“Light from on high”
– Luk 1:78 (AMP)
It’s a done deal!
When a Word escapes the mouth of God, it is a “done deal”! That is because God is eternal, outside of time. His Words are therefore also eternal. To us, who are physically captured in time, many things still need to happen. This brings to us the challenge of faith: believing what we cannot see or experience yet in our “current time-moment”.
Our challenge can be overcome when we realize that through Jesus we have also become eternal beings, since we have eternal life. Having this perspective changes everything. It removes the struggle “to reach”, “to achieve”, “to become”. We simply rest is our inescapable destiny. In the expression of the Message translation of Rom 8:29: “God knew what He was doing from the very beginning. He decided from the outset to shape the lives of those who love Him along the same lines as the life of his Son.”
This brings home the point that we are called to “rest” in the finished work of the cross and resurrection. This is not passivity, no, in fact it takes a very active “striving to enter this rest” (Heb. 4:11). It is therefor only our active faith that pleases God (Heb. 11:6). This same verse in Hebrews also gives us a clue: “He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him”. That’s it: our highest priority is seeking Him!
The following verse gives us a complete picture: Rom 8:30 “Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.”
Have a week of calm assurance – He has planned our outcome right from the offset!
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ASSEMBLY DIARY: (refer to the Website: www.lighthouse.net.za)
- Assembly AGM: Sun 20 May 2018 (after service)
- Pastors/Leaders Conference: Thu 24 May 2018
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