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
Lauching Into Him
Posted 08-27-2023 at 11:05 PM by Albert Finch
Once Jesus had finished teaching, He turned to Peter and instructed him to first “launch out into the deep” and second, “let down your nets for a catch” (see Luke 5:4) . To this Peter replied, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net .”And when they did this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking . So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them . And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink” (see Luke 5:5-7) .
As great as this “catch” was, it pales in comparison to how radically their lives would be transformed.
PURSUING DESTIN
Verse 11 says, “So when they had brought their boats to land, they forsook all and followed Him .”
The word “forsook” means to leave behind. In one day, they abandoned their way of life and everything familiar to them to pursue Him and the DESTINY for which they were created.
What had happened? What made the difference? When Peter was willing and obedient to do what the Lord asked, the harvest of what he had believed for came to him (see Isaiah 1:19). In that moment, his previous desires were replaced with a new desire.
In this place of undivided devotion to Him, He captures our hearts and like the disciples, we abandon everything to pursue Him wholeheartedly. It is in this place that we find Him.
Jeremiah 29:13 - "And you shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart."
Jesus’ invitation to Peter is still being given to us today.
Are you ready to leave the shore and become something more by pursuing your calling in Christ?
LAUNCHING INTO HIM
"Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls; all of Your waves and billows have gone over me" - (Psalm 42:7) .
Can you feel the depth of God’s heart calling to you in this season?
Can you feel the depth of your spirit desiring Him more than your next breath?
Launch out and launch into Him. It is in this place that God’s purpose for your life becomes a fruitful field.
ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY
As great as this “catch” was, it pales in comparison to how radically their lives would be transformed.
PURSUING DESTIN
Verse 11 says, “So when they had brought their boats to land, they forsook all and followed Him .”
The word “forsook” means to leave behind. In one day, they abandoned their way of life and everything familiar to them to pursue Him and the DESTINY for which they were created.
What had happened? What made the difference? When Peter was willing and obedient to do what the Lord asked, the harvest of what he had believed for came to him (see Isaiah 1:19). In that moment, his previous desires were replaced with a new desire.
In this place of undivided devotion to Him, He captures our hearts and like the disciples, we abandon everything to pursue Him wholeheartedly. It is in this place that we find Him.
Jeremiah 29:13 - "And you shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart."
Jesus’ invitation to Peter is still being given to us today.
Are you ready to leave the shore and become something more by pursuing your calling in Christ?
LAUNCHING INTO HIM
"Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls; all of Your waves and billows have gone over me" - (Psalm 42:7) .
Can you feel the depth of God’s heart calling to you in this season?
Can you feel the depth of your spirit desiring Him more than your next breath?
Launch out and launch into Him. It is in this place that God’s purpose for your life becomes a fruitful field.
ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY
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