REFLEXIONS

"When You said, 'Seek my face,' my heart said to You, 'O Lord I will seek Your face.'" (Psalm 27:8) The tenderness and sensitivity to God of a true believer's heart is defined by its wilful submission to God as defined by a simple two word response to any and all of God's counsel and command, namely, "I will". In other words, "For me, if God said it, that settles it." This is a Christlike quality.

“And the servants of the king of Syria said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills, and so they were stronger than we. But let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.” (1 Kings 20:23) Tough situations can sometimes cause the believer to imagine God as the enemies of Israel perceived Him. But Jehovah, the God you serve, is not a territorial god, strong in some things but weak and incapable in others. He is not the local deity of the mountain people who is ineffectual in the valley.

“For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.” (Romans 6:14) This awesome life-liberating statement about the believer’s reality is a consequence of the purpose for which Jesus Christ came into the world and His successful accomplishment of that purpose. Jesus supernaturally entered this world with a distinct and divine purpose. He lived an extraordinary life and His teachings and miracles affirmed His deity and impacted lives.