Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: but, he that acknowledges the Son hath the Father also. 1John 2:23

And this is the promise that He hath promised to us, even, eternal life.  1John 2:25

Friend, the Holy Scipture above, states that when we recognize the Son (Jesus), we receive the Father. And when Jesus died He sent the Holy Spirit to be with those who believe in Him.

So believers have the Father, Son and Holy Spirit as the Anchor (to their soul).

That is everything, friend, to have the help and care and love of the Trinity of God.  There is nothing they cannot do.  They are in charge of all things.  They own all things. Nothing in heaven or earth can do a thing without their approval.

Therefore evil can only operate according to the Law of God.  He allows what He allows according to the Goodness of who He is.  He sees the whole picture - all the parties involved. He knows our inmost parts and what is needed to help our soul.

We have to then look at our suffering as being part of God's Plan.  We somehow have come to a place of trial because God has designed our journey this way. Our sin brings consequences both in our earthly life and our spiritual life.

It is important to say that He knows what's best and that you the lowly and humble (should be) baby Christian lay your life at the foot of the Cross and ask for forgiveness daily and begin to grow in the knowledge of who God is.

If we turn against God, there are consequences we don't like but when we turn to God, the consequences are of a different variety and have a meaning that is full of promise.

Imagine yourself placed on the scale of Justice.  Love & Truth on one side and you on the other.

God has to work from the core of your sin and begin to cleanse you in order to balance the scale. 

Be a willing volunteer for change and believe in Truth and Goodness and Love - all owned by God.

Friend, it's time to leave the flat ground and begin the journey uphill.

Spiritually we should be climbing up the mountain of learning.

Many of us get saved and accept the forgiveness and love but when the Spirit asks us to take one step in any direction or climb one step uphill, we balk and refuse to move, rather we stay where we are and enjoy those benefits until our spirit is called home.

Jesus asks us to be sensitive to the Holy Spirit.  The reason being that this is the Way forward for us to receive all the benefits of God's Love for us. 

When we do not pay attention to the Holy Spirit we can fall behind and get lost again.  Almighty God does not want this for us.  His Son was sacrificed for us and if we fall away from belief then His Sacrifice was in vain for that soul.  It hurts the Father's heart.

Do not grieve the Holy Spirit or Father.

Stand up and look around at the souls who are moving uphill.

Break out of your crysalis shell and move!

Join them and learn to be a blessing, learn about the Trinity Godhead, learn how to overcome the bad habits and old spiritually unhealthy ways, learn how to pray and praise and worship.

God has been Merciful, He has given you this new day to begin to move towards Him in faith and joy.

Friend, let us have glad hearts!

Is your heart attuned to Godly things?

Does your mind long for more knowledge of spiritual matters?

Are you beginning to see with spiritual eyes?

Have your ears been unplugged to hear the word of God in a new way?

Are the words from your lips more spiritual?

Yes?

Ah friend, Jesus loves you!  He has begun a new work in you and you are responding appropriately.

He wants you to have a glad heart.  You are the recipient of comfort and peace from the Lord.  He loves you and cares for your well-being.  He will protect you and keep you safe.

Your previous circumstances and beliefs have left a trail of muck that Jesus has to wade through and  bring you out of, so some of your new circumstances may look as though He has abandoned you and the devil will tell you He has, but stand firm in your faith; and Jesus, the new keeper of your soul will help you. 

Just be faithful and have a glad heart - one that is full of praise for what He is doing for you and one that will worship Jesus the love of your new life.

Praise and worship from a glad heart bring the Lord closer to us.

And therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you; and therefore He lifts Himself up, that He may have mercy on you and show loving-kindness to you. For the Lord is a God of Justice. Blessed are all those who wait for Him, who expect and look and long for Him.  Isaiah 30:18

Friend, He loves you.  He's waiting for any and all who will look to Him so He can be gracious to us. 

Negativity will keep Him from showing His loving-kindness to us.  When we are critical and negative we cannot see the Beauty of who He is.  We'll always see what He hasn't done for us.  We'll see where we think He should have acted for us, but did not.  We'll note all the times He wasn't there for us!

We think these things with a negative mind, when in fact He has been at work and He has done things, but the critic in us won't let us see His favour - we think we got that all by ourself.  Oh, the misery of our clawing and digging to get what we have! It's quite funny.

(There is true suffering but in the western world it does not compare to what other nations suffer.)

We give Him no thanks, or glory.

Rather, we should be expecting good things, and we should be hopeful and have a thankful heart and mind.

It's easy to change.  Did you wake up today?  "Thank You Jesus, for this new day!"

It's so simple.  Look around, do you have a roof over your head?  Be thankful, many don't - yet they too are thankful for what they do have.

Decide today to be hopeful and to long for Him to be gracious to you.  Expect that He will, because He longs for you to have this attitude.

And then be thankful to Him and tell Him why and there you go - you have a relationship with God.

Friend, it doesn't matter to God, who you are, and what you do, according to our daily life here on earth.

He sees us as believers in Him and His Son - or unbelievers.  He sees us as sinners, or sinners saved by His Son's Sacrifice.

He knows if we are believers, where our soul is making progress in Knowledge or not, and He knows the depths of our sin - both believers and unbelievers.

Other than that, He does not respect a man or woman for what they have achieved here on earth.

Many are the men and women who strive after great wealth or fame and even notoriety.

That matters not to Him.

It's your soul and if it is going to return to Him at death, that He cares about.

So essentially, we are all the same to Him yet He loves us individually and collectively.  He loves all He created and the spirit that is in each of us - the human race.

The colour of your skin does not matter.  But your sin does.

As you go about your day today, think about this fact.

Would God be happy with you?

How can you change to please God, and not just please yourself?

Meditation

Friend, do you recognize the answer to your prayers when they do not come like you thought they would?

To-day, I saw a result and it totally surprised me.  Shivers went up my spine!  It was so small, just a few words; yet it was so big a change in another that I was dumbstruck.

All indications were that it would be sometime or never that the change would come. 

But, no, there were a few words that told a big story to me.

Answered prayer that's what it was. 

God is so good!

Praise God for His faithfulness!

Look around, and see what He has done for you.

Recognize it and thank Him.

And keep praying - everyday, all day!

He wants you to speak with Him because in the speaking, He can help you know what His Will is.  The Spirit will interpret for you and you will find yourself stopping to use words more appropriate to His Will. 

God teaching you, His beloved, how to say the words to get the result you need.

Its' so magnificent!