HT: The Road to Reality by K.P. Yohannan (Pg.115)
This present generation of Americans, in particular, is receiving the most unearned and undeserved favor of all time. God has made this people the richest nation on earth, yet Americans carry on as if this wealth were a natural right - as if they have no obligation to a lost world, dying ion darkness without Christ.
God has been so patient with us. Why this awesome grace continues must be a question all heaven asks! Surely the United States today deserves His judgment and punishment. Yet the Lord has continued to show mercy to these wayward descendants of the Mayflower and Jamestown believers. The living God has been keeping the covenants those first settlers made with Him, mercifully keeping His promises to a prodigal people.
In my last meeting with Leonard Ravenhill, we discussed the mystery and wonder of God's long-suffering love for the American people - and the fact that it cannot go on much longer. I'll never forget his chilling words: "It's coming. If God does not judge this nation, He'll have to apologize a thousand times over to Sodom and Gomorrah."
May God teach us that all these blessings are only temporary and conditional. May He help us to see how late the hour is and how urgent it is we respond with obedience to His grace and mercy.
Jesus said the fields are white unto harvest now. Anyone who has worked on a farm knows what that means. When you've got a ripe crop in the field, everything else stops. You harvest it or it rots in the ground.
God has prospered us for a purpose. He is the king of Matthew 25:14-30 who entrusts wealth to his servants and goes on a long journey. When he returns, the king demands as accounting and a profit from what he has given to invest. What will we present to our Lord when He returns for an accounting? What kind of stewards are we being with the blessings He has shed on this nation?
WOW - what truth! Take time to thank God for all that He has blessed us with! May we use the things He has entrusted us to build His kingdom and His power to reach the lost at all cost!
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
At the Crossroads
I've been reading "The Road to Reality" by K.P. Yohannan! I wanted to share a portion of chapter 13. I love this book and how K.P. is calling all Christians to live a life of personal holiness. My prayer is that every Christian grows in their hunger for obedience to the Word of God. That we would start to live a life of obedience, holiness, purity and separation out of a true commitment and genuine love for the Lord. Enjoy and keep pressing on 4 the Lord!
At the Crossroads
Today we all stand at the crossroads on the question of personal holiness. Each of us must make the choice about which way we are going to go. This isn't a choice only preachers or Christian leaders must make, although I pray that it will start there. No, every believing man, woman, boy and girl must decide personally.
"Will I surrender to the spirit of our age, or resist and join the company of overcomers?" is the question to ask. Do we want to continue to live in defeat, failure and unrighteousness? Or will we decide to follow the path of excellence that leads to quality of life, inward purity and separation unto God? Of course, we also can continue in a life of hypocrisy and legalism and be content to put on an external show of righteousness.
Even if we are able to fool others for a time with religious sham, we cannot lie to God for even an instant. If, after seeing clearly God's desire for us to live a life of purity and holiness, we still do not obey and commit our lives, the Bible tells us in Revelation 22:11,12 that God will not always strive with us but come with judgment. "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let be holy still. And behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be."
The Bible tells us in 1 Corinthians 3:13 and 4:5 that "every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is....Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God."
We must realize that while God really wants us to be shining lights in this world, winning the lost and making an impact upon our generation or religious activism can never substitute for a separated life.
But let us remember that it is equally important that we are not offering service to God in the power of the flesh, with an impure heart. All the work and sacrifice we accomplish - even in the cause of world evangelism - can never be pleasing to the Lord unless it is done from a pure and holy heart.
No wonder the writer of Hebrews warns us to "serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: For our God is a consuming fire." (Hebrews 12:28-29)
At the Crossroads
Today we all stand at the crossroads on the question of personal holiness. Each of us must make the choice about which way we are going to go. This isn't a choice only preachers or Christian leaders must make, although I pray that it will start there. No, every believing man, woman, boy and girl must decide personally.
"Will I surrender to the spirit of our age, or resist and join the company of overcomers?" is the question to ask. Do we want to continue to live in defeat, failure and unrighteousness? Or will we decide to follow the path of excellence that leads to quality of life, inward purity and separation unto God? Of course, we also can continue in a life of hypocrisy and legalism and be content to put on an external show of righteousness.
Even if we are able to fool others for a time with religious sham, we cannot lie to God for even an instant. If, after seeing clearly God's desire for us to live a life of purity and holiness, we still do not obey and commit our lives, the Bible tells us in Revelation 22:11,12 that God will not always strive with us but come with judgment. "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let be holy still. And behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be."
The Bible tells us in 1 Corinthians 3:13 and 4:5 that "every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is....Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God."
We must realize that while God really wants us to be shining lights in this world, winning the lost and making an impact upon our generation or religious activism can never substitute for a separated life.
But let us remember that it is equally important that we are not offering service to God in the power of the flesh, with an impure heart. All the work and sacrifice we accomplish - even in the cause of world evangelism - can never be pleasing to the Lord unless it is done from a pure and holy heart.
No wonder the writer of Hebrews warns us to "serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: For our God is a consuming fire." (Hebrews 12:28-29)
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