Christian Living

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The Unsearchable Riches of Christ

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The Unsearchable Riches of Christ

Jesus can be in our lives as our Savior yet not Number 1. This was the case for me. I had found the treasure but was not prepared to sell everything to appreciate Him. Like having a cake and eating it too. Jesus wants to be Lord of all otherwise He is not Lord at all. God’s Spirit will constantly work towards achieving this goal in our lives and we will never be happy until we surrender. He is a Jealous God. After all He has done for us the least we can do is give Him first place in our lives. “God’s kingdom is like a treasure hidden in a field for years and then accidentally found by a trespasser. The finder is ecstatic – what a find! – and proceeds to sell everything he owns to raise money to buy the field.” Matthew 13:44 It’s when we seek Him with all our hearts that we really find Him. When He is greater than all our other affections. If Jesus is all who He says He is, we should be really excited about Him. The trouble is we love the world too much. “And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.” Jeremiah:29:13 Where your treasure is there will your heart be also. He wants our hearts.

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We need more Faith

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And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.” Hebrews 11:6 Every now and then it’s good to remind ourselves about the principles of faith and have a ‘faith-lift’. We need to check on where our faith is at. In Hollywood we see lots of film stars who have the money getting a face-lift. There are all the ‘nips and tucks’, Botox and stretching of the skin to tighten things up. They look younger for a while but soon it begins to look a bit silly. Even Christian Television Evangelists have face lifts but what we really need is a ‘faith-lift’. We need to have a faith-lift to tighten things up, and adjust our belief system, for we are inclined to forget spiritual truths. We are like buckets with holes in and we constantly leak. Things we heard and delighted in once can be soon forgotten, so it’s important to keep checking on the condition of our faith.

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Grow Up

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Grow Up

Isaac was the promised child that Abraham and Sarah had waited for for so long. When Isaac was born Abraham and Sarah laughed, but later when he was weaned they threw a party. Isaac is a picture of us Christians (The Children of Promise.) When we are saved, Angels rejoice in heaven, but when we are weaned from worldly, ‘stinking thinking,’ and all that ‘Egyptian Stuff’ so to speak, God throws a party. It’s one thing to get saved, but it’s really something else to grow up

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The blessings of Psalm 16

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The blessings of Psalm 16

Psalm 16 has often been entitled the Psalm of the ‘Good Life.’ I would say that it is one of my most favourite Psalms and I meditate on portions of it just about every day as I go for prayer walks, speaking it over my life. It’s called a Psalm of David and prophetically describes the ‘resurrected life’. It was affirmed by Peter, Paul, and Mary. Not the singers, but is referred to by Peter in the Book of Acts (Acts 2:25-28) and Paul (Acts 13:34-35) and literally experienced by Mary, being the first to see Jesus after rising from the dead.