SPRING FORTH NOW 2024

Friday, October 26, 2024

It’s in Christ that you, once you heard the truth and believed it (this Message of your salvation), found yourselves home free—signed, sealed, and delivered by the Holy Spirit. This down payment from God is the first installment on what’s coming, a reminder that we’ll get everything God has planned for us, a praising and glorious life.  That’s why, when I heard of the solid trust you have in the Master Jesus and your outpouring of love to all the followers of Jesus, I couldn’t stop thanking God for you—every time I prayed, I’d think of you and give thanks. But I do more than thank. I ask—ask the God of our Master, Jesus Christ, the God of glory—to make you intelligent and discerning in knowing him personally, your eyes focused and clear, so that you can see exactly what it is he is calling you to do, grasp the immensity of this glorious way of life he has for his followers, oh, the utter extravagance of his work in us who trust him—endless energy, boundless strength!

Ephesians 1:13-19

By God’s Spirit, we are empowered to accomplish what we cannot do on our own or through the collaboration of people, places, and things because God’s Word is at stake and bears the bulk of the responsibility of it coming to pass.  Our willingness to believe God and act on the truth of His Word releases His Spirit to lead and guide us, consuming our lives so that we flow in the pathway to that which should be for our life and life more abundantly. By God’s Spirit, we have spiritual insight, wisdom, and intelligence that allows us to know Him, His Word, and thus discern the Spirit’s leading and guiding.  Open Up The Way by believing in the truth of God’s Word, especially amid your challenges, frustrations, and weariness, and let the Spirit consume you, providing the necessary wisdom and intelligence to navigate to and through your pathway of life and life more abundantly.