Exercise?

I Timothy 4:8 "For bodily exercise is profitable to little: but godliness is profitable to all thing, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come." (Douay-Rheims)

It is a truth that the more a physical muscle is exercised the stronger it becomes. If the physical is a visable picture of the spiritual than it would be a truth of our spiritual muscles as well. So it is with faith. It must be exercised. To exercise your faith you must be put into positions to be stretched. The goal here is not for blessings or worldly success....but....the goal is God. And we may not come to know the Father except through the Son. Therefore, we must excercise our faith along this one line. Is it the answer to Jesus' prayer for us in John 17. That we may be one as He and the Father are one. You do not attain this on flowery beds of ease.

These are the things of worth.

Doing God's will on earth....
Entering the kingdom....
Becoming one with Christ....
Being led by the Spirit of God....
Living a life of victory over sin, self and Satan....
Overcoming the world....
Laying down your life....
Taking up your cross daily...
And following the Lamb wherever He goes....

The end: the restoration of our fellowship with God.

Nothing else matters. Nothing.
Are you willing to drink the cup?
Are you?
I am.

In Him,
Lily

Judge Not

For some time now the Lord has consistently been dealing with me with regard to my judgmental, unfair, unloving and critical attitudes towards others. It does not please Him and on more than one occasion He has dealt with me rather severely about it. I do understand what He's telling me. In light of this, below is a quotation from "God Calling" which today reaffirmed what He's been doing in my own heart.

"Never judge. The heart of man is so delicate, so complex, only it's Maker and Master can know it. Each heart is so different, actuated by different motives, controlled by different circumstances, influenced by different sufferings. How can one judge of another? Leave to Me the unravelling of the puzzles of life. Leave to Me the teaching of undertsanding. Bring each heart to Me, it's Maker, and leave it there with Me. Secure in the certainty that all that is wrong I (and only I) can set right"

What more needs to be said?

Seeking Him,
Lily