Anxiety is caused by trying
to mentally and emotionally get into things that are not things that are not
here yet or things that have already been- mentally leaving where you are and
getting into an area of the past or the future.
Frustration equals works of
the flesh. We only benefit from the blessing of the covenant of grace by living
under grace. As long as we live under works we will be frustrated and depressed
because we are trying to do God’s job.
We must depend on the Holy
Spirit to be our helper in life. ( John 16:7)
God sets Himself against the
proud and haughty, but gives grace [ continually] to the lowly [those who are
humble enough to receive it] James 4:6
- I must humble myself in the
presence of the Lord, and He will exalt me [He will lift me up and make my life
significant]
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- I will receive the grace of
God by humbling myself before Him casting all my cares upon Him and trusting Him
to take care of them as He promised me in His Word.
I am God’s garden and
vineyard and field under cultivation [I am] God’s building.
I am the building and Jesus
is the Chief Cornerstone, [Eph. 2:20] I am being built up, one brick at a time,
day by day, from glory to glory.
I was saved by grace [God’s
unmerited favor] through faith and not by works of the flesh [Eph2:8-9], so I
need to learn to live by grace, and not by works of my flesh.
The only way I am ever going
to be…built [into] a spiritual house for a holy [dedicated, concentrated]
priesthood, to offer up [those] spiritual sacrifice [that are] acceptable and
pleasing to God through Jesus Christ [ 1 Peter 2:5] is by submitting myself to
God and letting Him do the work in me that needs to be done. The flesh profits
nothing. Only the Spirit can cause me to grow up into perfection of Christ
Jesus.
I am interested in being
perfect- - I want to grow up in the Lord. I want to mature and be Christ like in
my attitude and behavior. Like Paul, I want to know Jesus and the power of His
resurrection. [Phil. 2:10] I want to measure up to His stature and operate in
the fruit of His Spirit [Gal 5:22-23]. But I can’t do it on my own – I cannot
change myself – All I can do is be willing to be changed and
humbly submit myself to the Lord, allowing Him to build me into a person He
wants me to be – and the only way that can be done is through faith.
Faith is the leaning of the
entire human personality of God in absolute trust and confidence in His power,
wisdom and goodness.
- My job is to abide in Him,
to lean on Him totally and completely, to put my trust and confidence in Him
What am I to do in order to
do the works of God?
- They then said, what are we
to do, that we may [habitually] be working the works of God? [What am I to do to
carry out what God requires?]
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- Jesus replied, this is the
work [service] that God asks of you; that you believe in the One Whom He has
sent [that you cleave to, trust, rely on and have faith in His message]
* I must believe and
believing requires that I cleave to, trust in, rely on, and have faith in Him
and His Son Jesus Christ.
* God is the Master Builder.
Jesus is the Chief Cornerstone. God is the One Who has to build me and equip me
for the work of the Lord Jesus Christ.
“It is God Who started the
work in me, and it is God Who will finish it”
* I am to confess my sins
and failures to the Lord, confident that He will forgive me of those sins and
failures and cleanse me from all righteousness. [ 1 John 1:9]
* I must trust to Him the
job of perfecting me for the work He has for me to do in this life. That takes
the pressure of me, which releases me of the worry and anxiety I so often feel
as I try to perfect myself.
Let Go and Let God
God’s instruction to me for
finding peace and joy; is to stay away from wrong behavior and allow the Lord of
peace Himself to sanctify me, preserve me, complete me, hallow me, and keep me.
God can be trusted to do the
work in me and for me. My part is to believe. My work is to trust the Lord, His
requirement is that I let go and let God be God. God, the Master Builder has
promised to build me if I will allow Him to do so.
* Today, I am faced with a
decision, am I going to go on trying to build myself, my ministry, and my
reputation or am I willing to give up all my human efforts and simply trust God?
- * I must enter into the
rest of God and depend upon Him to do for me what I cannot do for myself.
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- * I must be full of God -
-Romans12:1 we are told to present our bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and
well pleasing to God, which is our reasonable service and spiritual worship. In
order to be filled with the Holy Spirit and be pleasing to God, I must be :
- * willing
- * yielded
- * empty
* I must be willing to
follow His plans rather than my own. I must be empty of Susie!
- * I must be satisfied where
I am and what I am doing
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- * I must quit worrying and
fretting and simply allow the Lord to sow His work in me and through me as He
knows my needs and what I need to do.
To please God, I must quit
looking to the arm of the flesh and start looking to the arm of the Lord.
….if God is for me, who can
be against me?
A voice says, Cry [Prophesy]!
And I said, What shall I
cry?
[The voice answered,
Proclaim:]
All flesh is as frail as
grass, and all that makes it attractive
[its kindness, its
goodwill, its mercy, from God, its glory, and comeliness, however good is
transitory, like the flower of the field.
The grass withers, the
flower fades when the breath of the Lord blows upon it;
Surely [all] the people
are like grass.
The grass withers, the
flower fades, but the Word of our God will stand forever;
Isaiah 40:6-8
Prayer:
God do a mighty work in
me and change me. I pray that You would build my life and reputation and career.
I put myself entirely into Your hands to mold me and remake me into the image of
Your Son. I must let go of self and let You take care of me as I put my faith
and trust in You. Amen.
The Lord told Isaiah the
Prophet not to trust in the flesh, because all flesh is as frail as grass. Like
the flowers of the field, it is here today and gone tomorrow.
- *I can do nothing apart
from the Lord…I must humble myself under His mighty hand and wait upon Him to
exalt me in His good time.
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- * I must submit all my
plans to Him, and to let Him work them out according to His will and desire for
me. He wants me to come to know Him in the Power of His resurrection and to
behold Him in all His beauty and glory.
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- * I must learn to seek
God’s face [His Presence] to get to know my wonderful, loving heavenly Father
better, His hand is always open to me .
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- *As His child, God is
waiting for me to grow up in all things unto the stature of His Son Jesus.
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- *God is training me up, His
child in the way I should go – not the way I want to go, but the way I should
go.
What Am I?
- I am but a wisp of vapor,
[a puff of smoke, a mist] that is visible for a little while and then disappears
[into thin air].
I want God’s will more that
my own will. The Lord is telling me not to get ahead of myself or to think to
highly of myself and my schemes. [All my ideas are not worth two cents].
Pride goes before
destruction; and a haughty spirit before a fall.
I must learn to humble
myself under the mighty hand of God so that He may exalt me in due time. I must
wait on the Lord; I need to learn to live one day at a time, being content where
I am and with what I have until the Lord leads me to something better.
- I must acknowledge Him
- Honor Him as He honors me
frequently and gives me my hearts desires.
The key to value and worth
is knowing who we are in Jesus. I stand in awe of my Lord and give Him thanks
and praise for what he has done for me.
I must empty myself of me,
if I don’t get rid of my high-mindedness and haughtiness, the Lord will not be
able to use me as He desires. There is nothing in myself, but in Christ Jesus, I
have everything I need.
I must be so empty of self
so that I will totally depend on the Holy Spirit – every thing I have learned
and every thing I am comes from Him.
I have been crucified
with Christ [in Him I have shared His crucifixion]; it is no longer I who live,
but Christ [the Messiah] lives in me, and the life I now live in the body I live
by faith in [by adherence to and reliance on and complete trust in ] the Son of
God who loved me and gave Himself up for me. Gal 2:20
- I must learn to be
dependent on God instead of independent, trusting in His leading instead of my
own.
- I must humble myself and
not be prideful – “He who began a good work in me will continue until the day of
Jesus Christ [right up to the time of His return] developing that good work and
perfecting and bringing it to full completion in me. Phil. 1:6
It is not Susie; it is the
Lord that I can even begin to serve Him as I should. I must give Him all the
glory.
For me to know and
experience what God can do, I must first realize and acknowledge what I cannot
do. I must get my eyes off myself and my limited abilities and totally onto Him
[Jesus] and His infinite power.
Prayer
Oh Lord, I have no might
to stand against my enemies that come against me – I do not know what to do, but
my eyes are on You, O God. You are my salvation and my shield!
I must let go and let You
control the situations in my life. The battle is not mine but Yours, O God. Your
Word says, be not afraid or dismayed for the battle is not mine, but God’s. I
must take my position and stand still and see the deliverance of the Lord, who
is with me. Fear not nor be dismayed for I Am the Lord God, is with you,
Hallelujah!
Thank You Jesus, the
battle is not mine, but Yours. You paid is all on the cross for me.
Amen
“Be still, and know that I
am God! I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.” Ps
46:10
“…those who wait upon the
Lord [who expect, look for, and hope in Him] shall change and renew their
strength and power; they shall lift their wings and mount up [close to God] as
eagles [mount up to the sun]; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk
and not faint or become tired. {Isaiah 40:31}
Lord I am waiting on You. I
worship You and wait for You to move against my enemies and bring forth my
deliverance.
“ Rise up, Lord, let
Your enemies be scattered and let those who hate you flee before you,
Numbers 10:35
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