I am a friend of God…I am a friend of God… I am friend of God He calls me friend….. I am a friend of God…I am a friend of God… I am friend of God He calls me friend…..// who is like unto Thee O Lord! Who is like unto Thee…O! Lord! among the gods Who is like Thee You are glorious in holiness fearful in Praising doing wonders Alleluia!!!
Unquestionable You are the Lord! Unquestionable You are the Lord! Unquestionable You are the Lord! Unquestionable, Unquestionable, Unquestionable You are the Lord…
Our Father we thank You, we bless Your Holy Name, Who is like unto Thee O! There is no one like You… You Are, You Are, You Are …O Lord! You Are Lord !!!!!!!!
Come and have Your way today in our midst, Father led us and guide us, help us O Lord! we pray Thee…
Beloveth, how are doing? Is another day in God’s Presence… are you excited? The Spirit of God… is here to do which only Him can do… so relax and learn at His feet…
Beloveth… our God is a Holy God and He want to relate with us in that regard …however You and I cannot not meet this standard… by nature man cannot live a righteous live…except by God’s love, Grace and through the Power of the Holy Spirit…
We are going to bring in bits all these virtues and how it will help us to live accepted before Him… God planned salvation through His Son Jesus … it is amazing that God choose to define Himself throughout the Biblical story as a God of covenant-keeping love. He could champion any of His traits. His power, because He is powerful.
His Wisdom, because Wisdom has been His from the beginning.. His radiant purity, because He is totally incorruptible, incapable of mistake or error. All these things are true and we know them about God because He has made them known to us… they all matter. God wants us to know He is strong and Mighty and Wise and Wonderful. But chief among these descriptors is the simple phrase we find in 1 John …God is love. Love is not just what God does; It is Who He is…
From the very beginning God created everything in an act of love. Our Heavenly Father didn’t want salves to work for him. He wanted children to live with Him. To walk with Him, Talk with Him, and learn from Him.
On Mt. Sinai, as God is revealing Himself and the way to relate to Him to a bunch of slaves He has just liberated from Egypt, this is what He says and it is true about Him: And He passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, The Lord, The Compassionate and Gracious God, slow to Anger, abounding in Love and Faithfulness, maintaining love to thousand, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet He does not leave the guilty unpunished: He punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation…(Exo 34:4-7) (NIV).
God abounds, He overflows, He has more than enough love- The Kind of love that don’t run out or give up. That is exactly what we God do throughout the Biblical story on a micro-level in the lives of individuals – like Abraham, Hannah, and David- and on a macro-level in the way that God constantly pursues and redeems His creation. His voice echoes throughout history: I have loved you with an everlasting love: I have drawn you with unfailing Kindness.” Jer 31:3.
There is no clearer demonstration of His love than what is depicted in one of the Most famous passages in the entire Bible: “For God so love the world that He gave His One and Only Son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.” Jn 3:16-17 (NIV).
God gave us unending love through His Son… Jesus Word made flesh and made His dwelling among us… We have seen His Glory, the Glory of the One and Only Son, Who came from the Father, full of grace and truth…Jn 1:14 (NIV).
Jesus is full of grace and Truth, which reveals so much about His Character. Full means whole or complete. There is nothing missing or broken. Grace is the unmerited towards us even though we do not deserve it. And truth is that which is consistent with reality or give us a complete, whole representation of the very real favour of God towards us. He could do this unlike anyone else could even hope to try to because He is consistent with the Original and is, in fact, the original. It is in Jesus that the fullness of God’s favour was revealed to the world.
The Holy Spirit of God, present with God from the intangible, animating aspect of God’s nature. Throughout the Biblical story, we get several word pictures of what the Spirit is like. He is the Breath of God, The wind of God, the fire of God. He descended on Jesus like a dove, He lead the Israelites as a Pillar of cloud, He rested on the disciples as tongues of fire, it is God the Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead. And this same death defying power of God inhabits each one of us (Rom.8:11) (NIV). Beloveth it is the Spirit Who works in us to renew us and transform us into the image of Christ. He comforts and convicts us. He empowers us to do the Will of God. He is, in fact, the tangible, continuing presence of God with us….
Jesus, surprisingly, said that it was better for Him to go away and ascend to Heaven so that the helper, The Holy Spirit, would come to be with us and dwell in us.
What a thought. The temple that now houses the God of heaven and earth is you and I.
And that is why we can say with confidence that we have everything we need for life and godliness. The Father’s love and seals us in the son’s grace…Eph. 1:13-14 (NIV).
Beloveth we are marked for redemption, set to receive an inheritance that cannot be corrupted. And this is no trivial marking, not a set it and forget it kind of deal. God didn’t number you off from a crowd and walk away. He placed Himself, His Breath, the very essence of Who He is inside of you. Do you realize how special and set apart that makes you: do you realize the power you have?…
The Power God has give us is not one of fear or slavery, but of Power and Adoption… it’s a Spirit that brings freedom wherever He goes, chains cannot help but fall off, sea spilt, and wall comes crashing down when the Spirit of the Living God shows up.
You carry the death-defiler with you wherever you go. And submitted to Him, you are empowered to live a life that is genuinely worthy of the calling from God you have received. So walk by the Spirit and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh, the more you submit to the Spirit, the more freedom you will experience. The more joy and peace you will have as He reminds you what ahead of you. The more boldness you will carry as He strengthens you and teaches you. The more restoration and life you and the people around you, will see as He shapes you into the image of Christ.
How do you draw near to this Three-in-One God Who has gone to such lengths to reveals Himself to us? You simply come. You make space for Him, in your day and life. You seek Him, because when you do, He promises to be found… there is so much more of Himself that He is inviting you to discover…
But you must also come with a “Clean hands and a pure heart” … how do you do that…come along with us for more:
Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who may stand in His holy place? The one who has clean hands and a pure heart.—Psalm 24:3–4a
God has rigid requirements for those who want to enjoy intimate fellowship with Him. There is no easy access to God for those with unclean hands or an impure heart. It is an affront to holy God to assume that we can indulge in our sin and blatantly disobey His word, then brazenly enter the holy of holies. In Old Testament times, one’s hands represented one’s activities. Clean hands symbolized pure activities. Priests washed their hands before serving in the temple to symbolize that only those who were cleansed could worship holy God.
There are levels of intimacy with God. The moment you become a Christian, you begin a relationship with the Lord. However, if you persist in your sin, sin will separate you from God and keep you from enjoying close fellowship with Him. If you follow only God’s basic commandments but resist every time God gives you specific, personal directions, you will never fully experience the depths of God’s Person. If, however, you are like the psalmist and understand the holiness of God, you will adjust your life to His standards and respond to His prompting so that you may have deeper fellowship with Him.
The closer you get to holy God, the more obvious even your smallest sins become. The more you know of God’s character, the more you will realize the need to wash your hands and purify your heart before you can get close to Him.
Are you willing for almighty God to make you absolutely pure before Him so that you can enjoy the maximum possible relationship with Him?
Following His love through His Son and enjoy the Grace made available to you through the help of the Holy Spirit ….
Father… help us as we pray… make our soul fertile ground for Your Word to break through … help us to live Holy…and come before you with ease in Jesus Name…
Further Reading… 1Jn. 4:9, Ps 32:1, Eph.1:7, Prov 15:29, Ps.119:130, Eph.2:13.
Let us pray….
Remain blessed in the Lord.
