This morning, I surrendered some things to God. Honestly I was long overdue in doing this. So, I surrendered to God and repented for the things I had been clinging to. "Pet sins" are very dangerous. Fleeing from sin is the best response to it. We need God's help to do this.
"Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing! Come out from it and be pure, you who carry the articles of the LORD's house." Isaiah 52:11
God spoke to my heart that I was forgiven and restored to Him. I had come out of my sin, and then He made me pure. It is His grace that does this.
I was instructed to "bear fruit in keeping with repentance" (Matthew 3:8). Repentance to me means turning away from one thing and changing mindsets. It means looking down on sins that separate from God, and looking forward to His new opportunities.
God gives us grace so that we can return to Him. As long as we want to and repent of our past sin, we can return. After returning, obedience is especially important. It is a yielding to His Spirit that allows us to bear fruit "in keeping with", or worthy of, repentance. If we are not bearing good fruit, we probably aren't fully repentant.
Once forgiven, I felt an influx of God's love. It feels so good to be accepted and redeemed! It feels to good to partake of the heavenly gift. It feels so good to be judged righteous.
The Lord God gave me a vision of a person standing victorious. This person had a large diamond planted behind them, but only the top quarter was showing. So the only part of the diamond exposed to the outer world was a small triangle. They were victorious through their belonging to God, which demonstrated itself in true change. Victory was found in bearing fruit!
Diamond Representation: Represents our portion in Christ, our spiritual origin. God polishes us as diamonds in the rough, glorifying and reflecting Himself through His good works in us. There are so may unseen treasures stored up for a child of God. "All creation" has been groaning "for the revealing of the sons of God" (Romans 8:19-22). The Holy Spirit wants to reveal Jesus in all of us.
"Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness and who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut and to the quarry from which you were hewn". Isaiah 51:1
Small Triangle Representation: This was the top of the diamond, the "tip of the iceberg". Seen things are only a small portion of the glory of God's Spirit living in us all! And there's a price to pay for more of God to unveil itself through in us. So, this small triangle is the fruit of the Spirit, that "fruit worthy of repentance", that other people see. Remember that a triangle represents change. Change follows repentance, if we belong to God.
Put together the pieces of this vision, and you'll see a clear message unveiled. True Victory comes from true change, which comes from true repentance, which is made possible by our inheritance and belonging to God. Glory to God!
"Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing! Come out from it and be pure, you who carry the articles of the LORD's house." Isaiah 52:11
God spoke to my heart that I was forgiven and restored to Him. I had come out of my sin, and then He made me pure. It is His grace that does this.
I was instructed to "bear fruit in keeping with repentance" (Matthew 3:8). Repentance to me means turning away from one thing and changing mindsets. It means looking down on sins that separate from God, and looking forward to His new opportunities.
God gives us grace so that we can return to Him. As long as we want to and repent of our past sin, we can return. After returning, obedience is especially important. It is a yielding to His Spirit that allows us to bear fruit "in keeping with", or worthy of, repentance. If we are not bearing good fruit, we probably aren't fully repentant.
Once forgiven, I felt an influx of God's love. It feels so good to be accepted and redeemed! It feels to good to partake of the heavenly gift. It feels so good to be judged righteous.
The Lord God gave me a vision of a person standing victorious. This person had a large diamond planted behind them, but only the top quarter was showing. So the only part of the diamond exposed to the outer world was a small triangle. They were victorious through their belonging to God, which demonstrated itself in true change. Victory was found in bearing fruit!
Diamond Representation: Represents our portion in Christ, our spiritual origin. God polishes us as diamonds in the rough, glorifying and reflecting Himself through His good works in us. There are so may unseen treasures stored up for a child of God. "All creation" has been groaning "for the revealing of the sons of God" (Romans 8:19-22). The Holy Spirit wants to reveal Jesus in all of us.
"Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness and who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut and to the quarry from which you were hewn". Isaiah 51:1
Small Triangle Representation: This was the top of the diamond, the "tip of the iceberg". Seen things are only a small portion of the glory of God's Spirit living in us all! And there's a price to pay for more of God to unveil itself through in us. So, this small triangle is the fruit of the Spirit, that "fruit worthy of repentance", that other people see. Remember that a triangle represents change. Change follows repentance, if we belong to God.
Put together the pieces of this vision, and you'll see a clear message unveiled. True Victory comes from true change, which comes from true repentance, which is made possible by our inheritance and belonging to God. Glory to God!
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