Friday, October 30, 2015

Becoming Men And Women Of God

There is or can be a clash between our logical mind and our spiritual being when we think of becoming the men and women of God that He intends. Even now as I am trying to write this here, the words suffer as if we are trying to place square pegs in round holes. The struggle comes in part from the difference between the way mankind sees things and the way Yahuah (Lord) sees things. Our lives, at least based on the logical conditioning we have been subjected to in growing up, are subject to time. We measure everything based on the structured metered out approach of time. But God is not like us.

Isaiah 46:9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

We see here that God has told us He is different. He sees and declares the end from the beginning. To truly enjoy what He has provided, we must learn to do the same. The good news is, we were created to be able to do that very thing.

Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

We have access to being that image. We have access to emulating God. The challenges in life that we stumble through are the result of the fall of man in the Garden. However, our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus) changed that for us, if we will repent, seek forgiveness of our sins, and follow Him. Just like the old masterpieces that need restoration and preservation, our image is restored through the work of our life lived out in accordance with the scriptures.

So, from the perspective of God, He sees the people we will be, and calls us that already. From our perspective, if we can teach ourselves to view things as He does, we can be transformed daily into the image He has ale=ways meant for us to be.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our Messiah. You alone are our King. We praise and exalt Your name, Yahuah (Lord). We call to You to bring Your kingdom here. Send us today Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our sins. Help us to become the men and women of God You mean for us to be. Heal our hearts and minds. Deliver us today from those that want to steal from us what You alone have provided. Destroy the works of the thief. Restore one hundred fold that which has already been taken from Your people Father. Come Yahuah (Lord), rise up and deliver Your people. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.