MY FRIENDS, WE MUST FIXED OUR MIND ON ANOTHER TIME!!

Jan. 12, 2016

MY FRIENDS, WE MUST FIXED OUR MIND ON ANOTHER TIME!!

“I have fixed my mind on another time, and here I mean to stand until God gives me more light, and that is today, today, and today, until He comes, and I see him for whom my soul yearns.” (William Miller)

“For whom my soul yearns.” How sweet the sound “I have fixed my mind on another time.” If we as Gods chosen like Jeremiah take those words, eat them with a passion, and once we allow that to happen they will become the joy and rejoicing of our heart.”

And then through our faith we can completely leave the cares of this world into the hands of our Savior who has taken on that responsibility. The psalmist tells us in Psalm 55:22 (KJV) “Cast our cares on the Lord and he will sustain us; he will never let the righteous be shaken.”

Now my friends focus on the words He will never let the righteous be shaken. And as a child of God “The righteous are His faithful who “live by faith.” And of course “Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” Romans 10:17 (KJV)

Righteousness, faith, and knowing God’s Word, each essential to the life expectancy of the other. So if we take one of those elements out it would be a real catastrophe. Because then “the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful.” Mark 4:19 (KJV)

In addition, this lets us know before “I can fix my mind on another time” we must dissociate ourselves from the things of this world that do not center our attention on Jesus Christ and Him crucified, starting with what we watch on TV, the internet, what we read, and how we spend, and what we spend the resources that God gives us on.

If we are serious about our Salvation there must be a deep passion to study Gods word which then leads to a personal relationship with God through our faith. In addition, alone with our faith, is our service to God.

“If someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him [or her]? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that?

So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.” James 2:14-26 (ESV)

So as Christians our faith and works guide us on this journey to a place God has prepared for His children, a promise that comes from Christ on words, “Let not your heart be troubled; if you believe [or if you have faith in God], believe also in me [the Son because], in my Fathers house are many mansions.

[and my friends mansions prepared just for the redeemed to live in]; and if it were not so, I would have told you. I now go to prepare a place for you……that where I am, [all of Gods Children] may be also…..” John 14:1-4 (KJV )

“There you may be also.” What an awesome promise this is why “we must fix our mind on another time” Because God’s promises assures us if we have faith then we must believe this world is not our home, we are just passing through.

Every excuse we may give as the reason we cannot serve Christ, was challenged and answered at Calvary.