Going to church, reading the bible, listening to Christian music will not advance your spiritual life. These activities may give you more understanding but until you are ready to lay down your life and take up your cross this leads nowhere.
What I am talking about is the sacrifice of self to advance the cause of Jesus Christ in the world. There is a destiny that God had for each of us that only we can personally discover. We can discover it only by detaching from the world and making ourselves available for the Holy Spirit. By detaching from the world--now you have time--the commodity that most Christians are not willing to give.
Jesus said, "Self-help is not help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, to finding yourself, your true self. (Matthew 16:25)
"God has planted eternity in the human heart." (Ecclesiastes 3:11)
"Anyone who lets himself be distracted from the work I plan for him is not fit for the Kingdom of God." (Luke 9:62)
"The most important thing is that I complete my mission, the work that the Lord Jesus gave me." (Acts 20:24)
"We have been sent to speak for Christ." (2 Corinthians 5:20)
"We are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus, to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." (Ephesians 2:10)
Albert Finch
www.thekeys2kingdom.com
What I am talking about is the sacrifice of self to advance the cause of Jesus Christ in the world. There is a destiny that God had for each of us that only we can personally discover. We can discover it only by detaching from the world and making ourselves available for the Holy Spirit. By detaching from the world--now you have time--the commodity that most Christians are not willing to give.
Jesus said, "Self-help is not help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, to finding yourself, your true self. (Matthew 16:25)
"God has planted eternity in the human heart." (Ecclesiastes 3:11)
"Anyone who lets himself be distracted from the work I plan for him is not fit for the Kingdom of God." (Luke 9:62)
"The most important thing is that I complete my mission, the work that the Lord Jesus gave me." (Acts 20:24)
"We have been sent to speak for Christ." (2 Corinthians 5:20)
"We are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus, to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." (Ephesians 2:10)
Albert Finch
www.thekeys2kingdom.com
How To Live By The Strength Of Who He Is
Posted 07-17-2020 at 12:32 AM by Albert Finch
Ways in which we can learn to live by His strength within us:
1. Become deeply rooted.
We're encouraged to be strong in the Lord and His kratos power (Ephesians 6:10). Read the Word and discover the fullness of this strength, power and love for you. Develop intimacy and friendship with the Lord by spending time in the secret place of His presence. Ask, knock, and seek inquiring to know His purpose for your life (Mathew 7:7). Those who abide in Jesus will know the anointing and will flow in it (John 15). When your roots grow deep you'll flourish (Psalm 92:13) and the Spirit of the Lord will be upon you in strength!
2. Acquaint yourself with what God would have you do, pray for wisdom.
Paul prayed that the saints at Colossae might be fully acquainted with what God would have them do in all wisdom and spiritual understanding (Colossians 1:9-10). He offered a similar prayer on behalf of the Ephesians (Ephesians 1:17-19). Wisdom and spiritual understanding awaken you to the reality of God's strength and power in you, working through you and flowing from you into the ones you can help with their spiritual lives.
3. Plug into fresh oil daily.
"But my horn you have exalted like a wild ox, I have been anointed with fresh oil" (Psalm 92:10). To be exalted as a wild ox is to be strengthened. Oxen are strong and powerful. It takes a lot to knock an ox down. Fresh oil releases the strength of the Lord in the inner man.
It is only by His Spirit (Zechariah 4:6) that you are able to accomplish the mighty and impossible and take pleasure in infirmities, in reproach, in persecution, and in distress for Christ's sake. For when you are weak, then you are strong (2 Corinthians 12:10). So become as strong as an ox by tapping into the precious oil by walking in the Spirit every day and being obedient to His leading.
4. Trust in the Lord.
We cannot walk in the fullness of our destiny in Christ until we know and trust God’s strength and live daily by the strength of who He is in our inner man. This strength only comes by the power of the Holy Spirit. David trusted God even though he was hunted and persecuted by King Saul. He said he wasn't plucked up or destroyed, but flourished like a green olive tree in the house of the Lord (Psalm 52:8).
5. Rejoice for Christ and His Mighty Strength in You.
Rejoice that you can rule and reign in this life with boldness, confidence, strength, zeal, and vigor. When Christ, your High Priest, goes before you, you can walk in the fullness of your identity in Christ. You can walk in every manifestation of power available to you, including Kratos power. Rejoice around the throne and sing a new song of victory, for Christ in you and His mighty strength in your inner man! "Blessing and honor and glory and power [kratos] be to Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, forever, and ever" (Revelation 5:13b)!
1. Become deeply rooted.
We're encouraged to be strong in the Lord and His kratos power (Ephesians 6:10). Read the Word and discover the fullness of this strength, power and love for you. Develop intimacy and friendship with the Lord by spending time in the secret place of His presence. Ask, knock, and seek inquiring to know His purpose for your life (Mathew 7:7). Those who abide in Jesus will know the anointing and will flow in it (John 15). When your roots grow deep you'll flourish (Psalm 92:13) and the Spirit of the Lord will be upon you in strength!
2. Acquaint yourself with what God would have you do, pray for wisdom.
Paul prayed that the saints at Colossae might be fully acquainted with what God would have them do in all wisdom and spiritual understanding (Colossians 1:9-10). He offered a similar prayer on behalf of the Ephesians (Ephesians 1:17-19). Wisdom and spiritual understanding awaken you to the reality of God's strength and power in you, working through you and flowing from you into the ones you can help with their spiritual lives.
3. Plug into fresh oil daily.
"But my horn you have exalted like a wild ox, I have been anointed with fresh oil" (Psalm 92:10). To be exalted as a wild ox is to be strengthened. Oxen are strong and powerful. It takes a lot to knock an ox down. Fresh oil releases the strength of the Lord in the inner man.
It is only by His Spirit (Zechariah 4:6) that you are able to accomplish the mighty and impossible and take pleasure in infirmities, in reproach, in persecution, and in distress for Christ's sake. For when you are weak, then you are strong (2 Corinthians 12:10). So become as strong as an ox by tapping into the precious oil by walking in the Spirit every day and being obedient to His leading.
4. Trust in the Lord.
We cannot walk in the fullness of our destiny in Christ until we know and trust God’s strength and live daily by the strength of who He is in our inner man. This strength only comes by the power of the Holy Spirit. David trusted God even though he was hunted and persecuted by King Saul. He said he wasn't plucked up or destroyed, but flourished like a green olive tree in the house of the Lord (Psalm 52:8).
5. Rejoice for Christ and His Mighty Strength in You.
Rejoice that you can rule and reign in this life with boldness, confidence, strength, zeal, and vigor. When Christ, your High Priest, goes before you, you can walk in the fullness of your identity in Christ. You can walk in every manifestation of power available to you, including Kratos power. Rejoice around the throne and sing a new song of victory, for Christ in you and His mighty strength in your inner man! "Blessing and honor and glory and power [kratos] be to Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, forever, and ever" (Revelation 5:13b)!
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