LET US GO FORTH INTO THE FIELD

[FAITH]

 And He said to them all, "If any man will [willingly choose to] come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me." Luke 9:23

Each of us who desires to personally know and serve the Lord must first make this life-changing decision to "take up our cross."  When we willingly do this, our present relationship to the Lord, and also our eternal position in the ages to come, will be greatly affected.

If we accept this challenge ("If anyone will come after Me"), the taking up of our cross is the ultimate sacrifice in our lives that has us abandoning other interests in favor of advancing His Kingdom , bearing fruit that remains through our Christ  calling. 

Come, My beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages. Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee My loves. Song of Solomon 7:11-12

Once we have received this "gift" of eternal life through the Blood of Jesus and the regeneration of the Holy Spirit, we will begin to face choices that affect our rate of spiritual growth, as well as our position in the eternal ages before us.

 

OUR CHRIST IDENTITY

I Once we have received this "gift" of eternal life through the Blood of Jesus and the regeneration of the Holy Spirit, it is imperative that we come to understand our Christ identity. In Colossians 2:9 we discover this central fact concerning Christ Jesus:  "For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily."

Our outlook on life is changed as we comtemplate:  "And you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power." (Colossians 2:10)

"You are complete," which means we lack nothing at all, as we abide in Him.  Abiding in the love of Christ and allowing His love to flow freely out of us enables us to function with the greatest degree of success, thus discovering God's CALLING upon our life.

Matthew 7:8 -- "For everyone who keeps on asking receives; and he who keeps on seeking finds; and to him who keeps on on knocking, the door will be opened." AMP

We are to ask, knock, and seek until we come to understand and begin carrying out God’s purpose for our life.

We are called to succeed in advancing the Kingdom of God on earth, bearing fruit that remains -- to walk in overcoming victory: "...because as He is, so are we in this world" (1 John 4:17)

Romans 6:11,13,14 - "Think of yourselves as dead to sin but alive to God in union with Christ Jesus. Nor must you surrender any part of yourselves to sin, to be used for wicked purposes.  Instead, give yourselves to God, as men who have been brought from death to life, and surrender your whole being to Him to be used for righteous purposes....you do not live under law but under God's grace."

 

EMPTYING OURSELVES

 

The yielded life is essential for us to walk in the fullness of our Christ calling -- as we empty ourselves of the things we hold on to, allowing Him to have His perfect work within us.

"To him who is overcoming, I will give him to eat from the hidden manna, and I will give to him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, that no one knew except him who is receiving [it]." -  Revelation 2:17 Young's Literal Translation

The promise of the Lord is "to him that overcomes." As we overcome our "self-life"  through living in a Kingdom consciousness as opposed to a world consciousness, and willing obedience to the leading of the Holy Spirit -- He will bring into our life experience the "good land," -- as we are prepared to bear fruit that remains for the harvest.

 

 

ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY

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