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 PERSPECTIVE

I have been spending a lot of time thinking about the will of God and how He wants to make that clear to us in the everydayness we walk in. One thing's for sure, I can actually know what His will only because He reveals it and that "will" can only be lived out in and through the work and power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus made it clear that apart from Him we can do nothing. 

The follower of Jesus Christ is not apart from Him because He lives His very life within us. In fact, for the Christian, Jesus Christ IS Life within us. The important thing to ground your life in, is that the will of God is only done by the Power of God, or it's not done at all.

When your life is submitted to the Lord Jesus, He gets you "on track"...kind of like a railroad car. You don't determine the track's direction. He is the Engineer, and He asks us to yield it all to Him and trust with the whole of life and its direction.

If you have ever looked down a railroad track when the terrain is flat and the track is laid straight and true, it seems that down the way the rails run together. It's perspective, but in living out the life Jesus has given to us, our ancient foe whispers that we will never get to where God has promised or will never do what God has said He will do in and through us because our "four-wheeled" train car can't run on the one rail we see in the distance. 

The devil casts aspersions on the ability of God to finish in us the good work He has begun. What we can see seems to confirm that satanic lie. (Remember, that the devil is a liar and when he speaks, he always twists the truth...he lies.)

If we could see things from a thousand feet above the ground, we'd see that the double tracks before us keep going on as God intends where our "wheels" won't get "off track". The Lord Jesus has our whole life in His Hands. The Holy Spirit has and will continue to teach, lead and guide us in the Way of Truth. He will reveal Jeus to us. God's will and purpose will be exacted in our lives...one day at a time.

Perspective is given to us to see from 1,000 feet above ground-level as we feed on God's Word, as we spend time seeking His Face and listening to Him in prayer. He will confirm and affirm His eternal love, understanding, compassion, grace and faithfulness to us. It's there in His Word to us. He will never leave us, nor will He ever forsake us. Let the Holy Spirit give you God's perspective this new year.



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