Our affections can so quickly and easily turn from Jesus to other “things”. Periodically, we need to stop and evaluate our priorities and values. A deeper walk will only come as we begin to put to death the flesh in us and allow God to quicken us with His Spirit.
The question we must put before ourselves, is how precious is Jesus to me right now? If we do not think much of Him, then of course to give Him anything at all however small, will seem to us a waste. But when He is really precious to our souls, nothing will be too good, nothing too costly for Him. Everything we have, our dearest, our most precious treasure, we will pour out upon Him and we will not count it as shame or loss to have done so.
Of Mary, the Lord said, “She hath done what she could”. What that means is that she had given her all. She had kept nothing in reserve. She had lavished on Him all that she had and on that resurrection morning she had no reason to regret her extravagance.
The Lord will not be satisfied with anything less from us, than that we too would have done what we could. It is those very “things”, that we have not yet given the Lord that keep us from having a deeper walk with him. God demands from us total surrender. He longs for pre-eminence in our lives. When we are not allowing Him to have control of everything in our lives, we are denying Him His rightful place. Not everyone will yield their will in total surrender. But for those that do, Jesus say’s, “Come unto Me…”
Every time the Word of God goes out, no matter how much or how little, the impact is great. God will use His Word to teach the saved and draw the lost unto Himself. It never comes back void. That means that it will never return to God useless, for it will have served it’s purpose one way or another, either to convict or to lead people into a better understanding of truth. Simply put, it will have done what it was suppose to do!
We must be willing to receive the will of God on His terms and never on ours. When this happens we will see an outbreak of revival in our personal lives, and then our homes and then in our churches. Revival is "The deeper walk…."
Praying for a renewed strength and power for you today,
Bren
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