Who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began, 10 but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,--2nd Timothy 1:9-10
Dear Girls,
This is a quick note...there is lots and lots in this small passage of Scripture but the words that spoke to my heart this morning were these: "but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ,". Wow...it has all been revealed in Him. God's purpose and plan for each one of us before time began is revealed in Jesus Christ. The King James version says made manifest. It is all about Him. This verse brought me to John 1 and also the the Servant Songs in Isaiah. Whatever we want to know about God, about His purposes and about His plan has been revealed in Jesus. Here is John 1:1-18.
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’”And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.
Two of the Servants songs in Isaiah start out with Behold My Servant. Heed those words, girls. They will change you from the inside out. They are the answer to every problem you will face. They can be the song in your heart as you go to sleep at night and your peace as you go about your day. Study...gaze upon....Jesus. Immerse yourself in His word. As you fill your heart and mind with Him, He will make all your crooked places straight and will focus your eyes on what profits. Jesus is the Becoming One...He becomes whatever you need...He will be your guide even unto death.
Girls...it says this in verse 12 of the first chapter in 2nd Timothy: "For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day." Meditate on "KNOW WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED. Know WHO you believe. That is key. Knowing WHO you believe will get you through the dark times that occur in all our lives. For more go here: Behold My Servant
Love
Mom
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Saturday, September 4, 2010
Behold My Servant...
To My Girls...
“Behold! My Servant"
Behold! My Servant. Here it is...three words of advice found several times in Isaiah that would change hearts all over the world if heeded. How was my heart changed the first time...by looking up by faith and beholding Jesus, God's Son, the One who was willing to go to the cross and die for me while I was still dead in trespasses and sins. The One who lives to make intercession for me. How is my heart changed now...how is it that I become more like Him...THE SAME WAY...by looking up by faith, surrendering to Him and allowing His grace to pour down like rain and perform beautiful miracles in my heart just as He did at my first cry! 2 Corinthians 3:18: But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit
of the Lord.
Just like those who looked at the serpent on the pole in the wilderness were healed so am I when I look to Jesus by faith. So why at times even after salvation do I refuse to look and consciously or unconsciously decide to wallow in whatever slough into which I may have fallen? The answer: PRIDE. Sigh...I cry out with Paul.."oh, wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death!" What is the antidote to pride--humility. If God can become a Man and put aside His deity, humble Himself to the point of death and die for me..so that I could live forever with Him...you would think that I might be able to put aside my self-reliance and pride and look up and acknowledge His Lordship in my life...You would think....but oh how hard it is at times!
The word "behold" means to gaze, to look steadily at. When I look steadily into the face of Jesus and keep my eyes off people who disappoint and circumstances that distract I am at peace (Isa 26:3) I am changed and become more like Him. When will I truly realize in my heart that my weakness is a good thing?? It causes me to cry out, it gives me an opportunity to trust Him, it changes me from the inside out and it conforms me into the image of His Son. He increases and I decrease...I then can reflect Him, the Light of the world, more to the people around me...isn't that my goal??? Isn't that what I want?? So why don't I take advantage of the opportunities He gives me like Paul did. Why was Paul able to sing in prison and rejoice in tribulation. He knew that the things that were happening to Him would turn out for the furtherance of the Gospel...He knew that Christ was being magnified...He knew that God was able to work perfectly in his weakness...He trusted God to do it. BECAUSE as it says in 2nd Corinthians 12:9 His grace is sufficient...His strength is made perfect in weakness. Christ's power could rest upon Him in His weakness...I don't know about you, but that is what I want. I am not quite ready to say "bring it on Lord" but maybe I might have the courage to say Father...let me see those opportunities you give me and put aside me and surrender to your Spirit.
Behold! My Servant...so simple...and as you look you fall deeper and deeper in love and become more like Him!
Love
Mom
“Behold! My Servant"
Behold! My Servant. Here it is...three words of advice found several times in Isaiah that would change hearts all over the world if heeded. How was my heart changed the first time...by looking up by faith and beholding Jesus, God's Son, the One who was willing to go to the cross and die for me while I was still dead in trespasses and sins. The One who lives to make intercession for me. How is my heart changed now...how is it that I become more like Him...THE SAME WAY...by looking up by faith, surrendering to Him and allowing His grace to pour down like rain and perform beautiful miracles in my heart just as He did at my first cry! 2 Corinthians 3:18: But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit
of the Lord.
Just like those who looked at the serpent on the pole in the wilderness were healed so am I when I look to Jesus by faith. So why at times even after salvation do I refuse to look and consciously or unconsciously decide to wallow in whatever slough into which I may have fallen? The answer: PRIDE. Sigh...I cry out with Paul.."oh, wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death!" What is the antidote to pride--humility. If God can become a Man and put aside His deity, humble Himself to the point of death and die for me..so that I could live forever with Him...you would think that I might be able to put aside my self-reliance and pride and look up and acknowledge His Lordship in my life...You would think....but oh how hard it is at times!
The word "behold" means to gaze, to look steadily at. When I look steadily into the face of Jesus and keep my eyes off people who disappoint and circumstances that distract I am at peace (Isa 26:3) I am changed and become more like Him. When will I truly realize in my heart that my weakness is a good thing?? It causes me to cry out, it gives me an opportunity to trust Him, it changes me from the inside out and it conforms me into the image of His Son. He increases and I decrease...I then can reflect Him, the Light of the world, more to the people around me...isn't that my goal??? Isn't that what I want?? So why don't I take advantage of the opportunities He gives me like Paul did. Why was Paul able to sing in prison and rejoice in tribulation. He knew that the things that were happening to Him would turn out for the furtherance of the Gospel...He knew that Christ was being magnified...He knew that God was able to work perfectly in his weakness...He trusted God to do it. BECAUSE as it says in 2nd Corinthians 12:9 His grace is sufficient...His strength is made perfect in weakness. Christ's power could rest upon Him in His weakness...I don't know about you, but that is what I want. I am not quite ready to say "bring it on Lord" but maybe I might have the courage to say Father...let me see those opportunities you give me and put aside me and surrender to your Spirit.
Behold! My Servant...so simple...and as you look you fall deeper and deeper in love and become more like Him!
Love
Mom
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