"Perhaps this scripture as I saw it recently interpreted sums it up. Taken from the text of Luke 22:35. Shortly before the last days of Jesus on this earth He reminded His disciples of a mission He had sent them on. He asked them how He had sent them out. They were to take nothing with them they answered. He then asked did they lack for anything? They said, No.
The interpretation I had read asked its reader to consider this possibility. As we enter into the life of eternity perhaps the Lord will ask us if we lacked for anything when we obeyed as He asked us to follow. We could only answer, no. And continue by saying, You gave us all we needed pertaining to life and Godliness. We had our identity offered in You. We had a peace that surpassed our understanding. A comfort that was not of this earth. Hope blossomed in sorrow, joy exceeded our soul. We were complete and justified in Christ. No past to hold us back; as our sins and the stain of shame they left on our soul were gone. They were literally thrown into the sea of forgetfulness and washed away by His precious and powerful blood. Love has no definition accept by Your loving character and name. Our cup overflows with goodness and mercy." adapted from Michael McBane
With the absolute assurance of His complete, Sovereign and loving provision; we simply follow Him! This is how he did it; we are called to follow His simple example!
“I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son does also.” (John 5:19, NIV) The “seeing” and “doing” of Jesus’ life came directly out of the wellspring of what he heard his Father say each day. “I can’t do a solitary thing on my own: I listen, then I decide. You can trust my decision because I’m not out to get my own way but only to carry out orders. If I were simply speaking on my own account, it would be an empty self-serving witness” (John 5: 30 The Message)
It is our call in 2013, like never before to capture the essence of how Jesus listened to His Father and then to follow his example. I firmly believe that the ones who can hear as Jesus heard can also follow as Jesus followed. The pattern Jesus set is the very same pattern we must follow.
“Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper behavior from their parents. Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with him and learn a life of love. Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant.” (Ephesians 5: 1-2, The Message)
Jesus did not just come to do something for you, He came to do something with you. If you consider yourself as one of the chosen, it is only so you can go and call all others. When you see Jesus, the Hell of your existence becomes Heaven! That is our message; hell becomes heaven when we follow Jesus! Innocence is you being fully you, your original, true self.
This is where many I know have come to after years of searching and at times being caught up in what amounted to either; hopes deferred, disappointments, tragic losses or mere silliness. Christ in us is still the only hope of anything meaningful and certainly the only hope of glory! Bless you in 2013 as you simply follow Him. His invitation has never changed, "come follow me and I will make you fishers of men." I will ignite a fresh Holy Ghost Jesus Movement through you this year! By all means get ready!
In the grip of Amazing Grace, Ron Ross
The following four songs will help your heart grasp the enormity of this call from Jesus!
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