{"id":93,"date":"2012-12-05T17:09:13","date_gmt":"2012-12-05T23:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upwardway.com\/?p=93"},"modified":"2015-01-27T17:11:40","modified_gmt":"2015-01-27T23:11:40","slug":"make-me-yours-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upwardway.com\/?p=93","title":{"rendered":"Make Me Yours"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n
Last time I spoke on \u201cIs Salvation Based On A Single Event<\/a>\u201d, <\/strong>and since then I have begun new subjects only to be brought\u00a0 back to think more on these events in one\u2019s life.\u00a0 A true child of GOD will want to please GOD, not man, but GOD. Not only will that child want to please Him, but He will be glorified one way or the other.\u00a0 He will take the rod out to the ones He loves just as He teaches parents to spare not the rod to their child.\u00a0 The point is, how many whooping\u2019s do we want during lifetime.\u00a0 The word says in Ps. 2:11 \u201cHis rod and His staff comforteth me\u201d.So, one might ask how to avoid His wrath. Yes, GOD is a wrathful and jealous GOD, not just a loving GOD.\u00a0 The first and greatest commandment would seem like a good place to start. We can see this in Mat 22:37\u00a0 \u201cJesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind\u201d.To love someone this much is a great undertaking and responsibility in the life of a Christian. His word tells us in Pro 4:23\u00a0 to \u201cKeep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life\u201d.\u00a0 If you are His, you will keep your heart in check. This is our day to day battle, but we will endure to the end. Once we have tasted of the Heavenly gift from GOD, we will not want to be one that will fall away (Heb 6:4-6), but it will be the true child\u2019s desire to strive for access to GOD\u2019s full love which is beyond our full understanding.When I think about my work it reminds me of the old hymn \u201cWork, for the Night Is Coming<\/a>\u201d.\u00a0 We, as a child of GOD will work each day to glorify our GOD. Here is the first verse of this hymn:Work, for the night is coming,
\nWork through the morning hours;
\nWork while the dew is sparkling,
\nWork ‘mid springing flowers;
\nWork when the day grows brighter,
\nWork in the glowing sun;
\nWork, for the night is coming,
\nWhen man’s work is done.Man\u2019s work is done when we take our last breath on this earth. My friends, we are all servants of the Lord whether we want to be or not.\u00a0 He has given each talents and we shall be judged on these talents. Just as the parable of the traveler and his servants Christ shows us in Mt. 25:14-30 where the talents are to be put to use (fruitful) or are we a wicked and slothful servant that will lose their talents.\u00a0 The consequences of losing them will be very painful to that recipient as shown in Mt 25:30 \u201cAnd cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth\u201d. But for the profitable servant whether they have one talent or five talents if utilized properly will be rewarded.\u00a0 This can be seen in Mt. 25:23 \u201cHis lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord\u201d. The key word in this verse is the entering into the joy of thy lord.<\/strong> The child of God\u2019s only true joy is pleasing his Heavenly Father and this joy and peace will only come about with a daily communion with Him.If you truly love someone, you will want to work hard to be close to that person.\u00a0 So then, how does one get close to GOD. The Lord Jesus Christ said in Mat 6:33 \u201cBut seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you\u201d.\u00a0 This verse tells us to seek ye first GOD.\u00a0 Once He touches that heart and makes it new, the true Christian begins to obtain a consciousness of GOD\u2019s omnipresence and His omnipotence.\u00a0 If we have Him on our mind always, it can give us comfort or become a thorn. But we will as is said in Psa 2:11\u00a0 \u201cServe the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling\u201d.A faithful old friend use to tell me that you can recognize a goat (the lost) from a sheep (His child) by the way they walk.\u00a0 Remember the word tell us in 2Co 13:5 to \u201cExamine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?<\/p>\n

If you are really serious about where you will spend eternity then you will go to Him and ask Him as David did in Psa 26:2\u00a0 \u201cExamine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart\u201d.\u00a0 In my own words that I have gone to Him broken hearted in tears many times and asked \u201cLord if I\u2019m not yours, make me yours\u201d.<\/p>\n

My Friend\u2019s, take time to reflect on your own life as I do mine and see if your light is so shinning.\u00a0 Self-examine your fruit. May GOD bless these words to hearing ears is my prayer.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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