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Have you prepared yourself for the challenges of a life of faith ahead? Are you ready for the trials that lie before you, or are you totally out of spiritual shape? Be as Jesus was... ready for the moment of God's calling... to do our Father’s will, and to be prepared to join with the Holy Spirit as you run the race of your life.
Where do we look for wisdom? How about righteousness, sanctification, and redemption? Do we find them in church or bible study? Do we seek them out while plodding along a pilgrimage path in some far off country? The answer is that we find them in one place only... Jesus Christ, and He can be found in all of these places.
How far would I walk to hear the gospel, or to see the grave of a disciple whose hand had been held by Jesus? How many miles would I travel to save the soul of one man or woman who had never heard of our Lord? Would I walk on Pilgrimage over the Pyrenees Mountains and across Spain to Santiago de Compostela? Would I sail across raging seas in a wooden boat to preach the gospel to a single Roman centurion?
I am leaving on a trip for a couple of weeks, a kind of sabbatical if you will, and during that time away, I will pray for refreshment, and a renewed filling of the Holy Spirit. I will not only relax bodily, but will seek God’s peace, and call for His Spirit to fill me anew with insight, and inspiration in His Word. When the Holy Spirit comes over us we are filled with incredible power, and in that state of divine expanse, and closeness with Jesus, our Heavenly Father will bless us with a newness of spirit. Do we desire to experience this?
We accept the Lord Jesus as our savior and our spirit soars in the moment! We are lifted on angel wings, and the joy is almost overwhelming as God speaks to us and we experience His pleasure. Doesn’t this sound familiar to each of us who believe? But suddenly that moment is over and we are thrust once more into the world; just as Jesus was immediately driven into the wilderness. Don’t we remember those days of struggle when old friends walked away from us, well rooted sins were painfully pulled out by its roots, and through our sweat, and toil, a new spiritual field was cleared to make way for the Lord’s harvest?