MY FRIENDS, HAVE WE BECOME INCAPACITATED SPIRITUALLY?

March 13, 2015

MY FRIENDS, HAVE WE BECOME INCAPACITATED SPIRITUALLY?

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God….and In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. John 1:1-5 (KJV)

My friends only in the Word of God can we find that hope and “peace which surpasses all understanding,” There can never be a time when we feel so consumed in the presence of God that we feel we can neglect the study of God’s word.

In addition, it is His word that keeps our heart focused beyond this world to life eternal in God’s pure and holy kingdom. “By the word of God we are to overcome every temptation of the enemy.

Satan may present every attraction, bring to our notice every deceiving, alluring bribe, in seeking to eclipse the brightness of Jesus from our view, and to obliterate from our minds his plainest requirements, but we are to meet his deceptions with the word of God.” (E. G. White God’s word of Assurance)

Because once we allow that light to diminish Satan then takes control and sin becomes our master and “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other.” Matt. 6:24 (NASB)

Gods Word, the only Begotten Son of God died in our place on Calvary so we could live with Him one day soon, oh what love But it did not end with His death on the cross because He rose and the word still lives!

And we must serve that same risen Savior and allow Him to live in us through His word because if we lack understanding and the knowledge we receive in God’s word, due to the fact that we have allowed the things of this world to become detrimental to our salvation.

Then like all of God’s promises that are in His word for His faithful, there are also promises for the non-faithful and one on them comes to us from the book of Hosea which states “my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.” Hosea 4:6 (KJV)

In addition, once God’s word is replaced with our remote controls and other life threatening things of this world, we then become incapacitated and we no longer have the passion or the desire to maintain the endurance that keeps us focused on the things above.

“Eskimos in Alaska, often kill wolves by taking razor sharp knives and dipping it in blood. They allow the blood to freeze to the blade. Then they bury the handle of the knife in the snow with the blade exposed. As the wolf begins to lick the blade, his tongue becomes numb and desensitized due to the cold.

As he continues, his tongue begins to bleed, and he licks even faster unaware that he is consuming his own blood and slowly killing himself. And that my friends is exactly what is happening to God’s children who have allowed the things of this world to be more important than God’s word.

Consistent with this, sooner then we may think, like the wolves, we become blinded and desensitized by what we are consuming in this world that steals God’s precious time and we then become numb to the things of God and we eventually die spiritually.

My friends  God’s Word brings about real transformation since God is the Word. But that transformation can only come about when we give it all to the Master and then ask God our Creator to recreate our mind and body in His image.

But we also must have faith and believe as we allow our focus to be centered on the transforming power we receive in the Word of God, and once we have allowed that to happen soon we will be entering a land no eye has ever seen or imagined, that has been prepared for the redeemed.

So friends stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY