Posted: 07/23/2014 at 2:33pm
|
IP Logged
|
|
|
Pain of Change
By Ron McGatlin
Some of you reading this fully know what the Spirit is saying in this writing. Others may need to receive this as a kind of warning or encouragement to not be taken aback by events involved in the massive painful changes taking place in our lives and the world in this season.
We all can rest in the assurance that by the Spirit of God in us and among us, we will not only endure and survive but shall also be changed to be more than useful sons and daughters who serve our Lord. Beyond the pain of change we will also become mature Sons of God presenting the life of Christ into our world becoming the New Jerusalem, Bride of Christ, living city of God – ruling and reigning with Him in the initial days of the kingdom of heaven coming forth on earth.
Loss of familiar life including people and things that we have given to and received from causes a vacant place of feeling in our hearts as life as we have known it gives way to something very different and often unpleasantly hard. Even harder is the reality that we have to be the one to put some of the things of the past to death. Memories of the past can create longings much like the Israelites who after being set free from the bondage of Egypt longed to return to the past familiar life.
The Bible warns that one having put his hand to the plow and looking back is not worthy of the kingdom of God. We must look through the pain of the change to the result of a world redeemed to God through Christ – to a world of love and truth – a world on this earth as it is in heaven – a world in heaven now coming down.
We must set our mind and affection on things coming from above and not on the things of our past lives. Not even looking back to just one day ago with longing for what no longer exists. Our lives are today, and there is enough to consider in this one day without looking back to what was or looking to tomorrow with fear or dread. Truly this is a day that the Lord has made, and we will rejoice in it. Look up to the higher place, the mountain of God from which comes our strength for endurance.
In reality the painful worldwide transition is from a world in bondage into a new world fully set free under the King and Lord of all, Christ Jesus. Our minds cannot conceive how massive and how deep the rule of darkness has affected Planet Earth including the atmosphere and stratosphere around it.
With our natural minds we cannot fully perceive how massive this change is from darkness to light for all of Planet Earth. We are only beginning to see in our spirits the GLORY of the planet and all associated with it fully ruled by Christ Jesus in and through His purified holy mature Sons on earth.
When we experience the destruction or dissolving of a familiar world, there will be severe shock to our humanity that will include pain more than we could endure in our natural minds. Only as we live and walk in the Spirit will we overcome and remain to become a part of the rebuilding of the world into the kingdom of God.
We will never be alone on this journey from worldwide bondage to darkness into the glorious light of the new world; literally multitudes of powerful holy angels are with us to supernaturally bring about the massive task of renewing Plant Earth and all that is on or in it to the original design of God with man ruling and reigning as it is in heaven.
Our strength for life is in relationship, our relationship in Christ Jesus and He in us. All of the possessions or accomplishment of the world add nothing to us without intimate relationship in Christ and Christ in us.
Do not faint or grow weary in well doing the good will of God. We shall reap if we do not abandon the planting of the Lord. It is the Father’s good pleasure to give His little flock the kingdom of love, power, and wisdom from heaven on earth.
Let righteousness, peace, and joy fill your day this day.
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit – Gal 5:25
Ron McGatlin
archive.openheaven.com basileia@earthlink.net
Edited by Moderator on 07/25/2014 at 7:46am
|