He wants to give me victory. Victory over the sins that so easily beset me. (Hebrews 12:1) Victory over the enemy of my soul. (Psalm 13:2) Victory over my bad habits. The habits that I go back to time and time again and time and time again afterward I have such remorse. What I need is repentance. (Acts 11:18) He wants to give me that too. And today, in this moment, I think I’ll take Him up on it! :)
Anybody tracking with me today?
Romans 8:37 The one who loves us gives us an overwhelming victory in all these difficulties.[source]
I am thinking ABBA wants to give me a healthy respect for myself. And for that to occur I will have to humble myself, repent of my self-criticism and with grace and gratitude receive His evaluation of me.
Anybody else out there think that might be something GOD wants to do for you too?
So what is His appraisal of us?¹There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. [source]
So where do I get off condemning me? I know where I get off – off in the FLESH that’s where. Not good, my Friends. Not good.
The Golden Rule.12 “Always do for other people everything you want them to do for you. That is the meaning of Moses’ Teachings and the Prophets. [source] We are all familiar with it, we practice it – on others. What about ourselves? What if we spoke to ourselves, about ourselves, as we speak to others we love? What if we spoke the truth in love to others, yes, but to ourselves as well? What would this gift of a healthy respect for ourselves do for the Kingdom of our GOD? Day by day we can find out – if we practice.
I think He wants to answer my prayers. Really! He wants to answer our prayers! Believe it!23 “When that day comes, you won’t ask anything of me! Yes, indeed! I tell you that whatever you ask from the Father, he will give you in my name. 24 Till now you haven’t asked for anything in my name. Keep asking, and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete. [source]
I think He is eager, like leaning over the sphere of Heaven, there on His Throne ready to give good things to me. . . . Yet because you relied on Adonai, he handed them over to you. 9 For the eyes of Adonai move here and there throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong on behalf of those who are wholehearted toward him. . . .[source] See what I mean? He is Ready, Willing and Able to do good things for and to and through me! But not just me, YOU too.
Today I am thinking He wants communication with me. He sends us messages all through the day. He wants us to see them, hear them and respond to His love for us in them. On this cold January morning from my warm dining area window I saw a pansy – just hanging on through the cold. (That is ice in the pink basket.) Beautiful, isn’t it? Small, yet strong, resilient, blooming alone in the cold. He sustains the flowers. He will surely sustain and hold us too. 5 Keep your lives free from the love of money; and be satisfied with what you have; for God himself has said, “I will never fail you or abandon you.”[source]
Never fail you or abandon you – He wants us to know that. And you know what I think? If we will with our whole hearts believe Him, well, that will do more than a lot for us! :)
Now it’s your turn if you are so inclined. Is ABBA saying something to you with the Pansy, His Word or . . . ? Will you share? Comment or email— I’ll be delighted to receive either way.
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– just hanging on through the cold. 