presence.

God bless you!

Be filled with the spirit!

 Isaiah 40:31

"But those who keep waiting for the LORD will renew their strength. Then they'll soar on wings like eagles; they'll run and not grow weary; they'll walk and not grow tired." (ISV)

Can we say: "I charged my mobile phone last week, now I don't need to charge it anymore?" Of course not, and it's the same way regarding our spiritual life. It needs maintenance and care. It doesn't matter what you experienced yesterday, to day is a new dag, and we need to keep our spirit fresh, praying, that is having fellowship with our best friend, Jesus.

If we neglect this, God will not condemn us, but patiently wait for us to again draw near. But our inside will after a while dry up, and we will later drift away from the intim relationship we had.

Let us draw near, while it is day, and seek the Almighty's face. He has then promised to give us strength, to conquer new land, without getting tired.

A life free of bitterness!

James 12.15

"See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled" ( ESV)

Can a day pass us by, without us even showing some sort of positiveness, or even a smile in our face? If negative thinking is all that consumes us, we must be aware so that we do not break the spirit to those that are close to us.

If this is you, or you have this tendency, we must repent from this wrong behaviour. God wants us to live in close fellowship with Him, and how can we live close to God whom we do not see, while we hate our brother whom we see? It's so important to learn to forgive those that hurts us.

How can we start to turn this wrong mentality? By simply start thanking God for everything that He has given us, and for all or little we may have in this world. When we start praising God for who He is, and not look at our self, and keep doing so, negative thoughts will have to flee from us, seeking some other place to rest.