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Tuesday, July 1,
2008
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Philippians 4:6-8 Be careful
for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with
thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. (7) And the peace of
God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds
through Christ Jesus. (8) Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true,
whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things
are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good
report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these
things. (KJV)
When we see the word careful,
it refers to anxious, something opposite of patience, which the Bible says
we should be letting patience have its perfect work. The peace of God you are
experiencing is a result of knowing that the petitions you have made to God
were heard and now it is a matter of thanking Him knowing it is provided
even though it hasn’t yet manifested in the outward. Knowing how and what
to ask for will help you keep that peace and operate in the realm the Lord
intended for you to be in.
Proverbs 16:11 A just weight
and balance are the LORD's: all the weights of the bag are his work. (KJV)
One of the things that would
be considered just, is operating and dealing with today not letting the
mind drift off into a stormy sea of doubt and fear, but staying beside the
still living waters that bring life. Mankind plays on fear of tomorrow,
especially in the retail world where many sales are based on bulk and not
just what is needed now. So many times instead of purchasing what is needed
to get by a person ends up with three times the amount they intended
because that is how it is advertised. Of course it is packaged in a way
that unless one buys today it will never again be at that price so that you
end up making a purchase on emotions. Spiritually many Christians overlook
simple areas of their walk and end up with their thoughts drifting way out
to sea fueled by winds of doctrine. How much more peace would you have if
you only dealt with what the Lord was asking for today and not tossed
around with carnal thoughts of tomorrow or any other imaginary event?
James 4:1-3 From whence come
wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that
war in your members? (2) Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to
have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask
not. (3) Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume
it upon your lusts. (KJV)
Do you know the difference
between what is of the flesh and of the Spirit, in other words rightly dividing
the word of truth? That thing you are now entangled with, the affairs of
this life which our Lord never intended for His people to be all caught up
in, is drawing you away from the Lord rather than closer. Verse 2 uses the
word kill; so what exactly is being killed? Well how about that new life in
Christ you said was His for the taking, is now taking a back seat to
something of the world and not the word of God. You decided it was time to
have something based more on lust than Spirit. So that thing you had to
have, the one thing you thought would bring peace is bringing nothing less
than heartache and misery where there should have been peace and joy. Give
us this day our daily bread, so simple, so peaceful, and yet so complicated
when we lean to our own understanding.
Exodus 16:22-24 And it came
to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers
for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. (23)
And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is
the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to
day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up
for you to be kept until the morning. (24) And they laid it up till the
morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm
therein. (KJV)
As we can see there is a big
difference between when the Lord is leading and when we are leaning to our
own thoughts. The Lord’s way will keep us in peace and not lead to stinking
thinking, which I am sure tasted much better without the worms. When we
start thinking beyond where the Lord is asking us then we end up with holes
in our doctrine, a place for the worms to crawl in and out of. Do you
desire peace in your life? Then you need to monitor and keep a close watch
on what you are thinking on as well, keeping every thought in obedience to
Christ so that you can stay in that peaceful realm of the Spirit separated
from this troubled world and its ways.
Exodus 16:25-28 And Moses
said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye
shall not find it in the field (26) Six days ye shall gather it; but on the
seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. (27) And it
came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for
to gather, and they found none. (28) And the LORD said unto Moses, How long
refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? (KJV)
Oh there is one in every
crowd isn’t there, you know the bad apple in the bunch. You wonder why at
times there is not peace in your life; maybe you or your mind is wandering
off in areas the Lord is not leading. Just because the Lord had you do
something one way in the past and you got results doesn’t always mean He is
going to provide the same answer all the time in that way. The question now
is, where is the Lord leading and how is He asking you to gather your daily
bread for today? Are you open to what the Lord has for you and where He
would like you to be operating today or are you already into next week
fumbling around in the dark? Or as we see in the above verses, are you
trying old ways to walk in the new and then wonder why you don’t get the
Lord’s results? Take the time on a
daily basis so that you can hear the message being delivered by Christ and
boldly gather the bread of life that is proceeding forth from the mouth of
God.
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