I John 2:27 "the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him."
I John 3:10 "Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God."
John 14:16 "And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide in you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you."
Galatians 3:7,14,26,28-29 "Therefore know that only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham."
"That the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith."
"For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus."
"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise."
As children, do we receive from our Father as He has designed it to be?
Maybe we think we are still slaves to our Father. Like the story of the prodigal son, we so often think of ourselves less than what God made us. That, in itself is an insult to our Creator. He created us to be companions to Him, not slaves. Our spiritual journeys are all different, however once we have the revelation of being heirs to the throne, we realize that we are made for a divine reason. The LORD has too many words affirming our sonship for us to deny His purpose for our existence.
When we are as children we ask and ask and ask... for things and gifts and etc...
When we are as sons(daughters) we listen and listen and listen... for the heart of the Father.
Then in faith we act. If we are too busy always trying to get something out of our relationship with the Father we will not see the real reason for a relationship: give and receive.
When was the last time you asked the Father, "what can I be for You?" Even Jesus had to take a break from the crowds who drained and continually asked for healing and teaching. Maybe we as "sons" should allow Jesus to lay His head and rest comfortably in our presence. Give Him a reason to confide in us what His heart is, so we can have a chance to give our hearts to Him and receive His heart. He has already given us His kingdom, remember we are heirs. We need to be asking what He wants for us and what His hearts plea is for us.
Yes I did use the word "be", because it would sound funny if the LORD asked us to "do thankful" or "do faithful". Sounds fake, right? God does not want us to do, do. He wants us to be, be. I believe that is why we are called "human beings" not "human doings". Yes, be thankful, be faithful, be caring, be, be, be.
The only way to-"be made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself."(Ephesians 1:9)- is to listen to His voice and absorb Him like a son absorbs his father when his father is teaching him the wonderful things of life.
Sons minister to their fathers in ways only a son can. As a father I enjoy when my son comes to me and asks my input on a project he is doing. I give him my ideas and encourage him to use his talents and abilities to create and build whatever he has his heart set on. That encourages me.
He does not realize it but I encourage him to be what it is he can be. I do not just tell him, do this or do that and it will work. I want him to figure things out. It makes him become more of what he was designed to become if he has the freedom to grow.
I could just give him the answer, it may make him happy quickly, and get his project done, however in the long run he will not have the chance to use who he is to overcome his current obstacles.
I truly believe our heavenly Father is similar. We can ask for this or that, and He will encourage us to become what is necessary to obtain the goal of what we asked for in the first place.
It is not the end result of the goal that is the most important thing to us, it is who we have become in the process.
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The LORD has called me to become a minister to ministers, and I have stepped out in faith and in most cases jumped out in faith and He has always been right there taking great care of us. I know that when we are in His will for our lives we have His favor. We are believing for the property on which the LORD revealed the location of the ministerial/leadership retreat. It has been about 6 years since the plan was written down. I believe this is the year of fruition. If you could join us in believing and praying for the finances for the land and the building phase, we would be most grateful.
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