— RAY: “OH, SLEEPING SAINT, IT’S HIGH TIME TO ‘AWAKE’. THAT COULD REFER TO ANY OF US. Our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.
(Romans 13:11-14) “The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore ‘CAST OFF THE WORKS OF DARKNESS, AND LET US PUT ON THE ARMOR OF LIGHT”.
Child of God this scripture is talking about ‘What Time is It?’ It’s late, and we must not become careless, and unconcerned about our spiritual condition.
We must not move farther and farther away from God, by becoming more interested in worldly things, and worldly pursuits, not necessarily sins, (but, could become sins), by involving ourselves more and more completely in them.
READ: CHILD OF THE KING
Simply, by becoming immersed in even legitimate things to the extreme, we begin forcing God out of our lives, without even being away of it. GOD HELP US ALL. AMEN?
Worldly things if not a sin at first, become sin at the lower end of the spectrum.
Pure love at the highest level is love from and for God. Love at the lowest (self-centered level) has become a twisted and deformed love, called, ‘the lust of the flesh.”
Let us take action today, and “Cast off the works of darkness”, such as drunkenness, sexual immorality, sensuality, quarreling and jealousy, and let us “Put on the Armor of light”.
READ: BOASTING VICTORY
True light, which is godliness and holiness destroys the darkness and puts the devil to flight. The armor of light is Jesus Christ Himself.
Scripture says “Put on the Lord Jesus Christ, (by faith, and then take the next step which is our part, which I call a ‘divine human cooperation’), ‘AND MAKE NOT PROVISION FOR THE FLESH, TO FULFIL THE LUSTS THEREOF.
Believing that God will do it all, will not work, and will fail miserably. Trusting God to do His part is absolutely necessary, for without Him we can do nothing.
But we have a responsibility to do our part, once we have trusted God to do His part.
READ: TWO ETERNAL LAWS
It’s like rowing a boat. You need both oars, or you’ll go in circles. One oar is trusting God to do His part which only He can do.
And the other oar is doing our part.
Our part is to be obedient. That is a matter of Choice, our Choice.
Once we choose to obey God He then gives us the power and enablement to fulfill that choice by the ‘Riches of His Grace’ under the control of the Holy Spirit. AMEN.
